Le nozze di Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Opera buffa in four acts
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte

From 24. January 2026 until 14. February 2026

Dates & Tickets

Duration :
approx. 3 H. 35 Min. Inkl. Pause after approx. 1 H. 45 Min.
Language:
In Italian with German and English surtitles.
More information:
Introduction 45 min before the performance.

Musical Director:

Katharina Müllner

Katharina Müllner studied conducting, music education, as well as psychology and philosophy in Vienna. She began her career as a répétiteur with conducting duties at the Landestheater Linz. Since the 2024/25 season, she has been Kapellmeisterin at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, where she has conducted, among others, several ballet productions, "Hänsel und Gretel," "La Cenerentola," "Anatevka," "Carmen," "Die Fledermaus," and "Nabucco." She is a regular guest at the Semperoper Dresden, where she recently conducted "The Magic Flute" as well as a ballet evening featuring choreographies by George Balanchine, Justin Peck, and Twyla Tharp. At the Semperoper Dresden, she conducted the world premiere of "Der 35. Mai oder Konrad reitet in die Südsee" by Raphaël Coumes-Marquet, "The Magic Flute" at Konzert und Theater St. Gallen and at Theater Chemnitz, "Carmen" at Theater Essen and the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, "Così fan tutte" at the Komische Oper Berlin, as well as Suppé’s "Der Teufel auf Erden" and Britten’s "Death in Venice" at the Volksoper Vienna. Concert engagements have also taken her to the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg, the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonisches Orchester Erfurt, the SWR Symphony Orchestra, the Brandenburger Symphoniker, the Essener Philharmoniker, and the hr-Sinfonieorchester. Recent highlights include debuts at the Cologne Opera ("The Magic Flute"), the Opéra de Dijon ("Don Giovanni"), and the Hamburg State Opera (with the ballet evening "No Return"), as well as performances with the Basque National Orchestra, the Sinfonieorchester Basel, and the Staatsorchester Darmstadt.

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Production:

Jan Philipp Gloger

Jan Philipp Gloger studied Applied Theatre Studies at the Justus Liebig University Giessen and directing at the Zurich University of the Arts. From 2007, he worked as a freelance theatre director, including at the Bavarian State Theatre Munich, the Schaubühne and the Deutsches Theater Berlin, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, and the State Theatre Dresden. He presented productions at the Ruhrtriennale and the Heidelberg Stückemarkt and received the Directing Prize of the Bavarian Theatre Days. From 2011 to 2013, he was Chief Director at the Staatstheater Mainz. In 2010, he staged his first opera, "Le nozze di Figaro," at the Theater Augsburg. This was followed by "Alcina" at the Semperoper Dresden, "The Flying Dutchman" at the Bayreuth Festival in 2012, "Idomeneo" at the Opera Frankfurt in 2013, Gounod’s "Faust" in Zurich, and "Simon Boccanegra" at the Semperoper Dresden in 2014. In recent years, he has directed productions including "Così fan tutte" at the Royal Opera House London and "Faust" at the Kongelige Theater Copenhagen. In 2018, Jan Philipp Gloger became Artistic Director at the Staatstheater Nürnberg, where he most recently staged "La Cenerentola." His productions have been awarded the Audience Prize of the Mülheimer Theatertage, the Directing Prize of the Bavarian Theatre Days, the Nachspiel Prize at the Heidelberg Stückemarkt, and a nomination for the London Olivier Award. In Zurich, he most recently directed "La verità in cimento," "Il turco in Italia," and "Die Csárdásfürstin." Since the 2025/26 season, he has been Intendant of the Volkstheater Vienna.

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Set Design:

Ben Baur

Ben Baur comes from Reinheim in southern Hesse and studied at the Berlin-Weissensee University of the Arts. His work as a stage and costume designer can be seen at major theatres and opera houses across Europe, including the Maxim Gorki Theater and Deutsches Theater in Berlin, the Volkstheater Munich, the Staatstheater Karlsruhe and Staatstheater Saarbrücken, the theatres in Bochum, Zurich, and Frankfurt, the Aalto-Musiktheater Essen, the Stuttgart State Opera, the Zurich Opera House, the Welsh National Opera Cardiff, the Opéra national de Lorraine in Nancy and the Opéra royal du Château de Versailles, the Dutch National Opera Amsterdam, the Hamburg State Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and the Burgtheater Vienna. He has a close collaboration with Jetske Mijnssen and Jan Philipp Gloger. In 2014, Ben Baur made his directorial debut at the Staatstheater Saarbrücken with "Lucia di Lammermoor," where he subsequently staged "La traviata" and "Katja Kabanova." His work as a director also includes Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Elektra" at the Deutsches Theater Göttingen, "Roméo et Juliette" and "Il trovatore" at the Opera Graz, "Don Giovanni" and "Dialogues des Carmélites" at the Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen, "Il pirata" and "Faust" at the Theater St. Gallen, "La bohème" and "Alcina" at the Staatstheater Braunschweig, as well as August Enna's "Kleopatra" at the Danish National Opera.

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Costumes:

Karin Jud

Karin Jud, born in Zurich, studied fashion design from 2000 to 2004 at the Basel School of Design and Art. Afterwards, she worked until 2007 as an assistant costume designer at the Schauspielhaus and the Zurich Opera House, collaborating with directors such as Jan Bosse, Barbara Frey, Jürgen Gosch, Rudi Häusermann, Leiser/Caurier, and Jürgen Flimm. She designed costumes at the Schauspielhaus Zurich, among others, for productions by David Unseld, Luise Helle, Schorsch Kamerun, and Matthias Hartmann. Since 2007, she has worked as a freelance costume designer at, among others, Theater Augsburg, the Bavarian State Theatre Munich, Schauspiel Hannover, Schauspielhaus Graz, Staatstheater Mainz, Volkstheater Vienna, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, and the Schaubühne Berlin. In Hamburg, she designed the premiere of Philipp Löhle's "Das Ding," directed by Jan Philipp Gloger, which won the Audience Prize at the Mülheimer Theatertage in 2012. She has collaborated with directors such as Ingo Berk, Jan Stephan Schmieding, and Barbara-David Brüesch. Recently, in collaboration with Jan Philipp Gloger, she worked on "Idomeneo" at the Opera Frankfurt, "Die Csárdásfürstin," "Le nozze di Figaro," and "Il turco in Italia" at the Zurich Opera House, "Faust" at the Royal Danish Opera, and "Così fan tutte" at the Royal Opera House in London.

