Opera is weird, over-the-top, and old school? Absolutely! Come on over, let yourself be transported to another world, and find out for yourself why the Opernhaus Zürich is one of the world's leading cultural institutions.
In each performance in the main auditorium, four wheelchair spaces are available in the stalls in seating category 4. Accompanying persons receive a 50% discount. In addition, there is an offer of two wheelchair seats in the parquet galery in seat category 2, where accompanying persons have the choice of seats in seat categories 2 to 4. Please book your tickets in advance by telephone or in person at the ticket office.
Access to the Opernhaus Zürich and the Restaurant Bernadette' is accessible by the entrance of the ticket office. In the opera house, all floors can be reached by the passenger lift, there are no thresholds and obstacles on the individual levels. The wardrobes can only be reached by stairs. Please contact the opera house staff to deliver your jacket to the wardrobe. The toilets for people with disabilities on the ground floor are also equipped for wheelchair users.
There are occasional performances on the Studiobühne. The Studiobühne is located on the third floor and can only be reached via a staircase. There is unfortunately no lift. For reasons of safety, wheelchair users can not visit the performances on the Studiobühne.
How to get there
Cars are allowed to enter and exit the Schillerstrasse (between the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and the Opernhaus Zürich). From there the Box office can be reached in about 100 meters above the Sechseläutenplatz. Marked disabled parking spaces are available in the Opéra car park, from where a passenger lift leads to the hall of the ticket office.
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Art Matters
The Junior Ballet’s new programme is created in close dialogue with the Kunsthaus Zürich and the Kunstmuseum Winterthur. Following the great response to ...
25.02.2027
19:30
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Rinaldo
Rinaldo is to liberate the city of Jerusalem. Yet the brave crusader becomes ensnared in the fateful web of the Saracen sorceress Armida. While the ...
26.02.2027
19:30
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Lord of the Thieves
With the children’s opera "Herr der Diebe", the Zurich Opera House opens a new venue: the former Sternen cinema in Zurich-Oerlikon becomes the setting for ...
27.02.2027
17:00
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Timeframed
This four-part ballet evening brings together two legendary dance works and two new creations for Zurich Ballet. A long-standing relationship connects the ...
27.02.2027
19:00
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Matinee "Rinaldo"
Members of the artistic team talk to the dramaturges about the play, material and concept. The matinees alternate with rehearsal visits («Preview») one or ...
28.02.2027
11:15
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Doctor Atomic
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