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

  • Duration :
    approx. 3 H. 30 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.

Music Direction:
Pierre Dumoussaud
Director:
Jan Philipp Gloger

Jan Philipp Gloger

Jan Philipp Gloger studierte Angewandte Theaterwissenschaft an der Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen und Regie an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. Ab 2007 war er als freischaffender Schauspielre­gisseur tätig, u. a. am Bayerischen Staatsschauspiel Mün­chen, an der Schaubühne und am Deutschen Theater Berlin, am Deutschen Schau­­spielhaus in Hamburg sowie am Staatsschauspiel Dresden. Er zeigte Inszenierungen bei der Ruhrtriennale und beim Heidelberger Stücke­markt und erhielt den Regiepreis der Bayerischen Theatertage. 2011 bis 2013 war er Leitender Regisseur am Staatstheater Mainz. 2010 inszenierte er mit Le nozze di Figaro am Theater Augsburg seine erste Oper. Auf Alcina an der Semperoper Dresden folgten 2012 Der fliegende Holländer bei den Bayreuther Fest­spie­­len, 2013 Idomeneo an der Oper Frankfurt und Gounods Faust in Zürich sowie 2014 Simon Boccanegra an der Semper­oper Dresden. In den vergangenen Jahren inszenierte er u.a. Così fan tutte am Royal Opera House London und Faust am Kongelige Theater Kopenhagen. 2018 wurde Jan Philipp Gloger Schauspieldirektor am Staatstheater Nürnberg und hat dort zuletzt La Cenerentola inszeniert. Seine Inszenierungen wurden ausgezeichnet mit dem Publikumspreis der Mülheimer Theatertage, dem Regiepreis der Bayerischen Theatertage, dem Nachspielpreis beim Heidelberger Stückmarkt und mit einer Nominierung für den Londoner Olivier-Award. In Zürich inszenierte er zuletzt La verità in cimento, Il turco in Italia und Die Csárdásfürstin. Ab der Spielzeit 2025/26 wird er die Intendanz am Volkstheater Wien übernehmen.

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Stage design:
Ben Baur

Ben Baur

Ben Baur stammt aus dem südhessischen Reinheim und studierte an der Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee. Seine Arbeiten als Bühnen- und Kostümbildner sind an wichtigen Theatern und Opernhäusern Europas zu sehen: u.a. am Maxim Gorki Theater und Deutschen Theater in Berlin, am Volkstheater München, am Staatstheater Karlsruhe und Staatstheater Saarbrücken, an den Schauspielhäusern in Bochum, Zürich und Frankfurt, am Aalto-Musiktheater Essen, an der Staatsoper Stuttgart, am Opernhaus Zürich, an der Welsh National Opera Cardiff, an der Opéra national de Lorraine in Nancy und der Opéra royal du Château de Versailles, an der Niederländischen Oper Amsterdam, der Staatsoper Hamburg, am Royal Opera House Covent Garden und am Burgtheater Wien. Mit Jetske Mijnssen und Jan Philipp Gloger verbindet ihn eine enge Zusammenarbeit. Ben Baur gab 2014 sein Regiedebüt am Staatstheater Saarbrücken mit Lucia di Lammermoor, wo er anschliessend La traviata und Katja Kabanova inszenierte. Zu seinen Arbeiten als Regisseur gehören u.a. Hugo von Hofmannsthals Elektra am Deutschen Theater Göttingen, Roméo et Juliette und Il trovatore an der Oper Graz, Don Giovanni und Dialogues des Carmélites am Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen, Il pirata und Faust am Theater St. Gallen, La bohème und Alcina am Staatstheater Braunschweig, sowie August Ennas Kleopatra an der Danish National Opera.

