Abstract
With dazzling variety and diverse formats, the extensive concert programme presents itself to audiences. In large symphonic forces, the Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House can be heard in seven Philharmonic Concerts, alternating between the Zurich Opera House and the Tonhalle. Internationally renowned soloists and guest conductors devote themselves to the great works from Beethoven to Strauss, as well as to fascinating discoveries from the concert repertoire. A special focus is placed on the Prokofiev cycle, created in collaboration with the Tonhalle Orchestra. Three concerts by Orchestra La Scintilla on period instruments, together with a series of gala and special concerts – including one with the Children’s Opera Orchestra – further enrich this wide-ranging programme.
In smaller and more individual formations, musicians from the Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House appear in the popular chamber concerts, which take place on Sunday mornings and Monday evenings. The Ensemble Opera Nova brings works from the late twentieth and the twenty-first centuries to the studio stage. The concert programme is rounded off by the song recitals, where some of the most beautiful and distinctive voices of our time can be heard.