Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Lise Davidsen, Elīna Garanča, Ludovic Tézier, Juan Diego Flórez, Diana Damrau, Regula Mühlemann, Cecilia Bartoli, Sonya Yoncheva, Sabine Devieilhe, Ermonela Jaho, Benjamin Bernheim Lead Opernhaus Zürich’s 2026-27 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Opernhaus Zürich has announced its 2026-27 season.
Premiere
The season opens with Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” conducted by Tamo Peltokoski and Erina Yashima. The new production will be directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca and will star Magnus Dietrich, Tobias Kehrer, Regula Mühlemann, Jasmin Delfs, Johan Krogius, Brent Michael Smith, Kathrin Zukowski, Alina Wunderlin, Yannick Debus, Andrew Moore, and Evan Gray.
Performance Dates: Sept. 20, 2026- April 23, 2027
Rachmaninow’s three operas, “Aleko,” “Skupoi Rytsar,” and “Francesca da Rimini,” will be performed in one night. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the production by Dmitri Tcherniakov. The production will star Elena Stikhina, Vladislav Sulimsky, Bekhzod Davronov, Ain Anger, Dominika Stefanska, Dmytro Popov, Pavel Yankovsky, Stanislav Vorobyov, and Alexey Dolgov.
Performance Dates: Nov. 1-28, 2026
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Miina-Liisa Värelä, Gabor Bretz, Sara Jakubiak, and John Daszak star in Strauss’ “Elektra.” Lorenzo Viotti conducts the production by Lydia Steier
Performance Dates: Nov. 22-Dec. 16, 2026
Marina Monzó, Bekhzod Davronov, and Roman Burdenko star in Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Joana Mallwitz and Florian Gross conducting the new production by Christof Loy.
Performance Dates: Dec. 20, 2026-Jan. 23, 2027
John Adams‘ “Doctor Atomic” will be conducted by Elim Chan and directed by Vanessa Beecroft. The production will star Leigh Melrose, Xiaomeng Zhang, Matthew Rose, Mauro Peter, Jeanine De Roque, and Yannick Debus.
Performance Dates: Feb. 7-28, 2027
Anja Kampe, Jonas Kaufmann, Tomasz Konieczny, and Martin Muehle star in Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West.” Marco Armiliato conducts the production by Lydia Steier.
Performance Dates: Feb. 25-April 16, 2027
Marlena Kreßin, Joanna Lohmann, and Moritz Liebherr’s “Herr der Diebe” will be conducted by Andrea del Bianco and directed by Claudia Blersch. The work will star Ruben Drole, Irène Friedli, Liliana Nikiteanu, Felix Gygli, Valeriy Murga, and Anna Gschwend.
Performance Dates: Feb. 27-March 10, 2027
Mozart’s “Ascanio in Alba” will star Mélissa Petit, Alisa Kolosova, Anna El-Khashem, Anle Gou, and Eleonora Bellocci. Christophe Rousset conducts.
Performance Dates: March 13 & 20, 2027
Händel’s “Rinaldo” will be conducted by Philippe Jaroussky and directed by Valentina Carrasco. The work will star Christophe Dumaux, Jeanine De Bique, Regula Mühlemann, Nahuel Di Pierro, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, and Paul Figuier.
Performance Dates: March 14-29, 2027
“Werckmeister Harmonien,” by Thom Luz, will be conducted by Mathias Weibel. The production by Luz will star Annalisa Derossi, Mara Miribung, Daniele Pintaudi, Samuel Streiff, and Mathias Weibel.
Performance Dates: April 22-May 2, 2027
Performance Dates: April 25-May 21, 2027
Raphaël Pichon conducts “Requiem pour Ophélie” with Sabine Devieilhe and Huw Montague Rendall. The production will feature works by Fauré, Thomas and Berlioz.
Performance Dates: May 4-9, 2027
Péter Eötvös’ “Angels in America” will be conducted by Oscar Jockel and directed by Angela Denoke. the production stars singers of the Opernstudios.
Performance Dates: May 7-23, 2027
Gianandrea Noseda conducts Saint-Saëns’ “Samson et Dalila” with Evgeny Titov directing. Rihab Chaieb, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Lukasz Golinski, and Stanislav Vorobyov.
Performance Dates: June 13-July 9, 2027
Sophie Hunger’s “Hotel Hunger” will feature Sophie Hunger.
Performance Dates: June 14 & June 20, 2027
Repertoire
Ermonela Jaho, Benjamin Bernheim, Sandra Hamaoui, Vladimir Stoyanov, and Juan Francisco Gatell star in Puccini’s “La rondine.” Marco Armiliato conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 24-Oct. 15, 2026
Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” will be conducted by Markus Poschner and will star Christof Fischesser, Eric Cutler, Christina Nilsson, Rachael Wilson, Andrè Schuen.
Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 13, 2026
Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus” will be conducted by Jonathan Bloxham and will star Bo Skovhus, Camilla Nylund, Kathrin Zukowski, Siena Licht Miller, and Johan Krogius.
Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 25, 2026
Pierangelo Valtinoni’s “Alice im Wunderland” will star Marie Maidowski, Ruben Drole, Christian Tintori, Thalia Cook-Hansen, Gary Martin, Salvador Villanueva, and Samuel Wallace. Michael Richter conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 8, 2026-Jan. 17, 2027
Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” will star be conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and will star Michael Volle, Daniel Schmutzhard, Johan Krogius, Matthias Klink, Kiandra Howarth, Noa Beinart, Christopher Purves, and Claudia Mahnke.
Performance Dates: Nov. 29-Dec, 17, 2026
Sonya Yoncheva, Lauri Vasar, and Joshua Guerrero star in Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” with Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducting.
Performance Dates: Dec, 11-26, 2026
Franz Lehár’s “Die lustige Witwe” will be conducted by Giedrė Šlekytė and will star Pavol Breslik, Diana Damrau, Andrew Owens, Serafina Starke, and Ruben Drole.
Performance Dates: Dec, 27, 2026-Jan. 13, 2027
Gianandrea Noseda conducts Wagner’s “Die Walküre” with Eric Cutler, Christof Fischesser, Michael Volle, Claudia Mahnke, Vida Miknevičiūtė, and Camilla Nylund.
Performance Dates: Jan. 24-Feb. 6, 2027
Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” will be conducted by Christopher Franklin and will star Juliana Grigoryan, Juan Diego Flórez, Brent Michael Smith, Martina Baroni and Anthony León.
Performance Dates: Feb. 12-March 5, 2027
Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” will be conducted by Gianluca Capuano and will star Cecilia Bartoli, Giovanni Sala, Alexandra Marcellier, Yewon Han, Anna Tetruashvili, and Andrew Moore.
Performance Dates: March 7-21, 2027
Maria Agresta and Sonya Yoncheva will star in Puccini’s “Tosca” alongside Charles Castronovo, Ludovic Tézier, Yusif Eyvazov, and Gabriele Viviani. Carlo Rizzi conducts.
Performance Dates: April 11-May 17, 2027
Katharina Müllner conducts Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” with Nadezhda Pavlova, Erwin Schrott, Yannick Debus, Kathrin Zukowski, and Karima El Demerdasch.
Performance Dates: May 2-19, 2027
Antonino Fogliani conducts Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” with Johannes Martin Kränzle, Davide Luciano, Liv Redpath, and Dave Monaco.
Performance Dates: May 23-June 11, 2027
Puccini’s “La bohème” with Anna Netrebko, Joshua Guerrero, Mihai Damian, and Elena Villalón. Long Long and Carolina Lopez Moreno also star. Andrés Oroczo-Estrada conducts.
Performance Dates: June 16-July 10, 2027
Lise Davidsen, Stephen Costello, Alexander Köpeczi, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Marina Prudenskaya, and Laing Li star in “Don Carlo.” Petr Popelka conducts.
Performance Dates: July 1-11, 2027
Concerts
Kathrin Zukowski and Boris Begelman join forces with the Orchestra La Scintilla for works by Georg Friedrich Händel, Antonio Vivaldi, Giuseppe Torelli, and Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri.
Performance Date: Dec. 21, 2026
Julie Fuchs and Philippe Jordan join forces for the New Year’s concert with music by Johann Strauss, Franz Lehár, Richard Heuberger, Jaques Offenbach, Émile Waldteufel, and Oscar Straus.
Performance Date: Jan. 1 & 2, 2027
Rosa Feola, Thalia Cook-Hansen, Anthony León, and Evan Gray lead Mozart’s “Messe C-Moll” with Harry Bicket conducting.
Performance Date: March 17, 2027
Anna Piroli, Lara Morger, David Tricou, and Mauro Borgioni under Jordi Savall perform Michel-Richard Delalande’s “Te Deum,” Georg Friedrich Händel’s “Te Deum,” and Arvo Pärt’s “Te Deum.”
Performance Date: March 17, 2027
Lise Davidsen will perform the “Oper fur alle” concert with Gianandrea Noseda, featuring music by Verdi.
Performance Date: July 4, 2027
Adrian Kelly conducts a gala concert with the Opernstudio members.
Performance Date: July 5, 2027
Lieder
Olga Peretyatko and Matthias Samuil perform works by Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Sergej Rachmaninow.
Performance Date: Oct. 5, 2026
Lise Davidsen and James Baillieu performs music by Schubert.
Performance Date: Nov. 10, 2026
Bryn Terfel brings his “Sea Songs” concert under music director Patrick Rimes.
Performance Date: Dec. 14, 2026
Jakub Józef Orliński and Michał Biel perform works by Georg Friedrich Händel, Henry Purcell, Tadeusz Baird and Mieczysław Karłowicz.
Performance Dates: March 15, 2027
Julie Fuchs and Alphonse Cemin perform works by Eric Satie, Francis Poulenc, Aristide Bruant and Yvette Guilbert.
Performance Dates: May 31, 2027
Elīna Garanča returns to Zurich and joins forces with Matthias Schulz for a program of music by Gustav Mahler, Sergej Rachmaninow, Alfrēds Kalniņš, and Charles Gounod.
Performance Dates: June 28, 2027
