The autumn season has started at the Bucharest National Opera with the premiere of the Oedipe play on September 15, part of the ongoing George Enescu festival. Opera lovers will have some more choices during the remainder of September: Evgheni Oneghin is scheduled for September 21 and 23. A ballet gala featuring David Makhateli, first soloist at the Royal Opera House and Razvan Mazilu will take place on September 22. Another ballet evening will follow on September 24. Operetta aficionados can attend an evening featuring the best known pieces of operetta on September 25.

Oedipe, a lyrical tragedy, was composed by famous George Enescu between 1921 and 1931 and its worldwide premiere took place in 1936 in Paris. In Romania, it premiered in 1958, at the first edition of the George Enescu festival. Listen to one fragment of the opera below.

Tickets for Opera shows in Bucharest cost between RON 6 and RON 65 (up to EUR 15). You can buy tickets directly at the box office (70-72 Mihail Kogalniceanu Blvd.) and pay cash or by card.

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(photo source: Bucharest National Opera;photo: Egyed Ufó Zoltán)