The Opernhaus Zürich has announced its 2020-21 season with 13 new productions and a number of international stars.

Premiere 

Michael Volle sings the title role in a new production of Mussorgky’s “Boris Godunov” by Barrie Kosky. Lina Dambrauskaité, Irène Friedli, John Daszak, Konstantin Shushakov, Brindley Sherratt, Edgaras Montvidas, Oksana Volkova, Johannes Martin Kränzle, and Wenwei Zhang also star. Kirill Karabits conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 20-Oct. 20, 2020

Helden von Wolfgang Mitterer’s “Das tapfere Schneiderlein” is set to be conducted by Ann-Katrin Stöcker in a new production by Kai Anne Schuhmacher. The opera stars Nathan Haller, Ziyi Dai, Erica Petrocelli, Xiaomeng Zhang, Yannick Debus, Ruben Drole, Yuriy Hadzetskyy, and Marius Kob.

Performance Dates: Sept. 20, 2020-Jan. 31, 2021

Pergolesi’s “L’Olimpiade” is set to conducted by Ottavio Dantone and directed by David Marton. Carlo Allemano, Sophie Junker, Anna Bonitatibus, Vivica Genaux, Thomas Erlank, and Delphine Galou star.

Performance Dates: Nov. 1-Dec. 2, 2020

Pierangelo Valtinoni’s “Alice im Wunderland” is set to star Sandra Hamaoui and Lina Dambrauskaité in the title role. Ruben Drole, Gary Martin, Andrei Skliarenko, Valeriy Murga, Andrew Moore, Kjell Brutscheidt, Irène Friedli, Christina Müller, Omer Kobiljak, Nathan Haller, and Daniel Hajdu. Michael Richter conducts the new production by Nadja Loschky

Performance Dates: Nov. 14, 2020-Feb. 7-2021

Fabio Luisi conducts a new production of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” directed by Andreas Homoki. The cast includes Christian Gerhaher in the title role, Jennifer Rowley, Christof Fischesser, and Otar Jorjikia.

Performance Dates: Dec. 6, 2020-Jan. 12, 2021

Johannes Pölzgutter directs a new production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Alasdair Kent, Paolo Bordogna, Aigul Akhmetshina, Konstantin Shushakov, Dean Murphy, and Wenwei Zhang. Georg Petrou conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 24-Feb. 12, 2021

Gluck’s “Orphée et Euridice” stars Nadezhda Karyazina and Chiara Skerath in the title roles. Christoph Marthaler directs the new production with Alice Duport-Percier rounding out the cast as Amour.

Performance Dates: Feb. 14-March 23, 2021

Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s “Amerika” gets a new production by Sebastian Baumgarten. The cast includes Paul Curievici, Robert Pomakov, Mojca Erdmann, Ruben Drole, Allison Cook, and Irène Friedli. Sebastian Baumgarten directs the new production.

Performance Dates: March 7 – April 5, 2021

Antonino Fogliani conducts a new production of Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” directed by Andreas Homoki. Saimir Pirgu sings the title role, Alexandra Kadurina as the Muse, Katrina Galka as Olympia, Ekaterina Bakanova as Antonia, Lauren Fagan as Giulleta, and Andrew Foster-Williams as the four villains.

Performance Dates: April 11-May 16, 2021

Antonino Fogliani conducts concert performances of Rossini’s “La Donna del Lago” with Edgardo Rocha, Stanislav Vorobyov, Sergey Romanovsky, and Karine Deshayes.

Performance Dates: April 25-May 2, 2021

Mélanie Huber directs Donizetti’s “Viva la Mama” with Carrie-Ann Matheson conducting a cast that includes Lina Dambrauskaité, Yuriy Hadzetskyy, Andrew Moore, Siena Licht Miller, Katia Ledoux, Luca Bernard, Vladyslav Tlushch, Ilya Altukhov, Xiaomeng Zhang, and Fritz Fenne.

Performance Dates: May 8-19, 2021

Markus Poschner conducts R. Strauss’ “Capriccio” with  Julia Kleiter, Markus Eiche, Ben Bliss, John Chest, Christof Fischesser, and Paula Murrihy. Christof Loy directs the new production.

Performance Dates: May 24-June 13, 2021

Lisette Oropesa stars in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Piotr Beczała, Massimo Cavalletti, and Oleg Tsibulko. Speranza Scappucci conducts the new production by Tatjana Gürbaca.

