{"id":14620,"date":"2024-06-14T16:05:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=14620"},"modified":"2024-06-14T16:32:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:32:41","slug":"episode-266-sisters-in-sapho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/episode-266-sisters-in-sapho\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 266. Sisters in Sapho (Listeners\u2019 Favorites)"},"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 266. Sisters in Sapho (Listeners\u2019 Favorites)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1164-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\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fdcfc74e wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button 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<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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"874\" data-id=\"14627\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tatiana-Octavian-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tatiana-Octavian-1.png 637w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Tatiana-Octavian-1-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"883\" data-id=\"14628\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fassbaender-Oktavian-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fassbaender-Oktavian-1.png 499w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fassbaender-Oktavian-1-170x300.png 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The perfect Octavian(s)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s been a whirlwind of a week <em>chez Gundlach <\/em>and I find myself at the end of it without a new episode ready to post. In addition to that, we are already halfway through Pride Month and I realized this morning that I had no new queer material up my sleeve. So I\u2019ll tell you what I\u2019m gonna do: I am going to get to work on a brand new episode which will post sometime early next week. But in the meantime, I\u2019m going to do my <em>own <\/em>Listener\u2019s Favorite episode, one which I posted during the very first season of <em>Countermelody<\/em>, a wondrous compilation entitled \u201cSisters in Sappho.\u201d It features not only two of my favorite mezzos of all time (Tatiana Troyanos and Brigitte Fassbaender \u2013 both of whom happen to have been lesbians); but also a sampling of the key figures in the Women\u2019s Music Movement of the 1970s, including Meg Christian, Cris Williamson, Margie Adam, Holly Near, and Deidre McCalla. In celebrating these pop icons, I also pay tribute to those who, in turn, paved the way for them, including icons Janis Ian, Dusty Springfield, and Ronnie Gilbert, as well as tipping my hat to two of the queer Black singers (Toshi Reagon, Meshell Ndegeocello), that followed in the wake of these women. We all owe an enormous debt of gratitude to these extraordinary artists, who paved the way for us, their musical and artistic descendants, at the same time setting standards that will stand the test of time. Vocal guest stars include Janet Baker, Ileana Cotrubas, Cecilia Gasdia, Nicolai Gedda, Margaret Price, Gundula Janowitz, Arleen Aug\u00e9r, and Reri Grist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Baker-and-Cotrubas-in-Calisto-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Baker-and-Cotrubas-in-Calisto-1.png 679w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Baker-and-Cotrubas-in-Calisto-1-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Francesco Cavalli, Giovanni Faustini: O decoro del mio coro (<em>La Calisto<\/em>). Janet Baker, Ileana Cotrubas; Raymond Leppard, London Philharmonic Orchestra [1971]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"885\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Holly-Near.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Holly-Near.png 885w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Holly-Near-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Holly-Near-768x666.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Holly Near: Imagine My Surprise [1979]<\/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=\"709\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Reri-Grist-1-709x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Reri-Grist-1-709x1024.jpg 709w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Reri-Grist-1-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Reri-Grist-1-768x1110.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Reri-Grist-1.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reri Grist photographed by Carl Van Vechten<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alessandro Scarlatti: Del tuo ciglio vezzoso (<em>Endimione e Cintia<\/em>). Tatiana Troyanos, Reri Grist; Carl Mathieu Lange, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg [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=\"985\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tatiana-as-Mother-Jeanne-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tatiana-as-Mother-Jeanne-4.png 985w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tatiana-as-Mother-Jeanne-4-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tatiana-as-Mother-Jeanne-4-768x575.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Krzysztof Penderecki [after Aldous Huxley]: Ich will einen Weg finden (<em>Die Teufel von Loudun<\/em>). Tatiana Troyanos, Andrzej Hiolski; Marek Janowski, Orchester der Hamburgischen Staatsoper [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=\"500\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gedda.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gedda.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gedda-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nicolai Gedda<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Heuberger, Victor L\u00e9on, Heinrich von Waldberg [after Alfred-Charlemagne Delacour, Alfred Hennequin]: Geh\u2019n wir ins Chambre s\u00e9par\u00e9e (<em>Der Opernball<\/em>). Brigitte Fassbaender, Nicolai Gedda; Willy Mattes, Symphonie-Orchester Graunke [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 is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"283\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-Rakish-Gentleman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-Rakish-Gentleman.jpg 283w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-Rakish-Gentleman-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alban Berg [after Frank Wedekind]: Lulu, mein Engel (<em>Lulu<\/em>). Brigitte Fassbaender, Friedrich Cerha, Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper [live, M\u00fcnchen 06 July 1985]<\/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=\"580\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Price-Fassbaender-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Price-Fassbaender-1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Price-Fassbaender-1-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brigitte Fassbaender and Margaret Price<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Ah, guarda, sorella (<em>Cos\u00ec fan tutte<\/em>). Brigitte Fassbaender, Margaret Price; Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayerisches Staatsorchester [live M\u00fcnchen 28 February 1978]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:68px\" 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\/Tatiana-as-Sesto.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tatiana-as-Sesto.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tatiana-as-Sesto-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pietro Metastasio: Parto, parto (<em>La Clemenza di Tito<\/em>). Tatyana Troyanos; James Levine, Wiener Philharmoniker [live, Salzburg 1976]<\/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-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"604\" data-id=\"4875\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-as-Octavian.