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===Performing arts===
[[File:Teatrul National din Cluj cu afise.JPG|thumb|[[Lucian Blaga National Theatre]]]]

The city has a number of renowned facilities and institutions involving [[performing arts]]. The most prominent is the [[Baroque Revival architecture|Neo-baroque]] theatre at the [[Avram Iancu Square, Cluj-Napoca|Avram Iancu Square]].<ref name="Clujonline">{{Cite web |title=Teatrul și Opera Națională "Lucian Blaga" |url=http://www.clujonline.com/ro/teatrul_opera_nationala.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216121606/http://www.clujonline.com/ro/teatrul_opera_nationala.htm |archive-date=16 February 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Clujonline.com |language=ro}}</ref> Built at the beginning of the 20th century by the [[Vienna|Viennese]] company [[Ferdinand Fellner|Helmer and Fellner]], this structure is inscribed in [[UNESCO]]'s list of specially protected monuments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Website of the Romanian National Opera in Cluj-Napoca |url=http://www.operacluj.ro/cladirea.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304101358/http://www.operacluj.ro/cladirea.html |archive-date=4 March 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Romanian National Opera |language=ro}}</ref> Since 1919, shortly after the union of Transylvania with Romania, the building has hosted the [[Lucian Blaga National Theatre]] and the [[Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca|Romanian National Opera]]. The Transylvania Philharmonic, founded in 1955, gives classical music concerts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philharmonics current situation |url=http://www.filacluj.ro/now.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505223253/http://www.filacluj.ro/now.htm |archive-date=5 May 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher="Transylvania" State Philharmonic}}</ref> The multiculturalism in the city is once again attested by the [[Cluj-Napoca Hungarian Theatre|Hungarian Theatre and Opera]], home for four professional groups of performers. There is also a number of smaller independent theatres, including the Puck Theatre, where puppet shows are performed.