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Costumes:
Karin Jud

Karin Jud

Karin Jud, geboren in Zürich, studierte von 2000 bis 2004 Modedesign an der Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst in Basel. Im Anschluss war sie bis 2007 als Kostümassistentin am Schauspielhaus und am Opernhaus Zürich tätig und arbeitete mit Regisseur:innen wie Jan Bosse, Barbara Frey, Jürgen Gosch, Rudi Häusermann, Leiser/Caurier und Jürgen Flimm zusammen. Kostümbilder entwarf sie am Schauspielhaus Zürich unter anderem für Inszenierungen von David Unseld, Luise Helle, Schorsch Kamerun und Matthias Hartmann. Seit 2007 wirkt sie als freie Kostümbildnerin u.a. am Theater Augsburg, am Bayerischen Staatsschauspiel München, am Schauspiel Hannover, am Schauspielhaus Graz, am Staatstheater Mainz, am Volkstheater Wien, an der Semperoper Dresden, am Deutschen Schauspielhaus Hamburg und an der Schaubühne Berlin. In Hamburg entstand die Uraufführung von Das Ding von Philipp Löhle in der Regie von Jan Philipp Gloger, welche bei den Mülheimer Theatertagen 2012 den Publikumspreis gewann. Sie arbeitet mit Regisseur:innen wie Ingo Berk, Jan Stephan Schmieding und Barbara-David Brüesch. In letzter Zeit entstanden in Zusammenarbeit mit Jan Philipp Gloger Idomeneo an der Oper Frankfurt, Die Csárdásfürstin, Le nozze di Figaro und Il turco in Italia am Opernhaus Zürich, Faust an der Royal Danish Opera und Così fan tutte am Royal Opera House in London.

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Lighting designer:
Martin Gebhardt

Martin Gebhardt

Martin Gebhardt was a lighting designer and lighting master at John Neumeier’s Hamburg Ballet. From 2002, he worked with Heinz Spoerli and the Zurich Ballet. Ballet productions of both companies took him to renowned theaters in Europe, Asia, and America. At the 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 a new version of Spoerli’s Death and the Maiden. Since the 2012/13 season, Martin Gebhardt has been head of lighting at the Zurich Opera House. Today, he maintains a close collaboration with choreographer Christian Spuck (including Winterreise, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, Messa da Requiem, Anna Karenina, Woyzeck, The Sandman, Leonce and Lena, The Little Match Girl). He was also the 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 evening 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 Geneva Opera for Les Huguenots. In 2023, he designed the lighting for Spuck’s ballet Bovary at the Berlin State Ballet and in 2024 Rossini’s Tancredi at the Bregenz Festival. Additionally, he was the lighting designer for Atonement by Cathy Marston at the Zurich Opera House.

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Video:
Tieni Burkhalter

Tieni Burkhalter

Tieni Burkhalter studierte Bildende Kunst an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK), wo er sich auf Video und Videoinstallation spezialisierte. Nachdem seine Werke vorwiegend in Galerien und an Experimentalfilmfestivals gezeigt wurden, arbeitet er seit 2009 für die Bühne. Als Videoproduzent ist er eng mit dem Opernhaus Zürich verbunden. Seine Bühnenarbeit führte ihn ausserdem zu Theatern in Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, Moskau, Oslo und Savonlinna. Am Opernhaus Zürich arbeitete er mit Andreas Homoki (Der fliegende Holländer, Das Land des Lächelns, Das Rheingold, Siegfried und Die Walküre), Evgeny Titov (Lessons in Love and Violence und L’Orfeo), Jan Philipp Gloger (Die Csárdásfürstin und Le nozze di Figaro), Adele Thomas (Il trovatore), Rainer Holzapfel (Die Odyssee), Nina Russi (Coraline) und Kai Anne Schuhmacher (Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer). Für das Ballett Zürich produzierte er Videos für Christian Spuck (Anna Karenina und Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern), Marcos Morau (Nachtträume), Edward Clug (Faust) und Douglas Lee (A-Life). Er war ferner am Opernfestival Savonlinna mit Philipp Himmelmann für Aida tätig, in Berlin mit Christian Spuck für Madame Bovary und wirkt seit vielen Jahren in Dmitri Tcherniakovs Inszenierungen mit: Pelléas et Mélisande und Die Sache Makropulos am Opernhaus Zürich, Senza Sangue/Herzog Blaubarts Burg, Elektra und Salome an der Staatsoper Hamburg, La Fille de Neige und Les Troyens an der Opéra National de Paris und Tristan und Isolde an der Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin.

