Schedule of events - Grand Théâtre de Genève

B is for Bel canto and Bellini (also a very nice drink), 
Bizet and Berlioz, Britten and his Billy Budd and, of course, 
B is for Brunch! Will you be alone or tête-à-tête, will you be 
a bunch of boisterous brunchers or are you looking to bring 
your babbling brood? The tables are set for a Grand Brunch 
in Geneva's most beautiful ballroom, where the gods and 
nymphs of legend beam their benign, but blasé, smiles down 
on you from above. Nine Sundays per season, nine chances 
for a nice lie-in, nine chances to add some beautiful music to 
your eggs benedict: we have a Sunday buffet ready to satisfy 
the hungriest opera and ballet buffs! As space is limited 
in our Main Foyer, we kindly ask you to reserve your table 
beforehand.

Rosa and Bianca are twin princesses with completely 
opposed characters. When Rosa runs, shouts and is generally 
quite loud, Bianca dreams, reads and sighs. When Bianca 
greets the crowd with a graceful wave, Rosa addresses them 
in impetuous tones. But on their eighteenth birthday, the 
Grand Chamberlain of the Kingdom is to announce which of 
Rosa or Bianca will assume the throne and become queen. So, 
in a series of tests, they confront each other and fight, before 
realising that, very often, there is strength in unity. A musical 
entertainment of arias by Donizetti repurposed in French.

Because we love putting the Grand Théâtre in afterwork 
mode, we will be trying out something new this season. The 
Apérovisite: a hybrid between the traditional Guided Tour and 
the Apéropéra. Marvel at our Murano glass or Léon Gaud's 
gaudy frescoes, sure, but have a drink with that. Our marble 
halls and our gilded chimneypieces are so much more thrilling 
with a glass of Viognier. Apérovisite will only take place three 
times this season, so save those dates!

CHF 25.- first drink included

What is the connection between the Duke of Brunswick and 
the Grand Théâtre? Between the Valkyrie and the great fire? 
Between a Second Empire façade and a 50s-60s theatre? 

Ten times a year, we let visitors into the bowels of the huge 
ship of the Place de Neuve, navigating between opera trivia 
and heritage curiosities. From the Atrium to the Milky Way, 
from the marble of the entrance to the gold of the fireplaces, 
discover this emblematic building, guided by our in-house 
connoisseurs, who will tell you all its secrets.

A slice of life, a slice of laughter and a slice of music to 
garnish the canapé that comes with our urban apéritif! 
Have a spritz or a vermouth while we supply the entertaining 
company. Apéropéra is a relaxed, fresh and unstuffy way to 
(re)discover a composer, a work, a topic, miles away from the 
usual lectures you get before the performance. Get ready for 
some good stories, from the past and especially the present. 
And in between, there'll be live music from the show (or in the 
same vein) performed by artists on the production

CHF 25.-  first drink included

Did you know that at night there is a mouse in the Foyer of the 
Grand Theatre who dreams of becoming a singer? When the 
lights are out and there's no one around to catch her, she 
does her vocalises and works so hard that she sometimes falls 
asleep in our singer's concert shoe! To wake her up, there's 
only one solution: send her kisses in song... 

Let's try a different approach to opera and ballet…
With every Grand Théâtre production this season, there will 
be a Saturday morning of creative workshops related to the 
upcoming opera or ballet. Song, dance, drama, text, visual 
arts, it's all there waiting to surprise you and help you express 
yourself: voice, stage, theatre and image professionals will 
guide you through the many aspects of opera, the art that 
has everything!

Children from 12 years old will be accepted with an adult

It's a grey day today. Our singer is feeling down and sees 
everything in black. She feels more like sulking than singing, 
and instead of being cheerful just wants to feel dreadful. 
Along comes an optimistic pianist, and with the help of the 
kids and grownups in the audience, she'll have all the help she 
needs to put some colour back into her grey day. 
After the success of La Souris Traviata, mezzo-soprano 
Julia Deit-Ferrand has designed this new workshop-performance 
where you can learn to sing to brighten up gloomy days, 
and to paint a colourful world with musical notes... 
Welcome to Colorama