"Elias" Performance of a Oratorium by Felix Mendelson Bartholdy

Dear friends,

are you ready for a highlight of the Protected content season with a fantastic new poduction.

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Elias is one of the most striking and most-performed oratorios of the 19th century. The composition repeatedly veers into the operatic. It was precisely this combination of drama, reflective contemplation and poignant expressions of emotion in the arias that convinced Andreas Homoki to stage the oratorio as large-scale music theater. Also important was the question, as relevant as ever, of what prophets can do as lonely voices in the desert when they believe they know the truth but no one wants to hear it. In his last production as Artistic Director of the Opernhaus Zürich, Homoki can rely on the outstanding oratorio skills of both Christian Gerhaher in the role of Elijah, and on his General Music Director Gianandrea Noseda, standing at the conductor's podium, with his romantic sensitivity for Mendelssohn’s music.

Pls note special price "Opernhaus Tag" tickets will be only available on Saturday July 5th at 12 CET.

Looking forward seeing you on Sunday July 6th at Zurich Opera.