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Wednesday
08.
December
18:00
CAB
Whether you are a theater enthusiast, music lover, art admirer, dance lover or literature devotee, the Kulturstelle is the place to turn to! Do you like our work? Are you interested and motivated to become a part of our wonderful team? To build up something new? Or do you just want to know who is behind this commission? Come to the cozy mulled wine drinking and get to know us and love us! 😉 Note: Certificate obligation and registration (until …
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Thursday
09.
December
20:00
Schauspielhaus Zürich (Pfauen)
King Lear gilt als Gipfel des Theaters, schwer einzunehmen, von dort aus blickt man in den Abgrund. Es ist ein Königsdrama, an dessen Beginn der alte König einen rhetorischen Wettbewerb zwischen seinen drei Töchtern ausruft, die jüngste enterbt, sein Reich zweiteilt und die Macht abgibt. Doch statt eines geruhsamen Alterssitzes wartet auf Lear eine Odyssee, auf der er alle bisherigen Gewissheiten verlieren wird. Es ist ein Endspiel, in dem die alte Ordnung zerbricht und Werte zu Ruinen werden, zwischen denen ein …
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Sunday
12.
December
20:00
Opernhaus Zürich
[Text by Opernhaus Zurich] Giuseppe Verdi had a soft spot for dusky timbres and deep voices, which feature heavily in his operas Macbeth, Il trovatore, and Don Carlo. Simon Boccanegra isn’t as famous, but is no less beautiful than its siblings – and features the same dark moods and conflicts, sung by primarily male voices. The baritone role of Simon Boccanegra is the main character in this drama about a societal outcast, and draws on medieval history: Boccanegra was elected …
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Wednesday
29.
December
19:00
Opernhaus Zürich
[Text by Opernhaus Zurich] As a basis for his opera Anna Bolena, which premiered in 1830, Gaetano Donizetti took a page from the history books, basing his opus on the matrimonial tragedy of King Henry VIII of England. Henry divorced his wife in defiance of the pope in 1533, in order to marry Anne Boleyn. Within three years, the king tired of his new wife and concocted a devious plan to accuse and convict her of infidelity. The opera begins …
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