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Lighting Design:

Martin Gebhardt

Martin Gebhardt was lighting designer and Head of Lighting for John Neumeier’s Hamburg Ballet. From 2002 onward he collaborated with Heinz Spoerli and the Ballett Zürich. Ballet productions of both companies took him to renowned theatres across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. At Zurich Opera House he created the lighting design for productions by Jürgen Flimm, David Alden, Jan Philipp Gloger, Grischa Asagaroff, Matthias Hartmann, David Pountney, Moshe Leiser/Patrice Caurier, Damiano Michieletto, and Achim Freyer. At the Salzburg Festival he designed the lighting for "La bohème" and for a new version of Spoerli’s "Der Tod und das Mädchen". Since the 2012/13 season Martin Gebhardt has been Head of Lighting at Zurich Opera House. He maintains a close collaboration with choreographer Christian Spuck (including "Winterreise", "Nussknacker und Mausekönig", "Messa da Requiem", "Anna Karenina", "Woyzeck", "Der Sandmann", "Leonce und Lena", "Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern"). He has also worked as lighting designer for choreographers Edward Clug (including "Strings", "Le Sacre du printemps" and "Faust" in Zurich), Alexei Ratmansky, Wayne McGregor, Marco Goecke, and Douglas Lee. He collaborated with Christoph Marthaler and Anna Viebrock on Handel’s "Sale" and Rossini’s "Il viaggio a Reims" in Zurich as well as on "Lulu" at the Hamburg State Opera, and with Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito at the Grand Théâtre de Genève for "Les Huguenots". In 2023 he designed the lighting for Spuck’s ballet "Bovary" at the Staatsballett Berlin and in 2024 for Rossini’s "Tancredi" at the Bregenz Festival. He was also the lighting designer for Cathy Marston’s "Atonement" at Zurich Opera House.

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Video:

Tieni Burkhalter

Tieni Burkhalter studied Fine Arts at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), where he specialized in video and video installation. After his works were mainly shown in galleries and at experimental film festivals, he has been working for the stage since 2009. As a video producer, he is closely associated with the Zurich Opera House. His stage work has also taken him to theaters in Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, Moscow, Oslo, and Savonlinna. At the Zurich Opera House, he worked with Andreas Homoki ("Der fliegende Holländer", "Das Land des Lächelns", "Das Rheingold", "Siegfried" and "Die Walküre"), Evgeny Titov ("Lessons in Love and Violence" and "L’Orfeo"), Jan Philipp Gloger ("Die Csárdásfürstin" and "Le nozze di Figaro"), Adele Thomas ("Il trovatore"), Rainer Holzapfel ("Die Odyssee"), Nina Russi ("Coraline") and Kai Anne Schuhmacher ("Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer"). For Ballet Zurich, he produced videos for Christian Spuck ("Anna Karenina" and "Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern"), Marcos Morau ("Nachtträume"), Edward Clug ("Faust") and Douglas Lee ("A-Life"). He was also involved at the Savonlinna Opera Festival with Philipp Himmelmann for "Aida", in Berlin with Christian Spuck for "Madame Bovary", and has been collaborating for many years on Dmitri Tcherniakov’s productions: "Pelléas et Mélisande" and "Die Sache Makropulos" at the Zurich Opera House, "Senza Sangue/Herzog Blaubarts Burg", "Elektra" and "Salome" at the Hamburg State Opera, "La Fille de Neige" and "Les Troyens" at the Opéra National de Paris, and "Tristan und Isolde" at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin.

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Chorus Master:

Alice Lapasin Zorzit

Alice Lapasin Zorzit completed her piano studies at the Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Boccherini in Lucca and continued her training at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, where she graduated with distinction in 2018 with a Bachelor’s degree in choral conducting. During this time, she gained her first experience in the opera world as a répétiteur at the Landestheater Linz. In 2017 she took part in the Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy, and in the 2018/19 season she served as a répétiteur with the Orchestra Academy of the Zurich Opera House. The 2019/20 season brought an engagement as deputy children’s choir director and guest pianist at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin. She subsequently moved to the Staatstheater Darmstadt, where she worked from 2020 to 2022 as deputy chorus director and children’s choir director. Alongside her professional development, she continued her academic studies: in 2021 she completed her Master’s degree in conducting and opera coaching at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, followed in 2022 by a part-time Master’s degree in cultural management (EMAA) at the University of Zurich. As a cultural manager, she was a scholarship holder of the Deutsche Bank Foundation (AMH) and founded the artist agency ArteMIS in 2024. From 2023 to 2025, Alice Lapasin Zorzit was chorus director with conducting duties at the Landestheater Coburg, and in the summer of 2025 she worked as chorus assistant at the Bayreuth Festival. Since January 2026 she has been deputy chorus director at Zurich Opera House.

