{"id":13042,"date":"2023-11-01T14:12:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T13:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=13042"},"modified":"2023-11-09T17:52:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T16:52:05","slug":"episode-221-robert-massard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/01\/episode-221-robert-massard\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 221. Robert Massard"},"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-3951ce80\">Episode 221.  Robert Massard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=926-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links has-normal-icon-size 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src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Robert_Massard_de_lOpera-693x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13324\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7616279069767442;width:500px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Robert_Massard_de_lOpera-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Robert_Massard_de_lOpera-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Robert_Massard_de_lOpera-768x1135.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Robert_Massard_de_lOpera.jpg 801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/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>This is an episode I have been planning for years now! This past August 15, the great French baritone Robert Massard turned 98 years old. As many of my listeners know, I have a <em>thing<\/em> for baritones in general, and I have devoted episodes to artists of the baritone persuasion from world-renowned to virtually unknown to somewhere in-between. Just think of it: G\u00e9rard Souzay, Jorma Hynninen, Eugene Holmes, Andrzej Hiolski, Gabriel Bacquier, Will Parker, Gilbert Price: these and many more have already been featured with more (Hugo Hasslo, Eric S\u00e6d\u00e9n) on the horizon for next season. But I would be hard-pressed to think of a baritone who possessed a more beautiful natural voice, a more refined technique, or a more elegant artistry than did Robert Massard, who in his thirty-odd years of career chalked up approximately 2,500 performances, including 1,003 at the Paris Op\u00e9ra alone (the same number, he himself points out, as Don Giovanni\u2019s conquests)! Massard also sang an incredibly varied (though primarily operatic) repertoire, and this episode presents highlights from both the standard to the more obscure repertoire, from Gluck, Gounod, Verdi, and Massenet; to Reyer, Milhaud, Lalo, and Diaz (who?). These recordings are supplemented by a number of excerpts from French operetta (Planquette, Varney, Messager, and Beydts) which provide unalloyed melodic delight, the Massard voice heard at its absolute peak. And the colleagues who appear opposite Massard are like a Who\u2019s Who of great opera singers (French and otherwise) of the era: R\u00e9gine Crespin, Mady Mespl\u00e9, Denise Duval, Shirley Verrett (subject of next week\u2019s episode!), Andr\u00e9a Guiot, Jean Giraudeau, Andr\u00e9 Turp, Marilyn Horne, Ren\u00e9e Doria, Jane Rhodes, Andr\u00e9e Esposito, Rita Gorr, and the <em>falcon<\/em> Suzanne Sarroca, who died last month at the age of 96. And if you listen very closely, you will also catch fleeting glimpses of favorites Patricia Neway and George Shirley. I know I say this too often, but if you only listen to one episode of <em>Countermelody<\/em>, make it this one!<\/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<div style=\"height:10px\" 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=\"537\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Marouf.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Marouf.png 537w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Marouf-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Massard in the title role of Henri Rabaud&#8217;s <em>Marouf<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Paul Milliet, Henri Gr\u00e9mont [after Gustave Flaubert]: Salom\u00e9, demande au prisonnier (<em>H\u00e9rodiade<\/em>). Robert Massard, Orchestra conducted by J\u00e9sus Etcheverry [1961]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"521\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Etcheverry.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Etcheverry.png 521w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Etcheverry-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">J\u00e9sus Etcheverry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Verrett-Carmen-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Verrett-Carmen-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Verrett-Carmen-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Verrett-Carmen-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Verrett-Carmen-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Verrett-Carmen-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Verrett-Carmen-2-1600x1601.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Verrett-Carmen-2.jpg 1799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Hal\u00e9vy [after Prosper M\u00e9rim\u00e9e]: Si tu m\u2019aimes, Carmen (<em>Carmen<\/em>). Robert Massard, Shirley Verrett, Georges Pr\u00eatre, Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI [live 14.XII.1967]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Viorica-Cortez-Covent-Garden-1968-1024x622.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Viorica-Cortez-Covent-Garden-1968-1024x622.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Viorica-Cortez-Covent-Garden-1968-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Viorica-Cortez-Covent-Garden-1968-768x467.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Viorica-Cortez-Covent-Garden-1968.png 1349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Massard and Viorica Cortez in <em>Carmen<\/em>, Covent Garden 1968<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"359\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Doria-Mireille.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13292\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.718;width:467px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Doria-Mireille.jpg 359w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Doria-Mireille-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ren\u00e9e Doria as Mireille<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod, Michel Carr\u00e9 [after Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Mistral]: Ourrias!