Nicolae Herlea

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Nicolae Herlea (actually Nicolae Herle ; born August 28, 1927 in Bucharest ; † February 24, 2014 in Frankfurt am Main ) was an opera singer ( baritone ) of German-Romanian origin. He celebrated successes on national and international opera stages, especially in the Italian repertoire and in the role of Figaro in the Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini , which he sang over 550 times during his career. Occasionally, Herlea has been compared to Enrico Caruso .

Life

He studied at the Conservatory in Bucharest with Aurelius Costescu-Duca, and later at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Giorgio Favaretto.

In 1951 he won first prizes at international singing competitions in Geneva, Prague and Brussels. He made his stage debut in 1950 as Silvio in Pagliacci at the Opera Națională Bucureşti , where he was engaged as a soloist until his retirement in 1986. From 1958 he also appeared frequently abroad, especially at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. There were also numerous guest appearances at the London Royal Opera House (1961), La Scala in Milan (1963) and the Metropolitan Opera in New York (1964–1967), at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, ​​the Berlin State Opera and the Vienna State Opera , at the Salzburg Festival , La Monnaie in Brussels and in the opera houses of Prague and Budapest .

In addition, Herlea has released studio recordings of Der Barbier von Sevilla , Lucia di Lammermoor , Rigoletto , La traviata , La forza del destino , Cavalleria rusticana , Pagliacci and Tosca , on labels such as Supraphon, Intercord Germany, Electrecord and he has won other national and international awards international prices. Since his retirement he has given master classes at the Bucharest University of Music and was president of the jury of the "Hariclea Darclée", an international singing competition in Brăila . He was honored as an “artist of the people” and awarded the star of Romania . Herlea died on February 24, 2014 with his family in Frankfurt am Main .

Prices (selection)

  • Gold medal and “Grand Prix” at the Prague Spring Festival 1954
  • Winner of the “International Vocal Competition” in Geneva in 1955
  • Gold medal and "Grand Prize in Singing Competition" in Verviers 1957
  • “Artist of the People” Romania 1962
  • Gold medal "Giuseppe Verdi" in Milan 1963
  • "Star of Romania"
  • "Key of The City Detroit" USA

literature

  • David M. Cummings (Ed.): International Who's Who In Music and Musicians' Directory . Psychology Press, 2000, ISBN 0-948875-53-4 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Exceptional singer Nicolae Herlea. In: orf.at. Retrieved February 27, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Ilse Eliza Zellermayer: Three tenors and a soprano: My life for the opera. BoD-Books on Demand, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7386-7693-8 , p. 111 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  3. ↑ Verdi şi Rossini sau Cum sa întîlnit Traviata cu Rigoletto şi cu Bărbierul din Sevilla , accessed on November 30, 2013
  4. ↑ An epic Figaro has died on Slipped Disc, February 24, 2014, accessed February 25, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Herlea, Nicolae
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herle, Nicolae (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian opera singer (baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Bucharest
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2014
Place of death Frankfurt am Main