The Bucharest National Opera Ballet has a long history and tradition, starting in 1924, three years after the institutionalization of the Romanian Opera, when Anton Romanowski settled in Romania, laying the foundations of the first ballet department of the Romanian National Opera. The Opera’s posters are filled in a short time with classical ballet titles for the taste of a newly formed audience that likes light librettos, exoticism and the fantastic, as well as the latest “Parisian” fashions: Coppelia (1925), Seherezade (1926), The Fairy Doll (1926) Petruska (1928) Swan Lake ( 1937)
In a short time, the Ballet performs tours in Europe, Central America, Asia and North Africa, they dance in archipline halls, the chroniclers compete in superlatives, the ballet dancers obtain prestigious prizes, participate in festivals and become first-rate artistic personalities, it is the golden age of Bucharest Nationa Opera Ballet Now days, the Bucharest National Opera Ballet represent a group of almost 100 talented artists, coming from different corners of the world as Spain, Italy, France, United Kingdom, Finland, Japan and of course ballet dancers from Romania.Over the past years the Bucharest National Opera Ballet achieved again the recognition and high appreciation of experts and audience.The ballet titles of 2022 / 2023 season are all sold out, the principal dancers and the soloists are invited to dance across the world in important ballet galas, festivals and prestigious events. The present repertoire generally includes classical performances as Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quijote, La Bayadere, Le Corsaire, Raymonda, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcraker, Coppelia, Snow White and the 7 dwarfs, but also neoclasical performances as Tango.Radio and Juliet, Peer Gynt, Carmina Burana.
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