{"id":11991,"date":"2023-04-14T18:14:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T16:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=11991"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:52:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:52:05","slug":"episode-192-virginia-zeani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/14\/episode-192-virginia-zeani\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 192. Virginia Zeani"},"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-d1b7bb3a\">Episode 192.  Virginia Zeani: The Soul of the Voice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=802-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 is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook  wp-block-social-link\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcountermelodypodcast.com%2F%3Fp%3D11991&#038;title=Episode%20%5B%5D.%20%5B%5D\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12c0 5 3.7 9.1 8.4 9.9v-7H7.9V12h2.5V9.8c0-2.5 1.5-3.9 3.8-3.9 1.1 0 2.2.2 2.2.2v2.5h-1.3c-1.2 0-1.6.8-1.6 1.6V12h2.8l-.4 2.9h-2.3v7C18.3 21.1 22 17 22 12c0-5.5-4.5-10-10-10z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Share on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-twitter  wp-block-social-link\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcountermelodypodcast.com%2F%3Fp%3D11991&#038;link=Episode%20%5B%5D.%20%5B%5D\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M22.23,5.924c-0.736,0.326-1.527,0.547-2.357,0.646c0.847-0.508,1.498-1.312,1.804-2.27 c-0.793,0.47-1.671,0.812-2.606,0.996C18.324,4.498,17.257,4,16.077,4c-2.266,0-4.103,1.837-4.103,4.103 c0,0.322,0.036,0.635,0.106,0.935C8.67,8.867,5.647,7.234,3.623,4.751C3.27,5.357,3.067,6.062,3.067,6.814 c0,1.424,0.724,2.679,1.825,3.415c-0.673-0.021-1.305-0.206-1.859-0.513c0,0.017,0,0.034,0,0.052c0,1.988,1.414,3.647,3.292,4.023 c-0.344,0.094-0.707,0.144-1.081,0.144c-0.264,0-0.521-0.026-0.772-0.074c0.522,1.63,2.038,2.816,3.833,2.85 c-1.404,1.1-3.174,1.756-5.096,1.756c-0.331,0-0.658-0.019-0.979-0.057c1.816,1.164,3.973,1.843,6.29,1.843 c7.547,0,11.675-6.252,11.675-11.675c0-0.178-0.004-0.355-0.012-0.531C20.985,7.47,21.68,6.747,22.23,5.924z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Share on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-pinterest  wp-block-social-link\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcountermelodypodcast.com%2F%3Fp%3D11991&#038;description=Episode%20%5B%5D.%20%5B%5D\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12.289,2C6.617,2,3.606,5.648,3.606,9.622c0,1.846,1.025,4.146,2.666,4.878c0.25,0.111,0.381,0.063,0.439-0.169 c0.044-0.175,0.267-1.029,0.365-1.428c0.032-0.128,0.017-0.237-0.091-0.362C6.445,11.911,6.01,10.75,6.01,9.668 c0-2.777,2.194-5.464,5.933-5.464c3.23,0,5.49,2.108,5.49,5.122c0,3.407-1.794,5.768-4.13,5.768c-1.291,0-2.257-1.021-1.948-2.277 c0.372-1.495,1.089-3.112,1.089-4.191c0-0.967-0.542-1.775-1.663-1.775c-1.319,0-2.379,1.309-2.379,3.059 c0,1.115,0.394,1.869,0.394,1.869s-1.302,5.279-1.54,6.261c-0.405,1.666,0.053,4.368,0.094,4.604 c0.021,0.126,0.167,0.169,0.25,0.063c0.129-0.165,1.699-2.419,2.142-4.051c0.158-0.59,0.817-2.995,0.817-2.995 c0.43,0.784,1.681,1.446,3.013,1.446c3.963,0,6.822-3.494,6.822-7.833C20.394,5.112,16.849,2,12.289,2\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Share on Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-email  wp-block-social-link\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:?body=http%3A%2F%2Fcountermelodypodcast.com%2F%3Fp%3D11991&#038;subject=Episode%20%5B%5D.%20%5B%5D\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M9 11.8l6.1-4.5c.1.4.4.7.9.7h2c.6 0 1-.4 1-1V5c0-.6-.4-1-1-1h-2c-.6 0-1 .4-1 1v.4l-6.4 4.8c-.2-.1-.4-.2-.6-.2H6c-.6 0-1 .4-1 1v2c0 .6.4 1 1 1h2c.2 0 .4-.1.6-.2l6.4 4.8v.4c0 .6.4 1 1 1h2c.6 0 1-.4 1-1v-2c0-.6-.4-1-1-1h-2c-.5 0-.8.3-.9.7L9 12.2v-.4z\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Share via Email<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-reddit  wp-block-social-link\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcountermelodypodcast.com%2F%3Fp%3D11991&#038;title=Episode%20%5B%5D.%20%5B%5D\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5.27 9.221A2.775 2.775 0 0 0 2.498 11.993a2.785 2.785 0 0 0 1.6 2.511 5.337 5.337 0 0 0 2.374 4.11 9.386 9.386 0 0 0 5.539 1.7 9.386 9.386 0 0 0 5.541-1.7 5.331 5.331 0 0 0 2.372-4.114 2.787 2.787 0 0 0 1.583-2.5 2.775 2.775 0 0 0-2.772-2.772 2.742 2.742 0 0 0-1.688.574 9.482 9.482 0 0 0-4.637-1.348v-.008a2.349 2.349 0 0 1 2.011-2.316 1.97 1.97 0 0 0 1.926 1.521 1.98 1.98 0 0 0 1.978-1.978 1.98 1.98 0 0 0-1.978-1.978 1.985 1.985 0 0 0-1.938 1.578 3.183 3.183 0 0 0-2.849 3.172v.011a9.463 9.463 0 0 0-4.59 1.35 2.741 2.741 0 0 0-1.688-.574Zm6.736 9.1a3.162 3.162 0 0 1-2.921-1.944.215.215 0 0 1 .014-.2.219.219 0 0 1 .168-.106 27.327 27.327 0 0 1 2.74-.133 27.357 27.357 0 0 1 2.74.133.219.219 0 0 1 .168.106.215.215 0 0 1 .014.2 3.158 3.158 0 0 1-2.921 1.944Zm3.743-3.157a1.265 1.265 0 0 1-1.4-1.371 1.954 1.954 0 0 1 .482-1.442 1.15 1.15 0 0 1 .842-.379 1.7 1.7 0 0 1 1.49 1.777 1.323 1.323 0 0 1-.325 1.015 1.476 1.476 0 0 1-1.089.4Zm-7.485 0a1.476 1.476 0 0 1-1.086-.4 1.323 1.323 0 0 1-.325-1.016 1.7 1.7 0 0 1 1.49-1.777 1.151 1.151 0 0 1 .843.379 1.951 1.951 0 0 1 .481 1.441 1.276 1.276 0 0 1-1.403 1.373Z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Share on Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex advgb-dyn-5e5a4c85\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button advgb-dyn-932155b2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full advgb-dyn-e168e6ca\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-young.