Opera is weird, over-the-top, and old school? Absolutely! Come on over, let yourself be transported to another world, and find out for yourself why the Opernhaus Zürich is one of the world's leading cultural institutions.
Before attending, double-check the required language skills on the organizer's website.
Opening Festival "24h Opernhaus"
We will open the new season together with you, our audience! Take a look behind the scenes, marvel at our workshops, the stage technique and the costume department, and visit the new production of Jacques Offenbach's chorus, the revival of our successive children's witch Hillary goes to the opera, the public stage test by Richard Strauss' Salome or one of the numerous ballet workshops.
program
10 o'clock
«Paddington Bär 's first concert» A tale after Michael Bond
Music by Herbert Chappell for children from 5 years
11 o'clock
Public ballet rehearsal with the Zurich Ballet
12 o'clock
«All together» Chorkonzert with the Opening Festival Laity Choir,
Chor des Opernhauses Zürich, Children's Choir
2 pm
"Chief Evening Wind" Operetta by Jacques Offenbach.
This concept is translated into sign language for deaf people.
15.45 pm
Technik- and Bellshow
16.00 pm
Accessible stage
8 pm
«Salome» orchestral masterpiece «Salome» by Richard Strauss
Catherine Naglestad, Doris Soffel, Thomas Johannes Mayer et al.
Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
Further program
"Witch Hillary goes to the opera", pieces for children 6 years and older
Orchestral test for ballet production «Nutcracker and Mausekönig» with the Philharmonia Zürich, chamber music concerts, song program, open workshops, parcours through the costume departments, ballet workshops and much more around the opera house!
FREE ENTRY
Here you can find the program flyer as PDF.
Attention: For some events, free tickets will be issued 30 minutes in advance on the day of the opening ceremony.
To this organizer's website
Opernhaus
Falkenstrasse 1
8008 Zürich
Accessibility:
Infos Zugänglichkeit:
In each performance in the main auditorium, four wheelchair spaces are available in the stalls in seating category 4. Accompanying persons receive a 50% discount. In addition, there is an offer of two wheelchair seats in the parquet galery in seat category 2, where accompanying persons have the choice of seats in seat categories 2 to 4. Please book your tickets in advance by telephone or in person at the ticket office.
Access to the Opernhaus Zürich and the Restaurant Bernadette' is accessible by the entrance of the ticket office. In the opera house, all floors can be reached by the passenger lift, there are no thresholds and obstacles on the individual levels. The wardrobes can only be reached by stairs. Please contact the opera house staff to deliver your jacket to the wardrobe. The toilets for people with disabilities on the ground floor are also equipped for wheelchair users.
There are occasional performances on the Studiobühne. The Studiobühne is located on the third floor and can only be reached via a staircase. There is unfortunately no lift. For reasons of safety, wheelchair users can not visit the performances on the Studiobühne.
How to get there
Cars are allowed to enter and exit the Schillerstrasse (between the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and the Opernhaus Zürich). From there the Box office can be reached in about 100 meters above the Sechseläutenplatz. Marked disabled parking spaces are available in the Opéra car park, from where a passenger lift leads to the hall of the ticket office.
