GRAND THÉÂTRE DE GENÈVE

With its particularly strong and poignant action this grand opéra highlights two Jewish people's outsider status through intrigue, love and oppression. This work, from 1835, ...

With its particularly strong and poignant action this grand opéra highlights two Jewish people's outsider status through intrigue, love and oppression. This work, from 1835, ...

In continuation of a prestigious recital season at the Grand Théâtre, we are glad to invite you to a musical evening in the distinguished company ...

Opéra d’Olivier Messiaen Livret du compositeur d’après des textes de Saint François d’Assise Créé à Paris en 1983 Création scénique suisse Direction musicale Jonathan Nott ...

The house lights go down, two personalities, two opinions begin opposing each other. Important figures from today’s cultural scene try to convince us that it’s ...

A slice of life, a slice of laughter and a slice of music to garnish the canapé that comes with our urban aperitif! Have a ...

Chorégraphie Jérémy Tran Scénographie Bruno de Lavenère Costumes Jérémy Tran · Deborah Erin Parini Lumières David Debrinay Musique Valentin Hadjadj sur la base d’œuvres de ...

Opéra by Matthew Shlomowitz children above 10 years old...

Opéra de Christian Jost Livret de Káta Weber d’après le film Reise der Hoffnung de Xavier Koller Création mondiale Direction musicale Gabriel Feltz Mise en ...

LES HUGUENOTS Grand opéra de Giacomo Meyerbeer Livret d’Eugène Scribe et Émile Deschamps Créé à Paris en 1836 Dernière fois au Grand Théâtre de Genève ...

Chorégraphie Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Costumes An D’Huys Scénographie et lumières Jan Versweyveld Dramaturgie Jan Vandenhouwe Musique Johann Sebastian Bach, Concertos brandebourgeois, BWV 1046–1051 Rosas ...

Singspiel de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Livret de Johann Gottlieb Stephanie Nouvelle version de Luk Perceval en collaboration avec Aslı Erdoğan Créé à Vienne en 1782 ...

Opéra-ballet de Jean-Philippe Rameau Livret de Louis Fuzelier Créé à Paris en 1735 Pour la première fois au Grand Théâtre de Genève...

John Adams, Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt Ioannis Mandafounis, Andonis Foniadakis, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève FEARFUL SYMMETRIES création Chorégraphie Ioannis Mandafounis ...

This opera tells the fable of Orpheus, a demigod with a talent for music. When his bride Eurydice dies, he decides to seek her soul ...

Giuseppe Verdi’s dedication of his musical talent and fame to the cause of Italian unity had made him world famous. In 1869, the viceroy of ...

Philip Glass and Robert Wilson’s opera Einstein on the Beach (1976) is a meditation on time, place, spaces and events, human beings and machines. It ...

La danse d’Abou Lagraa porte en elle un subtil mélange de classicisme, d’énergie urbaine et d’expressivité contemporaine. Mais avant tout, c’est un artiste qui ose ...

Opéra en 7 scènes et un prologue de Modeste Moussorgski Livret du compositeur adapté du drame éponyme d’Alexandre Pouchkine et d’après l’Histoire de l’État russe ...

Coproduction avec Les Arts Florissants, Angers-Nantes Opéra, Opéra de Rennes, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Opéra Royal / Château de Versailles Spectacles, Théâtre ...

Dans le cadre de sa production de Carmen, le Grand Théâtre de Genève se réjouit de présenter une offre exceptionnelle à tous les étudiant inscrits ...

Norma, a passionate story of a rare nobility, a story of love, betrayal and elegance. Do you Casta Diva? The mystical incantation to the moon, ...

Falstaff is a work perfectly suited for the Opéra des Nations and is the older Verdi’s last, ultimate and absolute masterpiece. A modern and personal ...

First performed in 1937, Carmina Burana is a fascinating and provocative piece, the illustration of a “Theatrum mundi” in which music, movement and words are ...

Simon Keenlyside is the very incarnation of British vocal artistry and one of the foremost lyric baritones of his generation. When this native Londoner’s Geneva ...

Fairy-tales, when you look at them closely, are usually set in a pretty conventional universe. Morality reigns supreme, beauty is celebrated and love affairs are ...

