Second Battle of Zurich Second Battle of Zurich The Second Battle of Zurich (25–26 September 1799) was a key victory by the Republican French army in Switzerland led by André Masséna over an Austrian and Russian force commanded by Alexander Korsakov near Zürich. It broke the stalemate that had resulted from the First Battle of Zurich three months earlier and led to the withdrawal of Russia from the Second Coalition. Most of the fighting took place on both banks of the river Limmat up to the gates of Zürich, and within the city itself. After the First Battle of Zurich Masséna had consolidated to
Zurich Opera Noseda as the next GMD of the company, effective in 2021. Zurich Opera Oper Zürich (Zurich Opera) is a Swiss opera company based in Zurich. The company gives performances in the Opernhaus Zürich. The first performance at the current theatre occurred on 30 September 1891, with a production of Wagner's "Lohengrin". Wilhelm Furtwängler began his career there, and in 1913 Richard Wagner’s "Parsifal" was given its first performance outside Bayreuth. Ferruccio Busoni, Paul Hindemith, Richard Strauss, Othmar Schoeck, Arthur Honegger, Frank Martin and other famous composers all left their mark on the development of Zurich’s musical theatre. Zurich Opera House