Suzuki is the new cultural mobility partner of the Bucharest National Opera. ⚜️With joy, we announce that Suzuki has become a cultural mobility partner of the Bucharest National Opera.🎶A collaboration dedicated to the arts and mobility, where refinement meets performance. We are pleased to bring a distinctive touch of elegance and comfort to the opera. Suzuki Romania, together with the Bucharest National Opera […]

Read November 21 2023
List of "Classical Christmas Market" Accepted Merchants 

Following the extension of the exhibitor registration period - "Classical Christmas Market" - intended for the display and sale of non-food products, food and beverages National Opera Bucharest ("ONB") Bd. Mihail Kogălniceanu no. 70-72, sector 5, Bucharest, we are communicating the list of merchants accepted by the dossier evaluation commission: ENERA CREATIV SABINA & SVETLANA SIMION MARIANA-VIORICA SC RAMSI CAFFE SRL SC MR […]

Read December 9 2022
Extension of the registration period for exhibitors at the "Classical Christmas Market" 

The Bucharest National Opera extends the registration period for exhibitors at the "Classical Christmas Market", intended for the display and sale of non-food, food and beverage products. Registration period: 8.12.2022 – 9.12.2022, 15:00 The publication of the results - the list of admitted traders and the list of rejected traders - will take place on 9.12.2022, at 15.00:XNUMX, on the ONB website [...]

Read December 7 2022
Informative audition: pianist - opera accompanist

Bucharest National Opera organizes an informative Audition for pianist-opera accompanist. Those who wish to participate are asked to send to the email address casting.onb@gmail.com a CV and a biography by December 11, 2022. Those selected will be contacted by phone to communicate the details regarding the date and opening time […]

Read December 2 2022
EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION PROCEDURE - "Classical Christmas Market" - 

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE FOR EXHIBITORS - "Classical Christmas Market" - intended for the display and sale of non-food, food and beverage products National Opera Bucharest ("ONB") Bd. Mihail Kogălniceanu no. 70-72, sector 5, Bucharest The Bucharest National Opera opens registrations for the event Târgul de Crăciun - "Classical Christmas Market". Traders wishing to participate with food, non-food and beverage products at the fair, […]

Read November 30 2022
Christian Badea conducts at the ONB an exceptional cast in Otello by Verdi, on June 8th and 11th, 2022

Maestro Christian Badea, with an impressive career in the most important opera theaters of the world, such as the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper München, Sydney Opera or Teatro Colón, conducts for the first time at Bucharest National Opera . The three soloists: Arsen Soghomonyan, Hrachuhí Bassénz and Vladislav Sulimsky, invited in [...]

Read 18th May 2022
Christian Badea conducts an exceptional cast in Verdi's Otello at ONB, on June 8 and 11, 2022

Maestro Christian Badea, with an impressive career in the most important theaters in the world, such as the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper München, Sydney Opera or Teatro Colón, conducts for the first time at the Bucharest National Opera. The three soloists: Arsen Soghomonyan, Hrachuhí Bassénz and Vladislav Sulimsky, invited in the main roles, represent the new wave [...]

Read 18th May 2022
Mission impossible - and yet... The Bucharest National Opera Orchestra performed at Expo 2020 Dubai in January 2022

For 23 years, since the tour with "Carmen" by Bizet in Japan, the Bucharest National Opera Orchestra has not been on a tour abroad. Perhaps this was also one of the reasons why the courage - of all those involved - was the dominant feeling of this cultural event long prepared and orchestrated by the director [...]

Read January 24 2022
The final list of applicants admitted to the "Classical Christmas Market"

List of admitted food products List of admitted non-food products LUMIVERO COM PROD SRLINEDIT AFFAIRS SRLORHIDEEA PUBSC SIOMAPROD SRLNOVIA EVENTS SRLDELTA BEST TURISMSC LĂMAIțA PROD COMPLEX SRLSC ROEL TRANS SERV SRL SC LILIANA ARNAUT ART SRLBATARCIUC D. IOANSPIRIDON FLORIN Î.IARTLEATHER DESIGN SRL REGISTRATION PROCEDURE FOR EXHIBITORS - " Classical Christmas Market" - intended for the display and sale of non-food products, food and […]

Read November 29 2021
Happy Birthday, Sir Bryn Terfel! 

Happy Birthday, Sir Bryn Terfel! ✨🥁🎺 Thank you for helping us open the Centenary Season of the Bucharest National Opera in a superlative way. The vibration of your presence here still reverberates in our souls, the public and the artists all together!🎻

Read November 9 2021
VINCENZO BELLINI – Bucarest – Opera Nazionale: Norma

In 1885, the Romanian composer George Stephănescu died alla "Compagnia delle opere rumene" with which he began to bring operas on stage, per lo più, from the Italian and French repertoire. In 1919, Compagnia delle opere rumene took the name of "Lyric Society" and in 1921 it transformed into "Opera rumena" which was inaugurated on [...]

Read October 28 2021
Exhibition "Interwar Architecture of Bucharest and Royalty" at the Bucharest National Opera

The Center for Excellence in Architecture, Arts and Audiovisual (CEAAA) and its partners, together with the Bucharest National Opera, the Peleș National Museum, OAR Bucharest, present the exhibition project "Interwar Architecture of Bucharest and Royalty", under the auspices of the Royal Family of Romania, an event realized and dedicated on the occasion of the Centenary of King Michael, the Centenary of the Romanian Opera and the 20th [...]