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-young.png 538w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-young-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Virginia Zeani (21 October 1925 &#8211; 20 March 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-5a996784\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of significant classical and opera singers have died in this calendar year, and this episode pays tribute to three of them. First, James Bowman, the most significant British countertenor since Alfred Deller, who died on March 27th in his 82nd year. Second, Melitta Muszely, the Austrian jugendlich dramatisch soprano of Hungarian origin who died in her native Vienna at the age of 95 on January 18. And finally, a loss which reverberated around the operatic world with particularly poignancy and finality, the great Romanian soprano Virginia Zeani, who died on March 20 at the age of 97. While the focus of the episode is on Zeani, I also discuss the significance and contributions of Bowman and Muszely in detail, as well as offering examples of some of their best recordings. In the case of Zeani, I offer a thorough career and biographical overview, including excerpts from her rare studio recordings as well as live material from both the early and late years of her performing career. Also included are recordings by her teachers Lydia Lipowska and Aureliano Pertile, and her husband, the Italian-Russian bass Nicola Rossi Lemeni. And leave it to me to find a way of bringing three such disparate artists as Bowman, Muszely, and Zeani together at the conclusion of the episode!<\/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\/Muszely-Schock-Witwe-TRIMMED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12148\" width=\"508\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muszely-Schock-Witwe-TRIMMED.jpg 346w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muszely-Schock-Witwe-TRIMMED-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Melitta Muszely (13 September 1927 &#8211; 18 January 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-3c7bf8da\"><\/div>\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\/04\/James-Bowman-1024x610.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12143\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/James-Bowman-1024x610.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/James-Bowman-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/James-Bowman-768x458.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/James-Bowman.png 1431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">James Bowman (06 November 1941 &#8211; 27 March 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/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-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bowman-Baker-Calisto-834x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12149\" width=\"640\" height=\"785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bowman-Baker-Calisto-834x1024.png 834w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bowman-Baker-Calisto-244x300.png 244w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bowman-Baker-Calisto-768x943.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bowman-Baker-Calisto.png 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">James Bowman and Janet Baker in <em>La Calisto<\/em>, Glyndebourne 1970.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Francesco Cavalli, Giovanni Faustini: Lucidissima face (<em>La Calisto<\/em>). James Bowman, Raymond Leppard, London Philharmonic Orchestra [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=\"544\" height=\"929\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muszely-Witwe.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muszely-Witwe.png 544w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muszely-Witwe-176x300.png 176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Robert Stolz, Fritz Gr\u00fcnbaum, Wilhelm Sterk: Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein (<em>Der Favorit<\/em>). Melitta Muszely, Robert Stolz, Berliner Symphoniker [ca. 1964]<\/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=\"710\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Lucia-710x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Lucia-710x1024.jpg 710w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Lucia-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Lucia-768x1107.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Lucia.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, Salvadore Cammarano [after Walter Scott]: Spargi d\u2019amaro pianto (<em>Lucia di Lammermoor<\/em>). Virginia Zeani, Vincenzo Bellezza, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of the Teatro Giuseppe Verdi Trieste [live London May 1957]<\/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=\"904\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Tosca.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Tosca.jpg 904w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Tosca-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Tosca-768x870.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after Victorien Sardou]: Il tuo sangue o l\u2019amor volea (<em>Tosca<\/em>). Virginia Zeani, Corneliu Fanateanu, Cornel Trailescu, Orchestra of the Romanian Opera in Bucharest [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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"984\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bowman-Oberon-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bowman-Oberon-1.jpg 760w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bowman-Oberon-1-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">James Bowman as Oberon in <em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Walther von der Vogelweide: Pal\u00e4stinalied. James Bowman, James Tyler [Early Music Consort of London led by David Munrow] [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bowman-choral-scholar-571x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bowman-choral-scholar-571x1024.png 571w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bowman-choral-scholar-167x300.png 167w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bowman-choral-scholar.png 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: K\u00f6nnen Tr\u00e4nen meiner Wangen (<em>Matth\u00e4us-Passion<\/em>). James Bowman, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien [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=\"756\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/James-Bowman-Headshot-756x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/James-Bowman-Headshot-756x1024.png 756w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/James-Bowman-Headshot-221x300.png 221w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/James-Bowman-Headshot-768x1041.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/James-Bowman-Headshot.png 797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Henry Purcell [after William Shakespeare], arranged and realized Benjamin Britten: One Charming Night (<em>The Fairy Queen<\/em>). James Bowman, Benjamin Britten, English Chamber 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/James-Drag-Role-2-1024x661.