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Brian Castles-Onion Introduces Ira Siff (Listeners\u2019 Favorites I)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 230.  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alignright\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link 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\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">Welcome to Season Five of Countermelody! While I indulge in a much-needed break for the month of January (my first in four years!), I have asked a number of <\/span><i style=\"font-size: revert;\">Countermelody<\/i><span style=\"font-size: revert;\"> fans and listeners to provide spoken introductions to some of their favorite episodes from the first three seasons of the podcast. Today conductor Brian Castles-Onion introduces an episode from June 2020, as we neared the height of the pandemic and the panic surrounding it. It is an interview with Ira Siff, artistic director of La Gran Scena Opera Company di New York, alter ego of the beloved \u201ctraumatic soprano\u201d Vera Galupe-Borszkh, lecturer for the Metropolitan Opera Guild and Weekly Commentator on the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts. So much has changed for everyone since the interview was recorded in January 2020, most poignantly (as relates to this episode) the death of our beloved Chic Walker (who portrayed Dame Emily Post-Morddum and Alfredo Sorta-Pudgi in La Gran Scena) on 11 April 2022; the passing of Renata Scotto on 16 August 2023; and the winding down of operations of the Metropolitan Opera Guild that same month.<\/span><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:14.4pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;\nline-height:normal\"><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My association with <strong><em>Ira Siff<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>La Gran Scena Opera Company di New York<\/em><\/strong>goes back more than thirty years, when Ira provided me with my first employment as a professional singer when my alter ego Daniela della Scarpone sang for two years with the renowned travesty opera company. I sat down with Ira in his East Village apartment in January 2020 for a wide-ranging interview in which we discuss his early days as a standee at the old Met (where some of his opera-going experiences included Maria Callas\u2019s final Tosca performances, Renata Scotto\u2019s 1965 debut as Madama Butterfly, and Leonie Rysanek\u2019s wild traversals of Verdi and Wagner). He discusses his first performing experiences in the early 1970s in association with Al Carmines and others, the genesis of La Gran Scena and their development into a worldwide phenomenon, and his subsequent \u201clegitimate\u201d career as lecturer, stage director, vocal coach and voice teacher and commentator all stemmed from in his words, \u201cgetting in a dress and singing soprano,\u201d which he dubs \u201cthe strangest part.\u201d This is a free-wheeling and extremely Opera Queeny interview, peppered with Ira\u2019s unique anecdotes and snippets from Gran Scena (and other!) performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:14.4pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.2gd;\nline-height:normal\"><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"416\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brian-C-O.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13603\" style=\"width:650px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brian-C-O.jpg 416w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Brian-C-O-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s guest host <strong><em>Brian Castles-Onion<\/em><\/strong> is one of Australia\u2019s most exciting and well-known opera conductors. Completing his tertiary studies at the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, his outstanding achievements speak for themselves. He has worked at New York\u2019s Metropolitan Opera, the Julliard School of Music and the Rossini Festival in Italy, and has held the position of Artistic Director of Canterbury Opera in New Zealand. He currently continues his long run association with Opera Australia. His conducting experience includes well over five hundred opera performances throughout Australia, Asia and New Zealand alone. He was on the podium for Opera Australia\u2019s 40th Anniversary Gala and 60th Anniversary Gala, The Robert Allman Farewell Gala and conducted the Dame Joan Sutherland State Memorial Service \u2013 which was broadcast internationally on television and radio. His book <strong><em>Losing the Plot in Opera<\/em><\/strong> has been a Best Seller in Australia and the UK. Brian became a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2017 Australia Day Honours List. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"838\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera10.png 838w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera10-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera10-768x433.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vera Galupe-Borszkh (as embodied by Ira Siff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s interviewee and subject, <strong><em>Ira Siff<\/em><\/strong>, is a native New Yorker who grew up on the standing room line of the old Metropolitan Opera, worshiping the famous singers of the 60\u2019s. A graduate of the Cooper Union, with a degree in Fine Arts, Mr. Siff began to study voice, and made his debut as a tenor in 1970. For the next decade, he performed roles in opera, operetta and musicals in New York, at The New York Shakespeare Festival, Circle in the Square, Playwrights Horizons, and many other venues. Turning to cabaret, Ira created an act using vocal parody of opera, jazz, and other styles of music, gaining critical acclaim, and a loyal following. In 1981, he founded <em>La Gran Scena Opera Company di New York<\/em>, the internationally acclaimed travesty troupe, whose gifted falsetto \u201cdivas\u201d have spoofed opera with great affection for over two decades, in New York annually, and on tours to some of the great festivals, theatres and opera houses of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" 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\/2020\/06\/Ira-in-SFO-Interview-on-Carmen-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-in-SFO-Interview-on-Carmen-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-in-SFO-Interview-on-Carmen-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-in-SFO-Interview-on-Carmen-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-in-SFO-Interview-on-Carmen.