Performance Dates: June 20-July 10, 2021

 

 

Revivals 

Fabio Luisi conducts Verdi’s “I Vespri Siciliani” with Calixto Bieito’s directing a cast that includes Maria Agresta, Quinn Kelsey, Alexander Vinogradov,  and Bryan Hymel.

Performance Dates: Sept. 22-Oct. 6, 2020

Ulf Schirmer conducts Kalman’s “Die Csárdásfürstin” starring Annette Dasch, Pavol Breslik, Spencer Lang, Rebeca Olvera, Martin Zysset, and Jürgen Appel.

Performance Dates: Sep. 24-Oct. 11, 2020

Diana Damrau stars in the title role of Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda” with Salome Jicia, Paolo Fanale, Nicolas Testé, and André Courville. Enrique Mazzola conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 15, 2020

Mané Galoyan, Mauro Peter, Samuel Dale Johnson, and Erwin Schrott star in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore.”

Performance Dates:  Oct. 18-Nov. 8, 2020

Vannina Santoni sings the title role of Massenet’s “Manon” with Benjamin Bernheim, Audun Iversen, and Alastair Miles. Fabio Luisi conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 22-Dec. 5, 2020

Riccardo Minasi conducts Rossini’s “Il Viaggio a Reims” with Anna Aglatova, Nadezhda Karyazina, Aleksandra Olczyk, Serena Farnocchia, Alexey Neklyudov, Maxim Mironov, Mirco Palazzi, Pietro Spagnoli, Andrew Moore, Dean Murphy, Oliver Widmer, Andrei Skliarenko, Liliana Nikiteanu, Sandra Hamaoui, Erica Petrocelli, and Luis Magallanes.

Performance Dates: Dec. 15, 2020-Jan. 3, 2021

Cecilia Bartoli leads an all star cast in Handel’s “Alcina” with Magdalena Kožená, Sandrine Piau, Deniz Uzun, Samuel Boden, Stanislav Vorobyov, and Barbara Goodman. Giovanni Antonini conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 31, 2020-Jan. 9, 2021

Bryn Terfel, Angelika Kirchschlager, Elliot Madore, David Soar, Iain Milne, and Soraya Mafi star in Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd.” David Charles Abell conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 17-31, 2021

Bellini’s “I Puritani” is set to be conducted by Daniele Squeo with Stanislav Vorobyov, Wenwei Zhang, Lawrence Brownlee, George Petean, and Irina Lungu.

Performance Dates: Feb. 27-March 17, 2021

Sesto Quatrini conducts Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” with Pietro Spagnoli, Konstantin Shushakov, Edgardo Rocha, and Aleksandra Kubas-Kruk.

Performance Dates: March 16-April 18, 2021

Charles Castronovo takes on the title role of Massenet’s “Werther” with Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Sandra Hamaoui, and Audun Iversen. Giedrė Šlekytė conducts.

Performance Dates: March 28-April 24, 2021

Gelena Gaskarova, Deniz Uzun, Konstantin Shushakov, and Pavol Breslik star in Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” with Kirill Karabits conducts.

Performance Dates: April 23-May 14, 2021

Kurt Weill’s ‘The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” returns with Thomas Søndergård conducting a cast that includes Doris Soffel, Cameron Becker, Robert Gleadow, Valentina Farcas, Christopher Ventris, Iain Milne, Cheyne Davidson, Ruben Drole, and Thomas Erlank.

Performance Dates: May 3-28, 2021

Ana María Martínez, Judith Schmid, Katia Ledoux, Saimir Pirgu, and Brian Mulligan star in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Marco Armiliato conducting.

Performance Dates: June 6-25, 2021

Sergey Romanovsky, Olivia Vermeulen, Lauren Snouffer, Guanqun Yu, and Thomas Erlank star in Mozart’s “Idomeneo” with Giovanni Antonini.

Performance Dates: June 29-July 8, 2021

Marcelo Álvarez sings the title role of Verdi’s “Don Carlo” with Tatiana Serjan, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Wenwei Zhang, Vitalij Kowaljow, Simon Keenlyside, and Ludovic Tézier. Mark Elder conducts.

Performance Dates: June 27-July 9, 2021