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-as-Octavian.jpg 433w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-as-Octavian-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"4876\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cotrubas-Sophie-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cotrubas-Sophie-1.jpg 504w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cotrubas-Sophie-1-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Mir ist die Ehre (<em>Der Rosenkavalier<\/em>). Brigitte Fassbaender, Ileana Cotrubas; Georges Pr\u00eatre, Orchestra del RAI di Napoli [live, Napoli 16 October 1971]<\/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-1 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=\"1024\" height=\"635\" data-id=\"4878\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Janowitz-1024x635.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Janowitz-1024x635.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Janowitz-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Janowitz-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Janowitz.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gundula Janowitz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"530\" data-id=\"4879\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Auger-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Auger-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Auger-1-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arleen Aug\u00e9r<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Hab mir\u2019s gelobt (<em>Der Rosenkavalier<\/em>). Tatiana Troyanos, Gundula Janowitz, Arleen Aug\u00e9r, Kurt Eichhorn, M\u00fcnchner Rundfunkorchester [live M\u00fcnchen 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=\"471\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-Wagner-I-Think.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-Wagner-I-Think.jpg 471w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-Wagner-I-Think-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni [after Auguste Mariette]: Judgment Scene [excerpt] (<em>Aida<\/em>). Brigitte Fassbaender, Robert Lloyd; Riccardo Muti, Orchester und Chor des Bayerischen Staatsoper [live, M\u00fcnchen 22 March 1979]<\/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=\"550\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Troyanos-Eboli-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Troyanos-Eboli-1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Troyanos-Eboli-1-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Joseph M\u00e9ry, Camille du Locle [after Friedrich Schiller; Italian translation by Achille de Lauzi\u00e8res]: O don fatale (<em>Don Carlo<\/em>). Tatiana Troyanos; James Levine [live New York, 21 February 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 is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"276\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/TT-Frilly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4891\" style=\"width:452px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/TT-Frilly.jpg 276w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/TT-Frilly-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, Antonio Salvi [after Ludovico Ariosti]: Scherza infida (<em>Ariodante<\/em>). Tatiana Troyanos; Raymond Leppard, Orchestra of St. Lukes [live, New York 27 January 1985]<\/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=\"456\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gasdia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gasdia.jpg 456w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gasdia-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cecilia Gasdia<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vincenzo Bellini, Felice Romani [after Luigi Scevola]: Ah, crudel, d\u2019onor ragioni (<em>I Capuleti e i Montecchi<\/em>). Tatiana Troyanos, Cecilia Gasdia, Donato Renzetti [live, Chicago 15 November 1985]<\/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=\"414\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Young-Tatiana.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Young-Tatiana.jpg 414w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Young-Tatiana-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Serge Rachmaninov, Konstantin Balmont: \u041e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043e\u043a [The Island], Op. 14\/2. Tatiana Troyanos; James Levine [live, New York 1985]<\/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=\"518\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tatiana-and-Tree.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tatiana-and-Tree.jpg 518w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tatiana-and-Tree-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Greek, arr. Maurice Ravel: Tout gai (<em>Cinq m\u00e9lodies populaires grecques<\/em>) [sung in Greek]. Tatiana Troyanos; James Levine [live, New York 1985]<\/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=\"605\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Brigitte-outdoors.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Brigitte-outdoors.jpg 605w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Brigitte-outdoors-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Felix Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine: Neue Liebe, Op. 19a\/4. Brigitte Fassbaender; Erik Werba [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-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"453\" data-id=\"4881\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-and-Aribert-Reimann.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-and-Aribert-Reimann.jpg 576w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-and-Aribert-Reimann-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"439\" data-id=\"4882\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-Reimann-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-Reimann-2.jpg 655w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-Reimann-2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Johann Gabriel Seidl: Der Wanderer an den Mond, D.870. Brigitte Fassbaender; Aribert Reimann [1992]<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"763\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-Wustman-LP.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-Wustman-LP.jpg 763w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-Wustman-LP-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-Wustman-LP-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler, text collected by Achim von Arnim, Clemens Brentano: Rheinenlegendchen (<em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>). Brigitte Fassbaender; John Wustman [1986]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wustman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wustman.jpg 585w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wustman-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Wustman<br><\/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 aligncenter 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=\"454\" height=\"479\" data-id=\"4885\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fuck-You-Turban.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fuck-You-Turban.jpg 454w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fuck-You-Turban-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"4897\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-with-earrings.