Dear fellow PhDs,
To celebrate our new partnership with Konzert und Theater St. Gallen, we invite you to a special night at the opera: we will attend the premiere of Gioachino Rossini’s La Cenerentola and talk with Artistic Director Jan Henric Bogen about the production afterwards.
Date: Saturday, 5 December 2026, 7:00 pm
Venue: Theater St. Gallen, Grosses Haus, Museumstrasse 24, 9000 St. Gallen
Price: CHF 20 (paid directly to Konzert und Theater St. Gallen)
Participation: DocNet members only
Description:
Whether as the modest heroine of the Grimm fairy tale or as a glamorous Disney princess on the big screen, the story of a young woman who is exploited and underestimated, yet keeps her inner strength, is timeless. Director Anna Bernreitner brings Cinderella’s story to the stage with a fine feel for the characters and her unmistakable aesthetic.
With La Cenerentola ossia La Bontà in Trionfo (Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant), first performed in Rome in 1817, Rossini gave the fairy tale a particularly human shape. There is no magic wand and no fairy godmother. Instead, the opera takes a sharp look at social masks and false glamour. Between sparkling coloraturas and rousing ensembles, Rossini tells of goodness triumphing over mere appearance. Pietro Rizzo, the new chief conductor of the Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, conducts.
The opera is sung in Italian with German and English surtitles.
How to sign up:
- Register for this event here on the DocNet website.
- Sign up for the free U30 Club of Konzert und Theater St. Gallen.
- Buy your ticket from Konzert und Theater: choose your seat, select “Vollpreis”, and apply the U30 Club discount at checkout. Your ticket will then cost CHF 20.
Over 30? Thanks to our partnership, you can use the U30 Club offer for as long as you are enrolled as a doctoral student at HSG.
You can find more details on our Benefits page. Please bring the right document on the evening: a national ID or passport if you are under 30, or your valid HSG student ID (Legi) if you are 30 or older.
More about the production: konzertundtheater.ch