{"id":14949,"date":"2024-08-25T21:05:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T19:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=14949"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:44:59","slug":"episode-283-betty-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/25\/episode-283-betty-allen\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 283. Betty Allen"},"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 283.  Betty Allen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1226-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-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius 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<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Hochnaesig.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Hochnaesig.png 604w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Hochnaesig-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Betty Allen has been featured on countless omnibus <em>Countermelody<\/em> episodes, but it\u2019s time for her to get her own episode! Born in Ohio on 17 March, 1927, she died at the age of 82 on 22 June 2009. Not only did Betty Allen possess a voice of significant power and amplitude, she was a superb musician who channeled her soul into her singing, using her superb technique to convey depth of meaning in all the music she sang. She also had a wide repertoire, excelling in opera, concert, and recital. Though her recorded legacy is relatively small, it is superb and significant. Today\u2019s episode samples a cross-section of her recordings, both live and studio, and includes collaborations with Leonard Bernstein, Nicolai Gedda, Eugene Ormandy, Carmen Balthrop, Horst Stein, Leontyne Price, Virgil Thomson, John DeMain, Hildegard Hillebrecht, Richard Bonynge, and Adele Addison. She was a powerful force for good in the musical world, as an educator and advocate as well, succeeding Dorothy Maynor in leading the Harlem School of the Arts, where she served as both executive director and president. Many currently active singers have been touched by the stringent generosity of this fine artist, and it is my honor to pay tribute to her today.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"829\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Shocker.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15073\" style=\"width:635px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Shocker.png 576w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Shocker-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Carl-Van-Vechten.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Carl-Van-Vechten.png 569w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Carl-Van-Vechten-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: In that Great Gettin\u2019 Up Morning. Betty Allen, Robert Mandell, His Orchestra and Chorus [1966]<\/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=\"626\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Pearls.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Pearls.png 626w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Pearls-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, Charles Jennens: Their land brought forth frogs (<em>Israel in Egypt<\/em>). Betty Allen, Paul Boepple, Symphony of the Air [1959]<\/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=\"615\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-in-Performance.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-in-Performance.png 615w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-in-Performance-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Karl Weigl, Adolf Holst: Spielmannslied, Op. 23\/3. Betty Allen, David Garvey [ca. 1971]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Karl-Weigl.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Karl-Weigl.png 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Karl-Weigl-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karl Weigl (1881-1949)<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Turban.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Turban.png 602w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Turban-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gioachino Rossini: Fac ut portem Christi mortem (<em>Stabat Mater<\/em>). Betty Allen, Karl Forster, Berliner Symphoniker [1960]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"866\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BettyAllen4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BettyAllen4.png 590w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BettyAllen4-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vincenzo Bellini, Carlo Pepoli: Cavalier!&#8230; Se t\u2019\u00e8 d\u2019uopo di consiglio (<em>I Puritani<\/em>). Betty Allen, Nicolai Gedda, Richard Bonynge, American Opera Society [live New York 16.IV.1963]<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Azucena.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15060\" style=\"width:623px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Azucena.png 425w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Azucena-300x257.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Betty Allen as Azucena and Baldo dal Ponte as Manrico in <em>Il trovatore<\/em>, San Francisco Opera [1966]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Adami [after Didier Gold]: O vecchi innamorati, buona sera&#8230; Se tu sapessi gli oggetti strani (<em>Il tabarro<\/em>). Betty Allen, Leontyne Price, Nino Sanzogno, San Francisco Opera Orchestra [live 26.XI.71]<\/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-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"372\" height=\"594\" data-id=\"15061\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Hildegard-Hillebrecht.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Hildegard-Hillebrecht.png 372w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Hildegard-Hillebrecht-188x300.png 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hildegard Hillebrecht<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"808\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"15062\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Young-808x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Young-808x1024.jpg 808w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Young-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Young-768x973.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Young.jpg 1101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni [after Auguste Bey; unknown German translator]: Wohl war euch das Los der Waffen feindlich [Fu la sorte dell\u2019armi] (<em>Aida<\/em>). Betty Allen, Hildegard Hillebrecht, Horst Stein, Berliner Symphoniker, Chor der St\u00e4dtischen Oper Berlin [1960]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"884\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Virgil-n-Betty-n-Joel.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Virgil-n-Betty-n-Joel.png 884w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Virgil-n-Betty-n-Joel-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Virgil-n-Betty-n-Joel-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Virgil Thomson, Joel Thome, and Betty Allen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Virgil Thomson, Gertrude Stein: We had intended if it were a pleasant day to go to the country (<em>Four Saints in Three Acts<\/em>). Betty Allen, Benjamin Matthews, Gwendolyn Bradley, Ella Eure-Eaton, Joseph de Vaughn, William Penn, Joel Thome, Orchestra of Our Time, Chorus [1982]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1004\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Benjamin-Matthews.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Benjamin-Matthews.png 1004w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Benjamin-Matthews-300x243.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Benjamin-Matthews-768x622.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Benjamin Matthews and Betty Allen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Carmen-Balthrop-as-Treemonisha-1024x735.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Carmen-Balthrop-as-Treemonisha-1024x735.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Carmen-Balthrop-as-Treemonisha-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Carmen-Balthrop-as-Treemonisha-768x551.