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Chorus Master:
Ernst Raffelsberger

Ernst Raffelsberger

Ernst Raffelsberger stammt aus Gmunden, Oberösterreich. Er studierte Musikpädagogik und Kirchenmusik an der Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Wien (Chorleitung bei Prof. Erwin Ortner) und anschliessend Chordirigieren am Salzburger Mozarteum bei Prof. Walter Hagen-Groll. Von 1983 bis 1986 war er Kapellmeister der Wiener Sängerknaben. In dieser Zeit leitete er das Ensemble in Wien und auf Tourneen durch Europa, Südafrika, Kanada und die USA. Ab 1986 war Ernst Raffelsberger Chordirektor und Kapellmeister am Landestheater Salzburg (Mitwirkung bei der Salzburger Mozartwoche und den Salzburger Festspielen). 1989 wurde er von Donald Runnicles als Chordirektor und Kapellmeister an das Theater in Freiburg/Breisgau berufen. Seit Herbst 1993 ist Ernst Raffelsberger am Opernhaus Zürich als Chordirektor engagiert. Hier hat er inzwischen über 100 Premieren betreut und mit vielen namhaften Dirigenten wie Riccardo Chailly, Christoph von Dohnányi, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Daniele Gatti, Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Zubin Mehta und Franz Welser-Möst zusammengearbeitet. Gastspiele mit dem Opernhaus Zürich führten ihn nach Wien, London, Paris und Tokio. Zahlreiche CD- und DVD-Aufnahmen dokumentieren diese Arbeit. Im Sommer 2012 begann zusätzlich seine Tätigkeit als Chordirektor der Salzburger Festspiele. Er ist dort für die Produktionen der Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor verantwortlich. In seiner ersten Festspielsaison kam es u. a. zu einer erfolgreichen Zusammenarbeit mit Riccardo Muti und Sir Simon Rattle.

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Dramaturgy:
Claus Spahn

Claus Spahn

Claus Spahn ist seit 2012 Chefdramaturg am Opernhaus Zürich. In dieser Funktion ist er massgeblich an der Spielplangestaltung des Hauses beteiligt. Er ist als Produktionsdramaturg tätig und verantwortet die zentralen Publikationen des Opernhauses wie Programmbücher, das monatliche Magazin MAG, Podcasts und Werkeinführungen. Sein Interesse gilt vor allem der modernen und zeitgenössischen Musik, dem Opernrepertoire des Barock und der Entwicklung neuer musiktheatralischer Konzepte. Er hat am Opernhaus Zürich Musiktheaterprojekte von Wolfgang Rihm, Helmut Lachenmann, George Benjamin, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati und Uraufführungen von Heinz Holliger, Christian Jost und Stefan Wirth betreut Als Produktionsdramaturg hat er für die Regisseure Sebastian Baumgarten, Herbert Fritsch, Jan Philipp Gloger, Tatjana Gürbaca, Andreas Homoki, Barrie Kosky, Nadja Loschky, David Marton und Evgeni Titov gearbeitet. Eine enge künstlerische Partnerschaft verbindet ihn ausserdem mit dem Choreografen und ehemaligen Direktor des Balletts Zürich, Christian Spuck. Für Christian Spuck war er in Zürich stückentwickelnd an den Produktionen Anna Karenina, Nussknacker und Mausekönig und Monteverdi beteiligt und hat Libretti für die Ballette Orlando nach Virginia Woolf (Uraufführung 2021 am Moskauer Bolshoi-Ballett) und Bovary nach Gustave Flaubert (Uraufführung 2023 am Berliner Staatsballett) geschrieben. Ausserdem ist er Librettist der Kammeroper Der Traum von Dir des Schweizer Komponisten Xavier Dayer, die 2017 am Opernhaus Zürich uraufgeführt wurde.