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2000, he turned to stage directing, gaining critical acclaim for his productions of operas at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Sarasota Opera, The Caramoor Festival, and the Tanglewood Music Festival. All in all, he has directed operas for companies in New Jersey to New Zealand, with stops along the way in Puerto Rico, Lima, Peru and Utah. Singers whom he has directed include Sumi Jo, Dolora Zajick, Aprile Millo, Eglise Gutierrez, Krassimira Stoyanova, and the late Marcello Giordani. Conductors with whom he has collaborated as a stage director have included Richard Bonynge, Christoph von Dohn\u00e1nyi, and James Levine.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-in-Younger-Days.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-in-Younger-Days.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-in-Younger-Days-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For the past thirty years, Mr. Siff has been a voice teacher and interpretive coach, teaching in New York, Italy, Israel, Holland and China, giving Master Classes for the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and was on the faculty of the Renata Scotto Vocal Academy. Ira was a guest teacher of bel canto technique at The Royal Conservatory in Den Haag in 2008, and then at the Dutch National Opera Academy for five seasons, and at the Amsterdam Conservatory in The Netherlands where he returned annually, and was appointed Permanent Guest Teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"328\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-great-pic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-great-pic.png 328w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-great-pic-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For the past thirty years, Mr. Siff has been a voice teacher and interpretive coach, teaching in New York, Italy, Israel, Holland and China, giving Master Classes for the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and was on the faculty of the Renata Scotto Vocal Academy. Ira was a guest teacher of bel canto technique at The Royal Conservatory in Den Haag in 2008, and then at the Dutch National Opera Academy for five seasons, and at the Amsterdam Conservatory in The Netherlands where he returned annually, and was appointed Permanent Guest Teacher. He has also given master classes in bel canto and verismo for the Metropolitan Opera Guild every season since 2008 and has presented sold-out lectures for the Met Guild as well on a variety of operatic topics. These lectures can be heard on the podcast of the Metropolitan Opera Guild. Ira also lectures on opera twenty times a season for two private classes, has been a contributor of reviews and features to <em>Opera News<\/em> since 1997 and has been Weekly Commentator on the Met Broadcasts since 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira.jpg 512w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/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 is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"317\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gran-Scena.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4940\" style=\"width:571px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gran-Scena.jpg 317w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gran-Scena-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>La Gran Scena Opera Company<\/strong> was conceived and launched in 1981 by its Artistic Director Ira Siff and performed extensively in New York and around the world for the next twenty years. After appearances in Munich in 1985 (a performance preserved on DVD and published by Video Arts International), Italian appearances in Venice, Vicenze, Mestre, and Como followed, as well as a special appearance in Zurich.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/crop-0-0-303-461-0-Program.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/crop-0-0-303-461-0-Program.jpg 303w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/crop-0-0-303-461-0-Program-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 1989 the company debuted at the Theater des Westens here in Berlin, at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. All three debuts were a great success and the company returned for extended seasons to all three in 1990. In addition, the 1989-90 season brought appearances at the Wexford Festival, The Belfast Festival, Mayfest in Glasgow and the Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt. Their long season of Verdi that year at The Ballroom won Gran Scena a MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets) Award for Major New York Comedy Engagement. In 1990 -1991, Gran Scena began their Tenth Anniversary Celebration with performances in New York at Symphony Space, followed by a two week season at The Ballroom (sidebar: I was a company member during those two seasons and sang with them in all those performances, which appearances marked my professional singing debut).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"843\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Scarpone-as-Angel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Scarpone-as-Angel.jpg 843w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Scarpone-as-Angel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Scarpone-as-Angel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Scarpone-as-Angel-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daniela della Scarpone (Daniel Gundlach) waiting backstage at The Ballroom during a performance<br>with <em>La Gran Scena<\/em> in 1989.