National Theatre & Opera House
Teatrul Național și Opera Română
A cultural palace at the north end of Victory Square, shared by the Romanian, German and Hungarian theatre companies and the National Opera.
The cultural palace was built in 1875 to designs by Viennese architects Fellner and Helmer; after a fire, its facade was remodelled in the Neo-Byzantine style. The building houses the Romanian National Opera, the Mihai Eminescu National Theatre, and German- and Hungarian-language theatres, reflecting the multicultural heritage of the Banat. During the 1989 revolution, its balcony served as a speaker's platform. Season tickets are relatively cheap, at about 30–100 lei, and can be bought online or at the box office. The interior is normally not open for visits outside performances.
Opening hours
Depends on performance times
Nearby sights
- Huniade Castle
- Liberty Square
- Victory Square
- Cetate Synagogue
- Serbian Orthodox Cathedral
- Timișoara Metropolitan Cathedral
- Timișoara Art Museum (Baroque Palace)
- Union Square