The month of February comes with a busy artistic calendar, brought by the National Theater of Opera, Ballet and Popular Ensemble. In a press release, the Opera House says that the “month of love” is dedicated to new productions that carry the most prominent directorial names, the opening of the artistic season of ballet and operettas for children and families, the sense of belonging, which is related to heritage and cultural traditions of the area as well as young men and women, who give voice to emotions through art.

The performances start with the work “Modern Antiquity”, choreographed by Enada Hoxha and Gerd Vaso, with the participation of the lyrical soloist Xhieldo Hyseni, who has just won an international competition of lyrical singers (AsLiCo) in Como, Italy. “Modern Antiquity” will be shown for two nights in a row, on February 4 and 5.

On the 9th, “Romeo and Juliet” will be shown, directed by Sakir Gurzumar, a show realized in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, the Opera House and the Ballet School. February 10 brings the show of new talents “UPFEST 23” and on Valentine’s Day, the Opera House brings the symphonic vocal concert “O dolci baci”, with the lyrical soloists of the Opera House and the Conservatory of Salerno (Italy).

“My Albania” is the concert of the Popular Ensemble, scheduled for February 16, while the operetta adapted for children and families “La serva padrona” returns on the dates from February 22-25. 

4 more shows will close the February calendar. It is about a new production of the operetta “Carnivals of Korça”, which comes on stage precisely during the carnival period. The well-known artist Inva Mula, comes this time in the role of the director of the work, which will be directed by another artist with values and a career established outside Albania, Elda Laro.

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