Opera Nationala Bucuresti

NOB Performance Le Nozze di Figaro

On the stage of the National Theater

in Miskolc (Hungary)

On Thursday, the 11th of June, at 6:30 p.m., the National Opera House in Bucharest will present the performance “Le Nozze di Figaro” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, within the framework of the International Opera Festival in Miskolc. The performance, directed by Alexander Radulescu and whose scenography belongs to Adriana Urmuzescu, will present a cast including young NOB soloists: Ionut Pascu (Figaro), Crina Zancu (Susanna), Florin Simionca (Count Almaviva), Tina Munteanu (Countess), Maria Jinga (Cherubino), Mihaela Ispan (Marcellina), Radu Pintilie (Don Bartolo), Lucian Corchis (Don Basilio), Valentina Tudose (Barbarina), Vasile Chisiu (Antonio). The NOB orchestra and choir, trained by Master Stelian Olariu, will also contribute to the performance. The musical conducting belongs to conductor Tiberiu Soare.
The festival will take place in the period 10th –21st of June and will benefit by the contribution of several cultural institutions in the city of Miskolc. The festival program includes performances, concerts, recitals and projections of several opera movies, which will take place on the great stage of the National Theater, on the stage of the Summer Theater, as well as in the museums and churches of the City. On the 10th of June, at 8:00 p.m., after the opening ceremony, the National Opera House in Bucharest will have the honor to present a concert, as the first performance of the festival. Among the opera companies invited at the festival, there are lyrical theaters in such countries as Slovakia, Poland, Latvia, and Russia.
Thus, NOB participates for the third time with a performance in this festival. In 2002, NOB presented the performance “Madama Butterfly” by Giacomo Puccini, and in 2006 performances of the operas “Cavalleria rusticana” by Pietro Mascagni and “I Pagliacci” by Rugerro Leoncavallo.
The International Opera Festival in Miskolc was founded in 2001, by Péter Müller Sziámi, the art director of the National Theater in Miskolc of that time. Every year, in June, the festival presents works of the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, to which other works belonging to another composer or to another period or style are added: Giuseppe Verdi – 2001, Giacomo Puccini – 2002, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – 2003, Piotr Ilici Ceaikovski – 2004, Belcanto (Gioacchino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti) – 2005, Verism (Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni, Ruggerro Leoncavallo, Franco Alfano, Umberto Giordano) – 2006, Paris (Charles Gounod, Claude Debussy, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Francis Poulenc, Jacques Offenbach) – 2007, Music of Slavic composers (Piotr Ilici Ceaikovski, Modest Musorgski, Antonín Dvorák, Bedrich Smetana, Leoš Janácek) – 2008, Vienna (Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg) – 2009.

RIGOLETTO - SPECTACOL OMAGIAL

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JEAN RANZESCU

În aceasta saptamâna, Opera Nationala Bucuresti omagiaza o alta personalitate marcanta a scenei lirice. Astfel, sâmbata, 23 mai, ora 18.30, va avea loc o reprezentatie a operei „Rigoletto” de Giuseppe Verdi, închinata regizorului Jean Rânzescu, de la a carui nastere se împlinesc anul acesta 100 de ani.

JEAN RANZESCU

Spectacolul „Rigoletto”, reprezentat în data de 23 mai a.c., îi va avea ca invitati speciali pe baritonul EDUARD TUMAGIAN, care va interpreta rolul titular si pe soprana ELENA POESINA, care va interpreta rolul Gilda. Cei doi artisti vor evolua pe scena alaturi de Marius Manea (Ducele de Mantua), Pompeiu Harasteanu (Sparafucile), Ecaterina Tutu (Maddalena), Adriana Alexandru (Giovanna), Marius Bolos (Monterone), Ion Dimieru (Marullo) s a. De asemenea, îsi vor da concursul corul de barbati si orchestra ONB. Spectacolul se va desfasura sub conducerea muzicala a dirijorului Adrian Morar.


ELENA POESINA	EDUARD TUMAGIAN

AIDA - SPECTACOL OMAGIAL

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ZENAIDA PALLY

Opera Nationala Bucuresti continua seria spectacolelor menite sa-i omagieze pe artistii de seama care au contribuit, prin activitatea lor, la construirea renumelui primei scene lirice a tarii. Astfel, miercuri, 20 mai, ora 18.30, va avea loc o noua reprezentatie a operei „Aida” de Giuseppe Verdi, închinata mezzo-sopranei Zenaida Pally, de la a carei nastere se împlinesc anul acesta 90 de ani.

Talent remarcabil, Zenaida Pally a fost prim-solista a Operei bucurestene (numita pe atunci Teatrul de Opera si Balet din Bucuresti) si a cucerit publicul cu rolurile Amneris din „Aida”, Eboli din „Don Carlo”, Azucena din „Il Trovatore”, Ulrica din „Un Ballo in maschera” (Giuseppe Verdi), rolul titular din „Carmen” (Georges Bizet), Charlotte din „Werther” (Jules Massenet). Zenaida Pally a interpretat rolul Sfinxului din „Oedip” de George Enescu, la premiera româneasca a operei (1958). Pe lânga un repertoriu bogat de opera, artista a avut si un important repertoriu vocal-simfonic: „Stabat Mater” de Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, „Simfonia a IXa” de Ludwig van Beethoven, „Requiem” de Giuseppe Verdi, lied-uri de la compozitorii preclasici pâna la cei contemporani. Admirata în România, Zenaida Pally a fost extrem de apreciata si în strainatate, obtinând mari succese în Franta, Germania, Belgia, Danemarca, Ungaria, Iugoslavia, Polonia, Bulgaria etc. Vocea sa se pastreaza datorita imprimarilor pentru Radiodifuziunea româna si datorita înregistrarilor realizate pentru case de discuri din Bucuresti, Paris, Berlin, Moscova, Praga, Varsovia.

