Christmas Extravaganza with Ştefan von Korch & friends
Dalles Hall Bucharest
December 17, 2025, 7:00 PM
The joy of Christmas, but also the priceless gift of music will be celebrated at Dalles Hall on December 17th in the Christmas Extravaganza Gala, alongside tenor Ştefan von Korch, pianist Alexandru Burcă and acclaimed soloists who have delighted you throughout this year in the Musical Extravaganza series.
Invited soloists:
Sopranos: Oana Maria Șerban and Daniela Bucșan
Baritones: Lucian Petrean and Fang Shuang
Tenor: Andrei Mihalcea
Tenor Ştefan von Korch, the host of Musical Extravaganza says: "We invite you in this period so full of meaning, on a musical tour of the Earth, with well-known seasonal pieces, from the country and from around the world. Carols and winter songs will be sung, which you are all invited to receive in your soul, or to hum along with us, in the event in which we celebrate the most important holiday of Christianity and we thank you for all the Musical Extravaganza evenings in which we were together this year."
The Christmas Extravaganza concert is the event that crowns the stories written on the staff throughout the year 2025 at the Dalles Hall, by tenor Ştefan von Korch and his guests, in themed evenings that create a bridge between the rich universe of opera, the bubbly world of operetta and contemporary music.
About the protagonists
** Ştefan von Korch – Tenor **
With an exponential evolution, national and international, Ştefan von Korch started the year on the stage of the Transylvania State Philharmonic, in Carmina Burana, his "signature" work, continues at the National Opera in Iași in the role of Camille de Jolidon from "The Merry Widow 2.0" directed by Andrei Şerban, but also in the series of concerts Musical Extravaganza, for which he is a soloist-amphitrion and artistic coordinator.
Ștefan von Korch concluded 2024 with notable appearances at the Ion Dacian National Operetta and Musical Theater, at the Sala Palatului and at the Philharmonic Orchestras in Târgu-Mureș and Timișoara, and during the summer he debuted in Carmina Burana at the Palermo Clasica Festival and in a grand concert performance in Spain. Also during last year he performed on the stage of the Târgu-Mureș Philharmonic the vocal-symphonic work Stabat Mater by G. Rossini, considered a demonstration of virtuosity for any tenor, and the work Lobgesang by F. Mendelssohn, he was invited to the Opera in Iași, in the bubbly role of Camille de Jolidon, from The Merry Widow 2.0 directed by Andrei Șerban and at the Romanian Opera in Timișoara in the staging of The Merry Widow signed by Mario Di Carlo.
In 2023, the tenor made the hearts of the audience vibrate with masterful interpretations of the score specific to his voice from Carmina Burana, for which he is considered a benchmark and was the only Romanian soloist in a tour of 27 cities in China. Other landmarks in his career include leading roles in operas and operettas presented on the biggest stages in Romania: "The Barber of Seville", "The Elixir of Love" and "Falstaff" (Bucharest National Opera), "Rigoletto," "Don Pasquale," "The Merry Widow" and "The Merry Widow 2.0" (Iași National Opera), "I Puritani" (national premiere) "Rigoletto" and "The Barber of Seville" (Cluj-Napoca Romanian Opera) and others.
About the season Musical Extravaganza
The Musical Extravaganza season. The concerts aim to offer the public the joy of meeting representative names of the lyrical scene, in a more intimate setting, which offers a different perspective on the artistic act compared to that of the imposing opera stage, but also to bring the classical genre closer to audiences of all ages. Spectators are invited to admire their favorite soloists in a select atmosphere, complemented by a chamber accompaniment, which highlights the performers in a warm and personal light.
The events are hosted at Sala Dalles, a choice that is no coincidence. The protagonists of Musical Extravaganza invite the audience into a space with tradition and history in the cultural landscape and take to the stage on which, over time, great musicians such as George Enescu (26 concerts), Dinu Lipatti, Mihai Jora, Ionel Perlea, Ion Voicu or Virginia Zeani have performed.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.ticketstore.ro or from:
1. The ticket office of the "Ion Dacian" National Operetta and Musical Theatre – B-dul Octavian Goga No. 1 (Tuesday-Friday 12.00-19.00 and one hour before the performances on Saturdays and Sundays)
2. Dalles Hall Ticket Office – B-dul Nicolae Balcescu No. 18 (Monday-Friday 10-17)
To stay updated on the upcoming events in the Musical Extravaganza series, we invite you to the page Allegro Productions & Agency.
