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

The 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. {…}

Mar 27, 2026

Opernhaus Zürich 2025-26 Review: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo

(Photo: Toni Suter) Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” written in the first century A.D., profoundly influenced Baroque art in all its forms: literature, the visual arts, and music. It is an epic-style compilation of over 250 Greek and Roman myths centered on transformation, spanning from the creation of the world to the deification of Julius Caesar, all linked by the overarching theme of {…}

Mar 2, 2026

Opernhaus Zürich Launches New Music Festival

Opernhaus Zürich announces its new festival, “Zürich Baroque.” The first edition of “Zürich Baroque” aims to bring together opera productions, concerts, chamber music, family formats and performative projects in a concentrated panorama of historically informed performance practice. Over 10 days, the festival will give the premiere of Jean-Marie Leclair’s “Scylla et Glaucus,” present Handel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egitto” and “Aci, {…}

Feb 23, 2026

Opernhaus Zürich 2025-26 Review: Cardillac

(Photo: Monika Rittershaus) Paul Hindemith’s “Cardillac” remains one of the most insightful operatic examinations of artistic obsession ever written. Premiered in 1926 amidst the cultural turbulence of the Weimar Republic, this psychological thriller follows a Parisian goldsmith so consumed by his creations that he murders to reclaim them, unable to tolerate his masterpieces in anyone else’s possession. Beyond its surface {…}

Dec 23, 2025

Opernhaus Zürich Appoints New Music Director

(Credit: Gaetan Bally) The Opernhaus Zürich has appointed Lorenzo Viotti as its new General Music Director for the 2028-29 and 2029-30 seasons. The initial contract term is set for two years and is aligned with the current tenure of Artistic Director Matthias Schulz. Viotti will succeed Gianandrea Noseda, who has shaped the orchestra with artistic clarity, passion, and the highest {…}

Dec 13, 2025

Best of 2025: OperaWire’s Staff Selects Their Favorite Performances of the Year

The New Year is upon us, which means it’s time to look back and reflect at what was and what will remain in our memories. As per usual, OperaWire has compiled the favorite performances of the year from many of our contributors. We won’t keep you waiting, here’s a look at the Staff Picks for the best performances of 2025. {…}

Oct 3, 2025

Opernhaus Zürich 2025-26 Review: Manon

(Photo: Antoine François Prévost’s novel, “The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut,” was published in France in 1731 to great success. Its scandalous subject matter—featuring protagonists who live together out of wedlock, a Manon obsessed with greed to the point of prostitution, and a des Grieux who cheats at cards for money, with both ultimately landing in {…}

Oct 1, 2025

Opernhaus Zürich 2025-26 Review: La Scala di Seta

At the beginning of the 19th century, a small Venetian theatre called San Moisè was dedicated to the genre of the “farsa”—short, semi-serious one-act operas performed by a small company of six or seven singers, without a chorus, and accompanied by a modest orchestra. The barely twenty-year-old Gioachino Rossini found this environment ideal for honing his compositional skills and establishing {…}

Sep 29, 2025

Opernwelt Announces 2025 Awards

Opernwelt has announced the 2025 awards of the year. The Magazine announced the Opera Company of the year was Opernhaus Zürich, while the singers of the year went to Eleonora Buratto and Bogdan Volkov. Meanwhile, Kirill Petrenko won the Conductor of the Year. Meanwhile the the Director of the Year was awarded to Tobias Kratzer, while the Premiere of the {…}

Sep 26, 2025

Opernhaus Zürich Recital 2025-26 Review: Elīna Garanča

(Photo: Gaetan Bally) On Sept. 19, the Zürich Opera opened its 2025-26 Liederabend series featuring Latvian mezzo Elīna Garanča and new General Director Matthias Schulz at the piano. The evening promised to be an enchanting one filled with rich musical journeys in lieder, song, and arias. The result was exactly that. A program of captivating qualities that showed why Garanča {…}

Sep 23, 2025

Opernhaus Zürich 2025-26 Review: Der Rosenkavalier

On Sept. 21, 2025, the Opernhaus Zürich opened the 2025-26 season with a new production of “Der Rosenkavalier.” The season opening was the start of General Director Mattias Schulz’s tenure, and based on this premiere, it is a great start. Fantasy World The production by Lydia Steier is a confection of colorful sets that mix time periods and wild fantastical {…}

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