Opernhaus Zürich has announced minor changes to its 2020-21 season. The company announced that “due to social distancing regulations, there will still be a few adjustments to the program for the 2020-21 season. ” The company announced that the traditional opening festival that kicks off the season on Sept. 19 will be canceled while the planned revival of Verdi’s “I {…}
The Opernhaus Zürich has announced it will reopen its doors in July. The company announced that following the Swiss government’s regulations in order to minimize the spread of the coronavirus, the theater will showcase recitals with a maximum of 300 audience members. The recitals, which will begin on July 2 and run through July 12, will feature such artists as {…}
(Credit: Staatsoper Berlin/Ken Howard-Metropolitan Opera/P.S. Zoeller) With social distancing in full effect, the opera world has come together to offer up a lot of streaming services. The beauty of it all is that there is seemingly endless choice. But on the other hand, there is so much choice that it could be hard to figure out what to check out. {…}
(Image Source: Official Website Opernhaus Zürich) Opernhaus Zürich has announced that it will start streaming operas on its official website starting on March 27, 2020. The service will last until June 1 with the company presenting operas between Fridays at 6 p.m. through Sunday at midnight. All works will be presented with subtitles in English, French, and German. “We now {…}
(Image Source: Opernhaus Zürich Official Website) Opernhaus Zürich has canceled its performances all the way through April 30, 2020. The company made the announcement via its official website with the following statement: “With immediate effect, the Zurich Opera House has to cancel all performances and events by April 30, 2020, due to the order imposed by the Federal Council as {…}
The Opernhaus Zurich has canceled the March 12 performance of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The company announced that “Juan Diego Flórez canceled the 3 p.m. the performance of “La Bohème” tonight due to illness. Since we are unable to provide an adequate replacement in the short time available and in the current general crisis situation, this performance has unfortunately to be {…}
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 {…}
Opernhaus Zürich and Grand Théâtre de Genève are set to go on with performances despite concerns over Coronavirus. Switzerland’s Federal Office of Public Health orders on Friday stated that gatherings of more than 1,000 people were banned through at least March 15, 2020 in a bid to restrict the spread of the coronavirus. As a result, both theaters will limit {…}
(Credit: Opernhaus Zürich) Opernhaus Zürich will honor the memory of the late conductor Nello Santi by performing Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, according to the official statement on the company’s website. General Music Director of the Opernhaus Zürich Maestro Fabio Luisi will conduct the Zürich Philharmonic in the performance of Verdi’s masterwork that will star soloists soprano Hibla Gerzmava, tenor Benjamin {…}
Austrian mezzo-soprano Erika Wien passed away in Zürich at the age of 91 following a short illness. Born in Vienna in 1928, Wien spent a portion of her youth fleeing the Nazis in Poland and later the Soviet Union. After the War, she returned to her hometown to study voice at the Vienna Music Academy. According to Neue Zürcher Zeitung, {…}
Guatemalan soprano Adriana Gonzalez is the first musician in her entire family, making her meteoric rise in the opera world all the more essential to her and her loved ones. She has the potential to go even further this very week when she competes in the Operalia Competition, one month after appearing the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. {…}