Puccini’s centenary year is celebrated at the Bucharest National Opera through the third edition of the Bucharest Opera Festival, which will occur between June 7-16, 2024.
Bucharest Opera Festival – All Puccini Edition has on the bill during the ten evenings of the festival no less than eight productions from the creation of the great composer, a semi-staged show, an opera gala and ten theatres: the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest, Daegu Festival Opera from Korea, Romanian National Opera Iasi, Romanian National Opera from Cluj Napoca, Romanian National Opera Timisoara, Hungarian Opera from Cluj-Napoca, “Oleg Danovski” National Opera and Ballet Theater from Constanta, Brasov Opera, Opera Theater and Operetta “Nae Leonard” from Galati and, of course, the National Opera from Bucharest.
Over 1,500 musicians, dancers, and artistic and technical staff will be present on stage, in the pit and behind the scenes at the Bucharest Opera Festival – All Puccini Edition.
It is a festival that brings to Bucharest the most important opera and ballet theatres in Romania and beyond, allowing the public to experience diverse cultural journeys.
Bucharest Opera Festival 2024 official program
Friday, June 7, 7 p.m. – La Fanciulla del West by G. Puccini (Romanian National Opera Cluj Napoca)
Saturday, June 8, 7 p.m. – Puccini 100 Gala – Daegu Opera Festival (Korea)
Sunday, June 9, 7:00 p.m. – Puccini’s Manon Lescaut (Budapest Opera, with the Bucharest National Opera Choir) – semi-staged
Monday, June 10, 7:00 p.m. – Madama Butterfly by G. Puccini, conductor Cristian Mandeal (Bucharest National Opera)
Tuesday, June 11, 19:00 – Bohemia by G. Puccini (Romanian National Opera Iași)
Wednesday, June 12, 7:00 p.m. – Turandot by G. Puccini (Opera from Timisoara)
Thursday, June 13 – La Rondine by G. Puccini (Hungarian Opera from Cluj Napoca)
Friday, June 14 – The Triptych by G. Puccini (Brasov Opera House)
Saturday, June 15 – Bohemia by G. Puccini (Nae Leonard National Theater of Opera and Operetta in Galaţi)
Sunday, June 16, 19:00 – Tosca by G. Puccini (National Theater of Opera and Ballet “Oleg Danovski” Constanta)
For more details, check the festival’s link.