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Dramaturgy:

Claus Spahn

Claus Spahn was chief dramaturge at the Zurich Opera House during Andreas Homoki’s tenure as artistic director. There, he supervised music theater projects by Wolfgang Rihm, Helmut Lachenmann, George Benjamin, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, and world premieres by Heinz Holliger, Christian Jost, and Stefan Wirth. As a production dramaturge, he worked with directors such as Sebastian Baumgarten, Herbert Fritsch, Jan Philipp Gloger, Tatjana Gürbaca, Andreas Homoki, Barrie Kosky, Nadja Loschky, David Marton, and Evgeni Titov. He also shares a close artistic partnership with the choreographer and former director of Zurich Ballet, Christian Spuck. For him, Spahn was involved in the development of the productions “Anna Karenina,” “Nussknacker und Mausekönig,” and “Monteverdi” in Zurich, he also wrote libretti for the ballets “Orlando” based on Virginia Woolf (world premiere in 2021 at the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet) and “Bovary” based on Gustave Flaubert (world premiere in 2023 at the Berlin State Ballet). Additionally, he is the librettist of the chamber opera “The Dream of You” by Swiss composer Xavier Dayer, which premiered in 2017 at the Zurich Opera House. Before joining the Zurich Opera House, Claus Spahn was the arts editor for 14 years at the German weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT, where he was responsible for the music section. From 1990 to 1997, he worked as a freelance music journalist mainly for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Bavarian Broadcasting. Claus Spahn was born in Germany, studied classical guitar in Freiburg im Breisgau, and completed training at the German School of Journalism in Munich.

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Cast

Il Conte di Almaviva Yannick Debus

La Contessa di Almaviva Nadezhda Pavlova

Figaro Erwin Schrott

Susanna Kathrin Zukowski

Cherubino Karima El Demerdasch

Marcellina Irène Friedli

Bartolo Peter Lobert

Basilio Andrew Owens

Don Curzio Martin Zysset

Antonio Theodore McAlindon

Tango Tanzpaar Eugenia Parrilla 02, 06, 08, 15, 19 May

Tango Tanzpaar Yanick Wyler 02, 06, 08, 15, 19 May

Continuo Solocello Claudius Herrmann

Yannick Debus

Yannick Debus studied voice at the Lübeck University of Music, the Basel University of Music, and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. His early roles include the Father in "Hänsel und Gretel" at the Weikersheim Castle, Guglielmo in “Così fan tutte” at the Chamber Opera at Rheinsberg Castle, the Emperor in Ullmann’s “Der Kaiser von Atlantis”, Figaro in Milhaud’s “La mère coupable” at the Theater Basel, and Emireno in Handel’s “Ottone” at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music. From 2020 to 2022, he was a member of the International Opera Studio at Zurich Opera House. He maintains a close collaboration with René Jacobs, under whom he has performed, among other roles, as Jesus ("Johannes-Passion") at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as Apollo (Handel’s “Apollo e Dafne”), as Kilian and Ottokar (“Der Freischütz”) at venues including the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, in Handel’s “Israel in Egypt” at the Philharmonie de Paris, the Konzerthaus Freiburg and the Berliner Philharmonie, as well as in the title role of Monteverdi’s “Orfeo” with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra at venues including the Berliner Philharmonie, the Philharmonie de Paris and the Liceu in Barcelona. Together with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, he also sang the role of Jesus ("Matthäus-Passion") under Francesco Corti on tour, including in Frankfurt, Madrid, Budapest, Zurich and Seoul. Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a member of the ensemble at Zurich Opera House. Here he most recently sang Harlequin ("Ariadne auf Naxos"), Lesbo ("Agrippina"), the title role in Wolfgang Rihm’s "Jakob Lenz", Schaunard in "La bohème", Lescaut in Massenet’s "Manon" and Dr. Falke in "Die Fledermaus".

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Nadezhda Pavlova

Nadezhda Pavlova stammt aus Russland und ist seit der Saison 2012/13 Ensemblemitglied am Opernhaus in Perm. Sie erhielt 2017 den russischen Theaterpreis die Goldene Maske für ihre Darstellung der Violetta in Robert Wilsons Inszenierung von La traviata unter der musikalischen Leitung von Teodor Currentzis. Ihr Repertoire umfasst u. a. die Titelrolle in Lucia di Lammermoor, Mozarts Donna Anna, Gräfin Almaviva, Fiordiligi und Konstanze, Marfa (Die Zarenbraut), Micaëla (Carmen), Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos), Musetta (La bohème), Gilda (Rigoletto), Olympia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Sœur Constance (Dialogues des Carmélites), Cunegonde (Candide) und Marta in Weinbergs Die Passagierin. Engagements führten sie an bedeutende europäische Opern- und Konzerthäuser, u. a. an das Bolschoi-Theater in Moskau, die Elbphilharmonie und die Staatsoper Hamburg, die Kölner Philharmonie, das Konzerthaus Dortmund und das Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg. 2019 gab sie als Donna Anna und Fiordiligi in konzertanten Aufführungen unter Teodor Currentzis ihre Debüts beim Lucerne Festival und im Wiener Konzerthaus. 2020 gastierte sie als Wolchowa in Rimski-Korsakows Sadko am Moskauer Bolschoi-Theater und wurde mit dem russischen Casta-Diva-Preis ausgezeichnet. In der Spielzeit 2021/22 sang sie bei den Salzburger Festspielen Donna Anna in Romeo Castelluccis Inszenierung von Don Giovanni, Violetta am Bolshoi in Moskau und Gilda an der Staatsoper in Hamburg. 2022/23 ist sie als Solistin in Schostakowitschs Symphonie Nr. 14 und in einer konzertanten Aufführung von Dido und Aeneas bei den Salzburger Festspielen zu hören sowie in einem Konzert mit Werken von Ravel und Strawinsky im Wiener Konzerthaus und als Konstanze an der Bayerischen Staatsoper in München.