Read October 25 2021
"Norma" - mystery, glamor and "haute couture"

Somewhere, in a world detached from fantasy novels, in a strange and mysterious land, Alice Barb sets her story from "Norma". One of the most beloved operas in the world, with famous arias, with roles loaded with a wonderful dramatic coloratura and with divine music, "Norma" by Vincenzo Bellini, now staged at the Opera […]

Read October 28 2021
Bucharest National Opera, reintegrated Opera Europa organization

Bucharest National Opera announces with great joy the fact that it has been reintegrated into the Opera Europa organization after an absence of 5 years. Opera Europa is the most important association of opera companies and festivals in the world with over 215 members from 45 countries. At the moment, the Bucharest National Opera is the only member of […]

Read 8 September 2021
Cristina Eremia: "I consider myself lucky, I met wonderful people and they taught me the secrets of this job"

Ovidiu Miculescu: In 1994, Cristina Eremia joined the collective of the Bucharest Opera. Until then, the training took place at the Bucharest National University of Music. How did you switch from violin to singing and who were the personalities that marked your student period the most? Cristina Eremia: I think it was written in my destiny to reach the ONB stage. The period in [...]

Read 13 September 2021
"Operetta, from Vienna to Budapest", show in the Great Hall of the National Opera in Bucharest

Due to the unfavorable weather conditions and because we want the audience to enjoy all the events of the Opera Promenade 2021, the performance of the "Ion Dacian" National Operetta and Musical Theater - "Operetta, from Vienna to Budapest", scheduled for this evening starting at 20:00, it will take place in the Great Hall of […]

Read August 28 2021
Promenade of the Opera House

The Bucharest National Opera thanks the audience, the artists and all those who made it possible to achieve a memorable evening in the debut of the "Opera Promenade" festival. Our series of concerts and events continues regardless of the weather and the seasons. We look forward to seeing you on the Opera Esplanade, we will decide on time whether the show will take place in the hall or [...]

Read August 28 2021
Basul Iustinian Zetea: "The possibility to make yourself heard and known is essential, you never know where an opportunity will appear, a... train"

O.S.P. Bass Iustinian Zetea was trained at the Bucharest school and attended numerous master-classes with personalities of the lyrical art from Romania and beyond. Who do you consider your trainers from a professional point of view, respectively who were the models of the first years of activity? Iustinian Zetea: First I have to remember my teacher from High School [...]

Read 12 September 2021
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE FOR EXHIBITORS “Opera Promenade”

EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION PROCEDURE - "Opera Promenade" - intended for the display and sale of food and soft drinks National Opera Bucharest ("ONB") Bd. Mihail Kogălniceanu no. 70-72, sector 5, Bucharest The Bucharest National Opera invites merchants who wish to participate with food products to follow the registration procedure in the Promenada Operai event that will take place during [...]

Read August 12 2021
CALL FOR ARTISTS | FRANCOPHONIE GAMES 2022 | DEADLINE: AUGUST 15, 2021

The Ministry of Culture is launching a selection call to form the delegation of artists that will represent Romania at the 19th edition of the Francophonie Games, organized from August 28-2022, XNUMX, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, by the International Organization of Francophonie (OIF). The Francophonie Games is a large-scale cultural and sporting competition aimed at artists [...]

Read August 3 2021
Conductor Ethan Schmeisser: "I think Bucharest should be an attractive center for all Romanian singers"

Oltea Şerban-Pârâu: The centenary of the Bucharest National Opera in 2021 represents the moment when you will take over the mandate of Artistic Director of the institution, honoring the invitation launched by the General Manager, Daniel Jinga. From a professional point of view, what was your relationship with Romania before 2021? Ethan Schmeisser: First of all I would like to start with the fact that [...]

Read August 2 2021
Liviu Indricău: "The great masters I collaborated with proved to me that above all an artist must be a HUMAN"

Ovidiu Miculescu Ovidiu Miculescu: Let's start with the beginning. Born in Lugoj in the 80s, did you grow up in a musical atmosphere? How did you end up studying the violin at music school? Liviu Indricău: I was attracted to music from an early age, from the age of 8. Together with my brothers Dan (then 9 years old) and Cristian (then […]

Read August 2 2021
Smaranda Morgovan: "The premiere is the satisfaction of ending a cycle, it's like launching a vessel"

Ovidiu Miculescu Ovidiu Miculescu: In the 80s, a group of music teachers after graduating from the Conservatory could demobilize. What drew you to try to get to the philharmonic, to the opera. Didn't you have an inner structure of a pedagogue? Smaranda Morgovan: In those years, ALL graduates of the Conservatoire went to education, through the government department, for the mandatory internship of 3 [...]

Read August 1 2021
Lucian Corchiş: "In opera, time decants valuable artists from stars that appeared miraculously, overnight"

Ovidiu Miculescu Ovidiu Miculescu: Let's start with the beginning. You studied at the National University of Music in Bucharest, like many of the soloists of the Capital Opera. How did you decide to pursue this career? Lucian Corchiş: As you mentioned, I am also part of the graduates of the National University of Music in Bucharest. I am one of those who have […]

Read August 1 2021
Baritone Valentin Vasiliu: "It seems that normality is returning, which gives us hope and a great desire to work"

Oltea Şerban-Pârâu O.Ş.P. Let's start with the formative years. You graduated from the University of Music in Bucharest and made your debut with the role of Schaunard in "La Bohème" by Giacomo Puccini at the Romanian National Opera Cluj-Napoca in 1990. Which are the artistic personalities who shaped your artistic career in the early years? Valentin Vasiliu: I had several […]

Read August 1 2021
The portraits of the artists from the Bucharest Opera, in a series at Digi World

Raul Bambu Digi World brings the portraits of the artists from the Bucharest National Opera. The materials are part of the documentary series #DigiPortrete. The editions with the stories of the artists and details from behind the scenes of the Opera House will be broadcast at the beginning of August. More precisely, during August 2-6, from Monday to Friday, from 20:55. Among the names that will be the subject [...]