Spectacolul „Aida”, reprezentat în data de 20 mai a.c., îl va avea ca invitat special pe tenorul KAMEN CHANEV, care va interpreta rolul Radames. Acesta va evolua pe scena alaturi de artistii Silvia Sorina Munteanu (Aida), Liliana Mattei Ciuca (Amneris), Stefan Ignat (Amonasro), Mihnea Lamatic (Regele), Pompeiu Harasteanu (Ramfis), Dorina Chesei (Marea preoteasa), Liviu Indricau (Mesagerul). Solistii baletului vor fi Madalina Slateanu, Alin Gheorghiu, Magdalena Radulescu. De asemenea, îsi vor da concursul orchestra, corul ONB, pregatit de maestrul Stelian Olariu si ansamblul de balet. Spectacolul va fi dirijat de maestrul Iurie Florea.

Tenorul KAMEN CHANEV a absolvit cursurile Academiei de Muzica Pancho Vladigerov din Sofia (Bulgaria), apoi si-a continuat studiile de canto, lucrând cu Boris Hristoff (la Academia de Muzica din Roma, Italia), Alexandrina Milcheva, Gena Dimitrova. A fost laureat al concursului pentru tenori Jussi Bjorling din Suedia. A fost angajat al Operelor din Sofia, Praga, Viena (Staatsoper). A avut aparitii în spectacole si concerte desfasurate în Italia – Arenele din Verona, Spania – Palma de Majorca, SUA – Atlanta, Philadelphia, Coreea de Sud – Seoul, Olanda – Amsterdam.

OUTSTANDING GUESTS INVITED TO

THE BALLET PERFORMANCE GISELLE

NOB, THE 17th OF MAY

The première of the new production of the ballet performance “Giselle” benefited by a special cast, which enjoyed a tremendous success, the artists being fully rewarded by the audience. The next performance of this ballet will take place on Sunday, the 17th of May, at 6:30 p.m., when two special guests will embody the main characters: OLGA MELNIKOVA (Giselle) and GUY JEAN JACQUES ALBOUY (Albert), leading ballet dancers of the State Opera House in Dresden. Beside them, the cast will bring together outstanding dancers of the National Opera House in Bucharest: Virgil Ciocoiu (Hans), Laura Blica-Toader (Myrtha), Andra Ionete, Vlad Toader (Pas-de-deux as Giselle’s Friends), Mihaela Soare (Zulma), Adela Craciun (Mona). The musical conducting of the performance belongs to conductor Ciprian Teodorascu.

Olga Melnikova was born in Saint Petersburg and studied at the Vaganova Ballet Academy in her native city. She was a member of the Kirov Theater ensemble, and in 2000 she became a leading ballet dancer of the State Opera House in Dresden. In the season 2005-2006, she was a leading dancer of this ballet ensemble. She has a vast repertoire, including the roles Giselle and Myrtha in “Giselle”, Mercedes in “Don Quixote” (choreography by V. Derevianko), Louise in “Nutcracker”, Lykainion in “Daphnis and Chloë”, Hippolyta/Titania in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Princess Claire, Odette in “Illusions – Swan Lake” (choreography by J. Neumeier), Bianca in “The Taming of the Shrew” (by J. Cranko), the Iron Bird in the homonymous ballet (choreography by A. Liepa, inspired by M. Fokine), Charlotte in “Elective Affinities” (choreography by T. Schilling), Prelude in “Chopiniana”" (choreography by M. Fokine), Aurora in “Sleeping Beauty” (choreography by A.S. Watkin, inspired by M. Petipa).

Guy Jean Jacques Albouy was born in France and studied at the Music and Dance National Superior Conservatory in Lyon. He was a leading dancer with several ballet ensembles in Switzerland (Basel Ballet), Spain (Victor Ullate Ballet), Germany (Deutsche Oper am Rhein; Leipziger Ballet), Portugal (Compania National Bailado). Since 2008, he has been a leading dancer of the State Ballet Opera House in Dresda. During his carrier, he was invited to perform in the U.S.A., Australia, France, Denmark, Germany, Slovenia, Estonia, Ukraine, and he participated in numerous international ballet festivals in Finland, Turkey, Brazil, Italy, China, U.S.A., Russia and Israel.
His repertoire includes leading roles in “Nutcracker”, “Swan Lake”, “Giselle”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “Baiadera”, “Paquita”, “Raymonda”, “La Sylphide”. He danced performances whose choreography was signed by J. Cranko (“Romeo and Juliet”, “The Taming of the Shrew”) and by G. Balanchine (Part IV in “Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet”, Allegro brillante, Tarantella pas-de-deux, Rubies). He also performed leading roles in performances of great European choreographers, such as M. Bejart, Peter Van Dyck , Lazlo Seregi, A. Cata, Mats Ek, N. Christe, V. Ullate, H. Spoerli, J. Neumeier, U. Scholz, W.Forsythe, H. Van Manen, C. Bruce, D. Dawson,Y. Vamos.