Romanian National Opera, Timișoara

[2] In the first ten years after its establishment, 41 opera, operetta and ballet performances were staged.

Starting from 1952, the Opera held uninterrupted micro-seasons in Arad, Lugoj, Bocșa, Ciacova, Deva, Hunedoara and Reșița, until 1990.

[3] At the initiative of musician Nicolae Boboc [ro], conductor and director of the Romanian Opera in Timișoara, and Ion Românu [ro], director of the Banatul Philharmonic, in the 1968/1969 season the first edition of the Timișoara Muzicală Festival took place.

After the 6th edition, the festival became annual, and from 1993 it received an international character, preserved until today.

[3] A premiere was made on 23 June 1964 – the first live television transmission of a whole opera, with the performance of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.