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The opera company gave its first performance in this theatre on 9 January 1954, Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades. On the next night, the first ballet performance of the company took place at the same theatre, of Coppélia. [1] The building of the Romanian Opera in Bucharest is listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments. [2]
The old building of the National Theatre in Bucharest, home to many opera performances in the city until its destruction by German bombardment in 1944. The history of opera in Romania dates back to the 18th century when French, Italian, and German touring companies began performing the standard European repertoire of the day in the main cities of Romania.
It was founded as the Teatrul cel Mare din București ("Grand Theatre of Bucharest") in 1852, its first director being Costache Caragiale.It became a national institution in 1864 by a decree of Prime Minister Mihail Kogălniceanu, and was officially named as the National Theatre in 1875; it is now administered by the Romanian Ministry of Culture.
Romanian National Opera may refer to a number of national opera and ballet companies in Romania: Romanian National Opera, Bucharest; Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca;
In 1865, cultural and scientific personalities such as Constantin Esarcu, V. A. Urechia, and Nicolae Crețulescu founded the Romanian Athenaeum Cultural Society. To serve its purposes, the Romanian Athenaeum, a building dedicated to art and science, would be erected in Bucharest.
Angela Burlacu was born in Adjud, Romania, to a seamstress mother and train driver father. [4] Along with her sister Elena, she sang opera music from an early age. [5] At age 14, she began to study singing at the Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory, primarily under Mia Barbu.
The Romanian National Opera (Romanian: Opera Națională Română) is a public opera and ballet institution in Timișoara, Romania. Subordinated to the Ministry of Culture, it is one of the four national opera companies of Romania. [1] The Romanian National Opera was established by royal decree no. 254 of 30 March 1946, issued by King Michael I.
The following is a list of operas and operettas with entries in Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by title, with the name of the composer and the year of the first performance also given.