Bevor er ans Opernhaus Zürich wechselte, war Claus Spahn 14 Jahre lang Feuilletonredakteur bei der deutschen Wochenzeitung DIE ZEIT und dort verantwortlich für das Fachressort Musik. Von 1990-1997 war er als freier Musikjournalist vor allem für die Süddeutsche Zeitung und den Bayerischen Rundfunk tätig. In seiner Funktion als Journalist hat er die Entwicklungen des internationalen Kultur-, Musik- und Opernbetriebs über Jahrzehnte hinweg beobachtet und kommentiert, war Radio-Moderator, Juror bei Internationalen Musikwettbewerben und Workshopleiter für kulturjournalistisches Schreiben. Claus Spahn ist in Deutschland geboren, hat in Freiburg im Breisgau klassische Gitarre studiert und eine Ausbildung an der Deutschen Journalistenschule in München absolviert.

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Cast


Il Conte di Almaviva Stéphane Degout


La Contessa di Almaviva Jeanine De Bique


Figaro Andrew Moore


Susanna Sandra Hamaoui

Cherubino Ema Nikolovska


Marcellina Liliana Nikiteanu


Bartolo Miklós Sebestyén


Basilio Nathan Haller


Don Curzio Martin Zysset


Barbarina Marie Lombard


Antonio Max Bell

Tango Tanzpaar Yanick Wyler

Tango Tanzpaar Eugenia Parrilla


Continuo Hammerklavier Enrico Maria Cacciari


Continuo Solocello Claudius Herrmann

Stéphane Degout

Stéphane Degout became a member of the Atelier Lyrique of the Opéra de Lyon after completing his studies at the Conservatoire de Lyon. In 1999, he made his debut as Papageno at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. Since then, he has appeared at opera houses such as the Opéra National de Paris, La Scala in Milan, the Berlin and Bavarian State Operas, the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, the Theater an der Wien, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, as well as at the festivals in Glyndebourne, Salzburg, and Edinburgh. His repertoire includes roles such as Marcello (“La bohème”), Guglielmo (“Così fan tutte”), Wolfram (“Tannhäuser”), Harlequin (“Ariadne auf Naxos”), Orestes (“Iphigénie en Tauride”), Dandini (“La Cenerentola”), Almaviva (“Le nozze di Figaro”), as well as the title roles in Debussy’s “Pelléas et Mélisande”, Monteverdi’s “Orfeo” and “Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria”, and Thomas’ “Hamlet”. Degout gives song recitals around the world and works closely with Ruben Lifschitz. In orchestral repertoire, he regularly performs with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Riccardo Muti and with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Esa-Pekka Salonen. He has also collaborated with conductors such as Alain Altinoglu, René Jacobs, Marc Minkowski, and Charles Dutoit. More recently on the opera stage, he appeared as the King in the world premiere of George Benjamin’s “Lessons in Love and Violence” in Amsterdam, Lyon, and London, as Valentin (“Faust”) in London and Madrid, and as Orestes and Almaviva at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris. In 2012, he was named “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres”.

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Jeanine De Bique

Jeanine De Bique was born in Trinidad and studied at the Manhattan School of Music. Since her debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2017 as Annio in Peter Sellars’ production of La clemenza di Tito, she has performed at all major opera houses worldwide. She sang Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) at the San Francisco Opera, Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) at the Opéra National du Rhin, and Aida in the world premiere of Caruso a Cuba by Micha Hamel in Amsterdam. In the 2021/22 season, she made her role debut as Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea) in Budapest, Geneva, and Vicenza, and performed Alcina at the Paris Opera. She also gave song recitals with Gerold Huber, including at Carnegie Hall, where she celebrated her first solo appearance. Highlights in the concert field include Ein deutsches Requiem under Raphaël Pichon, Mahler’s Second Symphony with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse under Tugan Sokhiev, and Mozart’s Requiem with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer at Lincoln Center. The 2022/23 season took her to the Paris Opera as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) and to the Theater an der Wien as Nitocris (Belshazzar). In 2021, her first solo album Mirrors was released, which received a Diapason d’Or, an Opus Klassik, and the “Editor’s Choice Award” from Gramophone. She has also won numerous competition prizes, including the Gerda Lissner Vocal Competition and the National Council Auditions at the Met. Additionally, she was appointed “Youth Ambassador of Peace” by the National Commission of UNESCO Trinidad and Tobago.