The year before his Faust premiered in 1859, Charles Gounod’s excellent adaptation of Molière’s comedy The Mock Doctor opened at Paris’ Théâtre-Lyrique. Berlioz thought Gounod’s ...

Hailing from the South-Western United States, Susan Graham only very rarely performs abroad. Her next engagements demonstrate this: Dido (Les Troyens) in San Francisco and ...

The Opéra des Nations, with its wooden structure and intimate setting, is ideally suited to the performance of works from the Baroque period, of which ...

In spite of a busy schedule of engagements in the greatest opera houses of the world, Diana Damrau still finds time to perform for the ...

With her moving performance of Neris in the Grand Théâtre’s last production of Medea, Sara Mingardo reminded Geneva audiences that she is indeed one of ...

It took all the persuasion of Verdi’s wife Giuseppina to convince him to write this work in which the pursuit of Destiny encounters the power ...

The first bars of the overture already suggest the conflict between the kingdoms of Night, heralded in sombre chords, and Day, with its dazzling fugue. ...

After Winterreise by Jonas Kaufmann and Schwanengesang by Michael Volle, it is Bo Skovhus’ turn to continue the master recitalists’ series dedicated to the great ...

Benjamin Britten’s operas open the doors to many different worlds, but if one of them stands out of the lot, it is certainly A Midsummer ...

Jeroen Verbruggen waves his magic wand and boldly rids Tchaikovsky’s fairy-tale of its Christmas tree and its sugar plums, transforming it into a new and ...

There are few opportunities, outside of China, to indulge in the refined pleasures of Peking opera. Appearing around 1790 in the imperial capital of the ...

One never tires of Jacques Offenbach’s musical humour. At over 150 years of age, his inimitable sense of fun, in all its wryness and subtlety, ...

This monumental work of French opera originates in the same epic legends of Ancient Greece as La Belle Hélène. Because of this, the Grand Théâtre ...

Blame it on the Fair Helen! If Helen the fair hadn’t followed Paris to Troy, would there ever have been Les Troyens? Berlioz wrote this ...

Imprisonment, the thirst for liberty and the blind determination of a passionate love: Leonore is ready to do anything to save her husband Florestan, held ...

« Greet the world for me! » are Isolde’s words as she takes leave of Brangäne and waits for Tristan to drink the draught of ...

Ever since its foundation as the Grand Théâtre’s patronage organization, the Cercle du Grand Théâtre has offered Geneva’s opera house unfailing support and encouragement. Every ...

Since its beginnings, opera has been characterized by its fascination for extreme personalities. No surprise then that many opera composers should have chosen as their ...

In spite of a busy schedule of engagements in the greatest opera houses of the world, Diana Damrau still finds time to perform for the ...

In the little mountain village of Hochstoff in South Tyrol, Wally is in love with Hagenbach, but her father wants her to marry his right-hand ...

Not just for Wagnerians and wannabes… A test of endurance, perhaps, but a unique experience of stage and music that leaves one changed for life, ...

In 2007, Anna Caterina Antonacci gave a masterful performance of Cassandra in Berlioz’s Les Troyens at the Grand The?a?tre. For her upcoming recital, she continues ...

Brünnhilde sends Siegfried off to new adventures but keeps the Ring as pledge of their love. At the court of King Gunther, Siegfried is drugged ...

Every year, the Cercle du Grand The?a?tre and the Grand The?a?tre de Gene?ve organise a unique recital evening featuring some of the greatest opera voices ...

Something to see, hear and discover… Composer, stage director and director of the Ruhrtriennale Heiner Goebbels invites us to discover one of the most original ...

Nabucco’s daughter Fenena is the hostage of the Jewish people. Zaccaria the High Priest of the Jews places her in the care of Ismaele, and ...

More a calligrapher than a choreographer, Ken Ossola’s art plays with shadow and light. With his ballets, he chisels the dancer’s body like a skilled ...

Sieglinde dies in childbirth, naming her son Siegfried. The petulant child is brought up by Mime, who knows only the fearless boy can retrieve the ...

Despite their relatively short history as a company, Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes endowed modern ballet with an impressive amount of classic works. In the wake of ...

