{"id":11794,"date":"2023-03-31T16:01:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T14:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=11794"},"modified":"2024-04-02T02:18:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T00:18:34","slug":"episode-190-make-your-own-kind-of-music-verdi-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/31\/episode-190-make-your-own-kind-of-music-verdi-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 190. Make Your Own Kind of Music: Verdi Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading advgb-dyn-576c3c35\">Episode 190.  Make Your Own Kind of Music: Verdi Edition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=790-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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alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Divas-in-Question-1024x471.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Divas-in-Question-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Divas-in-Question-768x353.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Divas-in-Question-1536x706.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Divas-in-Question-1600x735.png 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/The-Divas-in-Question.png 1736w\" 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>It\u2019s time for my fourth annual April Fools Day episode! The first one that I published exactly four years ago, entitled <em>Alternate Universe Bel Canto<\/em>, has proven to be one of my most popular, and one that was the gateway episode for many of my most devoted listeners. Furthermore, this one came specifically at the request of one of my newest Patreon supporters (hint, hint to those of you who are not yet supporting the podcast there!) Instead of an overview of all those \u201coutsider music\u201d opera singers out there, I have chosen to focus in on three sopranos in particular whom I find to be the most original, entertaining: Mari Lyn (AKA Marilyn Sussman), Olive Middleton (AKA Olive Townend), and Nat\u00e1lia de Andrade. Each of these women created her own platform. Mari Lyn was the Singing Hostess of the 1980s New York-based cable network series <em>The Golden Treasury of Song<\/em>. After a career in the 1920s singing roles such as Musetta under Thomas Beecham at Covent Garden, British soprano Olive Middleton became, much later in life, the lead diva of New York\u2019s La Puma Opera Company, giving quixotic performances with that company well into her seventies (and well past her vocal expiration date!), performances that gained her a fanbase that included lead singers of the Metropolitan Opera as well as the fussiest of opera queens. And the Portuguese soprano Nat\u00e1lia de Andrade (my favorite!) gained fame and notoriety in her native country and beyond for her self-financed recordings, particularly the late-career ones published in the 1980s, which gained her the grudging respect given to those most deluded of holy fools. And lest one think that this episode deals only with sopranos, I also give a nod to the raucous-voiced American mezzo-soprano Sylvia Sawyer, who appeared in the 1950s on complete opera recordings issued on the Capitol Records label and produced, incredibly, under the auspices of the Rome Opera. To be clear: though I find each of these deluded divas to be, each in her own distinctive way, hilarious, in the end, each of them earns my respect for her enterprising undertakings, her firm belief in her own talent, and her unique approach to tuning, phrasing, and language, here perpetrated exclusively on the music of Giuseppe Verdi, who must surely be turning over in his grave right about now!<\/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\n<p>All selections, unless otherwise noted, are by Giuseppe Verdi<\/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=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cass-n-Julie-1024x656.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cass-n-Julie-1024x656.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cass-n-Julie-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cass-n-Julie-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Cass-n-Julie.png 1074w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil: Make Your Own Kind of Music \/ New World Coming. Julie Andrews, Cass Elliot [<em>The Julie Andrews Show<\/em>, Episode 2, 1972]<\/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=\"599\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-5.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-5-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cadenzarization. Mari Lyn, The Howard Salat Quartet Local 802 [from Manhattan Cable Access show <em>The Golden Treasury of Song<\/em>, episode \u201cAll-Verdi Program\u201d [mid-1980s]<\/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=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Art-of-Olive-Middleton.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Art-of-Olive-Middleton.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Art-of-Olive-Middleton-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ernani, involami (<em>Ernani<\/em>). Olive Middleton, unknown pianist [1950s]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From <em>Il Trovatore<\/em>:<\/p>\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\/04\/OM-ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12064\" width=\"518\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/OM-ad.jpg 444w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/OM-ad-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Miserere. Olive Middleton, unknown tenor, La Puma Opera Company [1960s]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"933\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Olive-Headshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Olive-Headshot.png 933w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Olive-Headshot-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Olive-Headshot-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Olive-Headshot-768x769.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Che pi\u00f9 t\u2019arresti&#8230; Tacea la notte placida. Olive Middleton, unknown co-conspirator, The La Puma Opera Company [mid-1960s]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-4-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Obliarlo! Mari Lyn, The Howard Salat Quartet Local 802 [from Manhattan Cable Access show <em>The Golden Treasury of Song<\/em>, episode \u201cAll-Verdi Program\u201d [mid-1980s]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"772\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-performing-live2-772x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-performing-live2-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-performing-live2-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-performing-live2-768x1019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-performing-live2-1158x1536.jpg 1158w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-performing-live2.jpg 1544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Di tale amor. Nat\u00e1lia de Andrade, Domingos Monteiro [ca. 1981]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"924\" height=\"932\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Trovatore-Cover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Trovatore-Cover.png 924w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Trovatore-Cover-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Trovatore-Cover-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Trovatore-Cover-768x775.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ei distruggeasi in pianto. Sylvia Sawyer, Gino Sarri, Luigi Ricci, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House [1950s]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"888\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-record-cover-with-flower.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-record-cover-with-flower.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-record-cover-with-flower-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-record-cover-with-flower-768x710.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>D\u2019amor sull\u2019ali rosee. Nat\u00e1lia de Andrade, Grazi Barbosa [1982]<\/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=\"960\" height=\"885\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-Manon-Opera-arias-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-Manon-Opera-arias-cover.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-Manon-Opera-arias-cover-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-Manon-Opera-arias-cover-768x708.