Arald (opera)

Arald is a 1942 Romanian-language 1-act opera by Nicolae Bretan.[1] The libretto, by the composer is from Mihai Eminescu's poem "Strigoii" ("The Ghosts"), and tells a darker version of the Orpheus myth from Germanic mythology where the hero Arald seeks the Seer to raise the body of his bride Maria.

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  1. ↑ Fanfare - Volume 19, Issue 1 - Page 84 1995 "His first opera, Luceafarul (The Evening Star), was written in 1921 for Cluj's Romanian Opera. This was followed by Golem (1924), Eroii de la Rovine (1925), Horia (1937), and Arald (1942), and all but the last work received their premieres in ..."


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