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Further appearances for the company included debuts in the opera houses of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, a full run at the Edinburgh Festival; further UK appearances at the Manchester Festival, the Buxton Opera House, and the Bloomsbury Theatre (where they performed for five seasons in total), and debuts in Spain and The Netherlands (where they were enormously popular and made numerous return engagements and tours), and Belgium. The company returned to Germany to perform in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Wiesbaden, and Hannover and performed as well in Barcelona, Montreal, Chicago, Brisbane, and Uruguay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In New York, the company\u2019s performances at Town Hall, Symphony Space, and (finally in 1998 at Lincoln Center\u2019s Alice Tully Hall) were enormously popular and earned them a legion of fans, including Renata Scotto, Joan Sutherland, Leontyne Price, Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, James Levine, and Anna Moffo, among many others, whose appearances at live performances of the company were a thrill and delight for all who were in attendance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"4975\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-in-Black-Dress.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-in-Black-Dress.jpg 336w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-in-Black-Dress-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"302\" data-id=\"4976\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-in-color-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-in-color-1.jpg 197w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-in-color-1-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"141\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"4977\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-Small.jpg 141w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-Small-106x300.jpg 106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The company wound down its activities with a New York Farewell in October 2001 and a week of performances at the Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona in November 2002, but the company\u2019s prima donna, \u201ctraumatic soprano\u201d Vera Galupe-Borzkh, (as embodied by Ira Siff), continued to alternately present comeback performances and annual farewell recitals until 2009, when Ira and Madame Vera finally bid farewell to the stage for real. Fortunately, for the joy and amusement of opera lovers everywhere, many of the performances of Vera and other favorite company members, including Philene Wannelle, Sylvia Bills, Fodor Szedan, Alfredo Sorta-Pudgi, and the legendary 105-year-old diva Gabriella Tonnoziti-Casseruola, under the various batons of the company\u2019s various music directors, including Francesco Folinari-Soave-Coglioni, Sergio Zawa, Helmut Maria Dorf, and Lorenzo Costellata-Denaro are available for viewing on Madame Vera\u2019s YouTube channel as well as on DVD\u2019s published by VAI, including the delicious biographical show, <em>Vera: Life of a Diva<\/em> and <em>The Annual Farewell Recital<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"761\" data-id=\"4941\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gran-Scena-DVD.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gran-Scena-DVD.png 536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gran-Scena-DVD-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"746\" data-id=\"4943\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-The-Annual-Farewell-Recital-DVD.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-The-Annual-Farewell-Recital-DVD.png 536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-The-Annual-Farewell-Recital-DVD-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"4942\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-Life-of-a-Diva-DVD.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-Life-of-a-Diva-DVD.jpg 529w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-Life-of-a-Diva-DVD-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera13.png 510w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera13-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BJCRK1YEa_s&amp;t=1902s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Two excerpts from <em>Vera: Life of a Diva<\/em>. Vera Galupe Borszkh [Ira Siff]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:69px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=groORhXvcC4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Richard Wagner: Ho-jo-to-ho (<em>Die Walk\u00fcre<\/em>)<\/strong><\/a>. Vera Galupe-Borszkh, Francesco Folinari-Soave-Coglioni [Ross Barentyne]. New York, 15 May 1993<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QvaAbW6t2NY\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Francis Poulenc: Les chemins de l&#8217;amour<\/strong><\/a>. Vera Galupe-Borszkh, Maestro Francesco Folinari-Soavi-Coglioni<\/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 is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"741\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Olivero-as-Tosca-741x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Olivero-as-Tosca-741x1024.jpg 741w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Olivero-as-Tosca-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Olivero-as-Tosca.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: Vissi d&#8217;arte (<em>Tosca<\/em>). Magda Olivero<\/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 is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Olive-Middleton.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4948\" style=\"width:422px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Olive-Middleton.jpg 170w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Olive-Middleton-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mme. Middleton<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Francesco Cilea: Io son l&#8217;umile ancella (<em>Adriana Lecouvreur<\/em>). Olive Middleton; La Puma Opera Company<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:82px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"219\" height=\"369\" data-id=\"4950\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-and-Renata-YOUNGER.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-and-Renata-YOUNGER.jpg 219w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-and-Renata-YOUNGER-178x300.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"448\" data-id=\"4951\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-and-Renatina-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-and-Renatina-1.jpg 410w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-and-Renatina-1-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"341\" data-id=\"4949\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-and-Renata.