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ma dall\u2019arido stelo divulsa (<em>Un ballo in maschera<\/em>). Nat\u00e1lia de Andrade, Grazi Barboso [1982]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From <em>Rigoletto:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-with-violin-1024x803.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-with-violin-1024x803.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-with-violin-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-with-violin-768x603.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-with-violin.png 1133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tutte le feste al tempio. Mari Lyn, The Howard Salat Quartet Local 802 [from the Manhattan Cable Access program <em>The Golden Treasury of Song<\/em>, episode \u201cThe Art of the Coloratura\u201d] [1980s]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-4-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-4-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-4-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Will the real Mari Lyn please stand up?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Caro nome. Mari Lyn, Howard Salat, Belgravia Philharmonia Symphonica Orchestra [1980s]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From <em>Aida<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-on-Philips.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-on-Philips.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-on-Philips-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-on-Philips-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ritorna vincitor! Composite performance alternating Mari Lyn and Howard Salat leading the \u201cBelgravia Philharmonia Symphonica Orchestra\u201d and Nat\u00e1lia de Andrade and pianist Grazi Barbosa [1982]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Olive-Middleton-LP-photo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Olive-Middleton-LP-photo.png 992w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Olive-Middleton-LP-photo-300x282.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Olive-Middleton-LP-photo-768x722.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Orror! Che mi consigli tu? Olive Middleton, unknown baritone, La Puma Opera Company [1960s]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"891\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-late-record-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-late-record-cover.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-late-record-cover-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-late-record-cover-768x713.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Qui Radam\u00e8s verr\u00e0&#8230; O patria mia. Nat\u00e1lia de Andrade, unknown pianist [ca. 1985]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"931\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Live-on-Cable-BackCover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Live-on-Cable-BackCover.png 646w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Live-on-Cable-BackCover-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Mai pi\u00f9, mai pi\u00f9&#8230; O freschi valli. Mari Lyn, Howard Salat, \u201cBelgravia Philharmonia Symphonica Orchestra\u201d [1980s]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aida-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aida-Cover.jpg 593w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aida-Cover-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Sorry, I could find no photos of Sylvia Sawyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohim\u00e8! morir mi sento! Sylvia Sawyer, Alberto Paoletti, Orchestra del Teatro dell\u2019Opera di Roma [1952]<\/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=\"960\" height=\"883\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-Portuguese-Opera-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-Portuguese-Opera-cover.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-Portuguese-Opera-cover-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-Portuguese-Opera-cover-768x706.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pace, pace mio Dio (<em>La forza del destino<\/em>). Nat\u00e1lia de Andrade, unknown pianist [mid-1980s]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From <em>La traviata<\/em>:<\/p>\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=\"772\" data-id=\"12085\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-1-1024x772.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-1-1024x772.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-1-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-1-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-1.png 1155w\" 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=\"771\" data-id=\"12083\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-2-1024x771.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-2-1024x771.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-2-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-2-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-2.png 1125w\" 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=\"12080\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-3-1024x789.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-3-1024x789.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-3-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-3-768x592.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-3.png 1109w\" 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=\"763\" data-id=\"12084\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-4-1-1024x763.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-4-1-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-4-1-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-4-1-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-4-1.png 1157w\" 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=\"782\" data-id=\"12081\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-5-1024x782.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-5-1024x782.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-5-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-5-768x586.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-5.png 1124w\" 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=\"786\" data-id=\"12082\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-6-1024x786.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-6-1024x786.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-6-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-6-768x590.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-6.png 1133w\" 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=\"774\" data-id=\"12086\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-7-1024x774.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-7-1024x774.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-7-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-7-768x580.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-7.png 1146w\" 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=\"784\" data-id=\"12087\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-8-1024x784.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-8-1024x784.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-8-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-8-768x588.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-8.png 1150w\" 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=\"767\" data-id=\"12088\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-9-1024x767.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-9-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-9-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-9-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Mari-Lyn-Look-No.-9.png 1159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The many looks (and wigs!) of Mari Lyn. Stills from <em>The Golden Treasury of Song<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ah! fors\u2019\u00e8 lui&#8230; Sempre libera. Mari Lyn, The Howard Salat Quartet Local 802. [from the Manhattan Cable Access program <em>The Golden Treasury of Song<\/em>, episode \u201cExcerpts from Verdi\u2019s La Traviata\u201d] [1980s]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"935\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-and-Hands.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-and-Hands.png 674w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Natalia-and-Hands-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Teneste la promessa&#8230; Addio del passato. 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