Nicolae Bretan - Luceafarul (The Evening Star)

Nicolae BRETAN (1887–1968)

Luceafărul (The Evening Star) - Opera in One Act, Prologue and Epilogue (1921)

Ionel Voineag (tenor) – The Evening Star; 

Bálint Szabó (bass) – Michael the Archangel; 

Elena Casian (mezzo) – The Lady-in-Waiting; 

Adriana Croitoru (soprano) – The King’s Daughter; 

Marius Budoiu (tenor) – The Mariner; 

Ioan Pojar (tenor) – The Page; Chorus,

 

Philharmonic Orchestra Transilvania, Cluj

Béla Hary

Recorded: September 1994, Cluj, Romania

Nicolae Bretan - Golem & Arald (Two Operas in One Act)

Nicolae BRETAN (1887-1968)

Golem, Opera in one act (1924)

Alexandru Agache (baritone) - Golem, The Man of Clay 

Tamás Daróczy (tenor) - Rabbi Löw, Golem’s Creator

Sandra Sandru (soprano) - Anna, Löw’s Grand-daughter

Dan Zancu (bass) - Baruch, Löw’s Disciple

Arald, Opera in one act (1939)

Dan Zancu (bass) - The Poet 

Alexandru Agache (baritone) - The Seer

Jonel Voineag (tenor) - Arald, King of the Avars 

Sandra Sandru (soprano) - Maria, Empress, Arald’s Beloved

 

Philharmonic Orchestra Moldova, Iasi

Cristian Mandeal

Golem and Arald were recorded in Romania, September 1987, Centenary of Bretan's birth.