{"id":11476,"date":"2023-02-10T05:05:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T04:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=11476"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:52:59","slug":"episode-183-martina-arroyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/10\/episode-183-martina-arroyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 183. Martina Arroyo"},"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 183.  Martina Arroyo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=760-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 has-normal-icon-size 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src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Young-Martina-coiffed-652x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Young-Martina-coiffed-652x1024.png 652w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Young-Martina-coiffed-191x300.png 191w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Young-Martina-coiffed.png 688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/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>Last week on Feburary 2, the beloved African American soprano Martina Arroyo turned 86 years old. Although the <em>Countermelody<\/em> birthday tribute to Ms. Arroyo is a week late, it is nonetheless profoundly heartfelt. I have always valued the artistry and voice of this artist who often referred to herself as \u201cThe Other One\u201d (because she was so frequently confused with today\u2019s birthday diva, Leontyne Price). In preparing this episode, however, I flipped over into fan girl mode: was there <em>anything<\/em> that Martina Arroyo could <em>not<\/em> do? Of course she was celebrated as one of the premiere Verdi sopranos of her day (or, indeed, of the twentieth century), and there are ample examples on the episode that give testament to her supremacy in that repertoire. But she was also an intrepid performer of contemporary music, creating important works by both Karlheinz Stockhausen and Samuel Barber. Her performances of baroque music, while very much following an earlier style of performance practice, are vivid and insightful. Her affinity with French grand opera style is off the charts, as evidenced by an excerpt from Meyerbeer\u2019s <em>L\u2019Africaine<\/em>. She also could have pursued a path as a Mozart and Strauss singer, and selections by both of these composers prove her mastery of this genre as well. She also had the power to be a full-fledged dramatic soprano, as shown by her live performances of Schoenberg\u2019s <em>Gurre-Lieder <\/em>and the title role in Puccini\u2019s <em>Turandot<\/em>. And yet her subtlety as a recitalist is shown in live and studio <em>Lieder <\/em>performances. And the fervor and vigor of her performance of spirituals is a thing of joy. This episode is full of surprises but one thing is not surprising at all: the degree of dedication and commitment of this artist, which continues to this day with the performance and education initiative of the Martina Arroyo Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The episode begins with a brief tribute to Burt Bacharach, who died yesterday at the age of 94.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bacharach-Dusty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bacharach-Dusty.jpg 976w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bacharach-Dusty-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bacharach-Dusty-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Burt Bacharach, Hal David: A House Is Not a Home. Burt Bacharach, Dusty Springfield [from television special &#8211; <em>Another Evening with Burt Bacharach<\/em>, 1970]<\/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=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Porgy-1960-1024x760.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Porgy-1960-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Porgy-1960-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Porgy-1960-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Porgy-1960.png 1413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin: Summertime (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Sixten Ehrling, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir [Swedish television 09.X.1960]<\/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=\"600\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Aida.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Aida.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Aida-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni: O patria mia (<em>Aida<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Max Rudolf, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra [live 1958]; Martina Arroyo, Fausto Cleva, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra [live 31.V.1971]<\/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=\"651\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Elvira-or-sumpn.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Elvira-or-sumpn.png 651w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Elvira-or-sumpn-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Victor Hugo]: Ernani, involami (<em>Ernani<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, unknown conductor, orchestra, and venue<\/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=\"600\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Butterfly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Butterfly.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Butterfly-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa [after David Belasco]: Un bel d\u00ec vedremo (<em>Madama Butterfly<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Kurt Eichhorn, M\u00fcnchner Rundfunkorchester [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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Milnes-Macbeths.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Milnes-Macbeths.jpg 590w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Milnes-Macbeths-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martina Arroyo and Sherrill Milnes as the Macbeths, Metropolitan Opera 1973.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave, Andrea Maffei [after William Shakespeare]: Una macchia \u00e8 qui tutt\u2019ora! (<em>Macbeth<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra [live 03.II.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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"892\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Turandot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Turandot.png 892w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Turandot-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Turandot-768x561.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 892px) 100vw, 892px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni [after Carlo Gozzi]: Straniero, ascolta! (<em>Turandot<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Ermanno Mauro, Nicola Rescigno, Orchestra of the Canadian Opera Company [live Toronto 03.XII.1983]<\/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=\"591\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-young-grin-591x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-young-grin-591x1024.png 591w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-young-grin-173x300.png 173w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-young-grin.png 619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alessandro Stradella: Per piet\u00e0. Martina Arroyo, Donal Nold [1961]<\/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=\"827\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-young-glamour-827x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-young-glamour-827x1024.jpg 827w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-young-glamour-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-young-glamour-768x951.