Read July 20 2021
Tenor Alin Stoica: "I am honored to be the first Romanian tenor to win the Luciano Pavarotti Award"

Oltea Şerban-Pârâu O.Ş.P. At only 33 years old, the career of tenor Alin Stoica is already launched by the numerous awards he has won. What is it about and how important are the awards for an artist? Alin Stoica: The awards crown the years of work of an artist, reflecting his quality or not. I am honored to be the first Romanian tenor winner [...]

Read July 12 2021
Extraordinary closing gala of the season, on the stage of the Bucharest National Opera

The Bucharest National Opera presents the Extraordinary Closing Gala of the 3-18 Season on Saturday, July 30, starting at 2020:2021 p.m. Master Vlad Conta will be at the conductor's desk, the directorial concept bears the signature of Alexandru Nagy. With the participation of the Bucharest National Opera Orchestra and Choir. Strauss, Gounod, Bizet, Puccini, Verdi are just a few of the composers whose […]

Read July 3 2021
Paula Stoica: "I believe a lot in the evolution of the artist from one generation to another, but also in respect and in the desire to learn from those before"

Ovidiu Miculescu Behind the stage, in front of it or behind the scenes, there is always an "army" of people who make the shine of those in front of the spotlights perfect every time. All these people are under the coordination of someone, who at the National Opera in Bucharest is named Paula Stoica and is called the head of the artistic-stage service. Ovidiu Miculescu: After […]

Read July 5 2021
This year's Opera Promenade is turning into a cultural hub

Promenada Operei – a cultural hub for two weeks 100 years after its institutionalization, the Bucharest National Opera presents to the public a different Promenada Operei, transforming the traditional event, now in its XNUMXth edition, into a veritable festival. In its centenary year, the Bucharest National Opera celebrates not only the lyrical art, but also the performing arts in general, [...]

Read August 13 2021
Laura Blică-Toader: "Ballerinas have a life similar to performance athletes; without training, rehearsals, performances... a state of insecurity sets in"

Ovidiu Miculescu Laura Blică-Toader has been dancing on the stage of the Bucharest National Opera since 1992, continuing to perform in numerous roles on the institution's legendary stage. Ovidiu Miculescu: For most little girls, the fascination of the ballerina tutu is quite common. What was the context in which you chose this path, how did it happen in the case of Laura Blică-Toader? Laura Blică-Toader: How did I choose this path... I think […]

Read July 5 2021
Ovidiu Matei Iancu: "I felt that all the experience I acquired during the years spent all over the world I must bring and keep with me in the country"

Ovidiu Miculescu Ovidiu Matei Iancu was born in Bucharest. After graduating in 2002 from the "Floria Capsali" Choreography High School (during which he also won a scholarship to the English National Ballet School, London), he completed a training course at the Paris Opera. Since high school, he was a soloist of the Bucharest National Opera, an institution where [...]

Read July 5 2021
Soprano Silvia Sorina Munteanu: "The audience quickly gets bored of a big and beautiful voice that only says: "Look at me!""

Oltea Şerban-Pârâu O.Ş.P. Let's start with the formative years. You graduated from the Western University of Timişoara, majoring in singing, in 1995, with a master's degree and a doctorate at the Gheorghe Dima Academy in Cluj-Napoca. Who are the artistic personalities that shaped your artistic career? Silvia Sorina Munteanu: The artistic personalities I rather admired... I did not create my career according to a model [...]

Read July 16 2021
Vlad Toader: "Staying away from the public for so long as an artist is like your heart crying continuously..."

Ovidiu Miculescu Ovidiu Miculescu: Have you ever thought that through these three decades you are part of the history of Bucharest Opera? Vlad Toader: To be part of the history of the Bucharest Opera? I have never thought from this perspective but, having to answer, I realize that calculated day by day, season by season, they have added up to 30 years in this […]

Read July 5 2021
Mihaela Soare: "Any artist is non-existent without an audience, we must not forget this, because it is primordial"

Ovidiu Miculescu Ovidiu Miculescu: How did Mihaela Soare become a ballerina? In all the biographies it is written that she was attracted to music and dance as a small child, starting her dance studies with masters Mitiţa Dumitrescu and Nicolae Ionescu from the age of 5. Was there another direction or was this the only direction? Mihaela Soare: I became a ballerina […]

Read July 5 2021
Mezzo-soprano Ruxandra Donose: Nothing can replace the special atmosphere and magic of a real concert or show, with people in the hall and people on stage

Oltea Şerban-Pârâu Saturday, June 5, will take place in Bucharest, at the Bucharest National Opera - in front of a hall that can occupy 70 percent of its capacity and which is waiting for its audience without requiring vaccination - the first concert in Bucharest in the series the Ruxandra Donose 30th anniversary gala, which will take place with [...]

