In 2018, Romania celebrated 100 years since the unification of all its provinces into one state. In quest for relevant musical works Opera Brașov and the Operetta Theatre Galați scheduled performances of Crai Nou, while The Bucharest National Opera had Enescu’s Œdipe in the repertoire.
In 2022, with the occasion of the ITU international congress held in Bucharest, at the initiative of ANCOM (Romania’s Agency for Communications), The Bucharest National Opera premiered Crai Nou for the congress participants.
Regizor: Răzvan Ioan Dincă
Regizor secund: Raluca Popa
Scenograf decor: Adrian Damian
Scenograf costume: Iolanda Mutu
Coregraf: Violeta Dincă
Light design: Daniel Klinger
Video design: Dimitris Palade
Asistent coregrafie: Florin Tănase
Dirijor: Daniel Jinga
Orchestrații: Dan Dediu, John Walton, Cristian Lolea, Alexandru Butnaru
Inginer de sunet: Andrei Kerestely
Producător muzical: Vlad Vedeș
Distribuție:
Moș Corbu: Ion Dimieru
Ispravnicul: Radu Ion
Dochiţa: Oana Şerban
Bujor: Alexandru Constantin
Leonaş: Andrei Petre
Anica: Daniela Cârstea
Cu participarea Orchestrei, a Corului și a Baletului Operei Naționale București
[…] The first large-scale musical manifestation of the Romanians, in a montage made with reverence for the composer, to whom we apologize rhetorically for sometimes using some quotes in contexts that, at the time he composed, he would not have imagined could ever happen.
IOAN RĂZVAN DINCĂ
Romania…the country where myth and reality coexist in the spirit and actions of Romanians, even today.
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DIRECTOR OF CRAI NOU
[… I would] place Ciprian Porumbescu among the greatest artists of the world.
DANIEL JINGA
[…]I believe it has become our duty to keep him flying higher and higher, where he belongs.
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DIRECTOR, ROMANIAN NATIONAL OPERA BUCHAREST
[…]It’s a wonderful event, I congratulate the Romanian Opera, I congratulate Daniel Jinga […]
LUCIAN ROMAȘCANU
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CULTURE MINISTER
[…] I can’t wait to see how the aesthetic proposal I made will be received, because it’s nothing that people would expect to see at an opera performance in general in Romania and especially at a staging of Crai Nou […]
ADRIAN DAMIAN
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SCENOGRAPHER, CRAI NOU
[…] It can be said with conviction that, in the whole musical creation of Ciprian Porumbescu, the operetta “Crai Nou” represents his most important work, his great achievement, a true crowning of his compositional activity. […]
OLTEA ȘERBAN-PÂRÂU
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MUSICOLOGIST
[…] the production of the operetta Crai nou [is] a culturally, socially and even politically important event of the year and which must be seen by as many people as possible. […]
TUDOR-COSTIN SICOMAS
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THEATRICAL JOURNALIST
[…] Ciprian Porumbescu’s music remains forever alive in the souls of listeners allover the world. […]
ADA MILITARU
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JOURNALIST
[…] In his works, Porumbescu inserts patriotic themes, elements of expressiveness that define his style, of a special musicality, in which he displays a series of personal experiences, thoughts and ideas, which can only be heard in this way. […]
IRINA ȘTEFĂNESCU
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JOURNALIST
[…] The year 2023 will mean a lot to us, as we will celebrate the 170th anniversary of the birth of Ciprian Porumbescu and commemorate the 140th anniversary of his death. Again a reason to be happy and to find countless opportunities to make his music known.
CLAUDIA ROBU
„Don’t let my music die!”
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JOURNALIST
Porumbescu 