&#8230; Si les filles d\u2019Arles (<em>Mireille<\/em>). Robert Massard, Ren\u00e9e Doria, J\u00e9sus Etcheverry, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris [1962]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Valentin-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Valentin-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Valentin-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Valentin-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Valentin.png 1118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Patricia-Nautical-Neway.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Patricia-Nautical-Neway.png 665w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Patricia-Nautical-Neway-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Christoph Willibald Gluck, Nicolas-Fran\u00e7ois Guillard: Dieux! le malheur en tous lieux (<em>Iphig\u00e9nie en Tauride<\/em>). Robert Massard, Patricia Neway, Carlo Maria Giulini, Orchestre de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Concert du Conservatoire Paris [live Aix-en-Provence summer 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=\"643\" height=\"920\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Very-Young.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Very-Young.png 643w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Very-Young-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Andr\u00e9 Messager, Albert Willemetz: Puisqu\u2019elle ne peut elle m\u00eame (<em>Passionn\u00e9ment<\/em>). Robert Massard, unidentified soprano, orchestra conducted by Robert Benedetti [1955]<\/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\" width=\"303\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mesple-Lucia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13297\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8657142857142858;width:479px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mesple-Lucia.jpg 303w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mesple-Lucia-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, adapted J.L. Caussou, J.Y. Lamare [after Walter Scott, A. Royer, G. Va\u00ebz]: Si tu oses me trahir (<em>Lucie de Lammermoor<\/em>). Robert Massard, Mady Mespl\u00e9, Orchestra conducted by Georges S\u00e9bastian [1960]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"971\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-in-costume.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-in-costume.png 653w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-in-costume-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Somma [after Eug\u00e8ne Scribe]: Alla vita che t\u2019arride (<em>Un ballo in maschera<\/em>). Robert Massard, Reynald Giovaninetti, Orchestre Lyrique et Phiharmonique de l\u2019ORTF [1961]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"396\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Giovaninetti-1932-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Giovaninetti-1932-2021.jpg 396w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Giovaninetti-1932-2021-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reynald Giovaninetti (1932 &#8211; 2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"338\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sarroca2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13300\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6317757009345795;width:548px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sarroca2.jpg 338w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sarroca2-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(27.IV.1927 &#8211; 15.IX.2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Pietro Mascagni, Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Guido Menasci [after Giovanni Verga; French version by Paul Milliet]: Santuzza, d\u00e8s lors, je vous rends gr\u00e2ce\u2026 Avec leur perfidie [Comare Santa, allor grato vi sono\u2026 Ad essi non perdono] (<em>Cavalleria rusticana<\/em>). Robert Massard, Suzanne Sarroca, Orchestra conducted by Reynald Giovaninetti [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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Planquette.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13301\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7313915857605178;width:556px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Planquette.png 452w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Planquette-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Planquette<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Planquette, Henri Meilhac, Philippe Gille, Henry Brougham Farnie: \u00d4 jeunesse (<em>Rip<\/em>). Robert Massard, Orchestra conducted by Armand Bernard [1959]<\/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=\"662\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Varney.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Varney.png 662w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Varney-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Louis Varney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Louis Varney, Paul Ferrier, Jules Pr\u00e9vel: De la ch\u00e8re qu\u2019on m\u2019a donn\u00e9e\u2026 Ah! Quel d\u00e9jeuner j\u2019ai fait (<em>Les Mousquetaires au couvent<\/em>). Robert Massard, Orchestra conducted by Jean Laforge [1960]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter 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=\"657\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"13322\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Orestes2-657x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Orestes2-657x1024.jpg 657w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Orestes2-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Orestes2-768x1196.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Orestes2-986x1536.jpg 986w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-Orestes2.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Massard as Oreste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"357\" height=\"497\" data-id=\"13304\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Rita-Gorr-Iphigenie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Rita-Gorr-Iphigenie.jpg 357w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Rita-Gorr-Iphigenie-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gorr as Iphig\u00e9nie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Christoph Willibald Gluck, Nicolas-Fran\u00e7ois Guillard: Pylade&#8230; Ah, mon ami, j\u2019implore ta piti\u00e9\u2026 Malgr\u00e9 toi, je saurai t\u2019arracher au tr\u00e9pas\u2026 Quoi? Toujours \u00e0 mes voeux (<em>Iphig\u00e9nie en Tauride<\/em>). Robert Massard, Andr\u00e9 Turp, Rita Gorr, Georg Solti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden [live Edinburgh 23.VIII.1961]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Andre-Turp-740x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Andre-Turp-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Andre-Turp-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Andre-Turp-768x1063.