{"id":13640,"date":"2024-01-23T07:16:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=13640"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:48:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:48:53","slug":"episode-236-howard-hart-introduces-christa-ludwig-listeners-favorites-vii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/23\/episode-236-howard-hart-introduces-christa-ludwig-listeners-favorites-vii\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 236. Howard Hart Introduces Christa Ludwig (Listeners\u2019 Favorites VII)"},"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 236.  Howard Hart Introduces Christa Ludwig (Listeners\u2019 Favorites VII)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=994-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 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class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-at-Piano.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-at-Piano.jpg 900w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-at-Piano-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-at-Piano-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-at-Piano-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My friend and fellow opera podcaster Howard Hart introduces the first of this week\u2019s Listeners\u2019 Favorites episodes, my 2021 tribute to the superb <em>zwischenfach <\/em>singer Christa Ludwig, who died nearly three years ago. Ludwig was a singer whose repertoire centered around the great German composers but who also sang Verdi and French repertoire with stunning results; a mezzo-soprano who was unparalleled in Wagner, Mahler, and Brahms, but who also sang the great soprano heroines of Richard Strauss; a <em>Lieder <\/em>singer of great perception and textual acuity whose supple technique nonetheless was centered on legato singing: the greatness of this artist simply cannot be overestimated. I focus on the key composers (Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler, and Richard Wagner) and conductors (Karl B\u00f6hm, Herbert von Karajan, and Leonard Bernstein) with whom she was most closely associated, while also examining some roles that might surprise you: Cenerentola, Amneris and Marie in <em>Wozzeck<\/em>. Vocal guest stars include Gloria Davy, Victoria de los \u00c1ngeles, Reri Grist, Gundula Janowitz, Gwyneth Jones, and Ludwig\u2019s one-time husband Walter Berry. Thank you, Howard, for lending your enthusiasm and passion to my podcast in your introduction of one of your (and my) favorite singers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"910\" height=\"887\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Howard-Hart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Howard-Hart.jpg 910w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Howard-Hart-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Howard-Hart-768x749.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Howard Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"353\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Beautiful-70s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Beautiful-70s.jpg 353w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Beautiful-70s-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Karl Lappe; Im Abendrot, D.799. Christa Ludwig, Jonathan Alder [live Z\u00fcrich 10 November 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"563\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Christa-in-Furs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Christa-in-Furs.jpg 563w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Christa-in-Furs-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Schlafe, mein Liebster (<em>Weihnachts-Oratorium<\/em>). Christa Ludwig, Karl Richter, M\u00fcnchener Bach-Orchester [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Richter-685x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Richter-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Richter-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Richter-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Richter-1027x1536.jpg 1027w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Richter.jpg 1369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karl Richter (1926 \u2013 1981)<\/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=\"564\" height=\"812\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-60s-elegance.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-60s-elegance.jpg 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-60s-elegance-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gioacchino Rossini, Jacopo Ferretti: Non pi\u00f9 mesta [sung in German] (<em>La<\/em> <em>Cenerentola<\/em>). Christa Ludwig, Waldemar Kmentt, Walter Berry, Karl D\u00f6nch, Emmy Loose, Dagmar Hermann, Ludwig Welter, Alberto Erede, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper [live Wien 03.09.62]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Erede.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Erede.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Erede-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alberto Erede (1909\u2013  2001)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" data-id=\"7469\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Cosi1-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Cosi1-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Cosi1-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Cosi1-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Cosi1.png 1252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" data-id=\"7470\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Cosi5-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Cosi5-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Cosi5-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Cosi5-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Cosi5.png 1255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Two stills from the 1970 <em>Cos\u00ec<\/em> film with Gundula Janowitz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Ah, guarda, sorella! (<em>Cos\u00ec fan<\/em> <em>tutte<\/em>). Christa Ludwig, Gundula Janowitz, Karl B\u00f6hm, Wiener Philharmoniker [soundtrack to 1970 film]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Old-Gundy-and-Christa.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Old-Gundy-and-Christa.png 724w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Old-Gundy-and-Christa-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\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=\"405\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ortrud.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ortrud.png 405w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ortrud-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner: Elsa!&#8230; Wer ruft? (<em>Lohengrin<\/em>). Christa Ludwig, Victoria de los Angeles, Lovro von Mata\u010di\u0107, Orquestra del Teatro Col\u00f3n [live Buenos Aires 1964]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"849\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/De-Los-Angeles.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/De-Los-Angeles.jpg 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/De-Los-Angeles-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Victoria de los \u00c1ngeles&nbsp;(1923&nbsp;\u2013 2005)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Matacic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Matacic.png 424w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Matacic-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lovro von Mata\u010di\u0107&nbsp;(1899 \u2013 1985)<\/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=\"490\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Amneris2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Amneris2.png 490w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Amneris2-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni: Ah, vieni&#8230; Fu la sorte dell\u2019armi (<em>Aida<\/em>) [sung in German]. Christa Ludwig, Gloria Davy, Karl B\u00f6hm, Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin [live Berlin 1961]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Davy-as-Aida-633x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Davy-as-Aida-633x1024.jpg 633w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Davy-as-Aida-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Davy-as-Aida-768x1241.