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Carmen-Balthrop-as-Treemonisha.png 1384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carmen Balthrop in the title role of  <em>Treemonisha<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Scott Joplin, arranged and orchestrated by Gunther Schuller: The rain or the burning sun, you see&#8230; We brought you up to believe (<em>Treemonisha<\/em>). Betty Allen, Carmen Balthrop, John DeMain, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus [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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"527\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Virgil-Thomson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Virgil-Thomson.png 527w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Virgil-Thomson-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Virgil Thomson, St. Augustine: Jerusalem, My Happy Home (<em>Praises and Prayers<\/em>, No. 5). Betty Allen, Virgil Thomson [world premi\u00e8re performance, New York 24.X.63]<\/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=\"668\" height=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-with-Hand.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-with-Hand.jpg 668w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-with-Hand-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Serge Prokofiev, Vladimir Lugovsky: \u041f\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044f \u0434\u0435\u0432\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0438 [The Field of Death] (<em>Alexander Nevsky<\/em>, Op. 78\/6). Betty Allen, Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra [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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Singing.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Singing.png 597w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Singing-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Deep River. Betty Allen, Robert Mandell, His Orchestra and Chorus [1966]<\/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=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Shawl-1024x603.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Shawl-1024x603.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Shawl-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Shawl-768x452.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Shawl.png 1085w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Karl Weigl, Karl Wagenfeld: Sommers Tod (<em>Drei Ges\u00e4nge f\u00fcr Altstimme und Streichquartett<\/em>, No. 1). Betty Allen, The Iowa String Quartet [Allen Ohmes, John Ferrell, William Preucil, Charles Wendt] [ca. 1968]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"15070\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Adele-Addison-814x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Adele-Addison-814x1024.jpg 814w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Adele-Addison-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Adele-Addison-768x966.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Adele-Addison.jpg 1139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Adeke Addison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"15071\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-in-White-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-in-White-1.png 616w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-in-White-1-271x300.png 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach, Picander [n\u00e9 Christian Friedrich Henrici], English version by John Troutbeck: Behold, my Savior now is taken [So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen] (<em>Saint Matthew Passion<\/em>, BWV 244\/33). Adele Addison, Betty Allen, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Collegiate Chorale [1963]<\/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=\"818\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-upwards-818x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-upwards-818x1024.jpg 818w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-upwards-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-upwards-768x961.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-upwards.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Picander [n\u00e9 Christian Friedrich Henrici]; English version by John Troutbeck]: Have pity, Lord, on me [Erbarme dich, mein Gott] (<em>St. Matthew Passion<\/em>, BWV 245\/47). Betty Allen, John Corigliano, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic [1962]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-hand-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-hand-1.png 530w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-hand-1-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 283. Betty Allen SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Betty Allen has been featured on countless omnibus Countermelody episodes, but it\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[420,1626,1075,1701,5824,5823,2261,2476,2398,1072,8033,1263,2260,808,4510,2329,3272,6119,2806,4980],"tags":[1055,5788,437,6502,6503,4534,6497,6490,2265,5804,3245,3851,6507,5511,1486,6181,6489,357,974,280,976,94,6156,4610,207,6498,6491,3320,2938,108,209,6492,6496,298,4576,2638,6506,6500,6493,6495,6505,2687,972,334,1281,1015,5091,6494,5509,6501,4672,6499,3250,2286,6504,1282,3251,62,975,6581,4680,6582],"class_list":["post-14949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-american-opera-singers","category-african-american-singers","category-art-song","category-bel-canto","category-black-history-month-2024","category-forgotten-divas","category-full-figured-baroque","category-giacomo-puccini","category-giuseppe-verdi","category-in-memoriam","category-johann-sebastian-bach","category-mezzo-madness","category-music-for-a-world-in-crisis","category-needle-drop","category-nyco-divas","category-opera-in-translation","category-singers-of-color","category-spirituals","category-twentieth-century-music","category-twentieth-century-opera","tag-adele-addison","tag-adolf-holst","tag-aida","tag-alexander-nevsky","tag-allen-ohmes","tag-antonio-ghislanzoni","tag-auguste-bey","tag-benjamin-matthews","tag-betty-allen","tag-carlo-pepoli","tag-carmen-balthrop","tag-charles-jennens","tag-charles-wendt","tag-christian-friedrich-henrici","tag-david-garvey","tag-didier-gold","tag-ella-eure-eaton","tag-eugene-ormandy","tag-four-saints-in-three-acts","tag-george-frideric-handel","tag-gertrude-stein","tag-giacomo-puccini","tag-gioachino-rossini","tag-giuseppe-adami","tag-giuseppe-verdi","tag-gunther-schuller","tag-gwendolyn-bradley","tag-hildegard-hillebrecht","tag-horst-stein","tag-i-puritani","tag-il-tabarro","tag-israel-in-egypt","tag-joel-thome","tag-johann-sebastian-bach","tag-john-corigliano","tag-john-demain","tag-john-ferrell","tag-john-troutbeck","tag-joseph-de-vaughn","tag-karl-forster","tag-karl-wagenfeld","tag-karl-weigl","tag-leonard-bernstein","tag-leontyne-price","tag-matthaus-passion","tag-nicolai-gedda","tag-nino-sanzogno","tag-paul-boepple","tag-picander","tag-praises-and-prayers-thomson","tag-richard-bonynge","tag-robert-mandell","tag-scott-joplin","tag-serge-prokofiev","tag-st-augustine","tag-st-matthew-passion","tag-treemonisha","tag-vincenzo-bellini","tag-virgil-thomson","tag-vladimir-lugovsky","tag-william-penn","tag-william-preucil"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Betty-Allen-Bling-TRIMMED-300x154.png","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a 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Holst<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Aida<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alexander Nevsky<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Allen Ohmes<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Antonio Ghislanzoni<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Auguste Bey<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Benjamin Matthews<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Betty Allen<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carlo Pepoli<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carmen Balthrop<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Jennens<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Wendt<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Christian Friedrich Henrici<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">David Garvey<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Didier Gold<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ella Eure-Eaton<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eugene Ormandy<\/span>","<span 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