Wonderful venue, lovely building with old world charm. Had box seats for performance with terrific…read moreview. Performers received ovation for 15 minutes, very generous and enthusiastic crowd for performances. It was nice to b part of such a festive atmosphere supporting the performing arts. The opera company was fabulous. Highly recommend.

On a recent trip to Zurich, I had the opportunity to see an opera at the fine Zurich Opera House…read more The opera itself was a rarely performed Bellini opera called "La Straniera." It was a co-production of the Theater an der Wien in Vienna and starred the incomparable Edita Gruberova. Of course it was well sung! The opera house itself is on the smaller side but as a result very easy to get around. The new addition is very well integrated into the old building and gives much needed box office and supportive services space. There are ample eating and drinking spots scattered throughout the opera house. The acoustics are excellent letting one hear the orchestra and singers to maximum enjoyment. Because of its size, singers can concentrate more on subtlety and detail as opposed to voice projection. All this comes with the usual high prices of Switzerland and that is probably the most limiting aspect of a Zurich opera experience.