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Erwin Schrott

Erwin Schrott, geboren in Uruguay, begann seine Opernkarriere im Alter von 22 Jahren als Roucher in Andrea Chénier. Nach seinem Sieg beim Operalia-Wettbewerb folgte eine aufsehenerregende Karriere; er tritt seither regelmässig an Häusern wie der Mailänder Scala, der New Yorker Metropolitan Opera, der Opéra National de Paris, dem Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, dem Royal Opera House London, dem Maggio Musicale Florenz, der Hamburger Staatsoper, dem Théâtre de La Monnaie in Brüssel, in Baden-Baden und an der Wiener Staatsoper auf. Als Don Giovanni und Leporello sowie als Graf Almaviva und Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) wurde er zu einem gefeierten Mozart-Interpreten. Andere Rollen in seinem Repertoire umfassen die Titelrolle in Attila, Banquo in Macbeth, Escamillo in Carmen, Méphistophélès in Faust, Dulcamara in L'elisir d'amore und Ramfis in Aida. Mit seinem Debüt als Scarpia (Tosca) an der Staatsoper Berlin nahm er eine weitere wichtige Rolle in sein Repertoire auf. An der Oper Amsterdam gab er 2018 sein Debüt in Les Contes d’Hoffmann und sang im gleichen Jahr die Titelrolle in Mefistofele von Arrigo Boito beim Opernfestival Chorégies d'Orange. In der Saison 2019/20 sang er Don Giovanni am Royal Opera House London, Dulcamara am Teatro Real in Madrid, Escamillo an der Oper Köln, Leporello und Scarpia an der Wiener Staatsoper, Enrico VII in Anna Bolena am Königlichen Opernhaus in Oman, Figaro an der Ungarischen Staatsoper Budapest sowie Alidoro (La Cenerentola) an der Bayerischen Staatsoper München. Neben seiner Arbeit als Opernsänger widmet sich Erwin Schrott verschiedenen Wohltätigkeitsorganisationen, die Kindern in Not helfen und sie unterstützen.

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Kathrin Zukowski

After studying instrumental pedagogy with a focus on guitar, Kathrin Zukowski studied singing at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold and subsequently opera and music theatre at the Theaterakademie August Everding in Munich. From 2018 to 2020, she was a member of the Opera Studio at the Cologne Opera and has been part of its ensemble since the 2020/21 season. There, she appeared, among others, as Pamina in "Die Zauberflöte", Susanna in "Le nozze di Figaro", Gretel in "Hänsel und Gretel", Micaëla in "Carmen", as well as Konstanze in the studio production of "Die Entführung aus dem Serail". In the 2022/23 season, she made her debut as the Infanta in "Der Zwerg" and as Cleopatra in "Giulio Cesare in Egitto"; in 2023/24, further role debuts followed as Adina in "L’elisir d’amore", Ilia in "Idomeneo", and Eurydice in the world premiere of Ondřej Adámek’s "Ines". Guest engagements have taken her to the opera houses in Bielefeld, Braunschweig, Hanover, and Karlsruhe, as well as to the reopening of the Margrave's Opera House in Bayreuth as Arbace in Johann Adolf Hasse’s "Artaserse". In addition, she performed with the Tonkünstler-Orchester under Alfred Eschwé at the Musikverein Vienna and in Grafenegg, as well as in the role of Grilletta in "Lo speziale" at the Haydn Festival in Brühl. In the 2024/25 season, she gave, among others, role debuts in the title role of "Lucia di Lammermoor", as Ighino in "Palestrina" at the Vienna State Opera, and as Beauty in a concert performance of Handel’s "The Triumph of Time and Truth" with the Bach Consort Vienna.

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Karima El Demerdasch

Karima El Demerdasch is a German-Egyptian mezzo-soprano. She studied in Cairo and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with John Evans. In 2024, she was a finalist at the Kathleen Ferrier Awards and in 2023 participated in the Georg Solti Accademia. In Guildhall School productions, she performed roles such as Prince Orlofsky ("Die Fledermaus") and Dido ("Dido and Aeneas"). In a 2023 production by Opera Kipling, she sang the title role in "La Cenerentola" at the Upstairs at the Gatehouse theatre in London. In 2025, she took part in the Young Singers Project of the Salzburg Festival and made her debut at London’s Barbican Hall. Since the 2025/26 season, she has been a member of the International Opera Studio at the Zürich Opera House.

Manon24 / 27 Sept / 3 / 7 / 10 Oct 2025 Rigoletto20 / 23 / 27 Dec 2025 / 1 / 4 Jan 2026 Giulio Cesare in Egitto11 / 13 / 15 / 17 / 21 / 25 / 28 Mar 2026 Sillons de Mémoires5 / 6 / 7 Feb 2026 Gianni Schicchi2 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 13 May 2026 Die Zauberflöte20 / 25 Sept / 6 / 18 / 21 / 24 / 30 Oct 2026 / 2 / 8 / 18 / 20 / 23 Apr 2027 Le nozze di Figaro2 / 6 / 8 / 15 / 19 May 2027

Irène Friedli

Irène Friedli grew up in Räuchlisberg, Switzerland, and completed her studies at the Basel Music Academy with a soloist diploma. The alto furthered her training in the interpretation class of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in Berlin, attended masterclasses with Brigitte Fassbaender, and studied with Helen Keller. She has won numerous awards at international song competitions. Since 1994, she has been a member of the ensemble at the Zurich Opera House. Here, she has sung roles including Second and Third Lady ("The Magic Flute"), Mercédès ("Carmen"), the title role in Ravel’s "L’Enfant et les sortilèges," Elsbeth ("Schlafes Bruder"), Lily ("Harley"), Annina and Flora ("La traviata"), Flosshilde ("Das Rheingold," "Götterdämmerung"), Marcellina ("Le nozze di Figaro"), Emilia ("Otello"), Lucia ("Cavalleria rusticana"), Olga in Peter Eötvös’ "Drei Schwestern," Marthe (Gounod’s "Faust"), Margret ("Wozzeck"), Lovis in Jörn Arnecke’s "Ronja Räubertochter," Flower Maiden and Voice from Above ("Parsifal"), Gertrud/Crone ("Hänsel und Gretel"), Clotilde ("Norma"), Mother/Other Mother ("Coraline"), Card Dealer ("Arabella"), and Nurse ("Boris Godunow"). In the world premiere of the family opera "Odyssee," she portrayed Eurycleia/Mother, and in "Girl with a Pearl Earring" she sang Tanneke. In 2012, she appeared at the Opéra Bastille in Paris. Most recently in Zurich, she has performed roles including the Queen of Hearts ("Alice in Wonderland"), Filipjewna ("Eugene Onegin"), Tisbe ("La Cenerentola"), Miss Bentson ("Lakmé"), Frau Waas/Frau Mahlzahn ("Jim Knopf"), Head Cook ("Amerika"), Ninetta ("I vespri siciliani"), Annina ("Der Rosenkavalier"), and Gertrud/Crone ("Hänsel und Gretel").