Read June 4 2021
Mezzo-soprano Mihaela Işpan: "Artists, absolutely all, need an audience at the right time and place"

Oltea Şerban-Pârâu Mihaela Işpan has been a soloist of the Bucharest National Opera since 2006, performing in the most important roles of the mezzo-soprano repertoire. O.S.P. In 2006, Mihaela Işpan joined the collective of the Bucharest Opera. Until then, training took place at the Faculty of Performing Arts within the "Gheorghe Dima" Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca. How was the period […]

Read July 5 2021
Baritone Iordache Basalic: "When you step on the plank of the stage, you merge with the past, present and future of this sacred Temple of art"

Oltea Şerban-Pârâu Iordache Basalic has been a soloist of the Bucharest National Opera since 1995. O.Ş.P. We are in the centenary year of the Bucharest Opera. About 25 years ago, the baritone Iordache Basalic joined the group of soloists of this legendary scene. How did you become a soloist of the Opera, what was the path of training as an artist? […]

Read July 5 2021
Andrei Lazăr: "Only the cohesion of a team as a whole can ultimately lead to performance"

Oltea Şerban-Pârâu Tenor Andrei Lazăr has been a soloist of the National Opera in Bucharest for a decade, being one of the most representative voices of the new generation. O.S.P. We are in the year of the centenary of the Bucharest Opera, the institution on whose stage you debuted as Catavencu in the absolute premiere of the opera "A lost letter" by Dan Dediu. An atypical debut, [...]

Read July 5 2021
Lucian Petrean: "The artist must have freedom of movement"

Oltea Şerban-Pârâu The baritone Lucian Petrean had an interesting evolution on his way to a career as an opera soloist, studying theology, obtaining a doctorate in philology on a topic related to folklore, only later studying music in Cluj-Napoca, for that at the present time he is a soloist of the National Opera in Bucharest. O.S.P. […]

Read July 5 2021
Ovidiu Matei Iancu: "I felt that all the experience I acquired during the years spent all over the world I must bring and keep with me in the country"

Ovidiu Miculescu Ovidiu Matei Iancu was born in Bucharest. After graduating in 2002 from the "Floria Capsali" Choreography High School (during which he also won a scholarship to the English National Ballet School, London), he completed a training course at the Paris Opera. Since high school, he was a soloist of the Bucharest National Opera, an institution where [...]

Read June 14 2021
Baritone Iordache Basalic: "When you step on the plank of the stage, you merge with the past, present and future of this sacred Temple of art"

Oltea Şerban-Pârâu Iordache Basalic has been a soloist of the Bucharest National Opera since 1995. O.Ş.P. We are in the centenary year of the Bucharest Opera. About 25 years ago, the baritone Iordache Basalic joined the group of soloists of this legendary scene. How did you become a soloist of the Opera, what was the path of training as an artist? […]

Read June 14 2021
Daniel Magdal: "I really wanted to perform on the country's first lyrical stage, so the emotions were immense"

Oltea Şerban-Pârâu Tenor Daniel Magdal became the soloist of the Bucharest Opera relatively recently, after almost three decades of consistent international career. O.S.P. We are in the year of the centenary of the Bucharest Opera, an institution on whose stage you began to sing in 2004. You completed your musical training in Iasi, after graduating from the Octav Băncilă Art High School, following the Academy [...]

Read July 5 2021
Cristina Cotescu: "From the age of 6, I accompanied my parents to rehearsals and performances, I practically grew up in the Opera"

For over 40 years, the director Cristina Cotescu linked her name to the Bucharest National Opera, created or helped to create opera performances, as an assistant director, alongside the biggest names of the Romanian opera theater. A graduate of the Capital Conservatory, she became conductor of the Bucharest National Opera in 1975, and ten years [...]

Read 17th May 2021
Daniel Filipescu: "I really want to be able to sing the role of Figaro from the opera The Barber of Seville in its entirety in the performance"

Ovidiu Miculescu Having joined the cast of an Oscar-winning film, Toni Erdmann, enjoying lending his voice to some cartoon characters, happily singing the music from the Bucharest of yesteryear on the theater stage, the baritone Daniel Filipescu is one of the voices and one of the characters full of colors of the National Opera in Bucharest. Ovidiu Miculescu: Daniel Filipescu, let's start the discussion [...]

Read August 1 2021
Soprano Iulia Isaev, from the Bucharest Opera to the Metropolitan Opera: "Nothing compares to the moment when you see in front of you thousands of eyes looking at you and thousands of souls breathing with you"

Oltea Șerban – Pârâu Iulia Isaev is one of the voices trained in Romania who took the tradition of the Romanian singing school all over the world, being invited to sing on the most important opera stages of the world, from the Bucharest Opera, to the Vienna Opera or Metropolitan Opera. O.S.P. We are in the year of the centenary [...]

Read 17th May 2021
Conductor Ciprian Teodoraşcu, in dialogue with Oltea Şerban-Pârâu

Conductor of the Bucharest National Opera since 2003, Ciprian Teodoraşcu, collaborated throughout his career with several important musical institutions in the country. Such as the Braşov Opera, the Romanian National Opera Timisoara, the "Ion Dacian" National Operetta Theater from Bucharest, the "Nae Leonard" Musical Theater from Galaţi, the "Paul Constantinescu" Philharmonic from Ploiesti, the Children's Comic Opera, supporting [...]

Read 4th May 2021
Set designer Adriana Urmuzescu, in dialogue with Ovidiu Miculescu

If the institutionalization of the Bucharest National Opera took place on April 1, 1921, the first official opera performance in this context being scheduled for December 8, a year later, in 1922, Anton Romanovski, prima ballerina and ballet master in opera houses and ballet from Poland and Russia, has a first contact with Bucharest, following [...]

