{"id":11631,"date":"2023-03-02T20:55:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T19:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=11631"},"modified":"2023-03-03T23:12:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T22:12:08","slug":"episode-186-roberta-alexander-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/02\/episode-186-roberta-alexander-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 186. Roberta Alexander I"},"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 186.  Roberta Alexander in Opera<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=775-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\/03\/Young-Roberta-afrao-1024x814.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Young-Roberta-afrao-1024x814.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Young-Roberta-afrao-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Young-Roberta-afrao-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Young-Roberta-afrao.jpg 1382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/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>Today it is with the utmost excitement that I bring you an episode devoted to one of my favorite singers of all time, soprano Roberta Alexander, who celebrates her birthday <em>today<\/em>, March 3rd! I remember first encountering this radiant voice of burnished silver back when I was in graduate school when I discovered her early recordings of art song, including albums devoted to Charles Ives and Richard Strauss. Over the course of a long and successful career she has sung in all major opera houses around the world and in concert halls under the batons of countless distinguished maestri. What is it that makes this voice so special? Alongside a rock-solid vocal technique that has allowed her to sing well into her seventies, she is also gifted with impeccable musicianship and staggering stylistic versatility. For me it is not only the unusual color of the voice, both shimmering and profound (the <em>chiaroscuro<\/em>!), but even more so, her dedication to communication through clarity of diction and razor-sharp dramatic precision that sends her into the realm of the all-time greats. This episode focuses on Roberta\u2019s versatility and prowess on the operatic stage, featuring live and studio recordings over more than thirty years of works by composers from Handel, Gluck, and Mozart, through twentieth century masters such as Jan\u00e1cek, Gershwin, and Berthold Goldschmidt. We also hear an excerpt from one of Roberta\u2019s favorites among her recordings, a rare 1982 live performance of Richard Strauss\u2019s <em>Vier letzte Lieder<\/em>. Speaking of <em>Lieder<\/em>, an upcoming episode this spring will focus on our diva on the concert platform. It was my great honor to meet Roberta in person when she was performing in Berlin in 2022 and therefore it is also to her as a friend that I extend my heartiest good wishes for a happy birthday. I had to remind myself <em>not<\/em> to fan girl as I was recording the narration for this episode, but I\u2019m not sure I succeeded!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Smiling-Older.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Smiling-Older.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Smiling-Older-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Smiling-Older-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"586\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-as-Daphne.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-as-Daphne.jpg 586w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-as-Daphne-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Daphne, Santa Fe Opera, 1981<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hermann Hesse: Fr\u00fchling (<em>Vier letzte Lieder<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Adam Gatehouse, Nationaal Jeugd Orkest [live Amsterdam 02.82]<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-2005-concert-den-Bosch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-2005-concert-den-Bosch.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-2005-concert-den-Bosch-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-2005-concert-den-Bosch-768x531.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Christoph Willibald Gluck, Rainiero di Calzabigi: O del mio dolce ardor (<em>Paride ed Elena<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Michael Schneider, La Stagione [live Frankfurt 13.IX.91]<\/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=\"822\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Harnoncourt.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Harnoncourt.png 822w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Harnoncourt-294x300.png 294w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Harnoncourt-768x783.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nikolaus Harnoncourt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, Thomas Morell: With darkness deep (<em>Theodora<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus musicus Wien [live Wien 06.III.90]<\/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=\"492\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-glamorous-in-white.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-glamorous-in-white.jpg 492w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-glamorous-in-white-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, Nicola Francesco Haym: Voi, che mie fide ancelle &#8230; Da tempeste (<em>Giulio Cesare<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Benjamin Luxon, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien [live Theater an der Wien 05.85]<\/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=\"691\" height=\"918\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Vitellia-Tatiana-Seso.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Vitellia-Tatiana-Seso.png 691w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Vitellia-Tatiana-Seso-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Vitellia, with Tatiana Troyanos as Sesto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pietro Metastasio: Chi vedesse il mio dolore (<em>La clemenza di Tito<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Hans Vonk, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice [live Venezia 29.IV.86]<\/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=\"593\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Elvira.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Elvira.jpg 593w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Elvira-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: In quali eccessi&#8230; Mi trad\u00ec quell\u2019alma ingrata (<em>Don Giovanni<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam<\/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=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-Morris-Contes-2-1024x689.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-Morris-Contes-2-1024x689.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-Morris-Contes-2-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-Morris-Contes-2-768x517.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-Morris-Contes-2-1536x1034.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-Morris-Contes-2.png 1558w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jacques Offenbach, Jules Barbier [after ETA Hoffmann]: \u00c9coute!&#8230; Cher enfant que j\u2019appelle (<em>Les contes d\u2019Hoffmann<\/em>). 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https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Antonia-Alexander-8.png 1568w\" 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=\"721\" data-id=\"11920\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Antonia-Alexander-9-1024x721.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Antonia-Alexander-9-1024x721.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Antonia-Alexander-9-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Antonia-Alexander-9-768x541.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Antonia-Alexander-9.png 1534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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=\"540\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Bess.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Bess.jpg 540w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Bess-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: Porgy I\u2019s Your Woman Now (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Gregg Baker, Zubin Mehta, New York Philharmonic [1991]<\/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\/2023\/03\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11929\" width=\"597\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AlbumArtSmall-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: What you t\u2019ink you doin\u2019?&#8230; I hates your struttin\u2019 style (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Michael Forest, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe [live Graz 07.09]<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-4.png 1008w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-4-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-4-768x590.