The Opernhaus Zürich in Switzerland has announced its performance lineup for the new season, the 2025/2026 season. The style of performing many new productions is alive and well, and 11 new productions will be performed in the new season.
In addition, a new music festival called “Zurich Baroque” has been established this year, and within the framework of this festival, rare works such as Handel’s “Aci, Galatea e Polifemo” and Leclair’s “Scylla et Glaucus” will be performed.
The lineup of new productions is as follows.
Richard Strauss “Der Rosenkavalier”
Sep. 21 →
［PRODUCTION］Lydia Steier
［CONDUCTOR］Joana Mallwitz
［CAST］Diana Damrau / Günther Groissböck / Angela Brower / Bo Skovhus / Emily Pogorelc
Verdi “La Forza del Destino”
Nov. 2 →
［PRODUCTION］Valentina Carrasco
［CONDUCTOR］Gianandrea Noseda
［CAST］Anna Netrebko / Elena Guseva / George Petean / Yusif Eyvazov / Riccardo Massi / Annalisa Stroppa / Michele Pertusi
Humperdinck “Hansel and Gretel”
Nov. 16 →
［PRODUCTION］Thom Luz
［CONDUCTOR］Giedrė Šlekytė / Ann-Katrin Stöcker
［CAST］Jochen Schmeckenbecher / Peter Besenbinder / Rosie Aldridge / Irène Friedli / Svetlina Stoyanova / Siena Licht Miller / Christina Gansch / Yewon Han
Johann Strauss “Die Fledermaus”
Dec. 7 →
［PRODUCTION］Anna Bernreitner
［CONDUCTOR］Lorenzo Viotti
［CAST］Matthias Klink / Golda Schultz / Regula Mühlemann / Ruben Drole / Marina Viotti / Andrew Owens / Yannick Debus / Nathan Haller
Hindemith “Cardillac”
Feb. 15, 2026 →
［PRODUCTION］Kornél Mundruczó
［CONDUCTOR］Fabio Luisi
［CAST］Gábor Bretz / Anett Fritsch / Michael Laurenz / Stanislav Vorobyov / Sebastian Kohlhepp / Dorottya Lang / Brent Michael Smith
Olga Neuwirth “Monster’s Paradise”
Mar. 8 →
［PRODUCTION］Tobias Kratzer
［CONDUCTOR］Titus Engel
［CAST］Sarah Aristidou / Kristina Stanek / Georg Nigl / Andrew Watts / Eric Jurenas / Ruben Drole
Handel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egitto“
Mar. 11 →
［PRODUCTION］Davide Livermore
［CONDUCTOR］Gianluca Capuano
［CAST］Carlo Vistoli, Cecilia Bartoli / Max Emanuel Cencic / Anne Sofie von Otter / Kangmin Justin Kim / Renato Dolcini
Handel “Aci, Galatea e Polifemo”
Mar. 20 →
［CONDUCTOR］Philippe Jaroussky
［CAST］Bruno de Sá / Elizabeth DeShong / Nicolas Brooymans
Leclair “Scylla et Glaucus”
Mar. 27 →
［PRODUCTION］Claus Guth
［CONDUCTOR］Emmanuelle Haïm
［CAST］Chiara Skerath / Elsa Benoit / Anthony Gregory / Gwendoline Blondeel
Mozart “La Clemenza di Tito”
Apri. 26 →
［PRODUCTION］Damiano Michieletto
［CONDUCTOR］Marc Minkowski
［CAST］Pene Pati / Jeanine De Bique / Yewon Han / Lea Desandre / Siena Licht Miller / Andrew Moore
Puccini’“Gianni Schicchi”
May. 2 →
［PRODUCTION］Lilli Fischer
［CONDUCTOR］Ustina Dubitsky
［CAST］Members of the International Opera Studio
Wagner “Tannhäuser”
Jun. 21 →
［PRODUCTION］Thorleifur Arnarsson
［CONDUCTOR］Tugan Sokhiev
［CAST］Christof Fischesser / Eric Cutler / Christina Nilsson / Rachael Wilson / Christian Gerhaher
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