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/James-Drag-Role-2-1024x661.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/James-Drag-Role-2-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/James-Drag-Role-2-768x495.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/James-Drag-Role-2-1536x991.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/James-Drag-Role-2-1600x1032.png 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/James-Drag-Role-2.png 1674w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, Myfanwy Piper [after Thomas Mann]: The Games of Apollo (<em>Death in Venice<\/em>). James Bowman, Steuart Bedford, English Chamber Orchestra [live Aldeburgh 22.VI.73]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Young-Bowman-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Young-Bowman-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Young-Bowman-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Young-Bowman-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Young-Bowman-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Young-Bowman-1600x900.png 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Young-Bowman.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, text from the Chester Miracle Play: Lay down thy faggot, my own son dear (<em>Abraham and Isaac<\/em> [Canticle II], Op. 51). James Bowman, Robert Tear, Philip Ledger [1976]<\/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=\"503\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muszely-Opera-Scotland.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muszely-Opera-Scotland.jpg 503w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muszely-Opera-Scotland-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner: Im Lichter Waffen Scheine (<em>Lohengrin<\/em>). Melitta Muszely, Edward Downes, London Philharmonic Orchestra [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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-piano.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-piano.png 591w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-piano-245x300.png 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Alexandre Dumas]: Prendi, quest\u2019\u00e8 l\u2019immagine (<em>La traviata<\/em>). Virginia Zeani, Ion Buzea, Nicolae Herlea, Elena Simionescu, Nicolae Rafael, Jean Bobescu, Orchestra of the Romanian Opera in Bucharest [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=\"648\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lipowska-648x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lipowska-648x1024.jpg 648w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lipowska-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lipowska-768x1213.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Lipowska.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lydia Lipowska (10 May 1882 &#8211; 22 March 1958)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov [after Alexander Ostrovsky]: Melting Scene (<em>Snegurochka<\/em>). Lydia Lipowska, Orchestra of the Gramophone Company, Ltd. [1912]<\/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=\"785\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Pertile-785x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Pertile-785x1024.jpg 785w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Pertile-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Pertile-768x1002.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Pertile-1177x1536.jpg 1177w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Pertile.jpg 1226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Aureliano Pertile (08 November 1885 &#8211; 11 January 1952)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni: Celeste Aida (<em>Aida<\/em>). Aureliano Pertile, Carlo Sabajno, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano [1928]<\/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=\"794\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rossi-Lemeni-Boris-794x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rossi-Lemeni-Boris-794x1024.png 794w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rossi-Lemeni-Boris-233x300.png 233w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rossi-Lemeni-Boris-768x991.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rossi-Lemeni-Boris.png 837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Nicola Rossi Lemeni (06 November 1920 &#8211; 12 March 1991) as Boris Godunov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Modest Mussorgsky [after Alexander Pushkin]: I have attained the highest power [Boris\u2019s Monologue] (<em>Boris Godunov<\/em>). Nicola Rossi Lemeni, Leopold Stokowski, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"982\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Cleopatra-982x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Cleopatra-982x1024.png 982w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Cleopatra-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Cleopatra-768x801.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Cleopatra.png 1036w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Friederic Handel, Nicola Francesco Haym: Se piet\u00e0 di me non senti (<em>Giulio Cesare<\/em>). Virginia Zeani, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano [live 1956]<\/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=\"645\" height=\"837\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Poulenc.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Poulenc.png 645w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Poulenc-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Zeani with Francis Poulenc, whose <em>Dialogues of the Carmelites<\/em> she premiered at La Scala in January 1957<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ildebrando Pizzetti [after T.S. Eliot]: Verr\u00e0 marzo ventoso, ed il bifolco (<em>Assassinio della cattedrale<\/em>). Virginia Zeani, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Orchestra e Coro di Torino della RAI [radio broadcast 05.XII.1958]<\/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=\"701\" height=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Nicola-getting-on-plane.