International Opera

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Bucharest Opera stage a powerfully emotive performance of Enescu’s great masterpiece Oedipe

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom  George Enescu International Festival 2025 [7] – Enescu, Oedipe: Soloists, Chorus, Children’s Chorus and Orchestra of Bucharest National Opera / Tiberiu Soare (conductor), Daniel Jinga, Adrian Ionescu (choir conductors), Smaranda Morgovan (coordinator of the children’s choir). National Opera Theatre, Bucharest, 15.9.2025. (GT)

Bucharest National Opera’s Oedipe © Andrei Gîndac

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Director/conductor Iván Fischer’s Don Giovanni is the yardstick to measure all other productions of the opera

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HungaryHungary Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Dance Ensemble of Iván Fischer’s Opera Company, Students of the University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). MŰPA, Budapest, 9.9.2025. (AK)

Andre Schuen (centre, Don Giovanni) and Krisztián Cser (behind, Commendatore) © Judit Horváth

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Kristine Opolais gives a sensational portrayal of Shostakovich’s Katerina at the Enescu Festival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom George Enescu International Festival 2025 [4] – Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District: Soloists, Orchestra and Academic Choir of Romanian Radio (choral conductor: Ciprian Tutu) / Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor). Palace Hall Bucharest, 14.9.2025. (GT)

Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and Kristine Opolais (Katerina) © Alex Damian

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Tarmo Peltokoski’s Die Zauberflöte casts its spell in Bucharest

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RomaniaRomania George Enescu International Festival 2025 [1] – Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Chorwerk Ruhr, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor). Romanian Radio Hall, Bucharest, 7.9.2025. (ES-S)

Tarmo Peltokoski conducting the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen © Petrica Tanase

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