ZURICH - In Your Pocket

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Opera & Ballet
Opernhaus - Zurich Opera F-5, Falkenstrasse 1,
8Opernhaus / Stadelhofen, tel. +41 44 268 66 66,
www.opernhaus.ch. The Zurich Opera is a magnificent
building near the lake shore built in 1891 by the Austrian
architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer. You can
buy tickets on their webpage, by phone or at the ticket
office on site (open from 11:00 until the performance
starts, Sun from 90 minutes before the show). Plays are
usually with German and English surtitles:
The plays in autumn:
Jenufa
by Leoš Janáček, directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov
Fri 04.10, Sun 07.10, Tue 16.10, Sat 20.10, Wed
24.10, Sun 28.10, Wed 31.10
Roberto Devereux
by Gaetano Donizetti, directed by Giancarlo del Monaco
Tue 09.10, Sun 14.10, Fri 19.10
Salome
by Richard Strauss, directed by Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Fri 05.10
Tosca
by Giacomo Puccini, directed by Robert Carsen
Sat 06.10, Wed 10.10
Lucia di Lammermoor
by Gaetano Donizetti, directed by Damiano Michieletto
Sun 21.10, Sat 27.10, Tue 30.10, Sat 03.11, Sun
11.11, Fri 16.11
Sale
a Händel-Project by Christoph Marthaler, music by Georg
Friedrich Händel et al.
Sun 04.11, Wed 07.11, Fri 09.11, Sun 11.11, Wed
14.11, Sun 18.11, Tue 20.11, Thu 22.11, Sun 25.11,
Tue 27.11
Le nozze di Figaro
by W.A. Mozart, directed by Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Tue 06.11, Sat 10.11, Sun 18.11, Fri 23.11, Sat
01.12, Tue 04.12
Un ballo in maschera
by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by David Pountney
Sat 24.11, Fri 30.11, Wed 05.12
Ballet F-5, Opernhaus, Falkenstrasse 1,
8Opernhaus / Stadelhofen, tel. +41 44 268 66 66,
www.opernhaus.ch. As of this season, Christian Spuck
is the new director of the Zurich Ballet Company. Taking
over from the renowned Heinz Spoerli, he will have to
prove himself. 38 world-class dancers belong to the
company - another 15 dance in the junior company. The
shows take place at Zurich’s opera.
Romeo and Julia
by William Shakespeare, music by Sergei Prokofiev,
choreography by Christian Spuck
Sat 13.10, Sun 14.10, Thu 18.10, Sun 21.10, Fri
26.10, Sun 28.10, Fri 02.11, Sun 02.12
Junior Ballet
music by Frank Henne, Offenbach, Bizet, Puccini,
Zimmermann; choreography by Douglas Lee, Christian
Spuck and Stephan Thoss
Wed 21.11, Thu 22.11, Fri 23.11, Sat 24.11, Sun
25.11
14.09 - 17.02
Capital - Merchants in Venice and Amsterdam
E-2, Landesmusem, Museumsstrasse 2,
8Hauptbahnhof, tel. +41 44 218 65 11, www.kapital
.landesmuseum.ch. This exhibition tells the story of the
origins of our contemporary economic system, capitalism,
in the historic maritime republic of Venice and during the
‘Golden Age’ of Amsterdam. Both cities played a key role
in the economic and social development of the West.
Merchants and traders invented new forms of finance, credit
and commerce which we still use today. Both cities looked
out towards the sea, took risks, built ships, pursued trade
overseas, suffered losses, but also made large profits. With
growing affluence and the birth of a pre-modern civil society,
for example in Amsterdam, culture and splendour became
more attractive than risky overseas trade. This marked the
start of investment in culture and luxury - and also the end of
the ‘Golden Age’ of both cities. Q Open 10:00 - 17:00, Thu
10:00 - 19:00, Mon closed. Admission 10/8Sfr, children free.
