SCYLLA ET GLAUCUS

Run Dates

2026.03.27 ~ 2026.05.02

Opernhaus Zürich

Premiere

About the show

Scylla lives withdrawn into herself, as if in emotional hibernation. Reason, peace, and harmony reign in her cosmos. When Glaucus enters her life, everything changes: She experiences love in all its colors and facets – and does not recognize herself. The opera describes all the lust, wildness, panic, and despair that the young woman experiences as she rediscovers the world for herself. In the end, she will be someone else. Jean-Marie Leclair's rarely performed only opera is a musical discovery. Director Claus Guth returns to Opernhaus Zürich with this new production. Emmanuelle Haïm leads her ensemble Le Concert d’Astrée, one of the most distinguished specialist ensembles for early music.

Details

Tragédie en musique in one prologue and five acts by Jean-Marie Leclair Musical Director: Emmanuelle Haïm Production: Claus Guth Set Design: Étienne Pluss Costumes: Ursula Kudrna Choreography & Assistant Director: Sommer Ulrickson Lighting Design: Martin Gebhardt Chorus Master: Alice Lapasin Zorzit Richard Wilberforce Dramaturgy: Yvonne Gebauer Roman Reeger CAST Scylla Elsa Benoit Glaucus Anthony Gregory Témire Gwendoline Blondeel Dorine Jehanne Amzal Tänzer:innen Emma Bas González Pietro Cono Genova Sara Peña Maren Kathrin Sauer Zürcher Sing-Akademie Le Concert d'Astrée Statistenverein am Opernhaus Zürich production photo ©Moniker Rittershaus

Where it's been performed

Opernhaus Zürich

Zürich

Switzerland

Zürich

Switzerland

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