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-and-Renata.jpg 218w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-and-Renata-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: cadenza from Arrigo, ah, parli a un core (<em>I vespri siciliani<\/em>). Renata Scotto [composite recording]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:63px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"479\" data-id=\"4952\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gabriella.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gabriella.png 621w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gabriella-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"465\" data-id=\"4954\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gabriella3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gabriella3.png 626w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gabriella3-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"463\" data-id=\"4953\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gabriella2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gabriella2.png 637w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gabriella2-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1MEISVIX7hs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Henry Bishop: Home, sweet home (<em>Clari<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Gabriella Tonnoziti-Casseruola [Keith Jurosko]; Sylvia Bills [Joe Simmons], Maestro Francesco Folinari-Soave-Coglioni [Ross Barentyne]. New York, 15 May 1993<\/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=\"828\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Old-Divas2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Old-Divas2.png 828w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Old-Divas2-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Old-Divas2-768x413.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BLqWHu5Ord8\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Engelbert Humperdinck: Evening Prayer (<em>Hansel and Gretel<\/em>)<\/strong><\/a>. Gabriella Tonnoziti-Casseruola, Dame Emily Post-Morddum [Charles Walker]; Maestro Francesco Folinari-Soave-Coglioni. NYC 1989. If you watch the video very closely,  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BLqWHu5Ord8?t=540\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>between 9:00-9:30<\/strong><\/a>, you can see me (as Daniela della Scarpone) sprinkling fairy dust on the old divas.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"272\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dan-as-Angel-between-Old-Divas.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dan-as-Angel-between-Old-Divas.png 272w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dan-as-Angel-between-Old-Divas-183x300.png 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A fleeting image of me between the two old divas, sprinkling fairy dust on them.<\/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=\"432\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sutherland-Tucker.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sutherland-Tucker.jpg 432w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sutherland-Tucker-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti: Verranno a te sull&#8217;aure (<em>Lucia di Lammermoor<\/em>). Joan Sutherland, Richard Tucker; Antonino Votto, Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra [14 October 1961]<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Rysanek-Desdemona.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4969\" style=\"width:406px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Rysanek-Desdemona.jpg 224w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Rysanek-Desdemona-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Mio superbo guerrier (<em>Otello<\/em>). Leonie Rysanek; Tullio Serafin, Rome Opera Orchestra [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"846\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Callas-Gobbi-Tosca.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Callas-Gobbi-Tosca.jpg 846w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Callas-Gobbi-Tosca-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Callas-Gobbi-Tosca-768x584.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: <em>Tosca<\/em>, Excerpt from Act II. Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi; Carlo Felice Cillario, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [London 24 January 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=\"667\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scotto-Butterfly-1-667x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scotto-Butterfly-1-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scotto-Butterfly-1-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scotto-Butterfly-1-768x1179.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scotto-Butterfly-1.jpg 782w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: Ancora un passo or via (<em>Madama Butterfly<\/em>). Renata Scotto; Arturo Basile, Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della Radiotelevisione Italiana [12 September 1967]<\/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 is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/John-Alexander.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/John-Alexander.jpg 630w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/John-Alexander-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod: Salut, demeure chaste et pure (<em>Faust<\/em>). John Alexander; Alberto Erede, WDR Radio Orchestra [K\u00f6ln, 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Crespin-as-Tosca-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Crespin-as-Tosca-1.jpg 476w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Crespin-as-Tosca-1-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: Ed io venivo a lui (Tosca). R\u00e9gine Crespin; Carlo Felice Cillario [Buenos Aires, July 1962]<\/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=\"410\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Al-Carmines.