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Milo Rau stages Mozart's 'La clemenza di Tito' at Oper Zürich

other · 2026-04-28

Swiss director Milo Rau makes his opera debut with a subversive reading of Mozart's 'La clemenza di Tito' at Oper Zürich. The production, which premiered in Geneva, reinterprets the coronation opera as a psychological study of an assassin. Rau, known for his politically charged theater, brings his signature critical approach to the classical work.

Key facts

  • Milo Rau directs his first opera, Mozart's 'La clemenza di Tito'
  • The production premiered at Oper Zürich
  • Rau is a Swiss theater director known as an 'enfant terrible'
  • The opera is a coronation opera by Mozart
  • Rau's interpretation reads against the grain of the original
  • The production was previously staged in Geneva
  • The focus is on the psychology of an assassin
  • Rau is described as a 'Staatskünstler' (state artist)

Entities

Artists

  • Milo Rau
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Institutions

  • Oper Zürich

Locations

  • Zürich
  • Switzerland
  • Geneva

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