Zurich Opera House
- Zurich landmark
- Located on Sechseläutenplatz and next to Lake Zurich
- Award-winning opera house
- Top-class conductors and singers
10% discount with the Zürich Card
- 24 or 72 hours
- Public transportation included
- Free admission to museums
- Over 50 discounts
With numerous and aesthetically diverse opera productions and ballet choreographies, concerts, and song recitals, as well as a broadly-based program to promote young talent, Zurich Opera House is one of the most productive and successful establishments of its kind in Europe.
The Opera House is one of Zurich's best-known landmarks and offers fans access to the genre of opera from the beginnings of opera history right through to the music of the 21st century. In addition, it delights a huge and diverse audience every year with spectacular open-air performances, such as “Opera for All” or “Ballet for All”.
In 2014, the cultural establishment directly by Lake Zurich was named “Opera Company of the Year” at the International Opera Awards, while in 2019, within the framework of the “Oper! Awards, it won the award for the “Best Opera House” in the international opera industry.
In addition to engaging top international singers, sought-after directors, and renowned choreographers, great importance is attached to training aspiring artists in the fields of classical singing, ballet, and orchestra.
10% discount on admission to tickets up to CHF 100 (except for people's performances and third-party events) with the Zürich Card.
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Ballet by Cathy Marston
World premiere 28 Apr 2024
Performances in May, Jun
Next Generation
New choreographies from members of the ballett zürich.
Premiere 25 Jun 2024
Performances in Jun
Ballet by Marco Goecke
Revival 14 Jun 2024
taZ - Curtain Up! Zurich Dance Academy as Guest
Premiere 06 Jul 2024
The Cellist
Next performance 26 Jun 2024
Performances in Mar, Apr, Jun
No longer in the repertoire
Einführungsmatinée Atonement
Performances in Apr
Einführungsmatinée Timekeepers
Performances in Jan
Einführungsmatinée Walkways
Performances in Oct
Choreographies by Shaked Heller, Samantha Lynch and Vittoria Girelli
Performances in Mar
Messa da Requiem
Requiem by giuseppe verdi, ballet by christian spuck.
Performances in Feb, Mar, Apr
Nachtträume
A piece by marcos morau.
Performances in Nov, Dec
Timekeepers
Choreographies by meryl tankard, mthuthuzeli november and bronislava nijinska.
Performances in Jan, Feb
Choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Cathy Marston and Jerome Robbins
Performances in Oct, Dec, Jan
Ballet 24/25
Revival 14 Jun 2025
Choreographies by Crystal Pite, Wayne McGregor and William Forsythe
Revival 29 Mar 2025
Performances in Apr, May, Jun
World premiere 11 Oct 2024
Performances in Oct, Nov
Countertime
Choreographies by kenneth macmillan, cathy marston and bryan arias.
Premiere 10 May 2025
Ballet by Patrice Bart
Revival 07 Dec 2024
Performances in Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar
Of Light, Wind and Waters
Ballet by kim brandstrup.
Premiere 18 Jan 2025
Performances in Jan, Feb, Mar
Premiere 05 Jul 2025
The Butterfly Effect
New choreographies by cathy marston, ihsan rustem and lucas valente.
Premiere 16 Feb 2025
Performances in Feb
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Zürich Opera House
With just 1,100 seats, Zurich’s is the smallest of the great international opera houses, and offers an exceptionally intimate experience of top performances.
Its programme is highly varied, with 17 new productions and 26 revivals a year. Popular pieces, famous singers as well as regular premieres, children's operas and ballet are all included in the varied repertoire. Stars such as Cecilia Bartoli, Renée Fleming and Placido Domingo enjoy appearing here time and again, as do celebrated conductors including Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Christoph von Dohnányi and Carlo Rizzi.
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Brief history of Zurich Opera House
The history of Zurich Opera House begins with the «Actien-Theater» (shares theatre), which opened in 1834 with Mozart’s «Zauberflöte». Zurich’s first permanent theatre, it was established in the form of a joint stock company by theatre-loving citizens. The joint stock company (today known as Opernhaus Zürich AG) still runs the institution, and celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2009. The Canton of Zurich has been the main subsidiser since 1995. The old «Actien-Theater» burnt down in 1890 and was replaced by a new building designed by Fellner and Helmer. This theatre, located not far from Bellevue on Lake Zurich, was financed almost entirely by private means. It was inaugurated with Wagner’s «Lohengrin» under the name of «Stadttheater» (town theatre) in 1891. Musical theatre and drama have gone their separate ways in Zurich since 1921. The old «Stadttheater» has been known as the Opera House since 1964. Now with a seating capacity for approximately 1,100, the theatre was renovated entirely between 1982 and 1984, and an extension was added on Uto-Quai to accommodate a second, studio stage. In 1985 the opera orchestra was separated from the Tonhalle Orchestra, thus bringing the Philharmonia Zürich into being. Zurich Opera has had its own baroque ensemble («La Scintilla») since 1995, formed by members of the opera orchestra.
