The fourth edition of Bucharest Opera Festival, which will alternate opera, ballet, musical, musical-rock opera and opera in concert presented by several companies among which two from abroad – The National Theatre for Ballet and Opera ‘Maria Biesu” from Kishinev and Opera from Ruse will take place in 15 to 24 June.The National Opera in Bucharest will be joined on the festival programme by the Romanian National Opera in Iasi, the Romanian National Opera in Timisoara, the Hungarian Opera in Cluj-Napoca, the Opera in Brasov, the 'Nae Leonard' Opera and Ballet Theatre in Galati and the Radio Chamber Orchestra. More than 1,500 musicians, dancers, artistic and technical staff will be present on stage, in the pit and backstage at the Bucharest Opera Festival 2025, as in previous years, the event will contribute to making Bucharest a privileged destination for cultural tourism. The festival programme includes: * Sunday, 15 June, 19:00 - 'Faust' by Charles Gound, directed by Alexandru Toscilescu, conductor Tiberiu Soare (Bucharest National Opera)* Monday 16 June, 19:00 - 'Rita' by Gaetano Donizetti, opera in concert (Radio Chamber Orchestra) * Tuesday, 17 June, at 20:00 - 'Jesus Christ Superstar', by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, rock opera directed and choreographed by Novak Peter Novak, conductor Kulcsar Szabolcs (Hungarian Opera in Cluj-Napoca) * Wednesday, 18 June, 19:00 - 'Cinderella' by Sergei Prokofiev, ballet directed and choreographed by Renato Zanella, conductor Daniel Jinga (Bucharest National Opera) * Thursday, 19 June - 'Carmen by George Bizet', ballet directed and choreographed by Natalia Osipova (Ruse Opera)* Friday, 20 June, 19:00 - 'Turandot' by Giacomo Puccini, directed by Rares Zaharia, conductor David Crescenzi (Romanian National Opera Iasi) * Saturday, 21 June, 19:00 - 'Nabucco' by Giuseppe Verdi, opera directed by Andei T?b?caru, conductor David Crescenzi (Opera of Brasov) * Sunday, 22 June, 19:00 - 'Lucia di Lammermoor' by Gaetano Donizetti, opera directed by Paolo Bosisio, conductor Victor Gheorghe Dum?nescu (National Opera and Operetta Theatre 'Nae Leonard' in Galati) * Monday, 23 June, 19:00 - 'Spartacus' by Aram Haciaturian, ballet (National Opera and Ballet Theatre 'Maria Biesu' in Chisinau) * Tuesday, 24 June, 19:00 - 'The Merry Widow' by Franz Lehar, operetta directed and costumed by R?zvan Mazilu, conductor Mihnea Ignat (Romanian National Opera in Timisoara).
The 16th edition of Les Films de Cannes, the festival showcasing productions awarded or selected at the Cannes film festival, returns this fall to Bucharest and four other cities in the country. The winner of this year's Palme d'Or, Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident, will be screened at the event, as will be […]
Răsvan Angheluţă Natural Sciences Museum in Galaţi is scheduled to reopen on September 20, after the completion of modernization works worth over 15.1 million lei (approximately EUR 3 million) carried out by the County Council through the recovery and resilience facility PNRR. The building hosts an Aquarium, an Astronomical Observatory, a Planetarium, and temporary exhibitions. […]
A team of Romanian paramedics won first place at the World Rescue Challenge 2025, a competition that sees first responders and trauma teams from around the world develop new skills and share knowledge. This year, the competition took place in Karlovac, Croatia, and was attended by two Romanian paramedics from Bucharest who have been working […]
Artmark, one of Romania’s leading auction houses, registered record sales of over EUR 15 million despite economic instability, showing the growth potential of the national art market, according to the company’s 2024-2025 market report. Overall, auction sales totaled EUR 11 million, up 8.2% compared to the previous year, while sales through the “Dependent de Artă” […]
Cybersecurity has become a major global priority, impacting individual users, companies, organizations, and public institutions. Social engineering, deepfakes, digital manipulation, and coordinated geopolitical attacks are fundamentally reshaping how we view the digital future. In this context, DefCamp, the largest cybersecurity and hacking conference in Central and Eastern Europe, reaffirms its role as a strategic hub […]
Romanian airline AnimaWings has received its fifth Airbus aircraft, an A220-300, as part of an ambitious expansion plan to build a fleet of 18 planes by the end of 2027, valued at over USD 1 billion. The A220-300 is the airline’s third of this type and will serve both domestic and international routes. Configured with […]
