Romania will present on September 4 at the 2025 World Expo in Japan the gala concert "Romanian Opera Stars in Osaka", the Bucharest National Opera House announced in a release on Wednesday.
The show will take place at the Expo National Day Hall, featuring internationally acclaimed Romanian-born soloists - soprano Anita Hartig and tenor Stefan Pop - who will partner with baritone Stefan Ignat from the Bucharest National Opera House to perform alongside the Bucharest National Opera Orchestra led by Daniel Jinga compositions by Puccini, Verdi, Enescu, Dediu, Brediceanu and others.
"The presence of the Bucharest National Opera House at Expo 2025 Osaka is an opportunity to show that Romania has artists and institutions capable of representing the country at the highest level. We want the international audiences to discover, through music, both our cultural heritage and the creative force of today's Romanian lyrical scene. This concert is a moment of encounter between our culture and a curious and open international audience. We hope that through this gala we will leave a strong imprint of our musical identity. We thank the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for inviting us to represent our country at such an important event," said conductor Daniel Jinga, director of the Bucharest National Opera House, as cited in the release.
The presence of Bucharest National Opera House at Expo 2025 Osaka will be complemented by recitals held at the Romanian Pavilion by chamber ensembles from the opera orchestra.
Expo 2025 Osaka runs until October 13, bringing together over 160 countries and international organizations around the central theme "Designing Future Society for Our Lives".
Romania participates with its own pavilion, titled "Romania, Land of Tomorrow", designed as a multisensory space that combines tradition and innovation, as part of the Saving Lives key sub-section.
The pavilion has drawn significant public interest: in the first two months it welcomed over 250,000 visitors, three months after opening the number of visitors had topped 360,000, and in mid-August it
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