{"id":10399,"date":"2022-09-09T20:25:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T18:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=10399"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:55:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:55:31","slug":"episode-161-janet-baker-subject-of-the-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/09\/episode-161-janet-baker-subject-of-the-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 161. Janet Baker: Subject of the Queen"},"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\">Episode 161.  Janet Baker: Subject of the Queen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=653-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" 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\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links 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src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/elderly-queen-in-mirror-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/elderly-queen-in-mirror-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/elderly-queen-in-mirror-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/elderly-queen-in-mirror-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/elderly-queen-in-mirror-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/elderly-queen-in-mirror.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-5a996784\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The world changed yesterday with the death of Queen Elizabeth II, whose subjects in the United Kingdom just this summer celebrated the 70th year of her reign. How do I, as a progressive (and non-British) person, neither a royalist nor an imperialist, commemorate her passing with the respect that she deserves? I found my answer, as I so often do in other of life\u2019s conundrums, in the artistry of Janet Baker, who celebrated her 89th birthday on 17 August, and who, in her day was often known as \u201cthe English Rose.\u201d There is something about Baker\u2019s artistic personality: her nobility of utterance, her gravitas, her humanity, that made her a particularly striking interpreter of various queens in the operatic literature, from Alceste and Dido to Mary Stuart. And because, from the time of her Carnegie Hall debut in 1966 until her final appearance there in 1989, seven years after her official retirement from the operatic scene, she was a fixture of the New York concert scene, she also fits quite comfortably into the framework of this summer\u2019s celebration of musical life in New York between the years 1950 and 1975. Her towering operatic performances of roles by Gluck, Donizetti, Berlioz, and Purcell, are balanced with her profoundly moving performances of music by Bach, Gurney, and Schubert. Queen Elizabeth II is further memorialized by an excerpt from the world premiere performance of Benjamin Britten\u2019s <em>Gloriana<\/em>, composed for, and premiered six days after, her coronation in 1953.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"518\" data-id=\"10700\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Young-Queen-TRIMMED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Young-Queen-TRIMMED.jpg 545w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Young-Queen-TRIMMED-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"908\" data-id=\"10701\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Young-Dido-TRIMMED-1024x908.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Young-Dido-TRIMMED-1024x908.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Young-Dido-TRIMMED-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Young-Dido-TRIMMED-768x681.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Young-Dido-TRIMMED.jpg 1149w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Marriner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Marriner.jpg 453w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Marriner-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Vergn\u00fcgte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust (Aria, Cantata BWV 170). Janet Baker, Neville Marriner, Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields [1966]<\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cross-Vyvyan-1024x781.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cross-Vyvyan-1024x781.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cross-Vyvyan-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cross-Vyvyan-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cross-Vyvyan-1536x1171.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Cross-Vyvyan.jpg 1599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Jennifer Vyvyan (L) and Joan Cross (R) in the original 1953 Covent Garden production of <em>Gloriana<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, William Plomer:&nbsp; On rivalries \u2019tis safe for kings (<em>Gloriana<\/em>). Joan Cross, John Pritchard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [live London 08.VI.53]<\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Alceste-554x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Alceste-554x1024.jpg 554w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Alceste-162x300.jpg 162w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Alceste.jpg 687w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Christoph Willibald Gluck, Louis de Rouillet (after Rainer de\u2019 Calzabigi): Je n\u2019ai jamais ch\u00e9ri la vie (<em>Alceste<\/em>). Janet Baker, Charles Mackerras, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden [live London 12.XII.81]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Alceste-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Alceste-2.png 697w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Alceste-2-300x252.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-on-bed.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-on-bed.png 458w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-on-bed-220x300.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hector Berlioz, Pierre-Ange Vieillard: Ah, qu\u2019ils sont loin ces jours (<em>La Mort de Cl\u00e9op\u00e2tre<\/em>). Janet Baker, Alexander Gibson, London Symphony Orchestra [1969]<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"1013\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Mary-Stuart-curtain-call.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Mary-Stuart-curtain-call.jpg 827w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Mary-Stuart-curtain-call-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Mary-Stuart-curtain-call-768x941.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Barbari [after Friedrich Schiller], Tom Hammond [English translation]: You murmuring breezes&#8230; In the peace of my gloomy seclusion [O nube! che lieve per l\u2019aria ti aggiri&#8230; Nella pace del mesto riposo \u2013 sung in English] (<em>Maria Stuarda<\/em>). Janet Baker, Angela Bostock, Charles Mackerras, Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera [live London IV.82]<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tinsley-Baker.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10679\" width=\"534\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tinsley-Baker.jpg 476w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tinsley-Baker-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Tinsley-Baker-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><figcaption>Pauline Tinsley and Janet Baker in <em>Mary Stuart<\/em>, ENO 1973<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Barbari [after Friedrich Schiller; English text by Tom Hammond]: Dead to justice&#8230; How dare you speak of dishonour?&#8230; Go, prepare yourself for sentence [Morta al mondo&#8230; Figlia impura di Bolena&#8230; Va, preparati, furente \u2013 sung in English] (<em>Maria Stuarda<\/em>). Janet Baker, Pauline Tinsley, Keith Erwen, Don Garrard, Christian du Plessis, Audrey Gunn, Charles Mackerras, Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera [live London 13.XII.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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Didon-723x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Didon-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Didon-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Didon-768x1088.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Didon-1084x1536.jpg 1084w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Didon.jpg 1445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hector Berlioz (libretto after Virgil): Ah! Now must I die [Je vais mourir &#8211; sung in English] (<em>Les Troyens<\/em>). Janet Baker, Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra [BBC telecast, first aired 17.IX.72]<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"781\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-pensive-with-score.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-pensive-with-score.png 781w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-pensive-with-score-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-pensive-with-score-768x564.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Matth\u00e4us von Collin: Nacht und Tr\u00e4ume, D.827. Janet Baker, Paul Hamburger [BBC 03.X.65]<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lovely-Baker.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lovely-Baker.jpg 990w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lovely-Baker-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lovely-Baker-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ivor Gurney, John Fletcher: Sleep (Five Elizabethan Songs, No. 4). Janet Baker, Martin Isepp [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Dido-1024x626.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Dido-1024x626.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Dido-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Dido-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Dido-1536x939.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Dido-1600x978.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Dido.jpg 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Henry Purcell, Nahum Tate: Thy hand, Belinda&#8230; When I am laid in earth (<em>Dido and Aeneas<\/em>). Janet Baker, John Pritchard, London Philharmonic Orchestra [Glyndebourne 1966]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"415\" height=\"628\" data-id=\"10684\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-70s-fashion.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-70s-fashion.png 415w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-70s-fashion-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"403\" height=\"632\" data-id=\"10685\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Au-bord-de-leau.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Au-bord-de-leau.png 403w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-Au-bord-de-leau-191x300.png 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"579\" data-id=\"10683\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-cape.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-cape.png 597w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Baker-cape-300x291.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img 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Janet Baker: Subject of the Queen SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The world changed yesterday with the death 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