Der Rosenkavalier21 / 26 Sept / 1 / 5 / 14 / 17 / 21 / 26 Oct 2025 Hänsel und Gretel20 / 23 Nov / 2 / 4 / 16 / 18 Dec 2025 / 2 / 24 / 25 / 31 Jan 2026 Arabella14 / 18 / 22 / 25 / 28 Apr 2026 Alice im Wunderland8 / 15 / 28 Nov / 6 Dec 2026 / 7 / 8 / 10 / 17 Jan 2027 Roméo et Juliette12 / 19 / 21 Feb / 2 / 5 Mar 2027 Le nozze di Figaro2 / 6 / 8 / 15 / 19 May 2027 Herr der Diebe27 Feb / 7 / 9 / 11 Mar 2027 Elektra22 / 26 Nov / 2 / 5 / 10 / 13 / 16 Dec 2026

Peter Lobert

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Le nozze di Figaro2 / 6 / 8 / 15 / 19 May 2027

Andrew Owens

Andrew Owens, tenor, was born in Philadelphia and studied voice at the Oberlin Conservatory. He is the winner of several competitions, including the Zarzuela Prize at the Francisco Viñas Competition. He took part in the Young Singers Project of the Salzburg Festival and was a member of the Opera Studio of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. From 2012 to 2014 he was a member of the Young Ensemble of the Theater an der Wien, where he appeared at the Kammeroper in "La bohème", "La Cenerentola", "Fidelio", "Attila", "Mathis der Maler" and "La clemenza di Tito". Since then he has returned to the Theater an der Wien as Mads in Werner Egk's "Peer Gynt", as Snout in "A Midsummer Night’s Dream", as the 4th Jew in "Salome", and most recently in 2021 as Jacob Glock in "Der feurige Engel", and he appeared as a guest in the title role of "Don Carlos" at the Kammeroper Wien. Most recently he has also appeared as Arturo in "Lucia di Lammermoor" at Opera Philadelphia, as Don Ramiro in "La Cenerentola" at Irish National Opera, in Schumann’s "Scenes from Goethe’s Faust" with the Cleveland Orchestra, as Lukas in Haydn’s "The Seasons", in a concert performance of "Le Rossignol" at the Salzburg Festival, and as Aménophis in "Moïse et Pharaon" at the Rossini Opera Festival. Since 2021 Andrew Owens has been a member of the ensemble of Zurich Opera House and has sung here the 4th Jew, Telemachus ("Die Odyssee"), Peppe ("Pagliacci"), Van Ruijven ("Girl with a Pearl Earring"), Lord Arturo Bucklaw ("Lucia di Lammermoor"), Gualtiero ("Il pirata"), Xaïloum ("Barkouf"), Lord Cecil ("Roberto Devereux"), as well as Guglielmo Antolstoinoloff ("Viva La Mamma") and Pylades ("Iphigénie en Tauride").

Fidelio3 / 6 / 10 / 14 / 16 May 2026 Die Fledermaus7 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 18 / 26 / 28 / 31 Dec 2025 / 2 / 4 / 6 / 10 Jan 2026 Die lustige Witwe27 / 31 Dec 2026 / 3 / 7 / 10 / 13 Jan 2027 Le nozze di Figaro2 / 6 / 8 / 15 / 19 May 2027

Martin Zysset

Martin Zysset was born and raised in Solothurn. He trained in clarinet while simultaneously pursuing vocal studies, which he complemented with masterclasses with Ernst Haefliger and Edith Mathis. In 1990/91, he was a member of the International Opera Studio at the Zurich Opera House and at the same time a scholarship recipient from the Migros Cooperative Union as well as a prizewinner in the Pro Arte Lyrica Competition in Lausanne. Since 1992, he has been a regular guest at the Summer Festival in Selzach. He has been permanently engaged at the Zurich Opera House since 1991. Here, he has developed a broad repertoire of both buffo and dramatic roles, including Pedrillo, Monostatos, Spoletta, Incredibile ("Andrea Chénier"), Jaquino, Kudryash ("Káťa Kabanová"), Alfred ("Die Fledermaus"), Tamino, Tybalt, Dancaïro, Arturo, Knusperhexe, Brighella, as well as the male lead in Udo Zimmermann’s "Weiße Rose." He performed Simplicius in the operetta of the same name by Johann Strauss, which was also released on CD and DVD. Guest appearances have taken him across Europe, to Shanghai, and with "The Magic Flute," "Le nozze di Figaro," "Fidelio," and "Tannhäuser" to San Diego. For the Bayerischer Rundfunk, he recorded the Lehár operetta "Paganini." In Zurich, he has most recently sung roles including Don Basilio ("Le nozze di Figaro"), Tschekalinski ("Pique Dame"), Triquet ("Eugene Onegin"), the Chief Eunuch ("The Land of Smiles"), Goro ("Madama Butterfly"), Spoletta ("Tosca"), Dormont ("La scala di seta"), the White Minister ("Le Grand Macabre"), the Devil/Narrator ("The Soldier’s Tale"), the Third Jew ("Salome"), Schmidt ("Werther"), Feri ("Die Csárdásfürstin"), and Don Curzio ("Le nozze di Figaro").

