Ongling

• Exhibitions: National Museum of Arts (MNAR), 49-53 Calea Victoriei
  ‘Bohemian Crystal Glass’ Czech glassware from the 1850s until today
• Engravings: ‘Grigorescu and the Barbizon school’
  ‘School of Rome (1918-1943)’ Italian artworks. Until 15 October
  ‘Line and Colour’ 17th century Florentine sketches
• Exhibition: Victor Racatau ‘Deasupra Abisului’ [Above the Abyss], Ivan Gallery, 53 Maria Rosetti.
• Exhibition: ‘Let me Hold Your Hand’, Dutch-based Iratxe Jaio and Klaas van Gorkum, Centrul de Introspectie Vizula, 16 Strada Biserica Enei
  

Wednesday 1

• China National Day
• Nigeria National Day

Friday 3

• Day of German Unity

Saturday 4

• Flood benefit concert: Jose Carreras, Sala Palatului, 28 Strada Ion Campineanu, 19:00 hrs
• Ballet: Tchaikovsky ‘Swan Lake’, National Opera Bucharest (ONB), 72 Blvd Mihai Kogalniceanu, 18:30 hrs

Sunday 5

• Opera: Rossini ‘La Cenerentola’, ONB, 18:30 hrs

Tuesday 7

• Opera: Bellini ‘I Capuleti e i Montecchi’ ONB, 18:30 hrs

Wednesday 8

• Opera: Verdi ‘Macbeth’, ONB, 18:30 hrs

Thursday 9

• Concert: Little Richard, Sala Palatului, 18:00 hrs
• Concert: Rossini ‘Overture to William Tell’, Paganini: Concerto for violin’ No.1, Mahler ‘Das Klagende Lied’, Romanian Athenaeum, 12 Strada Benjamin Franklin, 19:00 hrs. And on Friday 20
  

Friday 10

• DJ night: Munich-based DJ Lutzenkirchen, Studio Martin, 61 Iancu de Hunedoara, 20:00 hrs
• DJ night: Paul Van Dyk, Arenele Romane, Strada Cutit de Argint, 21:00 hrs
• Opera: Puccini ‘Madame Butterfly’, ONB, 18:30 hrs

Saturday 11

• Guitar recital: Sor, Abril, Rodrigo, Ginastera with soloist Goran Krivokapic, Athenaeum, 19:00 hrs
• Opera:‘Lucia di Lammermoor’, ONB, 18:30 hrs

Sunday 12

• Spain National Day
• Ballet: Prokofiev ‘Cinderella’, ONB, 18:30 hrs
• Piano recital: Soler, Turina, Albeniz, Granados with soloist Isidro Barrio at the Athenaeum, 19:00 hrs

Wednesday 15

• Opera: Verdi ‘La Traviata’, ONB, 18:30 hrs
• Gig: Thievery Corporation, Sala Palatului, 20:00 hrs
  

Thursday 16

• Holy See Election of the Pope
• Ballet: Adam ‘La Corsaire’, ONB, 18:30 hrs
• Concert: Shostakovich ‘Concerto no.1 for violin’, Ravel ‘Spanish Rhapsody’ with Lawrence Foster (conductor), Athenaeum, 19:00 hrs. And on Friday 17
  

Friday 17

• Concert: Ex-Mister Big guitarist Paul Gilbert, Becker Brau, 11 Strada Turturelelor, 20:00 hrs
• Opera: Rossini ‘La Cenerentola’, ONB, 18:30 hrs

Saturday 18

• Opera: Saint-Saens ‘Samson and Delilah’, ONB, 18:30 hrs

Sunday 19

• Story with music: Prokofiev ‘Peter and the Wolf’, ONB, 11:00 hrs
• Ballet: Adam ‘La Corsaire’, ONB, 18:30 hrs

Wednesday 22

• Ballet: Tchaikovsky ‘Swan Lake’, ONB, 18:30 hrs

Thursday 23

• Jazz festival: Al Jarreau, Sala Palatului, 19:00 hrs
• Opera: Verdi ‘Aida’, ONB, 18:30 hrs
• Exhibition: ‘Napoleon III and the Romanian Provinces [pre-1881]’ opens at National Museum of Arts
• Concert: Albeniz/Enescu ‘Spanish Rhapsody’, Piazzolla ‘Quatro estaciones portenas’. Richard Strauss ‘Also Sprach Zarathustra’, Romanian Athenaeum, 19:00 hrs. And on Friday 24
  

Friday 24

• Opera: Mozart ‘Marriage of Figaro’, ONB, 18:30 hrs
• Jazz festival: Monty Alexander Trio, The Count Basie Orchestra, Sala Palatului, 19:00 hrs

Saturday 25

• Ball: Fourth Halloween Charity Ball in support of NGO Ovidiu Rom, Palatul Parlamentului, 20:00 hrs
• Opera: Bellini ‘I Capuleti e i Montecchi’ Castle Peles, Sinaia, Prahova county, 18:00 hrs
• Ballet: Prokofiev ‘Cinderella’, ONB, 18:30 hrs’
  Jazz: Truffaz, Diane Reeves, Sala Palatului, 19:00 hrs

Sunday 26

• Austria National Day
• Opera: Verdi ‘Il Trovatore’, ONB, 18:30 hrs
• Jazz festival: Five Peace Band [Corea, McLaughlin, Garrett, McBride, Colaiuta], Sala Palatului, 19:00 hrs

Tuesday 28

• Proclamation of the Czech State

Wednesday 29

• Turkey Proclamation of the Republic (1923)
• Ballet: Adam ‘La Corsaire’, ONB, 18:30 hrs
• Piano recital: ‘Goethelieder’ by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Ives, Athenaeum, 19:00 hrs

Thursday 30

• Opera: Puccini ‘Manon Lescaut’, ONB, 18:30 hrs
• Concert: Beethoven ‘Overture to Leonora III’, Piano Concerto no.4, Symphony no.3, Athenaeum, 19:00 hrs

Friday 31

• Opera: Verdi ‘Nabucco’, ONB, 18:30 hrs