Read 4th May 2021
Alexandru Nagy: "I think we have to tackle big titles, but not neglect accessibility"

by Ovidiu Miculescu The Bucharest National Opera has existed since 1921, this year it turns 100 years old, but very young people also work in the impressive institution, whose age is equal to the experience within the institution of some of their colleagues. One of them is Alexandru Nagy, who is in charge of directing and maintaining some of […]

Read 13th May 2021
Soprano Iulia Isaev, from the Bucharest Opera to the Metropolitan Opera: "Nothing compares to the moment when you see in front of you thousands of eyes looking at you and thousands of souls breathing with you"

Iulia Isaev is one of the voices trained in Romania who took the tradition of the Romanian singing school all over the world, being invited to sing on the most important opera stages of the world, from the Bucharest Opera, the Vienna Opera or the Metropolitan Opera. O.S.P. We are in the centenary year of the Bucharest Opera, with approximately […]

Read 17th May 2021
The Bucharest National Opera initiates a solidarity initiative among opera artists from the whole country

In the Centenary year for the country's first lyric stage and in an extremely difficult period for the entire creative cultural sector in Romania, the Bucharest National Opera is starting a series of inter-institutional collaborations with guests from opera houses throughout the country. Artists thus have the opportunity to unite as a sign of solidarity to keep alive […]

Read April 23 2021
Online season, in the Bucharest National Opera program from May

The Bucharest National Opera invites the public and the artists to an online season for the whole month of May to go through this trial period for the Romanian cultural space together. Operas in concert, two choreographic titles and the ballet premiere of the performance "Coppélia" by Léo Delibes are the titles proposed for the enjoyment of the public and for the support of the artists of the first scene [...]

Read April 29 2021
Set designer Viorica Petrovici, in dialogue with Ovidiu Miculescu

Set designer Viorica Petrovici, in an interview for LiterNet with Ovidiu Miculescu. The creator spoke about the performances in which she signed the scenography on the stage of the Bucharest National Opera and the importance of the 100th anniversary of the institutionalization of the country's first opera scene. 100 years after the establishment of the National Opera in Bucharest, the attraction for […]

Read April 20 2021
Tiberiu Soare, Artistic Director of the Bucharest National Opera, in dialogue with musicologist Oltea Șerban-Pârâu

The Artistic Director of the Bucharest National Opera, the conductor Tiberiu Soare, in an interview for the Adevărul Blogs with the musicologist and music critic Oltea Şerban-Pârâu. The master spoke about the impact of the pandemic on the art of singing, but also about the events of the centenary year of the country's first lyric stage. The centenary year of the National Opera in Bucharest, 2021, began under the sign [...]

Read April 19 2021
Director Ştefan Neagrău, in dialogue with Ovidiu Miculescu

Director Ştefan Neagrău: "Opera performance, harmony in diversity" Ștefan Neagrău is a graduate of the Institute of Theater and Cinematography (today the National University of Theater and Cinematography IL Caragiale in Bucharest), majoring in Theater, Film and Television Directing (class to Professor Mircea Drăgan). The director Ştefan Neagrău also specialized in Musical Theater Directing, [...]

Read April 26 2021
Master Iurie Florea's message on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of institutionalization

Happy birthday to the Bucharest National Opera, our home, the place where I spent the last quarter of a century! Iurie Florea

Read April 1 2021
Master Ciprian Teodorașcu's message on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of institutionalization

Opera, this art that is very dear to me, has offered me over time satisfactions that I would not have suspected 20 years ago, when I timidly entered into its secrets. I understood that if I give him all my love, work power, passion and inspiration, he will reward me with the applause and appreciation of the audience. […]

Read April 1 2021
Master Vlad Conta's message on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of institutionalization

On the day of the opera, the performance which has been said to begin before the curtain rises and ends long after it falls (M. Callas) and in which, even stabbed in the back, the hero, instead of dying, sings (R. Benchley ) a warm and hopeful "Happy New Year"! Ars longa!

Read April 1 2021
Artistic Director Tiberiu Soare's message on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of institutionalization

On the occasion of the anniversary, we send the message to the Artistic Director of the Bucharest National Opera, conductor Tiberiu Soare: "The first hundred years. Good and bad. But let the good ones gather... Despite the context, I could say that we are a lucky generation: we caught, many of today's artists of the Bucharest National Opera, something from […]

Read April 1 2021
Echoes from the press of the time

For several weeks, the Ministry of Arts, either under the pressure of convictions or under the impulse of MM.LL. The King and Queen, who value at all costs the existence of the "Romanian Opera" as a State institution, proceed to liquidate the "Societăță lirice Opera" and transform it into a National Opera. The sacrifices made by the group of artists who united the Lyrical Society, the support given [...]