La scala di seta25 / 28 Sept / 19 / 24 Oct 2025 Madama Butterfly30 Dec 2025 / 3 / 9 / 11 / 13 / 16 Jan 2026 Un ballo in Maschera22 / 28 / 31 May / 7 / 13 Jun 2026 Le nozze di Figaro24 / 29 Jan / 1 / 5 / 7 / 10 / 14 Feb 2026 / 2 / 6 / 8 / 15 / 19 May 2027 Werther14 / 19 Jun / 1 / 4 / 10 Jul 2026 Arabella14 / 18 / 22 / 25 / 28 Apr 2026 Die Fledermaus29 Sept / 8 / 17 / 23 / 25 Oct 2026 La traviata20 / 23 / 29 Dec 2026 / 1 / 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 / 15 / 19 / 23 Jan 2027

Theodore McAlindon

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Die Zauberflöte20 / 25 Sept / 6 / 18 / 21 / 24 / 30 Oct 2026 / 2 / 8 / 18 / 20 / 23 Apr 2027 Manon Lescaut11 / 15 / 18 / 22 / 26 Dec 2026 La fanciulla del west25 / 28 Feb / 3 / 7 Mar / 4 / 7 / 10 / 16 Apr 2027 Le nozze di Figaro2 / 6 / 8 / 15 / 19 May 2027 Don Carlo1 / 6 / 8 / 11 Jul 2027

Eugenia Parrilla

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Le nozze di Figaro24 / 29 Jan / 1 / 5 / 7 / 10 / 14 Feb 2026 / 2 / 6 / 8 / 15 / 19 May 2027

Yanick Wyler

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Le nozze di Figaro24 / 29 Jan / 1 / 5 / 7 / 10 / 14 Feb 2026 / 2 / 6 / 8 / 15 / 19 May 2027

Claudius Herrmann

Claudius Herrmann received his musical training with Hans Adomeit in Mannheim and at the Lübeck Academy of Music under David Geringas. Since 1992, he has been principal cellist of the Zurich Opera Orchestra, where he has worked with conductors such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Georg Solti, Christoph von Dohnányi, Riccardo Chailly, Bernard Haitink, and Franz Welser-Möst. In 2013, he was invited to serve as principal cellist at the Bayreuth Festival. Before joining the Gringolts Quartet, Claudius Herrmann was a member of the Amati Quartet Zurich for 15 years, performing in major concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Vienna Musikverein, and the Berlin Philharmonie. As a soloist, he has appeared with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow, and the Zurich Opera Orchestra (in "Don Quixote"). In addition to more than 20 chamber music recordings, he has also released several CDs featuring cello sonatas by Brahms, Reinecke, and Herzogenberg.

Le nozze di Figaro24 / 29 Jan / 1 / 5 / 7 / 10 / 14 Feb 2026 / 2 / 6 / 8 / 15 / 19 May 2027 1st La Scintilla Concert10 Nov 2025

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Statistenverein am Opernhaus Zürich

Orchester der Oper Zürich

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Der Rosenkavalier21 / 26 Sept / 1 / 5 / 14 / 17 / 21 / 26 Oct 2025 Tugan Sokhiev12 Jul 2026 Manon24 / 27 Sept / 3 / 7 / 10 Oct 2025 La scala di seta25 / 28 Sept / 19 / 24 Oct 2025 Tosca28 Sept / 2 / 8 / 11 / 15 / 19 Oct 2025 / 11 / 14 / 17 / 21 / 24 Apr / 13 / 17 May 2027 Capuçon & Heras-Casado4 Oct 2025 Tannhäuser21 / 24 / 27 Jun / 2 / 5 / 8 / 11 Jul / 26 Sept / 4 / 9 / 13 Oct 2026 Cardillac15 / 18 / 21 / 25 Feb / 1 / 6 / 10 Mar 2026 La Damnation de Faust10 / 14 / 17 May 2026 Hänsel und Gretel16 / 20 / 23 / 28 / 30 Nov / 2 / 4 / 11 / 16 / 18 / 21 Dec 2025 / 2 / 24 / 25 / 31 Jan 2026 Carmen18 / 21 / 23 / 27 / 31 Jan 2026 Un ballo in Maschera22 / 28 / 31 May / 7 / 13 Jun 2026 La forza del destino2 / 7 / 12 / 15 / 18 / 21 / 26 / 29 Nov / 17 / 21 Dec 2025 Rigoletto20 / 23 / 27 Dec 2025 / 1 / 4 Jan 2026 Le nozze di Figaro24 / 29 Jan / 1 / 5 / 7 / 10 / 14 Feb 2026 / 2 / 6 / 8 / 15 / 19 May 2027 Fidelio3 / 6 / 10 / 14 / 16 May 2026 Werther14 / 19 Jun / 1 / 4 / 10 Jul 2026 Oiseaux Rebelles12 / 18 / 23 / 25 / 31 Oct / 1 / 9 / 13 Nov / 2 / 5 / 6 / 9 Dec 2025 / 11 / 13 / 16 / 18 / 27 Sept 2026 Macbeth8 / 11 / 14 / 19 / 22 / 30 Nov 2025 Ehnes & Noseda23 Nov 2025 Die Fledermaus7 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 18 / 26 / 28 / 31 Dec 2025 / 2 / 4 / 6 / 10 Jan / 29 Sept / 8 / 17 / 23 / 25 Oct 2026 Clara13 / 14 / 19 / 20 / 26 / 28 Dec 2025 / 11 / 12 / 17 / 19 / 24 Apr 2026 Countertime5 / 7 / 14 Sept 2025 Altstaedt & Chan11 Jan 2026 Jussen & Rustioni8 Feb 2026 Celebratory concert for Ralf Weikert’s 85th birthday22 Feb 2026 Monster's Paradise8 / 14 / 18 Mar / 10 / 12 Apr 2026 Messa da Requiem20 / 22 / 28 Feb / 1 / 5 / 7 Mar / 6 Apr 2026 Arabella14 / 18 / 22 / 25 / 28 Apr 2026 Romeo und Julia23 / 29 / 30 May / 4 / 6 / 7 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 23 / 26 Jun / 20 / 27 / 29 Nov / 6 / 13 / 19 / 26 / 27 Dec 2026 Open-Air-Concert28 Jun 2026 / 4 Jul 2027 Mühlemann & Noseda21 / 28 Mar / 1 Apr 2026 Europa-Tournee 2026 «Messa da Requiem»22 / 23 / 25 / 26 / 29 / 31 Mar 2026 Die Zauberflöte20 / 25 Sept / 6 / 18 / 21 / 24 / 30 Oct 2026 / 2 / 8 / 18 / 20 / 23 Apr 2027 La rondine24 / 27 Sept / 1 / 10 / 15 Oct 2026 Ein Sommernachtstraum26 Sept / 11 / 16 / 18 / 25 / 28 / 29 / 31 Oct / 12 / 13 / 14 Nov 2026 / 19 / 22 / 29 Jun / 3 Jul 2027 1th Philharmonic Concert3 Oct 2026 Alice im Wunderland8 / 15 / 19 / 21 / 26 / 28 Nov / 6 Dec 2026 / 2 / 7 / 8 / 10 / 17 Jan 2027 Elektra22 / 26 Nov / 2 / 5 / 10 / 13 / 16 Dec 2026 Das Rheingold29 Nov / 4 / 12 / 17 Dec 2026 Gabetta & Noseda7 Nov 2026 Manon Lescaut11 / 15 / 18 / 22 / 26 Dec 2026 Fuchs & Jordan1 / 2 Jan 2027 Trifonov & Järvi16 Jan 2027 Die Walküre24 / 31 Jan / 3 / 6 Feb 2027 Doctor Atomic7 / 11 / 14 / 20 / 24 / 28 Feb 2027 Roméo et Juliette12 / 19 / 21 Feb / 2 / 5 Mar 2027 Sorita & Lyniv14 Feb 2027 La fanciulla del west25 / 28 Feb / 3 / 7 Mar / 4 / 7 / 10 / 16 Apr 2027 L'elisir d'amore25 / 27 / 29 Apr / 2 / 6 / 9 / 12 / 14 / 17 / 21 May 2027 Balanas & Peltokoski18 Apr 2027 Requiem pour Ophélie4 / 7 / 9 May 2027 See the music, hear the dance22 / 28 May / 6 / 10 / 12 / 15 / 25 / 26 / 27 Jun 2027 Don Pasquale23 / 27 / 30 May / 4 / 6 / 11 Jun 2027 Samson et Dalila13 / 17 / 20 / 24 / 27 / 30 Jun / 2 / 9 Jul 2027 La bohème16 / 18 / 23 Jun / 4 / 7 / 10 Jul 2027 Don Carlo1 / 6 / 8 / 11 Jul 2027 Viotti29 May 2027 Rachmaninov – Die drei Opern1 / 4 / 8 / 15 / 18 / 21 / 28 Nov 2026 Benefiz «amiamusica»2 Oct 2026

