Nicolae Secăreanu

Nicolae Secăreanu
Born	Nicolae Secăreanu (1901-07-12)July 12, 1901 Nanov, Teleorman County, Kingdom of Romania
Died	29 September 1992(1992-09-29) (aged 91) Bucharest, Romania
Alma mater	University of Bucharest
Occupation(s)	Opera singer, actor
Years active	1931–1988

Nicolae Secăreanu (Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e sekəˈre̯anu]; 12 July 1901 – 29 September 1992) was a well-known Romanian opera bass singer and actor.

Born in Nanov, Teleorman County, he attended the Matei Basarab High School in Bucharest and then the Law School at the University of Bucharest. He made his operatic debut on January 31, 1931 as Pimen in Mussorsky's Boris Godunov. Memorable were his 1942 performance in Berlioz's La damnation de Faust, conducted by George Enescu, and his 1945 reprise of the Boris Godunov opera, this time in the title role.^[1]

Filmography

The Lovers' Forest (1946)
Forest of the Hanged (1965)
Răscoala (1966) – Miron Iuga
Faust XX [ro] (1966) – The inspector
The Dacians (1966) – Dacian Warrior
Sept hommes et une garce (1967) – The Italian count, father of Carlotta
Kingdom in the Clouds (1969) – Impăratul Minciună
Căldura [ro] (1969) – Sergiu's father
Die Lederstrumpferzählungen ("The Last of the Mohicans") (1969, TV Mini-Series) – Old man (uncredited)
Mihai Viteazul (1971) – Sinan Pașa
Excerpts from the Life of a Good-For-Nothing [de] (1973)
Săgeata căpitanului Ion [ro] (1973) – Blind old man
August in Flames (1973, TV Movie)
Acțiunea Autobuzul [ro] (1978) – The boss
The Yellow Rose (1982)
Vacanța cea mare (1988) – (final film role)

References

^ "Personalitatea zilei: Nicolae Secăreanu – solist de operă (bas) și actor român". Liber în Teleorman (in Romanian). July 13, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2024.