Nicolae Bretan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nicolae Bretan

Romanian musician and music critic

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1887

Place of Birth: Năsăud, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania

Date of Death: 01-Dec-1968

Profession: composer, conductor, singer, music critic, opera singer

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Nicolae Bretan (25 March 1887 – 1 December 1968) was a Romanian opera composer, baritone, conductor, and music critic. Bretan was born in Nasaud.
He studied in Cluj, Vienna and Budapest before becoming one of the pioneers of Romanian opera - his opera Luceafarul (1921) is cited as the first opera in Romanian. Bretan also composed over 200 lieder. In 1944, Bretan wife's family, who were Jewish, were transported to the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz and murdered. Refusing to become a member of the Romanian Communist Party in 1948, he was not favoured by the Romanian communist regime, who treated the composer as a "non-person".
He died in Cluj, aged 81.