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Tannhäuser21 / 24 / 27 Jun / 2 / 5 / 8 / 11 Jul 2026 Werther14 / 19 Jun / 1 / 4 / 10 Jul 2026 Macbeth8 / 11 / 14 / 19 / 22 / 30 Nov 2025 Giulio Cesare in Egitto11 / 13 / 15 / 17 / 21 / 25 / 28 Mar 2026 Sillons de Mémoires5 / 6 / 7 Feb 2026 Elektra22 / 26 Nov / 2 / 5 / 10 / 13 / 16 Dec 2026 Le nozze di Figaro2 / 6 / 8 / 15 / 19 May 2027 La bohème16 / 18 / 23 Jun / 4 / 7 / 10 Jul 2027

Statistenverein am Opernhaus Zürich

Der Statistenverein am Opernhaus Zürich wurde im Jahr 1900 gegründet und dürfte damit einer der traditionsreichsten Vereine auf dem Kulturplatz Zürich sein. Rund hundert Frauen und Männer im Alter von 16 bis 70 Jahren bereichern das Bühnengeschehen in zahlreichen Inszenierungen.Statisten, früher auch als Figuranten bezeichnet, haben generell nicht sprechende Rollen. Ihre Einsätze am Opernhaus Zürich fallen je nach Inszenierung unterschiedlich umfangreich aus. Während früher Massenszenen im Vordergrund standen, sind die Statistinnen und Statisten seit der Ära Pereira und der Intendanz von Andreas Homoki zunehmend auch für aufwändigere Einzelauftritte sowie für anspruchsvolle technische Einsätze gefragt. Die Mitglieder des Statistenvereins üben ihre Einsätze in der Freizeit und ohne finanzielle Interessen aus. Sie bringen Begeisterung für Musik und Theater mit.

