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Tue 31 Mar

19.00

Main Stage

Scylla et Glaucus

Opera by Jean-Marie Leclair

CHF 245 / 207 / 183 / 100 / 40 / 34

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Thu 02 Apr

19.00

Main Stage

Scylla et Glaucus

Opera by Jean-Marie Leclair

CHF 245 / 207 / 183 / 100 / 40 / 34

Opera House Day
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Sat 04 Apr

19.00

Main Stage

The Butterfly Effect

Choreographies by Cathy Marston, Lucas Valente and Ihsan Rustem

CHF 75 / 59 / 44 / 25 / 15 / 11

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“Zürich Barock”

from 20 to 29 March 2026

The Zurich Opera House celebrates the diversity of Baroque music with a new annual festival. Operas, concerts, chamber music, family programmes and performances invite audiences to immerse themselves in the world of early music for ten days.

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Festival programme "Zürich Barock"

Jean-Marie Leclair’s
"Scylla et Glaucus"

Premiere on 27 Mar 2026

Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Le Concert d'Astrée

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Georg Friedrich Händel’s
"Aci, Galatea e Polifemo"

until 29 Mar 2026

Concert performance under the direction of Philippe Jaroussky

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Georg Friedrich Händel’s
"Giulio Cesare in Egitto"

until 28 Mar 2026

New production by Davide Livermore with Cecilia Bartoli as Cleopatra

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Guest Performances

European Tour 2026

In March 2026, the Orchestra and Chorus of the Zurich Opera House will embark on a European tour. With the soloists Marina Rebeka, Regula Mühlemann, Agnieszka Rehlis, Joseph Calleja and Alexander Vinogradov, they will perform in Aix-en-Provence, Dijon, Hamburg, Luxembourg, Munich, Paris and Vienna.

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Opernhaus für alle

26 until 28 Jun 2026

Open-air on three days: On an entire weekend in June 2026, spectators can enjoy live broadcasts of an opera and ballet performance as well as an open-air concert with the Zurich Opera Orchestra on Sechseläutenplatz.

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Opera - the premieres and revivals of the 2025/26 season

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Youth Architecture Competition

And the winners are… Between the opera house and the lake, a new building is taking shape: over 700 children and young people have imagined an open, vibrant space for coming together in a youth architecture competition. More than 350 creative projects showcase just how bold, diverse, and inspiring young ideas can shape the city of tomorrow – and now, the winners have been announced. And the Audience Award winners? Have your say: online voting is open until April 1.

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