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-young-glamour.jpg 1215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Joaqu\u00edn N\u00edn, Anonymous Poet: Polo. Martina Arroyo, Donal Nold [1961]<\/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=\"820\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Marcelled-Hair-820x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Marcelled-Hair-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Marcelled-Hair-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Marcelled-Hair-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Marcelled-Hair.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johannes Brahms, Paul Heyse: M\u00e4dchenlied [Auf die Nacht in der Spinnstub\u2019n], Op. 107\/5. Martina Arroyo, Donal Nold [1961]<\/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=\"750\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Young-Martina-over-the-shoulder-750x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Young-Martina-over-the-shoulder-750x1024.png 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Young-Martina-over-the-shoulder-220x300.png 220w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Young-Martina-over-the-shoulder-768x1049.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Young-Martina-over-the-shoulder.png 791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Ganymed, D. 544. Martina Arroyo, Leonard Hokanson [live Schwetzingen 25.V.68]<\/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=\"840\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-skeptical-840x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-skeptical-840x1024.png 840w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-skeptical-246x300.png 246w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-skeptical-768x936.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-skeptical.png 886w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gioacchino Rossini: Duetto buffo di due gatti. Martina Arroyo, R\u00e9gine Crespin, unknown pianist [telecast ca. 1974]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Crespin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Crespin.jpg 541w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Crespin-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">R\u00e9gine Crespin<\/figcaption><\/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=\"816\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-White-Lace.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-White-Lace.png 816w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-White-Lace-263x300.png 263w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-White-Lace-768x875.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Ricetti gramezza e pavento (<em>Non sa che sia dolore<\/em>, BWV 209). Martina Arroyo, Vittorio Gui, Orchestra del Teatro la Fenice [live 07.XII.63]<\/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-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"787\" data-id=\"11704\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-II-1024x787.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-II-1024x787.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-II-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-II-768x590.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-II.png 1406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"794\" data-id=\"11703\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-III-1024x794.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-III-1024x794.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-III-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-III-768x595.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-III.png 1393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-id=\"11701\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-IV-1024x769.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-IV-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-IV-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-IV-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-IV.png 1403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"789\" data-id=\"11702\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-I-1024x789.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-I-1024x789.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-I-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-I-768x592.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Momente-I.png 1401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Karlheinz Stockhausen: Everything surrounding me is near and far at once (<em>Momente<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Alfons Kontarsky, Aloys Kontarsky, Mitglieder des K\u00f6lner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchesters, K\u00f6lner Rundfunkchor [from 1966 documentary film]<\/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=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-soulful-side-glance-1024x748.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-soulful-side-glance-1024x748.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-soulful-side-glance-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-soulful-side-glance-768x561.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-soulful-side-glance.jpg 1319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Samuel Barber, Euripedes (translated by John Patrick Creagh): Oh dearest embrace, sweet breathing of your body (<em>Andromache\u2019s Farewell<\/em>, Op. 39). Martina Arroyo, Thomas Schippers, New York Philharmonic [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=\"816\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-regal-Melancon-816x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-regal-Melancon-816x1024.jpg 816w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-regal-Melancon-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-regal-Melancon-768x964.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-regal-Melancon.jpg 1194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Don Ottavio, son morta!&#8230; Or sai chi l\u2019onore (<em>Don Giovanni<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Stuart Burrows, Colin Davis, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden [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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"887\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Vespri-or-Ernani.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Vespri-or-Ernani.jpg 887w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Vespri-or-Ernani-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Vespri-or-Ernani-768x534.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Meyerbeer, Eug\u00e8ne Scribe: Sur mes genoux, fils du soleil (<em>L\u2019Africaine<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Gerd Albrecht, Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [live Monaco 1977]<\/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=\"863\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-upward-glance-863x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-upward-glance-863x1024.jpg 863w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-upward-glance-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-upward-glance-768x912.