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

Türchen 07

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

Türchen 06

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

Türchen 05

Viola
Maya Kadosh
Natalia Mosca

Violoncello
Xavier Pignat

Piano
Ann-Katrin Stöcker

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

Türchen 04

Bass-baritone
Evan Gray

Piano
Ava Linvog

Ludwig van Beethoven:
An die ferne Geliebte

Franz Schubert:
Alinde

Türchen 03

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

Türchen 02

Violin
Marina Yakovleva-Häfliger

Piano
Kateryna Tereshchenko

Fritz Kreisler:
Miniatures

Johann Sebastian Bach / Charles Gounod:
Ave Maria

Antonio Vivaldi:
Excerpts from “The Four Seasons”

Door 01

Sunday, 1st December 2019

Violoncello
Lev Sivkov
Xavier Pignat

Jacques Offenbach:
Duo for 2 Violoncellos, Op. 54

Jean-Baptiste Barrière:
Sonata for 2 Violoncellos