National Opera, a photo from Cluj, West

Photographer's Note

The Romanian National Opera is one of the national opera and ballet companies of Romania. The Opera shares the same building with the National Theatre in Cluj-Napoca.

The opera house was built between 1904 and 1906 by the famous Austrian architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer who designed several theatres and palaces across Europe in the late 19th century and early 20th century, including the theatres in Iaşi, Oradea, Timişoara and Chernivtsi .

The building opened on 8 September 1906 with Ferenc Herczeg's Bujdosók and until 1919, as Cluj was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, it was home to the local Hungarian National Theatre .

Since 1919, the building has been home to the local Romanian National Theatre and Romanian Opera.

The hall initially has a capacity of 928 places, being conceived in the Neo-baroque style, with some inflexions inspired by Art Nouveau in the decoration of the foyer.

ikeharel, pajaran, pierrefonds, Fis2, COSTANTINO, papagolf21, holmertz, jhm, ChrisJ, adramad, mcmtanyel has marked this note useful

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pajaran (117171) 2019-12-08 10:51

Pozdrav.
lep pogled, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Lepa fasada i detalji, lepa stara arhitektura.
lepa National Opera.
Lepo pokazano, dobro uhvacen trenutak sa oblacima koji dolaze.
Zelim vam sve najbolje.
Paja.

Greeting.
nice view, interesting and good text ...
Nice facade and details, nice old architecture.
beautiful National Opera.
Beautifully shown, well captured moment with clouds coming.
I wish you all the best.

pierrefonds (115645) 2019-12-08 11:07

Hi Piotr,

The building is an eye-catcher. The point of view is showing the details of of the National Opera buildings. The colors and the sharpness are very good. Have a nice day.

Pierre

Fis2 (172049) 2019-12-08 12:42

Czesc Piotr!
Piekny budynek tej opery, dzielo architektow i nie tylko.
Znakomicie pokazales, ostrosc i kolorystyka pozwalaja ogladac szczegoly.
Lubie takie.
Dobrej nocy i udanego nowego tygodnia.
Pozdrawiam.
Krzysztof

lousat (140058) 2019-12-08 13:06

Hi Piotr,very elegant building for the oper house that celebrate its 100th anniversary of the location of national romanian theatre and opera,wonderful postcard well done as usual,there is some elements and colors that reminds the orthodox style. Have a nice week and thanks,Luciano

Miguel82 (47110) 2019-12-08 13:40

Piotr, this standout building serves both as an opera and as a theatre. It represents an unmissable monument in Cluj Napoca. It has two towers surmonted by sculptures. Friezes, columns, flags and statues embellish its facade. Fine colors, good sharpness, rewarding photo note, regards.

Gerrit (62042) 2019-12-08 16:36

Hello Piotr,
attractive art deco building and an excellent view, perfectly framed between the trees.
Thanks and regards,
Gerrit

ifege (49573) 2019-12-08 20:10

Hi Piotr
Good looking opera house and good photo with no distortion.
cheers
Ian

Nicou (193814) 2019-12-08 21:51

Hello

fanatique vue de cet opéra quelle architecture et vue quelle façade et entrée ces trois portes ces escaliers ces deux tours avec les statues et cette inscription qu sommet fantastique
bravo et amitié
Nicou

COSTANTINO (117908) 2019-12-08 22:58

Hello dear Piotr and have a nice time
interesting capture with the
Romanian National Opera one
of the national opera and ballet
companies of romania
impressive building with interesting
architectural details very well composed
regards
Costantino

papagolf21 (152607) 2019-12-08 23:00

Bonjour, cher Piotr,
Un délire architectural étonnant qui méritait de saisir un édifice d'une époque où il fallait impressionner à travers l'ornementation des façades.
Époustouflant !
Amitiés.
Philippe

jemaflor (148334) 2019-12-08 23:27

Hi Piotr,
Nice architecture, a facade well framed, good rendering, pleasant sharpness and colors, tfs.

emka (158936) 2019-12-09 0:19

cześc Piotreze, Pamiętam dopbrze te operę w Cluj, tam bardzo lubia zółty kolor :). Sympatyczna prezentacja. Dobra symetria, ostrość i kolory. Kiedy byłam jeszcze w szkole, byłam na wycieczce w Rumunii (to był chyba 1958 rok). bardzo mnie wtedy smieszyła ta końcówka -ul, teatrul, museul itd. To jest rodzajnik określony.
Pozdrawiam Magorzata

holmertz (103710) 2019-12-09 0:36

Hello Piotr,
Maybe those who planted the trees in front of the theater had photographers in mind. They helped you to make an almost perfectly symmetrical composition. It's an elegant building with fine details and it seems to be either perfectly maintained or well restored. It's a very sharp photo with fine colours.
Regards,
Gert

Silvio1953 (223069) 2019-12-09 0:37

Ciao Piotr, great view of fantastic building, beautiful sky, excellent clarity, wonderful colors and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

ikeharel (114715) 2019-12-09 1:03

A beautiful design of the Opera house facade, Piotr, and the chosen frontal POV shows well all details in a fine and distinct manner.
Have a nice new week,
Ike

jhm (211738) 2019-12-09 5:15

Hello Piotr,

You show the Romanian National Opera of the national opera and ballet companies of Romania on a wonderful way.
The two statues are a very nice addition.
Perfect captured and nice presentation.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice week,
John

ChrisJ (172440) 2019-12-09 8:46

Hi Piotr

A lovely backdrop of puffy white clouds amongst the blue skies. I took a couple of shots of the National Theatre building too. Good sharpness and front on perspective. Tfs!

Tue (93556) 2019-12-09 13:29

Hello Piotr,
A great photo of this opera building. I like the many fine details and the two towers on both sides of the entrance. There was a very attractive sidelight as well and a nice sky as backdrop here, well captured.
Lars

mkamionka (75217) 2019-12-11 4:29

Czesc Piotr,
piekna architektura. Bardzo elegancki teatr.
Ladnie go pokazales -centralna symetria dobrze tutaj sluzy.
Bardzo przyjemnie ulozyly sie rowniez chmury na niebie w diagonalne wzorki.
Niektore fragmety ladnie ozdobione sa bezposrednimi promieniami slonca.
Bardzo ladny efekt koncowy.
Pozdrawiam serdecznie,
M

jmdias (116601) 2019-12-11 7:46

piotr

amazing façade. some aspects of its architecture are usual, but others are very different and created a special visual effect. the sculkptures in the top of the towers are fantastic. very nice building and photo.

take care

jorge

adramad (73496) 2019-12-11 12:42

Hi Piotr.
I did not visit this city on my trip to Romania, but the opera building is gorgeous and with a very colorful building style, with beautiful windows and sculptures.
Wonderful image, sharpness, exposure and colors.
Photo very well done. I like it
Enjoy a good day.
Very best regards.
Luis.

abmdsudi (95869) 2019-12-12 6:41

Hi Piotr
A smooth capture of the famous building from straight on pov and nice symmetry with some wonderful pastel colours. You really do bring out the best in that lens with a wealth of detail and good contrast to the sky. Very well done shot.
Best regards

mcmtanyel (69348) 2019-12-18 22:37

Hello Piotr,
Very elegant building, but is it large enough for a national opera house? 👍🏻👍🏻
Regards,
MT