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-upward-glance.jpg 1063w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ludwig Van Beethoven: Nunc dormit in tranquilla pace (<em>Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II<\/em>, WoO 87\/6). Martina Arroyo, Thomas Schippers, New York Philharmonic [1965]<\/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=\"671\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Tragedienne-671x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Tragedienne-671x1024.jpg 671w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Tragedienne-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Tragedienne-768x1172.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Tragedienne.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Arnold Schoenberg, Jens Peter Jacobsen: Du sendest mir einen Liebesblick (<em>Gurre-Lieder<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, J\u00e1nos Ferencsik, Danish State Radio Symphony and Concert Orchestra [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-winsome-eyes-737x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-winsome-eyes-737x1024.jpg 737w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-winsome-eyes-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-winsome-eyes-768x1067.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-winsome-eyes.jpg 903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hermann Hesse: Fr\u00fchling (<em>Vier letzte Lieder<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, G\u00fcnter Wand, K\u00f6lner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester [live K\u00f6ln 15-16.VI.67]<\/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=\"743\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-fur-743x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-fur-743x1024.jpg 743w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-fur-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-fur-768x1059.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-fur.jpg 916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: I Got a Robe. Martina Arroyo, Donal Nold [1961]<\/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=\"733\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-potted-flowers-1976.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-potted-flowers-1976.jpg 733w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-potted-flowers-1976-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Little David, Play on Your Harp. Martina Arroyo, Leonard Hokanson [live Schwetzingen 25.V.68]<\/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=\"758\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Hair.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Hair.jpg 758w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Hair-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Hair-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Harry T. Burleigh: I Stood on the River of Jordan. Martina Arroyo, Dorothy Maynor, Choirs of the Harlem School of the Arts and St. James Presbyterian Church [1974]<\/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=\"599\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Forza-599x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Forza-599x1024.png 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Forza-176x300.png 176w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Forza.png 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Angel Perez de Saavedra]: Me pellegrina ed orfana (<em>La forza del destino<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Lamberto Gardelli, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [1970]<\/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=\"600\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Pavarotti-Ballo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Pavarotti-Ballo.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Pavarotti-Ballo-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Somma [after Eug\u00e8ne Scribe]: M\u2019ami! M\u2019ami!&#8230; O qual soave brivido (<em>Un ballo in maschera<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Luciano Pavarotti, Charles Mackerras, San Francisco Opera Orchestra [live 27.X.71]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-pelted-with-roses.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-pelted-with-roses.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-pelted-with-roses-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-pelted-with-roses-768x612.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 183. Martina Arroyo SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last week on Feburary 2, the beloved African American soprano Martina Arroyo&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[420,1626,1075,2891,3132,3273,2261,2476,2398,1074,8033,2260,808,4722,2257,2328,3272,2806,427],"tags":[437,4899,4534,4901,786,1559,2443,1614,4270,1068,4485,338,2639,764,4900,4266,1054,4535,3761,101,1396,2501,117,94,114,4759,207,4895,4896,1347,4019,1397,307,4897,2400,298,1137,863,1036,3013,4898,1110,1067,2421,870,354,328,4758,2694,135,336,2153,1703,414,444,329,745,2339,430,52,372,1092,332,3735,700,2289,2600,34],"class_list":["post-11476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-american-opera-singers","category-african-american-singers","category-art-song","category-comic-relief","category-franz-schubert","category-french-opera","category-full-figured-baroque","category-giacomo-puccini","category-giuseppe-verdi","category-happy-birthday","category-johann-sebastian-bach","category-music-for-a-world-in-crisis","category-needle-drop","category-orchestral-songs","category-richard-strauss","category-richard-wagner","category-singers-of-color","category-twentieth-century-music","category-verismo","tag-aida","tag-andromaches-farewell","tag-antonio-ghislanzoni","tag-antonio-somma","tag-arnold-schoenberg","tag-burt-bacharach","tag-charles-mackerras","tag-colin-davis","tag-david-belasco","tag-don-giovanni","tag-donal-nold","tag-dorothy-maynor","tag-dubose-heyward","tag-dusty-springfield","tag-ermanno-mauro","tag-ernani","tag-fausto-cleva","tag-francesco-maria-piave","tag-francesco-molinari-pradelli","tag-franz-schubert","tag-george-gershwin","tag-gerd-albrecht","tag-giacomo-meyerbeer","tag-giacomo-puccini","tag-gioacchino-rossini","tag-giuseppe-giacosa","tag-giuseppe-verdi","tag-gunter-wand","tag-gurre-lieder","tag-harry-t-burleigh","tag-hermann-hesse","tag-ira-gershwin","tag-janos-ferencsik","tag-jens-peter-jacobsen","tag-joaquin-nin","tag-johann-sebastian-bach","tag-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe","tag-johannes-brahms","tag-karlheinz-stockhausen","tag-kurt-eichhorn","tag-lafricaine","tag-la-forza-del-destino","tag-lamberto-gardelli","tag-leonard-hokanson","tag-lorenzo-da-ponte","tag-luciano-pavarotti","tag-ludwig-van-beethoven","tag-luigi-illica","tag-macbeth-verdi","tag-madama-butterfly","tag-martina-arroyo","tag-max-rudolf","tag-nicola-rescigno","tag-porgy-and-bess","tag-regine-crespin","tag-richard-strauss","tag-samuel-barber","tag-sixten-ehrling","tag-spirituals","tag-stuart-burrows","tag-thomas-schippers","tag-turandot","tag-un-ballo-in-maschera","tag-victor-hugo","tag-vier-letzte-lieder","tag-vittorio-gui","tag-william-shakespeare","tag-wolfgang-amadeus-mozart"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Young-Martina-downward-glance-TRIMMED-300x161.png","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a 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