Read April 1 2021
April 1, 1921, the beginnings of a dream called Romanian Opera

The Bucharest Opera celebrates today, April 1, 2021, an important moment in its history: even if the existence of an Opera Company hosted by the National Theater on Calea Victoriei dates back to 1885, on April 1, 1921 it was institutionalized under the title Romanian Opera from Bucharest , through a government decree that had among the signatories […]

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The opening of the exhibition dedicated to George Stephănescu, the founder of the Bucharest National Opera

In the presence of the academician Răzvan Teodorescu, the opening of the exhibition dedicated to the founder of the Romanian Opera (currently the Bucharest National Opera), the composer, conductor and pedagogue George Stephănescu (3-1843), took place on March 1925. Mrs. Ilinca Stephănescu-Neagu exhibited at the Library of the Romanian Academy a series of manuscripts, scores and photographs belonging to her great-grandfather, together with works […]

Read March 11 2021
Official visit to the Autonomous State Mint

The manager of the Bucharest National Opera, Mr. Ștefan Ignat, and the Director of the Autonomous State Monetary Authority, Mr. Octavian Schen had an official meeting with a view to establishing collaborative relations between the two institutions.

Read March 11 2021
Master Vlad Conta, in dialogue with musicologist Oltea Şerban-Pârâu

Vlad Conta: "There were many memorable moments, both older and more recent, which we all know and which made us happy, fulfilled us, made our lives more beautiful" In 2021, the National Opera Bucharest is the largest opera theater in the country, both in terms of surface and personnel, the centenary of its establishment, [...]

Read April 26 2021
Press release

03.09.2020 The Bucharest National Opera, a public cultural institution subordinate to the Ministry of Culture, comes with the following clarifications regarding the statements that appeared in the media according to which several employees have been confirmed with COVID-19: We note that there are currently ten confirmed people positive, and they are currently in isolation. According to the procedures in force, [...]

Read 3 September 2020
The story of "Don Quixote" translated into ballet and transmitted in the Online Opera Series

The Bucharest National Opera presents the performance "Don Quixote" by Ludwig Minkus, directed and choreographically adapted by Jaroslav Slavický, as part of the Online Opera Series program. The event will take place on Thursday, May 7, 2020, starting at 18:30 on the Facebook page of the Bucharest National Opera and in the link www.operanb.ro/operaonline. Find the full article at: https://www.europafm.ro/povestea-lui-don-quijote-transpusa-in-balet-si-transmisa-in-cadrul-seri-de-opera-online/.  

Read 7th May 2020
The Shakespearean tragedy Otello, by Giuseppe Verdi, transmitted in the Seri de Opera Online

The Bucharest National Opera presents to lovers of the lyrical genre the show "Otello" by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Giancarlo del Monaco, as part of the Seri de Opera Online program. The event will take place today, April 13, 2020, starting at 18:30, on the Facebook page of the Bucharest National Opera and in the link www.operanb.ro/operaonline. Verdi's creation represented by excellence a [...]

Read April 13 2020
Suspension of public performances

Dear Spectators, In the context of the re-entry of the Municipality of Bucharest into the red scenario and the cumulative incidence exceeding the threshold of 3/1000 inhabitants, the organization and performance of shows with public participation is prohibited for the next 14 days at least, until the index returns below 3/1000. According to the new rules in force, the performances "Astor Piazzolla 100", "La Boheme", "Concert de [...]

Read March 5 2021
The Nutcracker (Online Opera Evenings)

Thursday, April 9, at 18:30 during the Online Opera Evening: The Nutcracker by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The recording of the performance will be available on the official Facebook page of the Bucharest National Opera, as well as in the link www.operanb.ro/ operaonline, Thursday, April 9, starting at 18:30, being accessible to the public during the broadcast of the show. Tchaikovsky began work on his creation [...]

Read April 8 2020
During Holy Week, the Bucharest National Opera presents "Otello", "PeerGynt & Carmina Burana" as part of the Online Opera Series

The Bucharest National Opera broadcasts "Otello" by Giuseppe Verdi, "Peer Gynt & Carmina Burana" by Edvard Grieg and Carl Orff during Holy Week, as part of the Online Opera Series. Thus, on Monday, April 13, at 18:30 p.m., you will be able to watch the recording of the "Otello" performance by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Giancarlo del Monaco, event from 30.09.2018/15/XNUMX. Wednesday, XNUMX […]

Read April 9 2020
The show "Sleeping Beauty", within the Ballet Fest Sarajevo

The Bucharest National Opera will participate this year in "Ballet Fest Sarajevo" with the ballet performance "Sleeping Beauty" by PI Tchaikovsky. "Sleeping Beauty" by PI Tchaikovsky is one of the most recent ballet productions of the Bucharest National Opera, directed and choreographed by Russian artists Vasily Medvedev and Stanislav Fečo and in [...]

Read 17 September 2020
Bucharest National Opera continues to broadcast performances online

The Bucharest National Opera broadcasts the performances "Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci" by Pietro Mascagni - Ruggiero Leoncavallo and "The Nutcracker" by Piotr Ilici Tchaikovsky during the Online Opera Series. Read the full article at: https://www.europafm.ro/opera-nationala-bucuresti-continua-sa-difuzeze-online-spectacole/.   