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Andre-Turp.jpg 867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andr\u00e9 Turp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Horne-Pukey-Color.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Horne-Pukey-Color.png 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Horne-Pukey-Color-300x268.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hector Berlioz [after Virgil]: Signes trompeurs!&#8230; Quitte-nous d\u00e8s ce soir\/Te quitter d\u00e8s ce soir (<em>Les Troyens<\/em>). Robert Massard, Marilyn Horne, Georges Pr\u00eatre, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI [live Rome 30.V.69]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pretre.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pretre.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Pretre-300x281.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Georges Pr\u00eatre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"412\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Duval-as-Concepcion.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13310\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9951690821256038;width:478px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Duval-as-Concepcion.png 412w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Duval-as-Concepcion-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Duval-as-Concepcion-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Denise Duval<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Maurice Ravel, Franc-Nohain [n\u00e9 Maurice \u00c9tienne Legrand]: Se\u00f1or Torquemada, horloger de Tol\u00e8de?&#8230; Il reste, voil\u00e0 bien ma chance (<em>L\u2019heure espagnole<\/em>). Robert Massard, Denise Duval, Nino Falzetti, George Shirley, Georges S\u00e9bastian, Orchestra of the Teatro Col\u00f3n [live Buenos Aires 17.VI.1964]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-in-Makeup.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13311\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8849557522123894;width:508px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-in-Makeup.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-in-Makeup-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Massard as Ramiro in <em>L\u2019heure espagnole<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crespin-Penelope-1024x702.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crespin-Penelope-1024x702.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crespin-Penelope-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crespin-Penelope-768x526.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crespin-Penelope.png 1345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">R\u00e9gine Crespin as P\u00e9n\u00e9lope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabriel Faur\u00e9, Ren\u00e9 Fauchois: J\u2019ai tant d\u2019amour \u00e0 lui donner encore\u2026 Ton espoir est stupide (<em>P\u00e9n\u00e9lope<\/em>). 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Robert Massard, Jean Giraudeau, Manuel Rosenthal, Orchestre Radio Lyrique [live Paris 31.V.1955]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Manuel-Rosenthal-1024x636.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Manuel-Rosenthal-1024x636.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Manuel-Rosenthal-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Manuel-Rosenthal-768x477.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Manuel-Rosenthal.png 1345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Manuel Rosenthal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"892\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Guiot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Guiot.jpg 892w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Guiot-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Guiot-768x882.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 892px) 100vw, 892px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andr\u00e9a Guiot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ernest Reyer, Camille du Locle, Alfred Blau [after the Nibelungenlied]: Je suis Gunther, Roi des Burgondes (<em>Sigurd<\/em>). Robert Massard, Andr\u00e9a Guiot, Manuel Rosenthal, Orchestre Philharmonique de l\u2019ORTF.&nbsp; [Paris 26.VII.73]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"874\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ernest-Reyer.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ernest-Reyer.jpeg 874w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ernest-Reyer-300x211.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ernest-Reyer-768x541.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ernest Reyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"797\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jane-Rhodes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jane-Rhodes.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jane-Rhodes-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jane Rhodes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c9douard Lalo, \u00c9douard Blau: Voici l\u2019heure! 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Robert Massard, Andr\u00e9e Esposito, Albert Wolff, Orchestre Radio-Lyrique [Paris 27.VIII.59]<\/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=\"520\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-autograph.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-autograph.jpg 520w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Massard-autograph-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Louis Beydts, L\u00e9opold Marchand: Dans mes bras, r\u00eave d\u2019esp\u00e9rance [Berceuse] (<em>\u00c0 l\u2019aimable Sabine<\/em>). Robert Massard, Orchestra conducted by Jean Laforge [1960]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 221. Robert Massard SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This is an episode I have been planning for years now! 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