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Andrew Moore

Andrew Moore, bass-baritone, is from New Jersey. He studied at Rutgers University and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. In 2017, he was a finalist in the New Jersey State Opera Alfredo Silipigni Competition and in the same year sang the baritone part in Fauré’s Requiem with the New Jersey Chamber Singers. In 2018, he participated in the Merola Opera Program in San Francisco, where he sang in the Schwabacher Summer Concert and The Rake’s Progress. In 2019, he was a participant in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and reached the New England Regional Finals, where he was awarded the Susan Eastman Encouragement Award. That same year, he appeared at Santa Fe Opera in productions of La Bohème, Così fan tutte, and Jenůfa. Further appearances included Vicar (Albert Herring), Fiorello (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Talpa (Il tabarro), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Rocco (Fidelio), L’Arbre (L’Enfant et les sortilèges), and Adonis (Venus und Adonis). From 2020 to 2022, he was a member of the International Opera Studio, where he sang Mamma Agata in Viva la mamma, Gouverneur (Le Comte Ory), Masetto in Don Giovanni, and the title role in Die Odyssee. Since the 2022/23 season, he has been part of the ensemble at the Opernhaus Zürich. In the 2024/25 season, he will perform as Paolo Albiani (Simon Boccanegra), Max (In 80 Tagen um die Welt), Don Fernando (Fidelio), Paqui / Vertreter (Das grosse Feuer), and Marullo (Rigoletto) in Zürich.

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Sandra Hamaoui

Sandra Hamaoui, a French-American soprano, studied at the San Francisco Conservatory and the Juilliard School of Music in New York. She is a prizewinner of numerous competitions; among others, she was a semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and won first prize at the New England Regional Finals, the West Bay Opera League Competition, and the Mary Trueman Vocal Competition. While still studying, she sang the title role in Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” with the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute and Adina in “L’elisir d’amore” with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music at the Kennedy Center. In the 2017/18 season, she was a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she sang roles including Ninetta (“Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen”) and Pamina (“Die Zauberflöte”). In summer 2018, she appeared at the Verbier Festival, performing in “Adriana Lecouvreur” and “Rigoletto”. As an ensemble member at the Zurich Opera House, she has appeared as Susanna in “Le nozze di Figaro”, Gilda in “Rigoletto”, Constance in a new production of “Dialogues des Carmélites”, Nanetta in “Falstaff”, Gretel in Robert Carsen’s new production of “Hänsel und Gretel”, Alice (“Alice im Wunderland”), and Miss Ellen (“Lakmé”). Most recently, she made her debut in the title role of “Roméo et Juliette” with the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève.

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Liliana Nikiteanu

Liliana Nikiteanu studied at the Conservatory in Bucharest. Her first permanent engagement was in 1986 at the Music Theatre in Galați. She has won numerous awards, and in 2000, Opernwelt named her “Best Young Singer of the Year.” Her repertoire includes over 80 roles, which she has performed in Zurich—where she has been an ensemble member since 1991—as well as at other opera houses. These include Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier) at the Opéra Bastille, the Vienna State Opera, and the Hamburg State Opera; Ježibaba (Rusalka) in Montreal; Sesto (La clemenza di Tito) in Dresden; Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia) in Vienna and Munich; Dorabella (Così fan tutte) in Dresden, Munich, Salzburg, and Aix-en-Provence; Fyodor (Boris Godunov) in Salzburg; Marguerite (La damnation de Faust) in Brussels; and Dulcinée (Don Quichotte) at the Theater an der Wien. In Zurich, she has performed all the Mozart roles of her voice type, as well as parts such as Lyubasha (The Tsar’s Bride), the Nurse in Dukas’s Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, and Fricka (Das Rheingold).

