Prince Charles has a genuine, deep-going love for Romania, says Director of the Bucharest National Theatre House (TNB) Ion Caramitru. "His is genuine, deep-going; he has purchased peasant homes, he is supporting biological agriculture (...) he is helping with scholarships, he cared for the former Mihai Eminescu Trust and is now caring for the eponymous foundation, he is returning so often (...) This is his second official visit but in between them there were countless private visits, some of which I attended ," Caramitru said Friday at the end of Prince Charles's visit to TNB.
He went on to say that Prince Charles confessed to him that he was impressed by the Stavropoleos Monatsry. "As we were leaving, he told me briefly about the Stavropoleos Church, which he visited in the day and impressed him a great deal. I know he was at the Village Museum yesterday, where things are exceptional. I believe he has got to to see everything that is precious and significant about Bucharest. This seems to me like a well-planned visit,"said Caramitru.
He added that at TNB, Prince Charles toured the Grand Hall foyer, the Grand Hall, the carpentry workshop, a stage scenery mounted in the Painting Room, foyers turned into arts galleries and entered the building through the artists' entrance to Audio Hall. "This was a one-hour, well packed visit. (...) What happened at the National Theatre for one hour? Besides the prince touring the building and the important halls, he watched a show, a 35-minute show of young TNB artists presenting excerpts from various shows, joined by Dan Puric and his company for a step dance sketch to the accompaniment of the Emy Dragoi band; I also joined in with English excerpts from Marin Sorescu and Mihai Eminescu, and so did Anca Sigartau, who sang in Romanian alongside three TNB young artists starring in ActOrchestra shows (...). The entire show was a success, for which His Royal Highness thanked us," said Caramitru.