{"id":13092,"date":"2023-11-09T17:46:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T16:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=13092"},"modified":"2023-11-13T23:22:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T22:22:23","slug":"episode-222-shirley-verrett-falcon-sfogatissima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/09\/episode-222-shirley-verrett-falcon-sfogatissima\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 222. Shirley Verrett, Falcon Sfogatissima"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 222.  Shirley Verrett, Falcon Sfogatissima<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=931-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links 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srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-fierce-886x1024.png 886w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-fierce-259x300.png 259w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-fierce-768x888.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-fierce.png 934w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It is hard to believe that it\u2019s already been 13 years since the death of Shirley Verrett on November 5, 2010. It has also already been four years since I did a pair of episodes on this extraordinary and beloved artist, and this anniversary gives me the perfect excuse to revisit the work of this mezzo-soprano turned soprano who more than any other singer in my experiences (even soon-to-be birthday girl Maria Callas) was capable of singing nearly anything. This type of singer is sometimes referred to as a <em>soprano sfogato<\/em> (or a falcon, after the 19th century French mezzo-cum-soprano Corn\u00e9lie Falcon. Since Verrett, like Falcon, sang both mezzo and soprano, I instead coin the term <em>falcon sfogatissima<\/em> to describe her vocal magic. This episode is chock full of examples of Verrett\u2019s impassioned yet technically-grounded vocalism, from art songs by Brahms and Pasatieri to operatic roles by Handel, Gluck, Cherubini, Bellini, Puccini, and Verdi (including both soprano and mezzo roles in <em>Aida<\/em> and the <em>Messa da Requiem<\/em> and soprano roles in <em>Ballo in Maschera<\/em>, <em>Macbeth<\/em>, <em>Don Carlo<\/em>, and <em>Otello<\/em>). I close the episodes with Verrett\u2019s astonishing but limited forays into the German operatic repertoire. Her collaborators on this episode include conductors Seiji Ozawa, Claudio Abbado, Bernard Haitink, Zubin Mehta, Eve Queler, Georges Pr\u00eatre, Sarah Caldwell, and the late Kenneth Montgomery; and fellow operatic greats Sherrill Milnes, Luciano Pavarotti, James McCracken, Robert Massard (last week\u2019s featured artist), and her frenemy the late Grace Bumbry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" 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\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"962\" height=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Storm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Storm.png 962w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Storm-300x294.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Storm-768x752.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pete Seeger: Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Shirley Verrett, Orchestra arranged and conducted by Leonard de Paur [1966]<\/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=\"381\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Norma-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13365\" style=\"width:640px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Norma-2.jpg 381w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Norma-2-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vincenzo Bellini, Felice Romani: No, non tremare (<em>Norma<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Orchestra conducted by Jan Behr [live Boston 19.IV.1976]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Norma.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Norma.jpg 739w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Norma-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/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=\"518\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Bumbry.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13338\" style=\"width:627px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Bumbry.jpg 518w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Bumbry-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vincenzo Bellini, Felice Romani: Mira, o Norma (<em>Norma<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Grace Bumbry, Eve Queler, Opera Orchestra of New York [live Carnegie Hall 31.I.1982]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"953\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Medee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Medee.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Medee-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Luigi Cherubini, Fran\u00e7ois-Beno\u00eet Hoffmann [after Euripides]: Eum\u00e9nides, des argonautes (<em>Med\u00e9e<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Pinchas Steinberg, Orchestre de l&#8217;Op\u00e9ra National de Paris [Paris 10.III.86]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Massard-Verrett-Samson-1970-1024x567.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Massard-Verrett-Samson-1970-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Massard-Verrett-Samson-1970-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Massard-Verrett-Samson-1970-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Massard-Verrett-Samson-1970.png 1185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns, Ferdinand Lemaire: Il faut, pour assouvir ma haine (<em>Samson et Dalila<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Robert Massard, Georges Pr\u00eatre, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano [live 25.I.1970]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Young-Formal.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Young-Formal.jpg 665w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Young-Formal-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johannes Brahms, I Corinthians 13 [German translation by Martin Luther]: Wenn ich mit Menschen und mit Engelszungen redete [excerpt] (<em>Vier ernste Ges\u00e4nge<\/em>, Op. 121\/4). Shirley Verrett, Marius Nygaard [live New York 15.III.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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-in-Recital-1024x662.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-in-Recital-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-in-Recital-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-in-Recital-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-in-Recital.jpg 1113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Thomas Pasatieri, James Agee: Sonnet (<em>Three Poems of James Agee<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Warren Wilson [live New York 13.IV.1974]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-ca-1970.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-ca-1970.jpg 512w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-ca-1970-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, librettist unknown [after Ludovico Ariosti]: Mi lusinga il dolce affetto (<em>Alcina<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Warren Wilson [live Edinburgh 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=\"942\" height=\"936\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Orfeo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Orfeo.png 942w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Orfeo-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Orfeo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Orfeo-768x763.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Christoph Willibald Gluck, Rainieri de&#8217; Calzabigi: Numi! Barbari numi! (<em>Orfeo ed Euridice<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Seiji Ozawa, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI [live 30.VI.1970]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Iphigenie-and-boat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Iphigenie-and-boat.jpg 520w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Iphigenie-and-boat-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Christoph Willibald Gluck, Nicolas-Fran\u00e7ois Guillard [after Racine and Euripides]: \u00d4 malheureuse Iphig\u00e9nie (<em>Iphig\u00e9nie en Tauride<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Kenneth Montgomery, Orchestre et Choeur de l&#8217;Op\u00e9ra National de Paris [live Paris 1984]<\/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=\"715\" height=\"916\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Verrett-Alceste-hands.