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An diesem Abend wagt anundpfirsich ein Experiment! BRAINF*CK folgt den Lebensgeschichten mehr oder weniger bekannter Wissenschaftler:innen, die unsere Welt für immer verändert haben. Unter der Leitung einer Expertin macht sich anundpfirsich auf den Weg, die Geschichten um eine wahre Begebenheit spontan zu entdecken – denn die Schauspieler:innen bringen kein Vorwissen mit. Zusammen mit den Zuschauer:innen entdecken sie auf kreative und witzige Weise spannende Themen aus der Wissenschaft. Es wird frei improvisiert, Wahres extrahiert, aus der Luft gegriffene Experimente werden durchgeführt, … [more]

a post-alpine ski piece with a fall by fynn malte schmidt this cannot end well. (...) he drifts (...) from the ideal track, rowing with his arms, his upper body. and then, (...) he somehow saves himself because he (...) always presses his skis into the snow in such a way that they pull him swiftly downhill, even when all seems lost. (...) this could not end well, and yet in the end it did. a sports studio becomes a … [more]

Alfred Schnittke Violakonzert Robert Schumann Sinfonie Nr. 2 C-Dur op. 61 The Czech Petr Popelka started out as a double bass player, but then quickly moved to the conductor's podium; from the 2024/25 season, he will be chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. For his debut with us, he has chosen Schumann's Symphony No. 2 – that's right, the one with the irresistible perpetuum mobile in the scherzo. There is also Alfred Schnittke's Viola Concerto, which demands everything from the soloist Antoine Tamestit. … [more]

Finnish soprano Camilla Nylund thrilled as Brünnhilde in the new Zurich Ring des Nibelungen, and now she returns to Zurich as Senta. Her stage partner here is Tomasz Koniezcny, who will sing the title role in this revival and who celebrated his own triumph in the Zurich Ring when he took the stage as Wotan. General Music Director Gianandrea Noseda, meanwhile, showed with the Zurich Ring that he is a fantastic Wagner conductor. He now takes over the musical direction of this revival production. The … [more]

show & party once again, the milchjugend revives the district balls of the 40s to 60s and invites you to the milchball at the theater neumarkt. just like back then, we want to break out of the dreary and normative structures and celebrate queer culture freely and lightheartedly. let yourself be enchanted by the milchball and the people. moderation + act: mona gamie drag acts: paprika and jolene the kween djs: dj lutra lutra and dj bestelesbe doors: 19:00 show: 20:00 www.milchjugend.ch [more]

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich Tugan Sokhiev Leitung Haochen Zhang Klavier   Richard Strauss «Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche» op. 28 Franz Liszt Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 Es-Dur S 124 Pause Richard Strauss «Tod und Verklärung» op. 24 «Tanz der sieben Schleier» aus der Oper «Salome»   He studied with Gary Graffman, with whom Lang Lang and Yuja Wang have already honed their craft, won the renowned Van Cliburn Competition and then embarked on an international career that is now taking him to Zurich for the first time. … [more]

Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in E flat major BWV 552 Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 Modest Mussorgsky ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ (Arr. Cameron Carpenter) He is one of the most dazzling organists of all - now Cameron Carpenter is making his debut with us. He once had his first encounter with an organ in a children's magazine. There was a photo, not of a church, but of one of the cinema organs that were once … [more]

variationen über simone weil von fabian saul und senthuran varatharajah «uns bleibt nur sehnen, warten, und vergebliches schauen.»  zwei menschen stehen vor dem ende ihres alphabets, an ihrer definitiven grenze: vor einem text, und vor dem tod. in «die gnade der schwerkraft» versuchen sie diese grenze, die sie auf die grundbegriffe ihrer existenz zurückwirft, und die sie mit ihren ersten elementen konfrontiert, zu verstehen. simone weil borgt ihnen dafür ihre singuläre reflexion, und imagination. in weil kamen die dinge zusammen, … [more]

«You will die! A friend will kill you.» – The scene with the fortune teller Ulrica, who prophesies that Count Riccardo will soon meet his end, is just one of many effective scenes in Verdi’s opera Un ballo in maschera. Riccardo doesn’t believe Ulrica, and laughs – but a short while later he is murdered by his best friend Renato during a masked ball. Comedy and horror are also closely linked musically in this score from Verdi’s middle creative phase. The … [more]