As a concert singer, her repertoire ranges from Bach to Berio. She has performed Haydn’s Berenice in Bamberg under Adam Fischer, Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été in Paris under Heinz Holliger, Verdi’s Requiem in Copenhagen, and Bruckner’s Te Deum in Tel Aviv and Haifa under Zubin Mehta. Influential conductors in her career include Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Claudio Abbado, Fabio Luisi, Franz Welser-Möst, John Eliot Gardiner, René Jacobs, and Philippe Jordan. Most recently in Zurich, she has been heard as Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Frau Waas / Frau Mahlzahn (Jim Knopf), Praskowia (Die lustige Witwe), Mama (Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig), and Sir Pumpkin (Around the World in 80 Days).

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Miklós Sebestyén

The bass-baritone Miklós Sebestyén, born in Budapest, studied with László Polgár at the Zurich University of Music and with Josef Loibl at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. In 2010, he won 3rd prize at the Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna. He has sung at opera houses such as the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Komische Oper Berlin, Oper Leipzig, Staatstheater Nürnberg, Hungarian State Opera, Theater an der Wien, Bavarian State Opera, among others. At the Metropolitan Opera New York, he made his debut in 2012 as the King in Verdi’s “Aida” – a production that was broadcast worldwide in cinemas. Also at the New York Met, he sang the Friar in “Don Carlo.” Further engagements included Berlioz’s “Béatrice et Bénédict” in a production by Kasper Holten in Vienna as well as his debut at the Wagner Festival in Budapest as Kothner in “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” under Ádám Fischer. Recently, he sang in Arrigo Boito’s “Nerone” at the Bregenz Festival. His other roles include Mozart’s Figaro, Leporello, Sarastro, Don Alfonso; Enrico (“Anna Bolena”), Mustafa (“L’italiana in Algeri”), Ercole (Handel’s “Admeto”), Prince Gremin, Colline (“La bohème”), Ferrando (“Il trovatore”), Sparafucile, The King (“Aida”), Celio (Prokofiev’s “The Love for Three Oranges”), among others. With numerous oratorios by J. S. Bach, Mozart, Handel, Haydn, Beethoven, Stravinsky, and songs by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, and Mussorgsky, he has also established himself as a concert singer. He has worked with conductors such as Fabio Luisi, Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Chailly, Ulf Schirmer, among others.

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Nathan Haller

Nathan Haller is from Canada and studied voice at the Juilliard School in New York. In 2013, he participated in the International Meistersinger Academy. From 2015 to 2017, he was a member of the OperAvenir studio at Theater Basel, where he appeared as Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Romeo in Blacher’s Romeo und Julia, in the world premiere of Melancholia by Sebastian Nübling and Ives Thuwis, as Enoch Snow (Carousel), and as Oronte in Alcina. In 2016, he sang Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) at the Akko Opera Festival in Israel. On the concert stage, he has performed at the New York Festival of Song in Carnegie Hall, with the Russian Chamber Philharmonic St. Petersburg, in La Resurrezione under William Christie, and with Masaaki Suzuki in Boston, New York, Leipzig, and London. In the 2017/18 season, he appeared at Neue Oper Wien as François in Leonard Bernstein’s A Quiet Place; in 2018/19, he sang Count Albert (Die tote Stadt) with the Nederlandse Reisopera and appeared in Die Gezeichneten and as Albazar in Il turco in Italia at Zurich Opera, where in the 2020/21 season he also performed the title role in Mitterer’s Das tapfere Schneiderlein. Since the 2021/22 season, Nathan Haller has been a member of the ensemble at Zurich Opera House and has appeared there as Telemachos in the world premiere of Die Odyssee, Sir Hervey (Anna Bolena), Count Elemer (Arabella), Bardolfo (Falstaff), Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), First Jew (Salome), Triquet (Eugene Onegin), and Gobin / Adolfo (La rondine). He also sang Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) at Malmö Opera in 2021 and Pong (Turandot) at Deutsche Oper am Rhein in 2023.

