{"id":14785,"date":"2024-07-15T20:15:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T18:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=14785"},"modified":"2024-07-15T20:27:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T18:27:41","slug":"episode-272-lenora-lafayette-listeners-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/15\/episode-272-lenora-lafayette-listeners-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 272. Lenora Lafayette (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 272.  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class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Every so often I discover a singer who had previously not come under my radar, but who simply blows me away with their voice, artistry, and communicative powers. Such an artist is the Baton Rouge-born African American soprano Lenora Lafayette (1926-1975), historically important as the first Black artist to perform at Covent Garden. Relocating to Basel shortly after finishing her training under Dusolina Giannini at Juilliard, Lafayette encountered early career success in Switzerland, winning the Geneva Competition and making a highly successful debut at the Basel Opera as Aida, a role which, along with Madama Butterfly, she performed hundreds of times. And yet, despite enormous career success in Europe, she was never able to establish herself in her native country. Her recorded legacy is slim but revelatory: an <em>Aida <\/em>in German under Clemens Krauss; a 1958 BBC recording of Frederick Delius\u2019s opera <em>Koanga<\/em>; and a single commercial recording of Puccini duets with Welsh tenor Richard Lewis under the baton of John Barbirolli, who also led her Covent Garden debut. All of these precious documents are sampled on this episode. She was struck down with cancer in her early forties and died prematurely at the age of 49. And yet listening to her recordings, one is struck by the emotional power of her utterance, the firmness of her vocal technique, and the bloom of her exquisite voice. Lenora Lafayette deserves a place among the greatest singers of her generation. This episode was first published during <em>Countermelody<\/em>\u2019s second season; listening to Lafayette again, I realize just how accurate my initial impressions of her were.<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Aida.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6901\" style=\"width:567px;height:757px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Aida.png 628w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Aida-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni [after Auguste Mariette]: O Vaterland [O patria mia] (<em>Aida<\/em>). Lenora Lafayette, Clemens Krauss, Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [M\u00fcnchen 1953]<\/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=\"545\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly2.jpg 545w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly2-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after David Belasco, John Luther Long]: Vogliatemi bene (<em>Madama Buttterfly<\/em>). Lenora Lafayette, Richard Lewis, John Barbirolli, Hall\u00e9 Orchestra [1958]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly-762x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6916\" style=\"width:516px;height:693px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly-762x1024.jpeg 762w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly-223x300.jpeg 223w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly-768x1032.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly.jpeg 866w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/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=\"430\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Giannini.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Giannini.jpg 430w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Giannini-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dusolina Giannini (1902 &#8211; 1986)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Eduardo di Capua, Giovanni Capurro: O sole mio. Dusolina Giannini, Orchestra conducted by George Byng [1928]<\/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=\"483\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Krauss.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Krauss.jpg 483w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Krauss-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clemens Krauss (1893 &#8211; 1954)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni [after Auguste Mariette]: <em>Aida <\/em>excerpts. Clemens Krauss, Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [M\u00fcnchen 1953]:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die unselge Worte [L\u2019insana parola]. Lenora Lafayette<\/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=\"436\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Milinkovic-hanging-around.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Milinkovic-hanging-around.jpg 436w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Milinkovic-hanging-around-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Georgine von Milinkovi\u010d (1913 &#8211; 1986): just hanging around<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>O sag, warum auf&#8217;s neue bist so traurig [Ebben qual nuovo fremito] (<em>Aida<\/em>). Lenora Lafayette, Georgine von Milinkovi\u010d<\/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=\"426\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Gostic-as-Radames.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Gostic-as-Radames.jpg 426w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Gostic-as-Radames-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Josef Gosti\u010d (1900 &#8211; 1963) as Radames<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Entfliehn aus diesem Lande&#8230; Dort im jungfr\u00e4ulich gr\u00fcnen Wald [Fuggir&#8230; L\u00e0, tra i foresti vergini] (<em>Aida<\/em>). Lenora Lafayette, Josef Gosti\u010d<\/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=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-in-Recital-TRIMMED-1024x667.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-in-Recital-TRIMMED-1024x667.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-in-Recital-TRIMMED-300x195.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-in-Recital-TRIMMED-768x500.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-in-Recital-TRIMMED.jpeg 1107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Frederick Delius, Charles Francis Keary [after George Washington Cable]: <em>Koanga <\/em>excerpts. Stanford Robinson, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus [London February 1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hour has come (<em>Koanga<\/em>). Lenora Lafayette<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Delius-657x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6908\" style=\"width:509px;height:793px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Delius-657x1024.jpg 657w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Delius-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Delius-768x1197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Delius-986x1536.jpg 986w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Delius-1314x2048.jpg 1314w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Delius-1600x2493.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Delius-scaled.jpg 1643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Frederick Delius (1862 &#8211; 1934)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hail to thee, mighty Prince [La Calinda]. Lenora Lafayette<\/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=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Winters.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Winters.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Winters-199x300.jpeg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lawrence Winters (1915 &#8211; 1965)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I hear a far-off cry (<em>Koanga<\/em>). Lawrence Winters, Lenora Lafayette<\/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=\"404\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-portrait2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-portrait2-2.jpg 404w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-portrait2-2-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ah, tell me where Koanga bides [Final Scene] (<em>Koanga<\/em>). Lenora Lafayette, Lawrence Winters, Robert Thomas<\/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=\"858\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lewis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lewis.jpg 858w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lewis-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lewis-768x556.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Richard Lewis (1914 &#8211; 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>Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva [after Abb\u00e9 Pr\u00e9vost]: Taci, taci, tu il cor mi frangi (<em>Manon Lescaut<\/em>). Lenora Lafayette, Richard Lewis, John Barbirolli, Hall\u00e9 Orchestra [1958]<\/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=\"948\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Late-Photo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Late-Photo.png 948w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Late-Photo-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Late-Photo-768x487.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after Henri Murger]: O soave fanciulla (<em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em>). Lenora Lafayette, Richard Lewis, John Barbirolli, Hall\u00e9 Orchestra [1958]<\/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=\"872\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Geneva-Concours-TRIMMED-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Geneva-Concours-TRIMMED-1.png 872w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Geneva-Concours-TRIMMED-1-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Geneva-Concours-TRIMMED-1-768x498.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 872px) 100vw, 872px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The winners of the Geneva Competition pictured with Ernest Ansermet: L to R: Mattiwilda Dobbs (1925 &#8211; 2015) [shared first prize]; Teresa Stich-Randall (1927 &#8211; 2007) [shared second prize]; Jennifer Vyvyan (1925 &#8211; 1974) [shared first prize]; Ernest Ansermet (1883 &#8211; 1969), and Lenora Lafayette (1926 &#8211; 1975) [shared second prize].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 272. 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