{"id":7979,"date":"2021-08-29T19:39:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T17:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=7979"},"modified":"2023-04-12T14:41:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T12:41:37","slug":"episode-104-nicolae-herlea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/29\/episode-104-nicolae-herlea\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 104. Nicolae Herlea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading advgb-dyn-1259f721\">Episode 104.  Nicolae Herlea<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=394-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex advgb-dyn-5e5a4c85\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button advgb-dyn-932155b2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full advgb-dyn-9b0eece6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"359\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Combover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Combover.jpg 359w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Combover-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-5a996784\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, August 28, would have been the 94th birthday of the great Romanian baritone Nicolae Herlea (1927 \u2013 2014). I continue my great baritone series with a salute to this extraordinary singer, who, unlike many of his fellow Romanian artists during this era, was able to pursue an active career in the rest of Europe and the United States. For many fans of great singing, Herlea is the Verdi baritone of choice. With this tribute, I begin a series examining great singers whose careers originated on the other side of the so-called Iron Curtain. I present examples from one of Herlea\u2019s first recordings, a 1959 recording of arias made in Moscow with the great Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducting. I follow this with three excerpts from his two albums of Neapolitan songs, and conclude with extended excerpts from four of his recordings, made in Romania, of complete operas, which introduce us to a number of Herlea\u2019s Romanian colleagues from the era, including Virginia Zeani, Arta Florescu, Ion Buzea, Ludovic Spiess, Ludovic Konya, and Magda Ianculescu. This episode also includes brief tributes to two of my favorite singers, recently deceased, who represented completely different genres: the folk singer and songwriter Nanci Griffith, who died on August 13 at the age of 68, and the exquisite Polish soprano, Teresa \u017bylis-Gara, who died yesterday at the age of 91.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-3c7bf8da\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-13857eb0\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full advgb-dyn-0d8c2393\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"436\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Herlea-Figaro.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Herlea-Figaro.jpg 436w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Herlea-Figaro-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gioacchino Rossini: Largo al factotum (<em>Il barbiere di Siviglia<\/em>). Nicolae Herlea, Jean Bobescu, Orchestra Simfonic\u0103 a Cinematografiei [Symphonic Cinematographic Orchestra, Bucharest] [1963]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full advgb-dyn-680d4f4e\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tonio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tonio.jpg 420w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tonio-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ruggero Leoncavallo: Un nido di memorie (<em>Pagliacci<\/em>). Nicolae Herlea, Constantin Bobescu, Orchestra de Studio a Radioteleviziunii Rom\u0103ne [Romanian Radio and Television Orchestra] [1963]; E voi, piuttoste (<em>Pagliacci<\/em>). Nicolae Herlea, Mircea Popa, Orchestra Operei Rom\u00e2ne [Orchestra of the Romanian Opera] [1966]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized advgb-dyn-9b03d04f\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8142\" width=\"659\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-10.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-10-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod: Avant de quitter ces lieux (<em>Faust<\/em>) [sung in Romanian]. Nicolae Herlea, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, USSR Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full advgb-dyn-308d60e5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rozhdestvensky.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rozhdestvensky.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rozhdestvensky-300x196.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rozhdestvensky-768x502.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1931 &#8211; 2018)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-5847e88b\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Pyotr Il\u2019yich Tchaikovsky: Yeletsky\u2019s Aria (<em>Pique-Dame<\/em>) [sung in Romanian]. Nicolae Herlea, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, USSR Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full advgb-dyn-ce129971\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Verdi-Beard-and-Goatee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Verdi-Beard-and-Goatee.jpg 346w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Verdi-Beard-and-Goatee-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Umberto Giordano: Nemico della patria (<em>Andrea Ch\u00e9nier<\/em>). Nicolae Herlea, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, USSR Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full advgb-dyn-bf0da2a2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-4.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-4-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Rodolfo Falvo, Enzo Fusco: Dicitincello vuje. Nicolae Herlea, Iosif Conta, Orchestra Simfonic\u0103 a Radioteleviziunii Rom\u00e2ne [Orchestra of the Romanian Radio and Television] [1963]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full advgb-dyn-98265bcd\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-5-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-5-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ernesto Tagliaferri, Nicola Valente, Libero Bovio: Passione. Nicolae Herlea, Orchestra conducted by Cornel Popescu, Grupul vocal 5T [1980]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full advgb-dyn-1e727f29\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-6.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-6-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One of the worst of Electrecord&#8217;s egregiously ugly record covers (1981).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-9ca6c14b\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ernesto de Curtis, Giovanni Capurro: O sole mio. Nicolae Herlea, Iosif Conta, Orchestra Simfonic\u0103 a Radioteleviziunii Rom\u00e2ne [Orchestra of the Romanian Radio and Television] [1963]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full advgb-dyn-a545ab2b\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-7.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-7-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nicolae Bretan, Mihai Eminescu: \u015e-acele dulci p\u0103reri de r\u0103u [And that sweet remorse]. Ludovic Konya, Ferdinand Weiss [live Budapest 09.73]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full advgb-dyn-a60d7070\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-8.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-8-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-8-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nicolae Bretan, George Co\u015fbuc: Gazel. Ludovic Konya, Ferdinand Weiss [live Cluj 20.11.75]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full advgb-dyn-e32ce18e\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Arta-Florescu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Arta-Florescu.jpg 470w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Arta-Florescu-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arta Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-41ca653a\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruggero Leoncavallo: So ben che diforme, contorto son io (<em>Pagliacci<\/em>). Nicolae Herlea, Arta Florescu, Mircea Popa, Orchestra Operei Rom\u00e2ne [Orchestra of the Romanian Opera] [1966]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full advgb-dyn-ae765c12\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zeani-Violetta.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zeani-Violetta.jpg 370w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Zeani-Violetta-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Virginia Zeani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-41ca653a\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Pura siccome un angelo&#8230; Ah, dite alla giovine (<em>La traviata<\/em>). Nicolae Herlea, Virginia Zeani, Jean Bobescu, Orchestra Operei Rom\u00e2ne [Orchestra of the Romanian Opera] [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized advgb-dyn-e32a1097\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Spiessig.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8139\" width=\"552\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Spiessig.png 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Spiessig-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ludovic Spiess<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-d28b3ae8\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Solenne in quest\u2019ora (<em>La forza del destino<\/em>). Nicolae Herlea, Ludovic Spiess, Carol Litvin, Orchestra de Studio a Radioteleviziunii Rom\u00e2ne [Romanian Radio Orchestra] [1970]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized advgb-dyn-4e23462a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ianculescu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8140\" width=\"445\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ianculescu.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ianculescu-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Magda Ianculescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-f8c4824c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Della vendetta alfin giunge l\u2019istante&#8230; V\u2019ho ingannato (<em>Rigoletto<\/em>). Nicolae Herlea, Magda Ianculescu, Ion Buzea, Nicolae Florei, Stelian Olariu, Orchestra \u015fi Corui Teatrului de Oper\u0103 \u015fi Balet [Orchestra and Chorus of the Romanian Opera and Ballet] [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-9.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-9-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Oh, de\u2019 verd\u2019anni miei (<em>Ernani<\/em>). Nicolae Herlea, Iosif Conta, Orchestra Simfonic\u0103 a Radioteleviziunii Rom\u00e2ne [Romanian National Radio and Television Orchestra] [1973]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full advgb-dyn-691cc1eb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-11.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-11-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-11-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nino Rota, Unknown Lyricist: Luceferi mari [Bright morning stars] (AKA A Time for Us). 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