Der Rosenkavalier21 / 26 Sept / 1 / 5 / 14 / 17 / 21 / 26 Oct 2025 Tannhäuser21 / 24 / 27 Jun / 2 / 5 / 8 / 11 Jul 2026 Le nozze di Figaro24 / 29 Jan / 1 / 5 / 7 / 10 / 14 Feb 2026 Die Fledermaus7 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 18 / 26 / 28 / 31 Dec 2025 / 2 / 4 / 6 / 10 Jan 2026

Martin Zysset

Martin Zysset was born and raised in Solothurn. He trained in clarinet and simultaneously completed vocal studies, which he complemented with masterclasses by Ernst Haefliger and Edith Mathis. In 1990/91 he was a member of the International Opera Studio (IOS) and in the same year received a scholarship from the Migros Cooperative Union as well as an award at the Pro Arte Lyrica competition in Lausanne. Since 1992, he has been a regular guest at the Summer Festival in Selzach. He has been engaged at the Opernhaus Zürich since the 1991/92 season, where he developed a broad repertoire ranging from buffo to dramatic roles, including Pedrillo, Monostatos, Spoletta, Incredibile (Andrea Chénier), Jaquino, Kudrjasch (Katja Kabanowa), Cassio, Peppe, Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Spalanzani, Tamino, Tybalt, Dancaïro, Arturo, Knusperhexe, Brighella, as well as the male lead in Udo Zimmermann’s Weisse Rose. He achieved great success portraying the title role Simplicius in the rediscovered operetta by Johann Strauss, which was also released on CD and DVD. Guest performances took him throughout Europe, to Shanghai, and with productions of Die Zauberflöte, Le nozze di Figaro, Fidelio, and Tannhäuser (Walter) to San Diego. He recorded Lehár’s operetta Paganini for Bavarian Radio. Most recently at the Opernhaus Zürich, he sang roles including Don Basilio (Le nozze di Figaro), Tschekalinski (Pique Dame), Triquet (Jewgeni Onegin), the Chief Eunuch (Land des Lächelns), Goro (Madama Butterfly), Spoletta (Tosca), Dormont (La scala di seta), the White Minister (Le Grand Macabre), the Devil/Narrator (Die Geschichte vom Soldaten), the Third Jew (Salome), Schmidt (Werther), and Feri (Die Csárdásfürstin).

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 Werther14 / 19 Jun / 1 / 4 / 10 Jul 2026 Arabella14 / 18 / 22 / 25 / 28 Apr 2026

Marie Lombard

The French soprano Marie Lombard studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and in Rennes with Stéphanie d’Oustrac. She furthered her training through masterclasses with Lisette Oropesa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Stéphane Degout, Inva Mula, Brigitte Fassbaender, and Mariella Devia. She is an alumna of the Opera Academy in Bordeaux and the Monte-Carlo Opera Academy, and a prizewinner of the International Competition for Young Singers of the Grand Opéra d’Avignon, the Sumi Jo International Singing Competition, and the International Opera Competition of Marmande. Her previous roles include, among others, Inès (“La favorite”), La Princesse (“L’enfant et les sortilèges”), Belinda (“Dido and Aeneas”), Eurydike (“Orfeo ed Euridice”), Adèle (“Die Fledermaus”), Coraline (Adolphe Adam’s “Le toréador”), and the Erste Dame (“Die Zauberflöte”). Since the 2024/25 season, she has been a member of the International Opera Studio at the Zurich Opera House. There, she has appeared as Barbarina (“Le nozze di Figaro”) and Contessa di Folleville (“Il viaggio a Reims”) and performed alongside Cecilia Bartoli at the benefit gala concert. In the 2025/26 season, she will again sing Barbarina as well as Sandmann (“Hänsel und Gretel”) and Lauretta (“Gianni Schicchi”). In summer 2026, she will appear as Marzelline (“Fidelio”) at the festival in Saint-Céré, France.

