Opernhaus Zürich | 2026–27 Season Overview

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30 April 2026

Zürich / Switzerland

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The Opernhaus Zürich presents a balanced season combining new productions with a wide-ranging repertoire. The 2026–27 programme spans baroque, classical, romantic, and contemporary opera, alongside a substantial ballet programme and thematic festivals.  

Repertoire & Schedule

Opera

  • Alice in Wonderland — Children's opera by Pierangelo Valtinoni
  • Angels in America — Eötvös
  • Ascanio in Alba — Mozart
  • Das Rheingold — Wagner
  • Doctor Atomic — John Adams
  • Don Carlo — Verdi
  • Don Pasquale — Donizetti
  • Elektra — R. Strauss
  • La bohème — Puccini
  • La clemenza di Tito — Mozart
  • La fanciulla del west — Puccini
  • La Rondine — Puccini
  • La traviata — Verdi
  • Manon Lescaut — Puccini
  • Rachmaninoff — The Three Operas — Aleko, Skupoi Rytsar & Francesca da Rimini
  • Rinaldo — Handel
  • Romeo and Juliet — Charles Gounod
  • Samson and Delilah — Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Tannhäuser — Wagner
  • The Bat — Strauss
  • The Magic Flute — Mozart
  • The Marriage of Figaro — Mozart
  • The Merry Widow — Operetta by Franz Lehár
  • The Valkyrie — Wagner 

Ballet

  • Art Matters — Aleix Martínez and Houston Thomas
  • Ein Sommernachtstraum — Cathy Marston
  • Oiseaux Rebelles — Dani Rowe and Mats Ek
  • Romeo und Julia — Cathy Marston
  • Slow Rush — Jiří Kylián and Stephanie Lake
  • Timeframed — William Forsythe, Lucas Valente, Andonis Foniadakis and Hans van Manen
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