{"id":15673,"date":"2024-11-20T17:01:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T16:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=15673"},"modified":"2025-02-19T03:12:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T02:12:46","slug":"episode-308-mezzos-on-the-verge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/20\/episode-308-mezzos-on-the-verge\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 308. Mezzos on the Verge"},"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 308.  Mezzos on the Verge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1325-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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Simionato-Eboli-1024x690.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Simionato-Eboli-1024x690.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Simionato-Eboli-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Simionato-Eboli-768x517.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Simionato-Eboli.png 1091w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Giulietta Simionato<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I am taking a short break before posting the final in my Mexican Opera Singers miniseries to bring you a compilation episode that is sure to get your blood flowing. I\u2019ve entitled it \u201cMezzos on the Verge,\u201d and that is exactly what it is: mezzo-sopranos portraying characters in extreme emotional situations. Whether it is Dalila (portrayed by Ebe Stignani) summoning the pagan gods to give her strength to conquer an infatuated strongman; Elena Obraztsova or Nadezhda Obukhova casting spells or predicting the future; Giulietta Simionato as Santuzza confronting Franco Corelli\u2019s faithless Turiddu on the steps of the Sicilian village church on Easter morning; Gwendolyn Killebrew as Waltraute imploring help of her sister Br\u00fcnnhilde to circumvent the Twilight of the Gods; Jean Madeira as Klytemn\u00e4stra desperately seeking rest for her troubled soul; Shirley Verrett as Sapho preparing to throw herself into the sea; or Tatiana Troyanos as Dido dying of a broken heart \u2013 there\u2019s something for each of us who might be feeling themselves in over their heads these days. Unlike most of us. however, (and luckily for us as well), each of these magnificent mezzos is expressing that anguish in glorious song.<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Stignani.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Stignani.jpg 506w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Stignani-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns, Ferdinand Lemaire [Italian by Angelo Zanardini]: Amor! i miei sini proteggi [Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse](<em>Sansone e Dalila<\/em>). Ebe Stignani, Orchestra conducted by Umberto Berrettoni [1936]<\/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=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fassbaender-Scarf-1024x818.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fassbaender-Scarf-1024x818.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fassbaender-Scarf-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fassbaender-Scarf-768x613.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Fassbaender-Scarf.png 1082w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johannes Brahms, Karl Lemcke: Verzagen, Op. 72\/4. Brigitte Fassbaender, Irwin Gage [1982]<\/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=\"997\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Simionato-Corelli.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Simionato-Corelli.png 997w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Simionato-Corelli-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Simionato-Corelli-768x464.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pietro Mascagni, Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Guido Menasci [after Giovanni Verga]: La tua Santuzza piange e t\u2019implora (<em>Cavalleria rusticana<\/em>). Giulietta Simionato, Franco Corelli, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano [live 07.XII.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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Shirley.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Shirley.png 694w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Shirley-291x300.png 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod, \u00c9mile Augier: O\u00f9 suis-je?&#8230; \u00d4 ma lyre immortelle (<em>Sapho<\/em>). Shirley Verrett, Georges Pr\u00eatre, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra [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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Obukhova-Carmen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Obukhova-Carmen.png 664w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Obukhova-Carmen-265x300.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Modest Mussorgsky, revised Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Mysterious powers [Marfa\u2019s Divination] (<em>Khovanshchina<\/em>). Nadezhda Obukhova, Lev Steinberg, Bolshoi Theater Orchestra [1941]<\/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=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Obraztsova-in-Car-1024x534.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Obraztsova-in-Car-1024x534.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Obraztsova-in-Car-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Obraztsova-in-Car-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Obraztsova-in-Car-1536x801.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Obraztsova-in-Car-1600x835.png 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Obraztsova-in-Car.png 1679w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, E.M. Petrovsky: The night descends [Kashcheyevna\u2019s Aria] (<em>Kashchei, the Immortal<\/em>). Elena Obraztsova, Boris Khaikin, Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater [1965]<\/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=\"909\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Killebrew-Waltraute-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Killebrew-Waltraute-1.jpg 909w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Killebrew-Waltraute-1-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Killebrew-Waltraute-1-768x608.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner: Seine Raben beide, sandt\u2019 er auf Reise [excerpt from Waltraute\u2019s Narrative] (<em>G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung<\/em>). Gwendolyn Killebrew, Pierre Boulez, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele [live Bayreuth 1980]<\/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=\"500\" height=\"737\" data-id=\"15911\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Jean-Madeira-Glam.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Jean-Madeira-Glam.png 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Jean-Madeira-Glam-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"15912\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Madeira-Klyt-749x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Madeira-Klyt-749x1024.jpg 749w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Madeira-Klyt-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Madeira-Klyt-768x1051.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Madeira-Klyt-1123x1536.jpg 1123w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Madeira-Klyt.jpg 1497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hofmannsthal [after Sophocles]: Ich habe keine guten N\u00e4chte (<em>Elektra<\/em>). Jean Madeira, Inge Borkh, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Wiener Philharmoniker [live Salzburg 07.VIII.57]<\/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=\"642\" height=\"777\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Resnik-Elegant.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Resnik-Elegant.png 642w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Resnik-Elegant-248x300.png 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gian Carlo Menotti: Afraid, am I afraid? Madame Flora, afraid! (<em>The Medium<\/em>). Regina Resnik, Jorge Mester, Opera Society of Washington [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=\"647\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Muriel-Smith-Hat.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Muriel-Smith-Hat.png 647w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Muriel-Smith-Hat-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ronald Cass, David Climie: The One I Love (Is Not in Love with Me). Muriel Smith, Angela Morley [n\u00e9e Wally Stott] and Her Orchestra [1954]<\/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=\"632\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tatiana.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tatiana.png 632w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tatiana-220x300.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Henry Purcell, Nahum Tate: Thy hand, Belinda&#8230; When I am laid in earth (<em>Dido and Aeneas<\/em>). Tatiana Troyanos, Charles Mackerras, