{"id":13875,"date":"2024-02-19T09:01:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T08:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=13875"},"modified":"2024-02-19T14:11:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T13:11:16","slug":"episode-242-damon-evans-introduces-george-shirley-bhm-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/19\/episode-242-damon-evans-introduces-george-shirley-bhm-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 242. Damon Evans Introduces George Shirley (BHM 2024)"},"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 242.  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class=\"wp-image-13897\" style=\"width:623px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Damon-and-George.png 866w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Damon-and-George-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Damon-and-George-768x593.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Damon Evans (L); George Shirley (R)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" 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=\"393\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pelleas.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pelleas.png 393w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pelleas-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">George Shirley as Pell\u00e9as<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This week I present a <em>Countermelody <\/em>mini-series paying tribute to three great African American artists who were born in Baltimore. First up is the eclectic, versatile, and prodigiously talented Damon Evans, who introduces the latest Listeners\u2019 Favorites episode, a tribute to an idol we both treasure, the phenomenal and pathbreaking George Shirley, who on April 18 will celebrate his 90th birthday. Damon chose to do his introduction as an interview, so as a prelude to the main episode, my listeners get to hear one amazing tenor sing the praises of another one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>George Shirley is one of the most versatile tenors of the second half of the twentieth century, and a pathbreaker as the first African American tenor to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. I first encountered him through his matchless portrayal of Pell\u00e9as in Debussy\u2019s <em>Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em> opposite Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m. But his Mozart is equally celebrated: the podcast also features live and studio recordings of George Shirley as Tamino (opposite Judith Raskin), Don Ottavio, Ferrando (opposite Leontyne Price), as well as his extraordinary Idomeneo. Extant live performances of George Shirley including assumptions of roles as diverse as Don Jos\u00e9 (opposite Shirley Verrett), David in <em>Die Meistersinger<\/em>, Pinkerton (opposite the late Renata Scotto in an incandescent early performance of one of her greatest roles), Mephistopheles in Busoni\u2019s <em>Doktor Faust<\/em>, and even Bacchus in <em>Ariadne auf Naxos<\/em>. All of these are included in the episode, as are rare recordings of art songs and spirituals from throughout his career. Raise a glass to the great George Shirley and join me in thanking him for having shared so generously with us his extraordinary artistic gifts!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Shirley-later-years.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Shirley-later-years.jpg 696w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Shirley-later-years-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/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=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Damon-Evans-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Damon-Evans-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Damon-Evans-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Damon-Evans-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Damon-Evans.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Michael Tippett: My dreams are all shattered (<em>A Child of Our Time<\/em>). Damon Evans, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra [1992]<\/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=\"489\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/70s-cool.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/70s-cool.png 489w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/70s-cool-191x300.png 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Josephine McGill, Marjorie Pickthall: Duna. George Shirley; Wayne Sanders [ca. 1973]<\/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=\"487\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-and-Elisabeth.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-and-Elisabeth.jpg 487w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-and-Elisabeth-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Claude Debussy, Maurice Maeterlinck: Je ne puis pas monter plus haut [excerpt from Tower Scene] (<em>Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em>). George Shirley, Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Pierre Boulez, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [1970]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"926\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Shirley-Looking-Spiffy-926x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Shirley-Looking-Spiffy-926x1024.jpg 926w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Shirley-Looking-Spiffy-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Shirley-Looking-Spiffy-768x849.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Shirley-Looking-Spiffy-1389x1536.jpg 1389w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Shirley-Looking-Spiffy-1600x1769.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Shirley-Looking-Spiffy.jpg 1841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hoffmansthal: Durch deine Schmerzen bin ich reich (<em>Ariadne auf Naxos<\/em>). George Shirley, Joanna Neal, Paul Calloway, Washington Opera Society Orchestra [live Washington 09 March 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=\"1024\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-and-Lee-1024x823.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-and-Lee-1024x823.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-and-Lee-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-and-Lee-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-and-Lee.jpg 1391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Volgi a me pietoso il ciglio (<em>Cos\u00ec fan tutte<\/em>). George Shirley, Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf, New Philharmonia Orchestra [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ferrando.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ferrando.png 417w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ferrando-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/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=\"854\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tamino-Mein-854x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tamino-Mein-854x1024.jpg 854w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tamino-Mein-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tamino-Mein-768x920.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tamino-Mein.jpg 872w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emanuel Schickaneder: Tamino mein! O welch ein Gl\u00fcck (<em>Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em>). George Shirley, Judith Raskin, Paul Franke, Raymond Michalski, Josef Krips [live New York 04 March 1967]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-Shirley-and-Arlene-Saunders-in-Zauberfloete-at-Glyndebourne-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-Shirley-and-Arlene-Saunders-in-Zauberfloete-at-Glyndebourne-1024x758.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-Shirley-and-Arlene-Saunders-in-Zauberfloete-at-Glyndebourne-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-Shirley-and-Arlene-Saunders-in-Zauberfloete-at-Glyndebourne-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-Shirley-and-Arlene-Saunders-in-Zauberfloete-at-Glyndebourne.jpg 1462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With Arlene Saunders in <em>Die <em>Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em><\/em>, Glyndebourne 1966<\/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=\"488\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pinkerton.