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Perlea

American  
[per-ley-uh] / ˈpɛr leɪ ə /

noun

  1. Jonel 1900–70, U.S. conductor and composer, born in Romania.


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To the Met audience, the season's first Tristan, which Perlea directed, sounded different from any performance they had ever heard before.

From Time Magazine Archive

The same day, Conductor Jonel Perlea, 69, died in New York, ending a career whose flickering brilliance had been dimmed by war and a succession of illnesses.

From Time Magazine Archive

Says Perlea, "Too many conductors mistake heroic for loud."

From Time Magazine Archive

Jonel Perlea, the goateed Rumanian conductor whom the Met hired this season, had no specialty, and the Met decided he needed none.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now 49, Perlea acquired some of his operatic versatility clandestinely.

From Time Magazine Archive

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