So these are the ships that brought us capitalism. PD
27.09 - 18.11
Jochem Hendricks
D-3, Haus Konstruktiv, Selnaustrasse 25, 8Selnau,
tel. +41 44 217 70 80, www.hauskonstruktiv.ch. Jochem
Hendricks’s works are spectacular, surprising and astute: he
deals with different ways of life, personality structures and
social mechanisms. He often takes our familiar desires and
fears as a basis, which he then comments on critically, often
with humor and not uncommonly with irony. In his works, he
consciously relies on the fantasies, memories and ideas of
the observers. This exhibition presents an overview, with
works from 1984 to the present day. Q Open 12:00 - 18:00,
Wed 12:00 - 20:00, Sat & Sun 11:00 - 18:00, Mon closed.
Admission 14/10/5Sfr.
28.09 - 20.01
Paul Gauguin - The Prints
G-4, Kunsthaus, Heimplatz 1, 8Kunsthaus, tel. +41
44 253 84 84, www.kunsthaus.ch. Paul Gauguin (1848
- 1903) is universally celebrated as one of the founding
fathers of modern painting. What is far less known, however,
is that he left a relatively small but diverse and innovative
repertoire of graphic works, most of them woodcuts. Gauguin
found in woodcuts the ideal expressive medium for his
non-illusionistic style, with its emphasis on the plane. Yet
while his paintings chiefly depict the serene and care-free
side of life in the South Seas, the woodcuts also reveal the
unfathomable, nocturnal and demonic aspect of the tropical
paradise. Q Open 10:00 - 18:00, Wed - Fri 10:00 - 20:00,
Mon closed.
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01.11 Thursday - 15.11 Tuesday
Expovina - wine exhibition
E-5, Bürkliplatz, 8Bürkliplatz, www.expovina.ch. This
wine fair takes place on 12 boats moored at the pier at
Bürkliplatz. Stroll from boat to boat and taste wines from all
regions of the world. In between enjoy your dinner in one of
the on-site restaurants. Q Open 12:00 - 22:00, Sun 12:00
- 19:00. Tickets on site around 20Sfr.
08.11 Thursday - 11.11 Sunday
Kunst 10 - art fair
N-1, ABB Hall 550, Ricarda-Huch-Strasse, 8Bahnhof
Oerlikon, www.kunstzuerich.ch. A fair for contemporary
art in the former factory halls just next to the train station
Zurich Oerlikon: 70 Swiss and international galleries present
the latest in visual art on 8,000m 2 . Q Thu 16:00 - 22:00,
Fri - Sun 11:00 - 19:00, tickets on site 20/15Sfr.
Festivals
31.10 Wednesday - 03.11 Saturday
jazznojazz
D-2, Theaterhaus Gessneralle / ewz-Unterwerk Selnau /
Theater der Künste, 8Sihlstrasse, www.jazznojazz.ch.
Jazz, Latin grooves und horn sections - the 14th edition of
the international festival ‘jazznojazz’ offers 4 music-packed
concert nights in three locations - all within a 5-minute
walk of each other. Jazz cross-boarder commuters like John
McLaughlin and Anouar Brahem, rousing funk bands like
Incognito or Earth Wind & Fire Experience or loungy
sounds of Jazzanova and Timo Lassy create the ultimate
festival mix. Q Check www.jazznojazz.ch for details. Tickets
www.ticketcorner.ch, +41 900 800 800 (1.19Sfr/min.).
14.09.2012 – 17.02.2013
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CULTURE & EVENTS
Musicals & Shows
07.11 Wednesday - 10.11 Saturday
Fashion Days
K-6, Schiffbau, Schiffbaustrasse 6, 8Schiffbau,
www.mbfashiondays.ch. The Zurich Fashion Days will
be four days of innovative regional designers and top
international brands showcasing their Spring/Summer 2013
collections.QTickets: www.ticketcorner.com, 110Sfr.
The intergalactic Voca People. PD
13.11 - 02.12
Voca People
Maag Halle. Armed only with their voices, the Voca People will
sing across musical historyQ Shows daily 19:30, Sat 14:30
& 19:30, Sun 14:00, Mon no show. Tickets: www.ticketpotal.
com, +41 0900 101 102 (1.19Sfr/min), 69 - 89Sfr.
Landesmuseum Zürich.
Tue – Sun 10 am – 5 pm | Thu 10 am – 7 pm | Open on public holidays | www.kapital.landesmuseum.ch
October - November 2012
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