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-with-earrings.jpg 670w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-with-earrings-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"4898\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-Young-Lighting-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-Young-Lighting-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-Young-Lighting-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-Young-Lighting-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-Young-Lighting.jpg 1280w\" 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=\"800\" height=\"570\" data-id=\"4899\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-Young-Scarf.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-Young-Scarf.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-Young-Scarf-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-Young-Scarf-768x547.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"551\" data-id=\"4900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-Zigeuner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-Zigeuner.jpg 374w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BF-Zigeuner-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"330\" data-id=\"4901\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-with-Bricks.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-with-Bricks.jpg 448w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-with-Bricks-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"382\" data-id=\"4902\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-Young-again.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-Young-again.jpg 499w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fassbaender-Young-again-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"285\" height=\"177\" data-id=\"4904\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Young-Fassbaender.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4904\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"258\" data-id=\"4905\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Younger-Fassbaender.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4905\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kurt Weill, Walter Mehring: Wie lange noch?. Brigitte Fassbaender; Cord Garben [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=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Janis-Ian-Aftertones.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Janis-Ian-Aftertones.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Janis-Ian-Aftertones-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Janis-Ian-Aftertones-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Janis Ian: Roses [from <em>Aftertones<\/em>, 1975]<\/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=\"844\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dusty-Lipstick-Lesbian-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dusty-Lipstick-Lesbian-1.png 844w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dusty-Lipstick-Lesbian-1-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dusty-Lipstick-Lesbian-1-768x419.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Margie Adam: Beautiful Soul. Dusty Springfield [from the unreleased album <em>Longing<\/em>, 1974]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Margie-Adam.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Margie-Adam.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Margie-Adam-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Margie Adam: Best Friend (The Unicorn Song) [from <em>Songwriter<\/em>, 1976]<\/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=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Meg-Christian-and-Cris-Williamson-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Meg-Christian-and-Cris-Williamson-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Meg-Christian-and-Cris-Williamson-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Meg-Christian-and-Cris-Williamson-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Meg-Christian-and-Cris-Williamson.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meg Christian and Cris Williamson<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Meg Christian: Joanna. Cris Williamson [from the self-titled album, <em>Cris<\/em> <em>Williamson<\/em>, 1971]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Meg-Christian-I-Know-You-Know.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Meg-Christian-I-Know-You-Know.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Meg-Christian-I-Know-You-Know-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Meg-Christian-I-Know-You-Know-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Meg Christian: Song to My Mama. [from <em>I Know You Know<\/em>, 1974]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"877\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ferron-1-877x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ferron-1-877x1024.jpg 877w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ferron-1-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ferron-1-768x897.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ferron-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ferron: It Won\u2019t Take Long [from <em>Shadows on a Dime<\/em>, 1984]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"456\" data-id=\"4912\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Deidre-McCalla-Young.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Deidre-McCalla-Young.jpg 700w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Deidre-McCalla-Young-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"697\" data-id=\"4911\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Deidre-McCalla.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Deidre-McCalla.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Deidre-McCalla-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Deidre McCalla: Oh the Earth [from <em>Don\u2019t Doubt It<\/em>, 1985]<\/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=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Meshell-1-1024x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Meshell-1-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Meshell-1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Meshell-1-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Meshell-1.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meshell Ndegeocello: Leviticus: Faggot [from <em>Peace Beyond Passion<\/em>, 1996]<\/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=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Toshi-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Toshi-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Toshi-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Toshi-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Toshi.jpg 1220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Toshi Reagon: Terrify Me. Toshi Reagon with BIGLovely and Bernice Johnson Reagon [live from Joe\u2019s Pub, 29 January 2012]<\/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=\"400\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ronnie-Gilbert-and-Holly-Near.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ronnie-Gilbert-and-Holly-Near.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ronnie-Gilbert-and-Holly-Near-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Ronnie-Gilbert-and-Holly-Near-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives. 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Sisters in Sapho (Listeners\u2019 Favorites) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The perfect Octavian(s) It\u2019s been a whirlwind of 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