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Verrett-Alceste-hands.png 715w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Verrett-Alceste-hands-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Christoph Willibald Gluck, Ranieri de&#8217; Calzabigi, Fran\u00e7ois-Louis Gand le Bland du Roullet [after Euripides]: Je n&#8217;ai jamais ch\u00e9ri la vie (<em>Alceste<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Michael Sch\u00f8nwandt, Orchestre de l&#8217;Op\u00e9ra National de Paris [live 1985]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Iphigenie-730x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Iphigenie-730x1024.jpg 730w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Iphigenie-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Iphigenie-768x1077.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Iphigenie-1096x1536.jpg 1096w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Iphigenie.jpg 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/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=\"687\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Amneris.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Amneris.jpg 687w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Amneris-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni: Sacerdoti: compiste un delitto! (<em>Aida<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Edward Downes, Omroeporkest and Groot Omroepkoor [Amsterdam 18.XII.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=\"1024\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Aida-1024x800.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Aida-1024x800.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Aida-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Aida-768x600.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Aida.png 1382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni: L\u00e0, tra i foreste vergine (<em>Aida<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, James McCracken, Sarah Caldwell, Opera Company of Boston [live Boston 08.VI.1980]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-McCracken-in-Otello.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13350\" style=\"width:640px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-McCracken-in-Otello.jpg 450w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-McCracken-in-Otello-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito [after William Shakespeare]: Mi guarda! il volto e l\u2019anima ti svelo (<em>Otello<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, James McCracken, Sarah Caldwell, Opera Company of Boston [Boston 31.V.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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Pearls-692x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Pearls-692x1024.jpg 692w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Pearls-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Pearls.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Liber scriptus (<em>Messa da Requiem<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus [live Tanglewood 11.VII.81]<\/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=\"672\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-in-Red-672x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-in-Red-672x1024.jpg 672w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-in-Red-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-in-Red.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem aeternam [from Libera me] (<em>Messa da Requiem<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Claudio Abbado, Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milano [live Budapest 16.VI.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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Pavarotti-1024x738.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Pavarotti-1024x738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Pavarotti-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Pavarotti-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Pavarotti-1536x1107.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Pavarotti.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Somma [after Eug\u00e8ne Scribe]: Oh, qual soave brivido (<em>Un ballo in maschera<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Luciano Pavarotti, Claudio Abbado, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano [live 30.XII.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=\"574\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Lady-Macbeth-at-the-Bubbler.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Lady-Macbeth-at-the-Bubbler.jpg 574w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Lady-Macbeth-at-the-Bubbler-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after William Shakespeare]: Ma dimmi, altra voce non parti d&#8217;udire? (<em>Macbeth<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Sherrill Milnes, Orchestra conducted by Anton Guadagno [live New York 1989]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"883\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MIlnes-Verrett-Favorita.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MIlnes-Verrett-Favorita.png 883w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MIlnes-Verrett-Favorita-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MIlnes-Verrett-Favorita-768x496.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/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=\"796\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Tosca-796x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Tosca-796x1024.png 796w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Tosca-233x300.png 233w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Tosca-768x987.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Tosca.png 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa [after Victorien Sardou]: Ors\u00f9, Tosca, parlate (<em>Tosca<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Sherrill Milnes, Veriano Luchetti, Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra [live 26.VII.1980]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"796\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Milnes-70s-hunky-796x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Milnes-70s-hunky-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Milnes-70s-hunky-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Milnes-70s-hunky-768x987.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Milnes-70s-hunky.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/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=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Dance.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Dance.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Dance-300x270.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Joseph M\u00e9ry, Camille du Locle [after Friedrich Schiller; Italian translation by Achille de Lauzi\u00e8res: Tu che le vanit\u00e0 (<em>Don Carlo<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Stefan Soltesz, Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique [live Paris 02.II.1987]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Eboli-Wien-1970.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Eboli-Wien-1970.jpg 684w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Eboli-Wien-1970-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Verrrett as Eboli [Wien 1970]<\/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=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Sooter-Fidelio-1024x787.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Sooter-Fidelio-1024x787.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Sooter-Fidelio-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Sooter-Fidelio-768x591.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Sooter-Fidelio.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shirley Verrett and Edward Sooter in <em>Fidelio<\/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>Ludwig Van Beethoven, Joseph Sonnleithner [after Jean-Nicolas Bouilly]: So leuchtet mir ein Farbenbogen\u2026 Komm, Hoffnung\u2026 Ich folg\u2019 dem innern Triebe (<em>Fidelio<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink [live New York III.1982]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"970\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Liebestod-1024x970.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Liebestod-1024x970.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Liebestod-300x284.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Liebestod-768x727.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Verrett-Liebestod.png 1077w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner: Mild und leise [Liebestod] (<em>Tristan und Isolde<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Zubin Mehta, New York Philharmonic [live Avery Fisher Hall 24.IX.77]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Headshot-599x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Headshot-599x1024.png 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Headshot-175x300.png 175w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Shirley-Headshot.png 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 222. 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