Read April 3 2020
Bucharest National Opera presents "A Lost Letter" and "Baiadera" as part of the Online Opera Series

Bucharest National Opera broadcasts the performances "A Lost Letter" by Dan Dediu and "Baiadera" by Ludwig Minkus as part of the Online Opera Series. The day after Easter, Monday, April 20, at 18:30, you will be able to watch the recording of the show "A lost letter" by Dan Dediu, directed by Stefan Neagrau, event from January 13, 2013. Thursday, 23 […]

Read April 15 2020
"Turandot", Puccini's musical testament, in a new staging on the stage of the Bucharest National Opera

Bucharest National Opera presents the performance "Turandot" by Giacomo Puccini on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, starting at 18:30 p.m. The direction, set, costumes and lights bear the signature of Mario de Carlo, and the choreography belongs to Corina Dumitrescu. Choir master - Daniel Jinga, children's choir master - Smaranda Morgovan, assistant director - Alexandru Nagy. At the lectern […]

Read March 1 2020
Dimitrinka Raycheva, guest in "Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci" on the stage of the Bucharest National Opera

Bucharest National Opera presents the performance "Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci" by Pietro Mascagni - Ruggiero Leoncavallo on Thursday, March 5, 2020, starting at 18:30 p.m. The direction is by Ion Caramitru, the scenography was created by Viorica Petrovici, and the light design concept belongs to Chris Jaeger. Master Vlad Conta will be at the conductor's lectern. The chorus […]

Read April 8 2020
Ion Caramitru, guest in the show "Peer Gynt" and "Carmina Burana" on the stage of the Bucharest National Opera

Bucharest National Opera presents on Saturday, March 7, 2020, starting at 18:30 p.m. the performance "Peer Gynt" by Edvard Grieg and "Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff, the choreography is by Davide Bombana, the costumes, set and lights were created by Mario De Carlo, scenography assistant Andreea Koch. Master Tiberiu Soare will be at the conductor's lectern, [...]

Read February 28 2020
"The elixir of love", on Women's Day on the stage of the Bucharest National Opera

Bucharest National Opera presents the performance "Elixir of love" by Gaetano Donizetti on Sunday, March 8, 2020, at 18:30 p.m. The direction is by Marco Gandini, the scenography was made by Adriana Urmuzescu, and the lighting design by Virginio Levrio. Master Tiberiu Soare will be at the conductor's lectern. A typical example of a buffoon opera, The Elixir of Love is a […]

Read April 8 2020
Conductor Iurie Florea: "When you end up doing this job for pleasure, it means that you have reached that moment of maturity, of maturity"

If we follow the artistic program of the National Opera in Bucharest as it flows from the beginning of April 2021 until the end of the conventional season, at the end of June 2021, we will see very clearly how from the moment of the calendar marking of the institution's centenary, which took place on April 1, 2021 , with the change of the management team, it was established [...]

Read 10th May 2021
Soprano Lăcrimioara Cristescu, at the premiere of "Il Trovatore" of the Bucharest National Opera

The success of the premiere of "Il trovatore" by Giuseppe Verdi on Sunday, June 23, was due to an exceptional cast. In this way, we send special thanks to the soprano Lăcrimioara Cristescu, her lordship responding to the last-minute request to interpret the role of Countess Leonora in Verdi's opera. We look forward to seeing you at the third performance in […]

Read June 24 2019
Perspectives of cultural collaboration between the Bucharest National Opera and the Muscat Opera, Oman

                   Today, June 14, 2019, the Director of the Bucharest National Opera, Ștefan Ignat was invited to a working meeting at the Ministry of Culture and National Identity, chaired by Minister Valer-Daniel Breaz, on the occasion of the official visit to Romania of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman, [...]

Read June 14 2019
After 90 years - a marathon of value that Radio Romania Cultural dedicates, on November 1, to Radio Romania's 90 years

On November 1, 90 years after the first broadcast of public radio, Radio Romania Cultural invites the public to the marathon After 90 years. For 24 hours, the only national radio station dedicated to culture makes a journey through time with the help of some of the most valuable recordings from the Radio […]

Read October 23 2018
Free public access to the Juan Diego Flórez concert, on the esplanade of the Bucharest National Opera!

The City Hall of the Capital, through creart - the Center for Creation, Art and Tradition of the City of Bucharest, in partnership with the Bucharest National Opera, TVR1 co-producer, organizes the extraordinary concert dedicated to the world-renowned artist, Juan Diego Flórez, on Friday, September 7, 2018, from 20:00! From the desire to give the general public the opportunity to listen to the famous tenor [...]

Read 6 September 2018
Announcement - Tickets for the first part of the 2018-2019 season

Dear spectators, Tickets for the performances of the 2018-2019 season will go on sale on Saturday, September 1, starting at 10:00 a.m. at the Bucharest National Opera Box Office, schedule Monday - Sunday between 10:00 a.m. - 13:00 p.m. and 14:00 p.m. :19 – 00:XNUMX and online at http://tickets.operanb.ro/ We invite you to consult the performance calendar here: We are waiting for you at […]

Read August 24 2018
The program of the first part of the 2018-2019 season

Dear Spectators, the Bucharest National Opera opens the 2018-2019 season with the premiere of the performance "Otello" by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Giancarlo del Monaco, scheduled for September 29 and 30 starting at 18:30 p.m. We invite you to consult the calendar of shows and premieres here. Tickets will be on sale soon at the Bucharest National Opera Box Office [...]

Read August 10 2018
The children's ballet studio is waiting for its new students

The Children's Ballet Studio of the Bucharest National Opera is organizing registrations in order to train a new series of students for the 2018-2019 school year. Registrations will take place between August 25 and September 1, at phone number 0769 857 883 (Simona Mocanu). Exams for new students will be on September 3, between 16:00 p.m. and 18:00 p.m., and on […]

Read August 20 2018
COMPETITION OF MANAGEMENT PROJECTS

MANAGEMENT PROJECT COMPETITION organized for the Bucharest National Opera 27.07. 2018 The secretariat of the competition committee announces, according to the Regulation on the organization and conduct of the management project competition organized for the Bucharest National Opera, approved by OMC no. 2508/2018, the result of the competition: No. crt. Candidate Score stage I Score stage II Competition result 1. ONB […]

Read July 27 2018
The final result

THE FINAL RESULT of the competition to fill a vacant management post of head of human resources service, grade II, within the Human Resources Service of ONB Following the conduct of the practical test and the interview test, of the competition for filling a vacant management post of head of resources service human resources, grade II, within the Human Resources Service [...]