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Al-Carmines.jpg 410w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Al-Carmines-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Al Carmines<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Al Carmines: Song from <em>Xmas Rappings<\/em>. Ira Siff and The Judson Poets&#8217; Theatres Chorus [rec. 1979]<\/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 has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"564\" data-id=\"4989\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Richard-Burke-Song.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Richard-Burke-Song.png 346w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Richard-Burke-Song-184x300.png 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"254\" data-id=\"4988\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Julie-Kurnitz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4988\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Julie Kurnitz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Burke: Opera Parody from <em>I&#8217;ve Got this Song<\/em>. Ira Siff, Julie Kurnitz [1979]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Vera-in-White-2-1024x774.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Vera-in-White-2-1024x774.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Vera-in-White-2-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Vera-in-White-2-768x581.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Vera-in-White-2.png 1428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aYsJQ4t3pSk?t=617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vincenzo Bellini: Son vergin vezzosa (<em>I Puritani<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Vera Galupe-Borszkh; Helmut Maria Dorf [Richard Burke]; La Gran Scena Opera Company [New York, October 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=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-as-Tosca.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-as-Tosca.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Vera-as-Tosca-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kSs7V-sXEvY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Giacomo Puccini: In questa reggia (Turandot)<\/a><\/strong>. Vera Galupe-Borszkh; Helmut Maria Dorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Philene-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Philene-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Philene-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Philene-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Philene.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Philene Wannelle as Dalila<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mADyDSUlgYE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Georges Bizet: Pr\u00e8s des remparts de S\u00e9ville (<em>Carmen<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Philene Wannelle [Philip Koch], Juan Ponda-Linguine [Francisco Casanova]; Francesco Folinari-Soavi-Coglioni [New York 1986]<\/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 has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"438\" data-id=\"4991\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sylvia1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sylvia1.png 644w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sylvia1-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"439\" data-id=\"4992\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sylvia2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sylvia2.png 635w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Sylvia2-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Excerpt from the narration for La Gran Scena&#8217;s <em>Tosca<\/em> Scene. Sylvia Bills [Bruce Hopkins]<\/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=\"607\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lilli-and-Anneliese.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lilli-and-Anneliese.png 607w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lilli-and-Anneliese-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZvXml3h1TZk&amp;t=346s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anneliese Rothenberger introduces Lilli Palmer to her television show, <em>Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre<\/em> [Holiday episode, 1971]<\/a><\/strong><\/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=\"480\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Marg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Marg.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Marg-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Margaret Juntwait (1957-2015)<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ft_OC8FUUv8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Holiday Banter. Margaret Juntwait and Vera Galupe-Borszkh [WNYC-FM Radio]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hans-on-TV.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hans-on-TV.png 841w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hans-on-TV-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hans-on-TV-768x389.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m1FHUL9NP3Y\" target=\"_blank\">Johannes Brahms: Die Mainacht, Op. 43\/2<\/a><\/strong>. Hans Pieter Herman; Peter Nilsson [Dutch television 2012]. For information on The Fidelio Foundation for Dealing with Hearing Health and Loss among Musicians, please contact Hans Pieter Herman directly at hanspieterherman@me.com. Please visit Hans&#8217;s website by <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hanspieterherman.nl\/English\/welcome.html\" target=\"_blank\">clicking here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"504\" data-id=\"4996\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-and-Hans.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-and-Hans.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-and-Hans-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"285\" data-id=\"4997\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-and-Hans-at-their-wedding-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-and-Hans-at-their-wedding-1.jpg 390w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ira-and-Hans-at-their-wedding-1-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"441\" data-id=\"4956\" 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