Musical Advent Calendar

Pause for 15 minutes a day and escape the hustle and bustle. Artists from the Orchester der Oper Zürich, the Orchesterakademie, the International Opera Studio, or the Chor der Oper Zürich offer 23 concerts held in the Opernhaus foyer, bringing a moment of calm to the often-hectic advent season. The program will be published daily here. Or simply stop by and let yourself be pleasantly surprised by what’s on offer...

In the foyer of the Zurich Opera House
1st to 23rd of December 2025
Daily, 5.30pm (Doors open at 5.20pm)
Admission free

Supported by

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Soloists
Francisca Montiel (soprano)
Aurora Faggioli (alto)
Luis Magallanes (tenor)
Dmytro Kalmuchyn (baritone)

Piano
Rafael Gordillo

Gioachino Rossini
from “Les Soirées musicales”:
“L’orgia”
Luis Magallanes

“La Promessa”
Francisca Montiel

“I Marinari”
Luis Magallanes
Dmytro Kalmuchyn

Gioachino Rossini
from “L’italiana in Algeri”:
“Cruda sorte”
Aurora Faggioli

Gioachino Rossini:
“Cat Quartet”
Francisca Montiel
Aurora Faggioli
Luis Magallanes
Dmytro Kalmuchyn
Rafael Gordillo

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Singers
Hao Zhang
Bo Zhao

Tenor Trio Trovatori Stranieri:
Themis Basdekis
Vahan Markaryan
Nazariy Sadivsky

Piano
Rafael Gordillo

Jacques Offenbach:
from “La belle Hélène”: “Oui, c'est un rêve”
Hao Zhang
Bo Zhao
Rafael Gordillo

Francesco Sartori:
“Con te partirò”
Hao Zhang
Bo Zhao
Rafael Gordillo

Franz Lehár:
“Friends, Life Is Worth Living” from “Giuditta”
Tenor Trio Trovatori Stranieri
Rafael Gordillo

Eduardo Di Capua:
“O sole mio”, Neapolitan song
Tenor Trio Trovatori Stranieri
Rafael Gordillo

Franz Xaver Gruber:
“Silent Night, Holy Night”
Tenor Trio Trovatori Stranieri
Rafael Gordillo

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Singers
Julie Bartholomew
Sylwia Feherpataky

Violin
Marina Yakovlewa

Electric Bass
Dariusz Mizera

Percussion
Dessi Kepenerova

Piano
Anna Hauner

Actor
Henri Bernard

Kurt Weill:
"I’m a Stranger Here Myself"
"Lost in the Stars"
"Lonely House"

Astor Piazzolla:
"Libertango"

Gianni Ferrio:
"Paroles, paroles"

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Flute
Rute Pereira Fernandes
Eva Kieffer

Piano
Daria Chaikovska

Jean-Christophe Maltot:
“Rosenkavalier Flutes Suite”

Jean-Christophe Maltot:
“Fantaisie sur Madame Butterfly”

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Flute
Maurice Heugen
Caterina Bruno

Piano
Kateryna Tereshchenko

Ernesto Köhler:
“Blumenwalzer”, op. 87

Franz and Karl Doppler:
“Hungarian Fantasy”, op. 35, for two flutes and piano

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Today's concert will exceptionally take place on the studio stage.

Clarinet
Filipa Nunes

Viola
Maria Clément

Piano
Kateryna Tereshchenko

Engelbert Humperdinck:
Excerpts from “Hansel and Gretel”, arr. for trio

Astor Piazzolla:
“Invierno”, arr. for trio

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Trombone Quartet
David García
Tobias Lang
Alexander Apfler
René Meister

Joseph Haydn / arr. Don Miller:
Achieved is the Glorious Work

Andreas Gabrieli / arr. Leonard Cecil:
Ricercar del duodecimo tuono

Trad. / arr. Bill Reichenbach:
Scarborough Fair

J. Pierpont / arr. Robert Elkjer:
Jingle Bells

Trad. / arr. Robert Elkjer:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Aram Khachaturian / arr. Bollinger:
Saber Dance

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Violin
Maya Kadosh

Viola
Natalia Mosca

Violoncello
Xavier Pignat

Piano
Ann-Katrin Stöcker

Johannes Brahms:
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

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Bass-baritone
Evan Gray

Piano
Ava Linvog

Ludwig van Beethoven:
An die ferne Geliebte

Franz Schubert:
Alinde

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Violin
Nadezhda Korshakova
Marina Yakovleva-Häfliger

Viola
Aleksandr Tatarinov

Cello
Camille Thévoz

Double Bass
Simon Hartmann

Antonín Dvořák:
String Quintet in G major, Op. 77
for 2 violins, viola, cello, and double bass

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Violin
Marina Yakovleva-Häfliger

Piano
Kateryna Tereshchenko

Fritz Kreisler:
Miniatures

Johann Sebastian Bach / Charles Gounod:
Ave Maria

Antonio Vivaldi:
Excerpts from “The Four Seasons”

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Sunday, 1st December 2019

Violoncello
Lev Sivkov
Xavier Pignat

Jacques Offenbach:
Duo for 2 Violoncellos, Op. 54

Jean-Baptiste Barrière:
Sonata for 2 Violoncellos