The Zurich Opera has announced its performance lineup for the 2024/2025 season. The new season is the final season of artistic director Andreas Homoki’s tenure, and will feature four world premieres. New productions include.
There are two new productions for the new season, directed by Homoki himself. One is Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, which opens the season. The other is Mendelssohn’s Elijah, which concludes the season.
Homoki is 64 years old and was born in Marr, West Germany. He is a Hungarian-German who moved to Zurich after serving as artistic director of the Berlin Komische Oper (2003-2012). During his 13 years at the theater, the theater has produced 123 new operas and 39 ballets.
Samuel Penderbayne “Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig” = World Premiere
Sep. 15, 2024 – Feb. 5, 2025
［PRODUCTION］Claudia Blersch
［CONDUCTOR］Thomas Barthel / Ann-Katrin Stöcker
［CAST］Liliana Nikiteanu / Philipp Mayer / Valeriy Murga / Martin Zysset / Christian Sturm / Indyana Schneider / Sylwia Salamonska
Richard Strauss “Ariadne auf Naxos”
Sep. 22 – Oct. 22
［PRODUCTION］Andreas Homoki
［CONDUCTOR］Markus Poschner
［CAST］Daniela Köhler / Brandon Jovanovich / Martin Gantner / Ziyi Dai / Lauren Fagan / Kurt Rydl
Handel “Serse”
Sep. 29 – Oct. 17
［PRODUCTION］Enrico Onofri
［CONDUCTOR］Nina Russi
［CAST］Raffaele Pe / Christophe Dumaux / Noa Beinart / Anna El-Khashem / Miriam Kutrowatz / Miklos Sebestyén / Gregory Feldmann
Alfred Schnittke “Leben mit einem Idioten” = World Premiere
Nov. 3 – Dec. 1
［PRODUCTION］Kirill Serebrennikov
［CONDUCTOR］Jonathan Stockhammer
［CAST］Bo Skovhus / Susanne Elmark / Matthew Newlin / Magnus Piontek / Álvaro Diana Sanchez / Birger Radde
Jonathan Dove “In 80 Tagen um die Welt” = World Premiere
Nov. 17, 2024 – Jan. 14
［PRODUCTION］Peter Lund
［CONDUCTOR］Michael Richter
［CAST］Rebeca Olvera / Indyana Schneider / Andrew Owens / Felix Gygli / Ruben Drole / Flavia Stricker / Irène Friedli / Christian Sturm
Verdi “Un Ballo in Maschera”
Dec. 8, 2024 – Jan. 19, 2025
［PRODUCTION］Adele Thomas
［CONDUCTOR］Gianandrea Noseda
［CAST］Charles Castronovo / George Petean / Erika Grimaldi / Katharina Konradi / Agnieszka Rehlis
Puccini “Manon Lescaut”
Feb. 9 – Mar. 22
［PRODUCTION］Barrie Kosky
［CONDUCTOR］Marco Amiliato
［CAST］Elena Stikhina / Saimir Pirgu / Konstantin Shushakov
Rossini “Il viaggio a Reims”
Feb. 28 & Mar. 2
［CONDUCTOR］Dominic Limburg
［CAST］Marie Lombard / Raúl Gutiérrez
Handel “Agrippina”
Mar. 2 – 30
［PRODUCTION］Jetske Mijnssen
［CONDUCTOR］Harry Bicket
［CAST］Nahuel Di Pierro / Anna Bonitatibus / Christophe Dumaux / Lea Desandre / Jakub Józef Orliński / José Coca Loza / Hagen Matzeit / Yannick Debus
Beat Furrer “Das grosse Feuer”
Mar. 23 – Apr. 11
［PRODUCTION］Tatjana Gürbaca
［CONDUCTOR］Beat Furrer
［CAST］Leigh Melrose / Andrew Moore / Liliana Nikiteanu / Sarah Aristidou / Elina Viluma-Helling / Ruben Drole / Johanna Zimmer / Hugo Paulsson Stove / Matias Bocchio / Christoph Brunner / Cornelia Sonnleither / Bernd Lambauer
Korngold “Die tote Stadt”
Apr. 21 – Jun. 1
［PRODUCTION］Dmitri Tcherniakov
［CONDUCTOR］Lorenzo Viotti
［CAST］Eric Cutler / Vida Miknevičiūtė / Björn Bürger / Evelyn Herlitzius / Rebeca Olvera
Mendelssohn “Elias”
Jun. 9 – Jul. 6
［PRODUCTION］Andreas Homoki
［CONDUCTOR］Gianandrea Noseda
［CAST］Christian Gerhaher / Julia Kleiter / Mauro Peter / Wiebke Lehmkuhl
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