Hänsel und Gretel16 / 20 / 23 / 28 / 30 Nov / 2 / 4 / 11 / 16 / 18 / 21 Dec 2025 / 2 / 24 / 25 / 31 Jan 2026 Le nozze di Figaro24 / 29 Jan / 1 / 5 / 7 / 10 / 14 Feb 2026 Gala Concert of the International Opera Studio6 Jul 2026

Max Bell

Maximilian Bell, bass, studied with Michail Lanskoi and Manfred Equiluz at the Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna. He furthered his training through masterclasses with Angelika Kirchschlager, Adrian Eröd, and Gerhard Kahry. The Austrian-born singer has already performed roles such as Spinelloccio (Gianni Schicchi) and Norton (La cambiale di matrimonio) at the Bregenz Festival, Osmin (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) as part of the Vienna Philharmonic’s Summer Academy in Vienna and Graz, Snug (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) at Theater Akzent in Vienna, the bass part in Bernstein’s Mass at the Vienna Musikverein, Rocco (Fidelio) in a children’s production in Baden, Austria, Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) at the MuTh in Vienna, and Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro) in a touring theatre production. Starting with the 2024/25 season, he will be a member of the International Opera Studio at Zurich Opera House.

Der Rosenkavalier21 / 26 Sept / 1 / 5 / 14 / 17 / 21 / 26 Oct 2025 Le nozze di Figaro24 / 29 Jan / 1 / 5 / 7 / 10 / 14 Feb 2026 La forza del destino2 / 7 / 12 / 15 / 18 / 21 / 26 / 29 Nov / 17 / 21 Dec 2025 Gala Concert of the International Opera Studio6 Jul 2026

Enrico Maria Cacciari

Enrico Maria Cacciari studied piano at the conservatories of Bologna and Milan as well as chamber music in Fiesole with Dario De Rosa and Maureen Jones. As a pianist, harpsichordist, and organist, he has performed in numerous chamber music ensembles and orchestras, including the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart, and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. In 1997, he was engaged as a répétiteur at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and since 2000 he has held the same position at the Zurich Opera House. As a guest, he has worked at such renowned musical institutions as the Rossini Festival Pesaro, the Baden-Baden Festival House, the Teatro Real Madrid, the Edinburgh Festival, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Salzburg Festival, and the Lucerne Festival. In doing so, he collaborated with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Christoph Eschenbach, Daniele Gatti, Daniel Harding, Franz Welser-Möst, Nello Santi, and Marcello Viotti. He has given recitals with singers such as Elena Moşuc, Barbara Frittoli, Javier Camarena, Massimo Cavalletti, Carlo Colombara, and José Cura.

Le nozze di Figaro24 / 29 Jan / 1 / 5 / 7 / 10 / 14 Feb 2026

Claudius Herrmann

Claudius Herrmann was born in 1967 in Mannheim and received his musical education from Hans Adomeit in Mannheim and at the Lübeck University of Music with David Geringas.

Since 1992, he has been the principal cellist of the Philharmonia Zurich, where he 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 as principal cellist to the Bayreuth Festival.

Since 2009, Claudius Herrmann has been the cellist of the Gringolts Quartet, with which he won several prizes, including the ECHO Klassik Award. Previously, he was a member of the Amati Quartet Zurich for 15 years, performing in major concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Vienna Musikverein, and the Berlin Philharmonie.

As a soloist, he has performed with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra Moscow, as well as the Zurich Opera Orchestra (Strauss’s Don Quixote under Franz Welser-Möst).

In addition to over 20 chamber music CD recordings, he has also released several CDs with cello sonatas by Brahms, Reinecke, and Herzogenberg.

Le nozze di Figaro24 / 29 Jan / 1 / 5 / 7 / 10 / 14 Feb 2026
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Abstract

For Figaro and Susanna, it was supposed to be the most beautiful day of their lives: their wedding day. But their employer, Count Almaviva, who is equally in love with Susanna, does everything he can to delay the wedding. Twenty-four turbulent hours begin, in which the power of Eros throws every character in the play into confusing emotional states. Director Jan Philipp Gloger sets Mozart’s masterpiece in the present day, highlighting the way a supposedly irresistible man gets ensnared in a complex code of conduct designed to prevent abuse of power and sexual assault.

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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.»

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.

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