Performances

Don Quixote
Balet Ludwig Minkus

About The choreography of the performance is based on the Petipa-Gorsky version – the best version of all time – because their idea and famous dance scenes made this ballet last in the theatres worldwide for more than 150 years. Of course, I adjusted, summarized or cut some fragments so the show can have the […]

Nabucco
Opera Giuseppe Verdi

Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi libretto by Temistocle Solera Jerusalem and Babylon, 585 BC Act I Defeated by Nabucco’s army, the king of Babylon, the Jewish people lament their faith. Their Great Priest, Zaccaria, appears before them, bringing along Fenena to the temple; he encourages the believers, urging them to pray: “have no […]


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My dream was to perform Oedipe under the Acropolis of Athens, but destiny was to firstly make it in the homeland of his composer

Interview by Oltea Serban-Parau O.Ş-P. – At the Bucharest National Opera in December 2023 a new production of Œdipe will première. Stefano Poda always combines direction, choreography, sets, costumes, and lighting. Will the approach to this new production share the same complex perspective? Stefano Poda – Certainly, it is my natural approach to opera: I am not […]