Read July 27 2018
COMPETITION OF MANAGEMENT PROJECTS

COMMUNICATION FINAL RESULT OF THE MANAGEMENT PROJECT COMPETITION ORGANIZED BY THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY FOR THE NATIONAL OPERA BUCHAREST 09.08.2018 Considering the completion of the procedure for the management project competition organized by the Ministry of Culture and National Identity for the Bucharest National Opera, in accordance with the provisions of art. 20 para. (4) from [...]

Read August 9 2018
Management project competition

Management project competition organized for the Bucharest National Opera July 26, 2018 Based on the provisions of article 8, letter q) of the Regulation on the organization and conduct of the management project competition organized for the Bucharest National Opera, approved by OMCIN no. 2508/2018, the secretariat of the competition commission communicates the result obtained in the first stage – analysis of management projects: No. crt. […]

Read July 26 2018
Management project competition

Management project competition organized for the Bucharest National Opera 26.07.2018 In accordance with the provisions of art. 9 para. (4) from the Regulation on the organization and conduct of the management project competition organized for the Bucharest National Opera, approved by OMCIN no. 2218/2018, the interview stage is public. Depending on the result of the first stage – analysis of management projects, the second stage of [...]

Read July 26 2018
FOLDER SELECTION RESULT

FILE SELECTION RESULT Management project competition organized for the Bucharest National Opera 18.07.2018 Following the analysis of the competition files submitted for the management project competition organized by the Ministry of Culture and National Identity for the position of manager at the Bucharest National Opera, the secretariat of the competition commission communicates its result: no. crt. identification code selection result [...]

Read July 18 2018
Public announcement – ​​Manager Competition

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT Management project competition organized for the Bucharest National Opera, the Ministry of Culture and National Identity organizes, at its headquarters in Bd. Unirii no. 22, in accordance with the provisions of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 189/2008 regarding the management of public cultural institutions, approved by Law no. 269/2009, with subsequent amendments and additions and of […]

Read June 22 2018
Extraordinary Ballet Gala
of the Choreography High School
"Floria Capsali"

Bucharest National Opera presents on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, starting at 18:30, the Extraordinary Ballet Gala of the "Floria Capsali" Choreography High School. The artistic direction bears the signature of Mihaela Țigănuș Vasilovici. Video: Sebastian Bucur / Bucharest National Opera As part of the artistic program, the "Floria Capsali" Choreography High School presents students who won important prizes in the Olympiad [...]

Read June 4 2018
Anniversary show dedicated to the soprano Maria Slătinaru-Nistor

Anniversary show dedicated to soprano Maria Slătinaru-Nistor Bucharest National Opera presents Sunday, May 27, 2018, starting at 18:30 "Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci" by Pietro Mascagni - Ruggiero Leoncavallo, anniversary show dedicated to soprano Maria Slătinaru - Nistor. The direction bears the signature of Ion Caramitru, the scenography was created by Viorica Petrovici, and the light design concept belongs to [...]

Read 23th May 2018
Performance in memory of baritone Nicolae Herlea

Performance in memory of baritone Nicolae Herlea Bucharest National Opera presents Sunday, May 20, 2018, starting at 18:30 p.m. "Don Carlo" by Giuseppe Verdi, a performance in memory of baritone Nicolae Herlea. The direction, the scenery, the costumes and the lights of the show bear the signature of Mario De Carlo, at the conductor's desk will be maestro Tiberiu Soare, and the Choir of the Bucharest National Opera […]

Read 16th May 2018
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT – Management project competition organized for the Bucharest National Opera

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT Management project competition organized for the Bucharest National Opera, the Ministry of Culture and National Identity organizes, at its headquarters in Bd. Unirii no. 22, in accordance with the provisions of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 189/2008 regarding the management of public cultural institutions, approved by Law no. 269/2009, with the amendments and additions […]

Read April 2 2018
ANNOUNCEMENT - competition for a vacant position of choir conductor

ANNOUNCEMENT Bucharest National Opera organizes a competition for the filling of a vacant position of choir conductor, grade IA, within the Choir Service, with employment for an indefinite period, based on the provisions of Government Decision no. 286/2011 for the approval of the Framework Regulation on establishing the general principles of occupation of a vacant or temporarily vacant position corresponding to the contractual functions and […]

Read January 26 2018
We invite you to discover the performances of March, April and May 2018!

Dear viewers, Thank you for your requests in which you expressed your desire to know the performance program of our institution with a considerable advance. Out of respect for the loyal audience, the management of the Bucharest National Opera decided that the schedule for the months of March, April and May will be published on the institution's website: www.operanb.ro/calendar We mention that the distributions of the performances […]

Read January 22 2018
AUDITION
for the show
"The Magic Flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Bucharest National Opera is organizing on January 12, at 14:00 p.m., an audition for young lyrical artists (with a maximum age of 30 at the time of the audition) graduates, students and master's students, in order to perform the opera performance "The Enchanted Flute" by WA Mozart (version for children), within the Experimental Studio in the Arts of Musical Performance "Ludovic Spiess". […]

Read January 5 2018