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Davy-as-Aida.jpg 897w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gloria Davy (1931 \u2013 2012)<\/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=\"701\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Marie-in-Wozzeck-701x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Marie-in-Wozzeck-701x1024.jpg 701w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Marie-in-Wozzeck-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Marie-in-Wozzeck-768x1122.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Marie-in-Wozzeck-1052x1536.jpg 1052w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Marie-in-Wozzeck.jpg 1402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alban Berg, Georg B\u00fcchner: Und ist kein Betrug in seinem Munde [Bible Scene] (<em>Wozzeck<\/em>). Christa Ludwig, Leopold Ludwig, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper [live Wien 19 May 1963]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"803\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Leopold-Ludwig.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Leopold-Ludwig.jpg 803w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Leopold-Ludwig-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Leopold-Ludwig-768x861.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leopold Ludwig (1908 \u2013 1979)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"866\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Leonore-1968.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Leonore-1968.png 866w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Leonore-1968-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Leonore-1968-768x416.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ludwig Van Beethoven, Joseph von Sonnleithner, revised Stephan von Breuning, Georg Friedrich Treitschke: Abscheulicher!&#8230; Komm, Hoffnung (<em>Fidelio<\/em>). Christa Ludwig, Karl B\u00f6hm, Wiener Philharmoniker [live Salzburg 12 August 1968]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bohm-Ludwig.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bohm-Ludwig.jpg 742w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bohm-Ludwig-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karl B\u00f6hm (1894 \u2013 1981) and Christa Ludwig, Salzburg 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Faerberin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Faerberin.jpg 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Faerberin-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hoffmannsthal: Barak, mein Mann&#8230; Mir anvertraut (<em>Die Frau ohne Schatten<\/em>). Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry, Herbert von Karajan [1964], Karl B\u00f6hm [1978], Wiener Philharmoniker [Barak, mein Mann live from Wien 11 June 1964]; [Mir anvertraut live from Salzburg 09 November 1974]<\/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=\"556\" height=\"700\" data-id=\"7486\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Berry-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Berry-1.jpg 556w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Berry-1-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"425\" data-id=\"7488\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Berry-Ludwig-Wozzeck.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Berry-Ludwig-Wozzeck.jpg 755w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Berry-Ludwig-Wozzeck-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"452\" data-id=\"7487\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Berry-Ludwig-record-jacket.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Berry-Ludwig-record-jacket.jpg 597w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Berry-Ludwig-record-jacket-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Walter Berry&nbsp;(1929 \u2013 2000) and Christa Ludwig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Jones.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Jones.jpg 700w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Jones-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As the Marschallin with Gwyneth Jones as Octavian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hoffmannsthal: Marie Theres\u2019&#8230; Hab mir\u2019s gelobt (<em>Der Rosenkavalier<\/em>). Christa Ludwig, Gwyneth Jones, Reri Grist, Leonard Bernstein, Wiener Philharmoniker [live Wien 13 April 1968]<\/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\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Grist-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Grist-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Grist-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Grist-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Grist-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Grist.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Octavian with Reri Grist as Sophie<\/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=\"1001\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Singing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Singing.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Singing-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Singing-768x751.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler: Der Einsame im Herbst (<em>Das Lied von der Erde<\/em>). Christa Ludwig; Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker [live Berlin 15 December 1970]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Karajan-1024x546.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Karajan-1024x546.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Karajan-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Karajan-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Karajan.jpg 1406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With Herbert von Karajan (1908 \u2013 1989)<\/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=\"526\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-and-Bernstein.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-and-Bernstein.jpg 526w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-and-Bernstein-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-and-Bernstein-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With Leonard Bernstein (1918 \u2013 1990)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Johannes Brahms, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben: Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43\/1. Christa Ludwig, Leonard Bernstein [live Tel Aviv 02 May 1972]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Bernstein.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Bernstein.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ludwig-Bernstein-300x224.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/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=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Farewell3-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Farewell3-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Farewell3-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Farewell3-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Farewell3.png 1234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Farewell2-1-1024x583.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Farewell2-1-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Farewell2-1-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Farewell2-1-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Farewell2-1.png 1234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, John Henry Mackay: Morgen!, Op. 27\/1. Christa Ludwig, Charles Spencer [live Salzburg 9 August 1993]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"1023\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Elderly-Christa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Elderly-Christa.jpg 586w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Elderly-Christa-172x300.jpg 172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 236. Howard Hart Introduces Christa Ludwig (Listeners\u2019 Favorites VII) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM My friend and fellow opera 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