The second open-air Classical Music Festival “descOPERA” (“Discover”) starts in Butuceni on June 9. In a news conference held to launch the festival, Minister of Culture Monica Babuc called on the people to leave wedding parties, baptizing ceremonies and other festivities aside and come to a less traditional event.
“The organization of such events is never easy as open-air means problems related to logistics, transport, parking lots, accommodation and others. We count on the understanding of the spectators and will make effort for these to remain satisfied,” stated Monica Babuc.
Diana Lazar, vice director of the USAID Moldova Competitiveness Project, said the event has a very valuable potential and contributes to the promotion of Moldova as a tourist destination. “The Republic of Moldova is regrettably an unknown tourist destination, but we try to look at this as to an advantage. Such events are a method of attracting tourists who know to appreciate the cultural values, to understand the traditions of our nation, which are sensational,” stated Diana Lazar.
Director of the National Philharmonic “Sergey Lunkevich” Svetlana Bivol said the symphonic music concerts were organized based on such principles as popularity and high-quality music.
Plastic artist Iurie Matei noted that unlike last year, when particular problems were encountered with the stage, this year the stage will be built in a different way so that any performance could be presented there, including in the future. Also, the content of performances will have a realistic allure.
The festival is opened at the Butuceni summer theater with a classical music performance entitled “From baroque to romanticism”. The same day, performances will be given by the Orchestra “Doina” and soloist Sergiu Musat, under the direction of master Friedrich Pfeiffer of Austria. At 7pm on June 10, the public could watch the opera “Carmen” by Georges Bizet, conductor Friedrich Pfeiffer.
On the last day of the festival, the Symphonic Orchestra of the National Philharmonic “Sergey Lunkevich” will play works by Johann Strauss under the guidance of Friedrich Pfeiffer.
Tickets cost between 100 and 300 lei.
The Ministry of Culture invested over 500,000 lei in the organization of the festival. The general budget of the event is 1.2 million lei, with USAID and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation also making contributions.