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Nicola-getting-on-plane.png 701w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Nicola-getting-on-plane-245x300.png 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, Felice Romani [after Eug\u00e8ne Scribe]: Quanto amore! (<em>L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore<\/em>).\u00a0 Virginia Zeani, Nicola Rossi Lemeni, Alfredo Simonetto, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI [radio broadcast 1958]<\/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=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Folder-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Folder-Copy.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Folder-Copy-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Arrigo Boito [after Johann Wolfgang Goethe]: L\u2019altra notte in fondo al mare (<em>Mefistofele<\/em>). Virginia Zeani, Orchestra conducted by Alfredo Silipigni [live New Jersey 1981]<\/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=\"565\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Folder-Copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Folder-Copy-1.jpg 565w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Folder-Copy-1-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Joseph M\u00e9ry, Camille du Locle, Achille de Lauzi\u00e8res [Italian transation] [after Friedrich Schiller]: Tu che le vanit\u00e0 (<em>Don Carlo<\/em>). Virginia Zeani, Mihai Brediceanu, Orchestra of the Romanian Opera in Bucharest [1969]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Butterfly-Liceu.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Butterfly-Liceu.png 587w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Butterfly-Liceu-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after John Luther Long, David Belasco]: Un bel d\u00ec vedremo (<em>Madama Butterfly<\/em>). Virginia Zeani, Mihai Brediceanu, Orchestra of the Romanian Opera in Bucharest [1969]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12169\" width=\"604\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg 460w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Anonymous: The Willow Song. James Bowman, Robert Spencer [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=\"776\" height=\"929\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muszely-sideeye.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muszely-sideeye.png 776w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muszely-sideeye-251x300.png 251w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Muszely-sideeye-768x919.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito [after William Shakespeare]: Willow Song (<em>Othello<\/em>) [sung in German]. Melitta Muszely, Franz Bauer Theussl, Orchester der Volksoper Wien [mid-1960s]<\/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=\"931\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Rossini-Desdemona-Roma-931x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Rossini-Desdemona-Roma-931x1024.png 931w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Rossini-Desdemona-Roma-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Rossini-Desdemona-Roma-768x845.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Rossini-Desdemona-Roma.png 982w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Zeani as Desdemona in Rossini&#8217;s <em>Otello<\/em>, Roma 1960<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gioacchino Rossini, Francesco Berio di Salsa [after William Shakespeare]: Willow Song (<em>Otello<\/em>). Virginia Zeani, Gloria Foglizzo, Alberto Zedda, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino [1972]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Portrait-814x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Portrait-814x1024.jpg 814w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Portrait-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Portrait-768x967.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Portrait-1220x1536.jpg 1220w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Zeani-Portrait.jpg 1399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 192. Virginia Zeani: The Soul of the Voice SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Virginia Zeani (21 October 1925 &#8211; 20&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3207,1701,424,2261,2476,2398,2399,1072,8033,2260,808,2328,2806,4980],"tags":[437,4620,3518,4267,2791,4534,77,2343,305,2604,4559,5102,4270,5103,333,4978,692,4535,5098,3222,376,280,94,140,114,464,4759,207,5097,255,4313,3192,5085,3195,298,5100,1618,1066,2833,2345,4758,5096,5106,135,1281,83,5095,5099,2601,4597,3404,3206,2617,2784,1063,2539,691,486,1453,2726,4850,5107,5105,3585,5104,453,2292,459,1233,5101,2600],"class_list":["post-11991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-behind-the-iron-curtain","category-bel-canto","category-countertenors","category-full-figured-baroque","category-giacomo-puccini","category-giuseppe-verdi","category-great-baritones","category-in-memoriam","category-johann-sebastian-bach","category-music-for-a-world-in-crisis","category-needle-drop","category-richard-wagner","category-twentieth-century-music","category-twentieth-century-opera","tag-aida","tag-alberto-zedda","tag-alexander-pushkin","tag-alexandre-dumas","tag-alfredo-simonetto","tag-antonio-ghislanzoni","tag-arrigo-boito","tag-aureliano-pertile","tag-benjamin-britten","tag-boris-godunov","tag-carlo-sabajno","tag-cornel-trailescu","tag-david-belasco","tag-death-in-venice","tag-don-carlo","tag-edward-downes","tag-francesco-cavalli","tag-francesco-maria-piave","tag-franz-bauer-theussl","tag-friedrich-schiller","tag-gaetano-donizetti","tag-george-frideric-handel","tag-giacomo-puccini","tag-gianandrea-gavazzeni","tag-gioacchino-rossini","tag-giulio-cesare","tag-giuseppe-giacosa","tag-giuseppe-verdi","tag-gloria-foglizzo","tag-henry-purcell","tag-ildebrando-pizzetti","tag-ion-buzea","tag-james-bowman","tag-jean-bobescu","tag-johann-sebastian-bach","tag-johann-wolfgang-goethe","tag-la-calisto","tag-la-traviata","tag-leopold-stokowski","tag-lohengrin","tag-luigi-illica","tag-lute-songs","tag-lydia-lipowska","tag-madama-butterfly","tag-matthaus-passion","tag-mefistofele","tag-melitta-muszely","tag-mihai-bradiceanu","tag-modest-mussorgsky","tag-myfanwy-piper","tag-nicola-rossi-lemeni","tag-nicolae-herlea","tag-nikolai-rimsky-korsakov","tag-nikolaus-harnoncourt","tag-otello","tag-philip-ledger","tag-raymond-leppard","tag-richard-wagner","tag-robert-stolz","tag-robert-tear","tag-salvadore-cammarano","tag-snegurochka","tag-t-s-eliot","tag-the-fairy-queen","tag-thomas-mann","tag-tosca","tag-vincenzo-bellezza","tag-virginia-zeani","tag-walter-scott","tag-walther-von-der-vogelweide","tag-william-shakespeare"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Desdemona-Zeani-TRIMMED-300x150.png","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/behind-the-iron-curtain\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Behind