The Zurich Opera House is celebrating the opening of the 2025/26 season under its new artistic director for an entire weekend, spanning from a song recital with Elīna Garanča and the new artistic director Matthias Schulz at the piano to an extended opening festival, during which the house is open 24 hours a day and can be discovered in a very unusual way, to the first major premiere with Strauss' opera «Der Rosenkavalier». The first world premiere from the new series of laboratory productions at the Bernhard Theater also marks the start of the season.
For one night and one day at the opera house. The new season, under new artistic direction, will be celebrated this year with a one-of-a-kind event. On the first weekend of the season, visitors will have the opportunity to discover Zurich's historic landmark in an unusual way over the course of 24 hours. The opera house will open its doors from Friday at 11 p.m. to Saturday at 11 p.m., inviting everyone into a very special world and offering a chance to experience the house from an entirely new perspective.