Demnächst

Tue 23 Dec

19.30

Hauptbühne Opernhaus

Rigoletto

Opera by Giuseppe Verdi

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

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Fri 26 Dec

13.00

Hauptbühne Opernhaus

Clara

Ballet by Cathy Marston

CHF 208 / 183 / 162 / 97 / 37 / 29

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19.30

Hauptbühne Opernhaus

Die Fledermaus

Operetta by Johann Strauss

CHF 285 / 231 / 199 / 103 / 43 / 34

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Lorenzo Viotti – New General Music Director starting in August 2028

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Musical Advent Calendar – Program

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● Premiere am 7 Dec 2025
10 / 12 / 14 / 18 / 26 / 28 / 31 Dec 2025 / 2 / 4 / 6 / 10 Jan 2026

"Die Fledermaus"

Operetta by Johann Strauss

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On the Programme

Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly”

30 Dec 2025 until 16 Jan 2026

With Elena Guseva, Siena Licht Miller, Stefan Pop, Davide Luciano, Martin Zysset, Stanislav Vorobyov and others.

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«Clara»

13 Dec 2025 until 24 Apr 2026

Ballet by Cathy Marston

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Giuseppe Verdi's “Rigoletto”

20 Dec 2025 until 04 Jan 2026

With Luca Salsi, Liparit Avetisyan, Nina Minasyan, Brent Michael Smith, Yajie Zhang and others

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3rd Philharmonic Concert

11 Jan 2026

Altstaedt & Chan

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● Premiere am 17 Jan 2026
18 / 22 / 25 / 30 Jan / 1 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 11 / 12 Feb 2026

"Timeframed"

Four-part ballet evening

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Mitmachen & Engagieren

Architectural competition for youths

A new building is to be constructed between the opera house and Lake Zurich – with an open meeting space and an inviting viewing terrace. Before the professionals implement the architectural project, we want to hear from you: How can a place be turned into a feel-good zone for a wide variety of people?

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A contrabassoon retires

Together with you, we are enabling the Zurich Opera House to purchase a new contrabassoon. A contrabassoon costs CHF 98,000. Together, we are investing in the musical quality and outstanding sound of our orchestra.

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Connect

The successful project, which is being carried out jointly by the Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich, the Zurich Opera House, and the Kunsthaus, is entering its third season.

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

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New formats 2025/26

Musical Advent calendar

01 bis 23 Dec 2025

A daily musical moment to discover, marvel at, and enjoy during Advent: for 23 days, the foyer of the opera house is transformed into a small stage for musical surprises.

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Zürich Barock

20 - 29 Mar 2026

Zurich Opera House is celebrating the fascinating diversity of baroque music with a new annual festival. A rich program of operas, concerts, chamber music, family concerts and performances invites you to immerse yourself in the world of early music for ten days.

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Opernhaus für alle

26 - 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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Service

Read the 2025/26 season preview digitally

Discover the entire program with all premieres and revivals as well as exciting new formats of the new season in our preview.

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Order season preview 2025/26

Order your free, freshly printed 2025/26 season book from Matthias Schulz's new artistic director with all the information you need on the program, cast and subscription offers.

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