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pinkerton.png 488w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pinkerton-191x300.png 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica: Vogliatemi bene (<em>Madama<\/em> <em>Butterfly<\/em>). George Shirley, Renata Scotto, Pedro Ignacio Calder\u00f3n, Orchestra of the Teatro Col\u00f3n [live Buenos Aires 15 May 1964<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Scotto-Colon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Scotto-Colon.jpg 587w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Scotto-Colon-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Renata Scotto as Madama Butterfly, Teatro Col\u00f3n, 1964<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"630\" data-id=\"7386\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Carmen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Carmen.jpg 430w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Carmen-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"570\" data-id=\"7401\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jose.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jose.png 387w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jose-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Hal\u00e9vy: Tu ne m\u2019aimes donc plus? (<em>Carmen<\/em>). George Shirley, Shirley Verrett, Thomas Schippers, Orchestra Filarmonica di Trieste [live Spoleto July 1962]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-and-George-567x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-and-George-567x1024.jpg 567w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-and-George-166x300.jpg 166w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-and-George.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With Shirley Verrett<\/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=\"803\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-Van-Vechten-1-803x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-Van-Vechten-1-803x1024.jpg 803w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-Van-Vechten-1-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-Van-Vechten-1-768x979.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-Van-Vechten-1.jpg 1162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Igor Stravinsky, Andr\u00e9 Gide: Pers\u00e9phone, un peuple t\u2019attend (<em>Pers\u00e9phone<\/em>). George Shirley, Paul Vorwerk, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra [live Hollywood Bowl 13 August 1968]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Shirley-Autographed-in-Costume.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Shirley-Autographed-in-Costume.png 646w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/George-Shirley-Autographed-in-Costume-249x300.png 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ferruccio Busoni: Lasst euch nicht st\u00f6ren (<em>Doktor Faust<\/em>). George Shirley, Jascha Horenstein, American Opera Society Orchestra and Chorus [live Carnegie Hall 01 December 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 is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"523\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Leontyne-and-Bohm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Leontyne-and-Bohm.png 523w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Leontyne-and-Bohm-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With Leontyne Price and Karl B\u00f6hm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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: Il mio tesoro (<em>Don Giovanni<\/em>). George Shirley, Colin Davis, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [live 08 July 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\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Smiling-George-679x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Smiling-George-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Smiling-George-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Smiling-George-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Smiling-George.jpg 929w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner: Mein Herr, der Singer Meisterschlag (<em>Die Meistersinger<\/em> <em>von N\u00fcrnberg<\/em>). George Shirley, Jess Thomas, Georg Solti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [live 03 Feb 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=\"577\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Idomeneo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Idomeneo.jpg 577w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Idomeneo-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giambattista Varesco after Antoine Danchet: Qual mi conturba&#8230; Fuor del mar (<em>Idomeneo<\/em>). George Shirley. Recitativo: John Pritchard, London Philharmonic Orchestra [live Glyndebourne Jun 1974]; Aria: Colin Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pluton.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pluton.jpg 606w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pluton-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jacques Offenbach, Hector Cr\u00e9mieux, Ludovic Hal\u00e9vy: Heureuses divinit\u00e9s qui fol\u00e2trez (<em>Orph\u00e9e aux Enfers<\/em>). George Shirley, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin [Berlin 01 Jan 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1012\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/In-front-of-bldg-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/In-front-of-bldg-2.png 1012w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/In-front-of-bldg-2-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/In-front-of-bldg-2-768x568.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Karl Weigl, Gustav Falke: Seele, Op. 23\/4. George Shirley, David Garvey [1973]<\/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=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pinky-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pinky-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pinky-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pinky-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pinky.jpg 941w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alessandro Scarlatti, Anonymous text: Sono unite a tormentarmi. George Shirley, Wayne Sanders [ca. 1973]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-back-of-couch-794x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-back-of-couch-794x1024.jpg 794w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-back-of-couch-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-back-of-couch-768x991.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-back-of-couch.jpg 1093w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Howard Swanson, Langston Hughes: Joy. George Shirley, Wayne Sanders [ca. 1973]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Howard-Swanson-younger.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Howard-Swanson-younger.jpg 449w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Howard-Swanson-younger-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Howard Swanson (1907 &#8211; 1978)<\/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=\"824\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Salt-and-Pepper-824x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Salt-and-Pepper-824x1024.jpg 824w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Salt-and-Pepper-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Salt-and-Pepper-768x955.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Salt-and-Pepper.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, Wilfred Owen: Move him into the sun (<em>War Requiem<\/em>). George Shirley, Ilva Ligabue, Fernando Previtali, Coro e Orchestra sinfonica della RAI, Milano [live Milano 1976]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ligabue-in-Shadow-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ligabue-in-Shadow-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ligabue-in-Shadow-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ligabue-in-Shadow-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ligabue-in-Shadow.jpg 1481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ilva Ligabue (1932 &#8211; 1998)<\/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=\"377\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sylvia-Olden-Lee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sylvia-Olden-Lee.jpg 377w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sylvia-Olden-Lee-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sylvia Olden Lee (1917 &#8211; 2004)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Roland Hayes: L\u2019il Boy. George Shirley, Sylvia Olden Lee [live 17 January 1998]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"397\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-Van-Vechten-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-Van-Vechten-4.png 397w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-Van-Vechten-4-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 242. 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