Geneva audiences are familiar with Lawrence Brownlee since his performance of his favourite role, Count Almaviva in last season’s reprise of the Grand The?a?tre production ...

Ferruccio Furlanetto has only ever been seen twice on stage at the Grand The?a?tre, notably in Le nozze di Figaro, more than twenty years ago. ...

Eisenstein is due to report to prison for a misdemeanour but is induced by his friend Dr Falke to attend a fancy dress party at ...

In the course of his brilliant career, this exceptional artist has never failed to astound music lovers and opera fans with his performances of the ...

The Marschallin is back in Geneva! Many remem- ber her as Elsa in Daniel Slater’s production of Lohengrin for the Grand The?a?tre in 2008. Even ...

Wotan, chief of the Gods, with his disorderly love affairs begets a new race of humans, destined to ransom by love the Ring of power ...

The Russian lyric stars of tomorrow are calling at Geneva for one night only, in an exceptional recital evening. The Grand Théâtre de Genève’s faithful ...

In the mists of the Dark Ages, along the Rhine, Sigurd the hero is drugged by Hilda, sister to his friend King Gunther, into loving ...

French choreographer Michel Kelemenis practises an exquisite and refined style of dance, as Geneva audiences may remember from his 2009 Cinderella at the Grand Théâtre. ...

At Count Almaviva’s country seat, his butler Figaro and his wife’s chambermaid Susanna are preparing to get married but the Count has taken a fancy ...

Rusalka lives under the rule of the Water-Goblin, with all the other girls of the lake. But Rusalka has fallen in love with the Prince ...

Barbara Frittoli’s début was in 1994 as a remarkable Countess Almaviva in Ferrara. Since then, she has brought much musical enjoyment to audiences at the ...

In continuation of a prestigious recital season at the Grand Théâtre, we are glad to invite you to a musical evening in the distinguished company ...

Nagasaki, 1904. The main point of entry of Western commercial and military power to the isolated island empire is now used to the foreign sailors ...

In the depths of the mighty river, the Rhine maidens guard the Rhine gold. Alberich, the Nibelung dwarf, is dazzled by the sight of it. ...

Ivan IV de Russie, surnommé Ivan le Terrible, est né en 1530. Il devient Grand Prince de Russie à l’âge de 3 ans, suite à ...

There is something inherently sexy about the baritone voice, its masculinity, its stamina, its imperative, aristocratic way of getting things done. Add a French touch ...

The Grand Théâtre de Genève Ballet Company is quickly gaining international reputation for its contemporary interpretations of great ballet classics, commissioning the work of the ...

In the house of Parisian high-end lady of pleasure Violetta Valéry there is dancing, feasting, and lovemaking. Among her admirers is Alfredo Germont, a young ...

Although in Pausole's kingdom morals are somewhat relaxed, and the monarch has a wife for each day of the year, in respect of his own ...

Macbeth A melodrama in four acts of Giuseppe Verdi Booklet of Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei, after William Shakespeare Songs in Italian with subtitles. ...

Mignon Comic opera in three acts and five pieces of Ambroise Thomas Booklet of Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre de Goethe ...

La Lumière – The Contrechamps Ensemble presents - the Chamber music concert series Soloists of the Contrechamps Ensemble In co-production with the Grand Théâtre of ...

Anna Karenina Ballet in two acts adapted from the novel of Léon Tolstoï Music by Rodion Chtchedrine Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky Music direction: Valery Gergiev Orchestra ...

The Contrechamps Ensemble presents: The Chamber music concert series Soloists of the Contrechamps Ensemble, in co-production with the Théâtre de Genève Date and Time: 4 ...

The Ballet of the Grand Théâtre de Genève Music of Georg Friedrich Haendel Choreography : Andonis Foniadakis World creation Dates and Time 04.02.2012 at 20h00 ...

Opera musical drama with two acts from Giorgio Battistelli, based on the work of Ian Burton in his depiction of Shakespeare's Richard III. Songs in ...

Opera: La Serva padrona of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) Le Devin du village of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) A co-production of the Geneva Opera Studio and ...

The Contrechamps Ensemble presents: The Chamber music concerts Clémence Tilquin - Soprano Soloists of the Contrechamps Ensemble, in coproduction with the Arts and History Museum ...