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Barrie Kosky’s magic The Merry Widow in Zurich goes in search of lost time

13/02/2024 by Michael Fischer

Switzerland Lehár, Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow): Soloists, Extras association and Chorus of Zurich opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Patrick Hahn (conductor). Zurich Opera, 11.2.2024. (MF)

(left front, l-r) Marlis Petersen (Hanna Glawari), Nathan Haller (Raoul de Saint-Brioche) and Omer Kobiljak (Vicomte Cascada) © Monika Rittershaus

Rameau’s Platée in Zurich is a delightfully comical tragedy, or does it end well after all?

22/12/202321/12/2023 by Michael Fischer

Switzerland Rameau, Platée: Soloists, Extras Association of Zurich Opera, Chorus of Zurich Opera, Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich / Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor). Zurich Opera, 10.12.2023. (MF)

Mathias Vidal (centre front, Platée) © Toni Suter

Conductor swap and pianistic brilliance from Noseda, Piemontesi and the Tonhalle Orchestra

30/11/2023 by Valérie Litz

Switzerland Rachmaninoff: Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 08.11.2023. (VL)

Gianandrea Noseda © Daniel auf der Mauer

Camilla Nylund’s Brünnhilde sets the house on fire in Zurich Oper’s Götterdämmerung

28/11/202307/11/2023 by Michael Fischer

United Kingdom Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Extras Association of Zurich Opera, Choir of Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Zurich Opera House, 5.11.2023. (MF)

Zurich Opera’s *Götterdämmerung* Act III: Klaus Florian Vogt (Siegfried) and Rhinemaidens © Monika Rittershaus

Symphonic splendour: Chopin and Beethoven from Bruce Liu and Paavo Järvi shines in Zurich

28/11/202331/10/2023 by Valérie Litz

Switzerland Chopin, Beethoven: Bruce Liu (piano), Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 4.10.2023. (VL)

With a mesmerizing fusion of artistry, Schumann and Bruckner opens the Tonhalle Orchestra’s new season

26/09/2023 by Valérie Litz

Switzerland R. Schumann, Bruckner: Kian Soltani (cello), Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 13.9.2023. (VL)

Paavo Järvi conducts cellist Kian Soltani and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich © Gaetan Bally

Puccini’s La Rondine: Zurich Opera polishes a rare gem

20/09/2023 by Michael Fischer

Switzerland Puccini, La Rondine: Soloists, Extras Association of Zurich Opera, Choir of Zurich Opera (chorus master: Ernst Raffelsberger), Philharmonia Zurich / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Zurich Opera, 17.9.2023. (MF)

Benjamin Bernheim (Ruggero) and Ermonela Jaho (Magda) © Monika Rittershaus

Jakub Hrůša makes a very strong case for Suk’s Asrael Symphony with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich

30/06/2023 by John Rhodes

Switzerland Hosokawa, Suk: Christian Schmitt (organ), Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 29.6.2023. (JR)

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