FULL CRAI NOU (Porumbescu) Brasov 2022 Maria Catrina, Mădălina Bourceanu, Dan Popescu
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Crai Nou
- Composer: Porumbescu Ciprian
- Libretto: based on the text of the play by the poet Vasile Alecsan Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Opera Brasov, Romania
- Recorded: January 15, 2022
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Maria Catrina, Mădălina Bourceanu, Dan Popescu, Alexandru Aghenie, Mihai Irimia
- Conductor: Mircea Holiartoc
- Orchestra: Orchestra of the Brașov Opera
- Chorus: Choir of the Brașov Opera
- Chorus Master: Dragoș-Mihai Cohal
- Ballet: Ballet of the Brașov Opera
- Choreographer: Nermina Damian
- Stage Director: Dan Antipa
- Stage Designer: Rodica Garștea
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Opera Brasov
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Quote from bzb.ro
Braşov is inseparably linked to the great Romanian musician who lived here between 1881 and 1883, and worked as conductor of the choir of the “St. Nicolae” from Schei and the Romanian Gymnastics and Singing Association and, as experts say, he had the most prolific creative period in his artistic life.
Also in Braşov, Ciprian Porumbescu recorded the immense success of staging the first Romanian operetta, composed by him, “Crai Nou”, based on the text of the play by the poet Vasile Alecsandri. The first performance of the work took place on February 27, 1882, with the composer at the conductor’s desk, in the Festive Hall of the Romanian Gymnasium (today, the “Andrei Şaguna” National College), a prestigious educational institution, and the extremely favorable reception of the performance led to scheduling, the very next day, on February 28, 1882, another performance.
The operetta combines gaiety with poetry in an extremely tonic Romanian atmosphere and develops a popular myth that says that the new moon can bring happiness to lovers. The work is, in fact, a joke, in which a steward is tricked by two young men, helped by the peasants from the mountains. Anica, the granddaughter of this manager, and Leonaş run away from home to get married, but are wanted by the manager and the gendarmes. Protected by Dochiţa and Moş Corbu, they manage to hide so that, in the end, the Steward gets engaged to them.