Tristan and Isolde
The romantic three-act opera Tristan and Isolde, the central part of the extensive reformist opus of the composer Richard Wagner, has been entrusted to the American director Anne Bogart. The strength of literary and historical models which ...
Evening of Harmony – 6th concert in the Memory of Linda Žeželić – Žerovnik
On March 13th young musicians from Rijeka Juraj Marko, Matej and Monika Žerovnik with guests will present a concert commemorating the early passing of Linda Žeželić-Žerovnik, a professor from the Rijeka music school. The concert will t...
Needcompany festival to kick off on 29 february as part of the Rijeka 2020 ECoC programme
The Belgian art group Needcompany, one of the most important representatives of contemporary European theatre, will give as part of the Rijeka 2020 European Capital of Culture programme three performances from 29 February to 6 March and ope...
24 hours that changed Rijeka
A large-scale opening program that took place on 1st February 2020, and lasted for 24 hours, marked a date on which the city of Rijeka officially took over the title of the European Capital of Culture, as well as the actual start of...
Opera Industriale transforms Rijeka Port into an amazing stage, leading Rijeka into a year of the European Capital of Culture
Tens of thousands of people attended the central EcoC opening programme hat communicated the courageous messages on the values upon which modern Europe is founded
Mayor of Rijeka received the official plaque with the title of European Capital of Culture
During the opening ceremony in Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajca, Rijeka - as the new European Capital of Culture - sent a message: Unto peace, unto peace!
Head of the City of Rijeka Culture Department: „Tonight we are celebrating the birth of a new city!“
A full-day programme of the opening of the European Capital of Culture is underway in Rijeka. Ahead of the ceremony at the Croatian National Theatre, statements were delivered to journalists by organizers and artists