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>P\u00e9ter E\u00f6tv\u00f6s, Mari Mezei [after Tony Kushner]: Hello, and good morning (<em>Angels in America<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Topi Lehtipuu, Daniel Belcher, P\u00e9ter E\u00f6tv\u00f6s, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France [live Paris, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Ch\u00e2telet 11.2004]<\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"758\" data-id=\"11926\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-2.png 1010w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-2-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"656\" data-id=\"11927\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-3-1024x656.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-3-1024x656.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-3-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-3-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-3.png 1209w\" 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=\"747\" data-id=\"11925\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-1024x747.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-1024x747.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America-768x560.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Angels-in-America.png 1037w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-in-Elektra-at-Met-with-Stemme-1024x611.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-in-Elektra-at-Met-with-Stemme-1024x611.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-in-Elektra-at-Met-with-Stemme-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-in-Elektra-at-Met-with-Stemme-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-in-Elektra-at-Met-with-Stemme.png 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As the Fifth Maid with Nina Stemme as Elektra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hoffmannsthal [after Sophocles]: Ich will vor ihn mich niederwerfen (<em>Elektra<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Renate Behle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Orchestre de Paris [live Aix 2013]<\/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=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-as-Marcellina-1024x673.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-as-Marcellina-1024x673.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-as-Marcellina-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-as-Marcellina-768x504.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-as-Marcellina.png 1454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: E quella buona perla&#8230; Via, resti servita (<em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Ilse Eerens, Kenneth Montgomery, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century [live Utrecht 17.X.15]<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"564\" data-id=\"11934\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-as-Marcellina-2-1024x564.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-as-Marcellina-2-1024x564.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-as-Marcellina-2-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-as-Marcellina-2-768x423.png 768w, 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Roberta Alexander, Adrian de Peyer, Edward Downes, Omroep Orkest [live Amsterdam 13.XI.82]<\/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=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Goldschmidt-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Goldschmidt-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Goldschmidt-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Goldschmidt-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Goldschmidt-1536x847.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Goldschmidt-1600x882.png 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Goldschmidt.png 1676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Berthold Goldschmidt (1903 &#8211; 1996)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Berthold Goldschmidt [after Fernand Crommelynck]: Ihr l\u00fcgt auch, aber Ihr l\u00fcgt so sch\u00f6n (<em>Der gewaltige Hahnrei<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Robert W\u00f6rle, Lothar Zagrosek, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin [1994]<\/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=\"685\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-young-with-pearls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-young-with-pearls.jpg 685w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-young-with-pearls-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Berthold Goldschmidt [after Percy Bysshe Shelley]: Farewell, my tender brother (<em>Beatrice Cenci<\/em>). 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Roberta Alexander, Hans Aschenbach, Gerd Albrecht, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin [1999]<\/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=\"626\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Jenufa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Jenufa.jpg 626w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Roberta-Jenufa-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Leo\u0161 Jan\u00e1cek [after Gabriela Preissov\u00e1]: Ode\u0161li. Jdi tak\u00e9! [They have left. You go, too!] (<em>Jen\u016ffa<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Philip Langridge, Andrew Davis, London Philharmonic Orchestra [1989]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-Langridge-Jenufa-1024x777.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11944\" width=\"640\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-Langridge-Jenufa-1024x777.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-Langridge-Jenufa-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-Langridge-Jenufa-768x583.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Alexander-Langridge-Jenufa.png 1423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Jen\u016ffa with Philip Langridge as Laca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 186. 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class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">James Morris<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jen\u016ffa<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Kenneth Montgomery<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Clemenza di Tito<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Le nozze di Figaro<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leos Janacek<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Les Contes d\u2019Hoffmann<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lorenzo da Ponte<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lothar Zagrosek<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Michael Forest<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Michael Schneider<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Modest Tchaikovsky<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nikolaus Harnoncourt<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Paride ed Elena<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Percy Bysshe Shelley<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">P\u00e9ter E\u00f6tv\u00f6s<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Philip Langridge<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Porgy and Bess<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Renate Behle<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Strauss<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Robert W\u00f6rle<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Roberta Alexander<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Sergei Rachmaninov<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Theodora (Handel)<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Vier letzte Lieder<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" 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class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Elektra<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Esa-Pekka Salonen<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ETA Hoffmann<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fernand Crommelynck<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fiona Kimm<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninov)<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">George Frideric Handel<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">George Gershwin<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gerd Albrecht<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giulio Cesare<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gregg Baker<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gwenneth Bean<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hans Aschenbach<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hans Vonk<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hermann Hesse<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hugo von Hofmannsthal<\/span>","<span 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