{"title": "Oper mal anders - La Bohème", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Zürich Tourismus Veranstaltungen", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "\"Oper mal anders – La Bohème\" is an event in the series \"Oper mal anders\", in which Puccini's opera \"La Bohème\" is experienced almost \"naked\" – without singers, orchestra or stage design. Behind the series is Richard Vardigans, who presents the masterpiece with thorough knowledge, pianistic virtuosity and his unmistakable English humour. Guests laugh, cry and above all understand not only the sometimes hair-raising plots, but also the hidden musical connections. The \"One-Man-Show\" of the extra class is aimed at beginners and experts alike.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/oper-mal-anders-la-boheme-73767/", "official_url": "", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Zürich Tourismus Veranstaltungen", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Oper mal anders: La Bohème", "start": "2026-11-05T16:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Lavaterhaus", "address": "", "price": "CHF 40,- / erm. 30,- / Studierende 20,-", "price_from": "40.00", "price_to": "40.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.talking-about-opera.de/index.php/zuerich.html", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/opera"], "description": "\"Oper mal anders\" is an opera event of laughing, crying and understanding. Behind it is Richard Vardigans, who plays piano and narrates. On the programme is Giacomo Puccini's \"La Bohème\". 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The late-Romantic triptych centres on power, control and destructive greed, and on a love that overcomes guilt and death. Dmitri Tcherniakov, a master of radical de-romanticising, stages a relentless study of human abysses. The rarely performed works, seldom heard together, are conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and sung in Russian with German and English surtitles.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/rachmaninowdie-drei-opern-59840/", "official_url": "https://www.opernhaus.ch/spielplan/kalendarium/rachmaninov-die-drei-opern/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7bf82578f4925776c2d44e8535622972b04fe2bcee088c3e8aafceb86e3c931d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Konzert Opera Nova", "start": "2026-10-31T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Studiobühne", "address": "Falkenstrasse 1, 8008 Zürich", "price": "CHF 50", "price_from": "50.00", "price_to": "50.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.opernhaus.ch/webshop/webticket/shop?event=15456&language=de", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical"], "description": "A concert in the «Opera Nova» series at Opernhaus Zürich in which the audience switches from listening to playing along. 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