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Bucharest Opera
The Bucharest Opera is the national opera of
Bucharest Opera has developed from the opera section of the Bucharest National Theatre. Haricleea Darclée, for whom Puccini wrote Tosca, Elena Teodorini or Grigore Gabrielescu are some of the great voices of Bucharest Opera in the beginning period. After the glorious start, Bucharest Opera was compelled to cease all activity for reasons of economy in 1902. In spite of the considerable difficulty, the Bucharest Opera continued its activity and in 1921 it became an independent institution under the name of Romanian Opera. The new institution was inaugurated with Lohengrin conducted by George Enescu and the Bucharest Opera became soon a valuable opera school. Great conductors as George Georgescu, Egizio Massini, the ballet master Anton Romanowsky, the first class singers as Jean Athanasiu, George Folescu, George Niculescu-Basu, Dinu Badescu, Nicolae Secareanu and so many others have raised the artistic quality of Bucharest Opera performances.
After the Second World War, in 1953, the Bucharest Opera moved into its current building, having a one thousand seats audience hall and all the required annexes, from the rehearsal cabins to the workshops. And still the new Bucharest Opera house could hardly host the opera fans, attracted by the excellent casts and the high artistry of the performances.
Bucharest Opera had over the years more than 150 premieres with every season including new productions. In the last 75 years young Romanian solo singers and dancers from Bucharest Opera won numerous prizes in international singing and ballet competitions; singers as Nicolae Herlea, Elena Cernei, Octav Enigarescu, David Ohanesian, Ludovic Spiess, Viorica Cortez, Dorina Chesei, Mariana Colpos, Felicia Filip or ballet dancers as Ileana Iliescu, Alexa Mezincescu, Valentina Massini, Elena Dacian and so many others have been schooled at the Bucharest Opera.
In the beginning of the 1990s, the political problems of the communist regime where substituted by the financial ones. The Bucharest Opera house is now in urgent need of repair. But the productions continue to be excellent and tickets must be bought in advance for most of the performances. The Bucharest Opera is suspended for the summer touring season, the reopening being in October.
Address: 70-72,
Fax: (+4) 021 315.78.49
E-mail: office@operanb.ro
Website: http://www.operanb.ro
If you are interested in seeing one of Bucharest Opera performances, check the SCHEDULE for this season (January- March 2007).
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