the Iron Curtain<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/bel-canto\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Bel Canto<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/countertenors\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Countertenors<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/full-figured-baroque\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Full-Figured Baroque<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/giacomo-puccini\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Puccini<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/giuseppe-verdi\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/great-baritones\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Great Baritones<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/in-memoriam\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">In Memoriam<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/johann-sebastian-bach\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Sebastian Bach<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/music-for-a-world-in-crisis\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Music for a World in Crisis<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Needle Drop<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/richard-wagner\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Wagner<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-music\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Twentieth Century Music<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Twentieth Century Opera<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Behind the Iron Curtain<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Bel Canto<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Countertenors<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Full-Figured Baroque<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Puccini<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Great Baritones<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">In Memoriam<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Sebastian Bach<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Music for a World in Crisis<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Needle Drop<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Wagner<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Twentieth Century Music<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Twentieth Century Opera<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Aida<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alberto Zedda<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alexander Pushkin<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alexandre Dumas<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alfredo Simonetto<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Antonio Ghislanzoni<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arrigo Boito<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Aureliano Pertile<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Benjamin Britten<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Boris Godunov<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carlo Sabajno<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Cornel Trailescu<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">David Belasco<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Death in Venice<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Don Carlo<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Edward Downes<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francesco Cavalli<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francesco Maria Piave<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Franz Bauer Theussl<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Friedrich Schiller<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gaetano Donizetti<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">George Frideric Handel<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Puccini<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gianandrea Gavazzeni<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gioacchino Rossini<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giulio Cesare<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Giacosa<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gloria Foglizzo<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Henry Purcell<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ildebrando Pizzetti<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ion Buzea<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">James Bowman<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jean Bobescu<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Sebastian Bach<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Wolfgang Goethe<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Calisto<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Traviata<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leopold Stokowski<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lohengrin<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Luigi Illica<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lute Songs<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lydia Lipowska<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Madama Butterfly<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Matth\u00e4us-Passion<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mefistofele<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Melitta Muszely<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mihai Bradiceanu<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Modest Mussorgsky<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Myfanwy Piper<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nicola Rossi-Lemeni<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nicolae