You will find the commemorative publication on the 175th anniversary of the «Theater-Actiengesellschaft» here. To the scrollable Festschrift .
«Fire, fire! The theater is on fire!» – «And I thought it was just a part of the second act?!» No one’s injured. Everyone’s relieved – primarily because the theater is on fire. The theater, here, in Zurich, in 1890. Relieved? Don’t the citizens want a theater anymore? Or do they want a theater – just not this one, and… they set it on fire on purpose?? No, they didn’t. But they did have a much better spark of an idea. In Episode 8 we analyse the myth behind the founding of Opernhaus Zürich AG.
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Please make an individual appointment for group tours as private tours. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected] or +41 44 268 64 18. Persons With Reduced Mobility. The Opera House, as well as the adjacent extension building, has long corridors and many stairs.
South African-born Kristian Bezuidenhout is one of today's most renowned keyboard artists, equally at home on the fortepiano, the harpsichord and the modern piano. At the Zurich Opera House, he will perform for the first time with the Orchestra La Scintilla, interpreting works by Mozart. 21 Apr 2024. more. For a small impression of the sold-out ...
Get to know the theatre from a different perspective! The 60 minute tour will take you through the dressmaking department, the wardrobe, the make-up and props departments, and onto the stage. Please buy a ticket in advance at the Box Office. Meeting point: Box Office foyer, Bernhard Theater entrance. Price: CHF 10.
Last season, Gianandrea Noseda began his tenure as the General Music Director of the Opernhaus Zürich. He set the stage for German-Romantic repertoire with Brahms' Deutsches Requiem and the symphonically-inclined First Piano Concerto with the Philharmonia Zürich. In his second season, he'll continue with Richard Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen on the operatic stage, and will present ...
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23 reviews. The Zurich Opera House (Opernhaus Zurich is one of the busiest classical music venues in the world and is a delight for both classical music lovers as well as architecture enthusiasts. Opened in 1891, the building was designed by Viennese architects and incorporates neoclassical and rococo styles. Learn more.
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Zurich Opera House: Our most recommended tours and activities. 1. Zürich: City Tour, Cruise, and Lindt Home of Chocolate Visit. Climb aboard a comfortable, air-conditioned coach and enjoy a scenic drive through the Zürichberg district with views of the city, the lake, and the Alps. See the highlights of Zürich, such as the castle-like ...
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Zürich Opera House. With just 1,100 seats, Zurich's is the smallest of the great international opera houses, and offers an exceptionally intimate experience of top performances. Its programme is highly varied, with 17 new productions and 26 revivals a year. Popular pieces, famous singers as well as regular premieres, children's operas and ...
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The Zurich Opera House is home to the Zurich Opera, the Bernhard-Theater Zurich, and the Zurich Ballet. It was designed by Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer and was built on the site of a theater that burned down in 1890. The auditorium seats up to 1,100 people, and the detailed paintings on the ceiling keep visitors entertained before the ...
Belgrade, Serbia17,797 contributions. Beautiful Opera house. Mar 2022. Just around 10 min walk from the Grossmunster Cathedral is this 19 c Opera house. It is set on a huge plateau at the edge of old town Zurich, just where the Zurich lake begins. We wanted to have an inside tour, but it was not offered that day.
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The Cellist Ballet by Cathy Marston. Next performance 26 Jun 2024. Performances in Mar, Apr, Jun. 20240626
Zürich Opera House. With just 1,100 seats, Zurich's is the smallest of the great international opera houses, and offers an exceptionally intimate experience of top performances. Its programme is highly varied, with 17 new productions and 26 revivals a year. Popular pieces, famous singers as well as regular premieres, children's operas and ...
The client has the option of placing a commission order for tickets acquired from Zurich Opera House. Tickets can thus once again be offered for regular sale (also online) by Zurich Opera House. The client can deposit his/her ticket at the Zurich Opera House Box Office. The ticket will be cancelled promptly in the sales system and released for ...
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Zurich Opera House: Our most recommended tours and activities. 1. Zürich: City Tour, Cruise, and Lindt Home of Chocolate Visit. Climb aboard a comfortable, air-conditioned coach and enjoy a scenic drive through the Zürichberg district with views of the city, the lake, and the Alps. See the highlights of Zürich, such as the castle-like ...
The history of Zurich Opera House begins with the «Actien-Theater» (shares theatre), which opened in 1834 with Mozart's «Zauberflöte». Zurich's first permanent theatre, it was established in the form of a joint stock company by theatre-loving citizens. The joint stock company (today known as Opernhaus Zürich AG) still runs the ...