Nicolae Bretan
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Nicolae Bretan (25 March 1887 – 1 December 1968) was an Romanian opera composer, also baritone, conductor and critic. He studied in Cluj, Vienna and Budapest before becoming one of the pioneers of Romanian opera. That the name Bretan is hardly known internationally was due to the Communist Regime that, in 1948, marked the composer as a "non person". His works belong to the best of Romanian Operas
[edit] Major works
- Luceafarul (1921)
- Golem (1924)
- Eroii de la Rovine (1935)
- Horia (1937)
- Arald (1939)
Operas on CD-recordings
"Arald" and "Golem" on NIMBUS NI 5424 (1995)(Arald: Zancu,Agache,Voineag,Sandru; Golem: Agache,Dároczy,Sandru,Zancu Both operas with the Moldavian Philharmonic Orchestra/conductor: Christian Mandeal)
"Horia" on NIMBUS NI5513/14 (1997) (Cornelia Pop,Buciuceanu,Fanateanu; Bucharest National Opera Choir, Bucarest Opera Orchestra/conductor CornelTrailescu (live recording)
"Luceafarul" (The Evening Star) on NIMBUS NI 5463 (1996) (Voineag,Szabó,Casian; Transsylvanian Philharmonic Orchestra/conductor Béla Hary
Other works on CD: Requiem (mezzosoprano,bariton,organ) + Selection from "Spiritual Songs" (bariton,piano, resp. organ) on NIMBUS NI 5584 (1999)
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