Herlea<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov<\/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\">Otello<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Philip Ledger<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Raymond Leppard<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Wagner<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Robert Stolz<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Robert Tear<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Salvadore Cammarano<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Snegurochka<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">T.S. Eliot<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">The Fairy Queen<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Thomas Mann<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tosca<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Vincenzo Bellezza<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Virginia Zeani<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Walter Scott<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Walther von der Vogelweide<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">William Shakespeare<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Aida<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alberto Zedda<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alexander Pushkin<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alexandre Dumas<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alfredo Simonetto<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Antonio Ghislanzoni<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arrigo Boito<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Aureliano Pertile<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Benjamin Britten<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Boris Godunov<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carlo Sabajno<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Cornel Trailescu<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">David Belasco<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Death in Venice<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Don Carlo<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Edward Downes<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francesco Cavalli<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francesco Maria Piave<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Franz Bauer Theussl<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Friedrich Schiller<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gaetano Donizetti<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">George Frideric Handel<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Puccini<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gianandrea Gavazzeni<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gioacchino Rossini<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giulio Cesare<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Giacosa<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gloria Foglizzo<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Henry Purcell<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ildebrando Pizzetti<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ion Buzea<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">James Bowman<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jean Bobescu<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Sebastian Bach<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Wolfgang Goethe<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Calisto<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Traviata<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leopold Stokowski<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lohengrin<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Luigi Illica<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lute Songs<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lydia Lipowska<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Madama Butterfly<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Matth\u00e4us-Passion<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mefistofele<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Melitta Muszely<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mihai Bradiceanu<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Modest Mussorgsky<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Myfanwy Piper<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nicola Rossi-Lemeni<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nicolae Herlea<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nikolaus Harnoncourt<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Otello<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Philip Ledger<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Raymond Leppard<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Wagner<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Robert Stolz<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Robert Tear<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Salvadore Cammarano<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Snegurochka<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">T.S. Eliot<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">The Fairy Queen<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Thomas Mann<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tosca<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Vincenzo Bellezza<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Virginia Zeani<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Walter Scott<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Walther von der Vogelweide<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">William Shakespeare<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 8 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 14\/04\/2023","modified":"Updated on 29\/07\/2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 14\/04\/2023 18:14","modified":"Updated on 29\/07\/2025 10:52"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11991"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12179,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11991\/revisions\/12179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}