Opera by George Frideric Handel
Zürich Barock
from 20.until 29. March 2026
Zurich Opera House is celebrating the fascinating diversity of baroque music with a new annual festival. A rich program of operas, concerts, chamber music, family concerts and performances invites both connoisseurs and newcomers to immerse themselves in the world of early music for ten days.
The premiere of the rarely performed tragedy “Scylla et Glaucus” by French composer Jean-Marie Leclair is at the heart of the first festival edition. Cecilia Bartoli can be seen in the title role of George Frideric Handel's “Giulio Cesare”. Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky will make his opera house debut as a conductor with Handel's “Aci, Galatea e Polifemo”. Other concert highlights include Johann Sebastian Bach's two great passions with the Orchestra La Scintilla and the Zürcher Sing-Akademie (“St. John Passion”) and the Ensemble Pygmalion under the direction of Raphaël Pichon (“St. Matthew Passion”). Together with Concerto Köln, soprano Jeanine De Bique will perform a program of compositions by Handel and his contemporaries.
Termine Zürich Barock
● Premiere
19.00
Sat 21 Mar
14.00
15.00
19.00
Sun 22 Mar
11.00
19.00
Tue 24 Mar
19.30
Wed 25 Mar
15.00
19.00
Thu 26 Mar
19.30
● Premiere
Fri 27 Mar
19.00
Sat 28 Mar
14.00
15.00
● zum letzten Mal
19.00
Sun 29 Mar
11.00
● zum letzten Mal
14.00