The Cluj-Napoca Hungarian Opera (; ) is a public

opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...

company in

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

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, founded on 17 December 1948. It resides at the

Hungarian Theatre of Cluj The State Hungarian Theatre of Cluj (; ) is a theatre in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Performances are played in Hungarian, with simultaneous translation into Romanian or English usually available. The structure, built during 1909-1910 and reconstruct ...

. The structure was built during 1909–1910 on the site of an old summer theatre, and was reconstructed in 1959–1961. The ensemble can host up to 862 people.

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