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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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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

By last week Perlea had cemented his reputation as an operatic triple threat by conducting a superbly lyric Traviata.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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By last week, Conductor Perlea had proved that he was just the man who could do it.

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

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