Manon24 / 27 Sept / 3 / 7 / 10 Oct 2025 La scala di seta25 / 28 Sept / 19 / 24 Oct 2025 Tosca28 Sept / 2 / 8 / 11 / 15 / 19 Oct 2025 / 11 / 14 / 17 / 21 / 24 Apr / 13 / 17 May 2027 Madama Butterfly30 Dec 2025 / 3 / 9 / 11 / 13 / 16 Jan 2026 Rigoletto20 / 23 / 27 Dec 2025 / 1 / 4 Jan 2026 Le nozze di Figaro24 / 29 Jan / 1 / 5 / 7 / 10 / 14 Feb 2026 / 2 / 6 / 8 / 15 / 19 May 2027 Werther14 / 19 Jun / 1 / 4 / 10 Jul 2026 Così fan tutte3 / 7 / 9 / 12 Jul 2026 Macbeth8 / 11 / 14 / 19 / 22 / 30 Nov 2025 Arabella14 / 18 / 22 / 25 / 28 Apr 2026 Der Rosenkavalier21 / 26 Sept / 1 / 5 / 14 / 17 / 21 / 26 Oct 2025 La clemenza di Tito26 / 29 Apr / 3 / 8 / 15 / 17 / 20 / 25 May 2026 Cardillac15 / 18 / 21 / 25 Feb / 1 / 6 / 10 Mar 2026 Hänsel und Gretel16 / 20 / 23 / 28 / 30 Nov / 2 / 4 / 11 / 16 / 18 / 21 Dec 2025 / 2 / 24 / 25 / 31 Jan 2026 Carmen18 / 21 / 23 / 27 / 31 Jan 2026 Un ballo in Maschera22 / 28 / 31 May / 7 / 13 Jun 2026 Die Fledermaus7 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 18 / 26 / 28 / 31 Dec 2025 / 2 / 4 / 6 / 10 Jan / 29 Sept / 8 / 17 / 23 / 25 Oct 2026 Giulio Cesare in Egitto11 / 13 / 15 / 17 / 21 / 25 / 28 Mar 2026 Scylla et Glaucus27 / 29 / 31 Mar / 2 / 6 / 30 Apr / 2 May 2026 La forza del destino2 / 7 / 12 / 15 / 18 / 21 / 26 / 29 Nov / 17 / 21 Dec 2025 Sillons de Mémoires5 / 6 / 7 Feb 2026 Gianni Schicchi2 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 13 May 2026 Monster's Paradise8 / 14 / 18 Mar / 10 / 12 Apr 2026 Alice im Wunderland8 / 15 / 19 / 21 / 26 / 28 Nov / 6 Dec 2026 / 2 / 7 / 8 / 10 / 17 Jan 2027 Manon Lescaut11 / 15 / 18 / 22 / 26 Dec 2026 Die lustige Witwe27 / 31 Dec 2026 / 3 / 7 / 10 / 13 Jan 2027 Die Walküre24 / 31 Jan / 3 / 6 Feb 2027 Roméo et Juliette12 / 19 / 21 Feb / 2 / 5 Mar 2027 La bohème16 / 18 / 23 Jun / 4 / 7 / 10 Jul 2027 Don Carlo1 / 6 / 8 / 11 Jul 2027 La fanciulla del west25 / 28 Feb / 3 / 7 Mar / 4 / 7 / 10 / 16 Apr 2027 Elektra22 / 26 Nov / 2 / 5 / 10 / 13 / 16 Dec 2026 Rinaldo14 / 19 / 23 / 25 / 27 / 29 Mar 2027 Samson et Dalila13 / 17 / 20 / 24 / 27 / 30 Jun / 2 / 9 Jul 2027 Tannhäuser26 Sept / 4 / 9 / 13 Oct 2026

Abstract

For Figaro and Susanna, it was meant to be the most beautiful day of their lives: their wedding day. Yet their master, Count Almaviva – who is himself in love with Susanna – does everything in his power to delay the marriage. What follows are twenty-four turbulent hours in which all the characters of the piece are thrown into confusing emotional entanglements by the force of Eros. Director Jan Philipp Gloger relocates Mozart’s masterpiece to the present day and shows how a supposedly irresistible man becomes ensnared in the pitfalls of a code of conduct against abuse of power and sexual misconduct.

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Andrew Moore

( Tell us Andrew... )

«For me, Opera is the place where I can be someone else for a night. A chance for me to sing someone else’s story.»

Andrew Moore

Tell us Andrew...

«For me, Opera is the place where I can be someone else for a night. A chance for me to sing someone else’s story.»

This interview was conducted in 2020

When and why did you decide to become an opera singer?
I began my journey in music studying music education to become a music teacher. I really loved the idea of giving back and teaching music because, for me, music was something I really cherished growing up. It wasn’t until my senior year of college where after several convincing conversations with my voice teacher, I decided to try performing. It was after my first performance in my first opera (guglielmo in «Così fan Tutte») where I thought to myself «I could get used to this...». It was such a rewarding feeling. Being able to use my voice to tell a story to an audience. I loved it. Since then, I began performing much more over the years, and has now taken me up to be in Zurich with the IOS.

If I hadn't become an opera singer, I'd be …
A flavor chemist. Chemistry was my favorite subject in school, and I wanted to work in a food science laboratory and create new ways of creating foods and flavorings with natural and man made ingredients.

Which was your most precious experience on stage so far?
I think my most precious moment was having the chance to sing some of the role of Papageno on the San Francisco opera stage with a full house in the audience. It was a feeling unlike any other and I treasure it, as it was my first time singing on the stage of a major house.

… the most embarrassing moment?
Once I was in a production of «Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat». There was a dance break, and in the show I had on the craziest wig. During the dance break, one of the dancers grabbed my neck in her choreography, and as she turned, she took my wig with her! And there I was: standing on stage in a bald cap. The entire audience burst into laughter. It was very fun though, I played it off very well. Something I will never forget.

… the biggest challenge?
Languages. Languages have always been a struggle for me. I work extra hard to make sure that I really understand my text and that things are pronounced as well as a native speaker would. I was once told the best advice by a colleauge that said: «Learn a new word in a different language everyday. This way, in a year, you would have learned 365 new words». When she put it like that, my struggle with languages became something that challenges me, but keeps me motivated to work hard and improve.

And what would be your biggest dream?
I’m not super sure what my biggest dream would be, to be honest. Being in this wonderful place like Zürich, is something a year ago I would have never imagined for myself. I have no idea what lies in front of me for the future, but im excited for the journey ahead.

Do you have a lucky charm or a ritual before going on stage?
Every night before a big performance, I use the small area in my bedroom and do a mini walk and talk, where I go through the motions and text of the show. It sounds crazy, but going to bed with a good feeling of confidence is key and helps me get a good night sleep for the next day.

My secret weapon to prevent hoarseness:
Tons and tons of sleep and not talking.

My idol:
Sam Ramey

Which opera character do you identify with the most and why?
Alfredo in «La Traviata». Although I am not a tenor, I am 100% a hopeless romantic. Someone who pursues not as a heroic chivalry act, but out of genuine love and affection. He loves deeply.

This song speaks out of the fullness of my heart:
«An die Musik» (Schubert)

Which is you favorite place in Zurich and why?
There is a little farm area on top of Sonnenberg past the Dolder called Adlisberg. It’s the cutest place and it has a really good restaurant with great food. I absolutely love it here.

What is your favorite word in Swiss German?
«Öpfuchüechli»

Andrew Moore studied in Philadelphia. He was a member of the International Opera Studio at Opernhaus Zürich and has been part of the ensemble since the 2022/23 season.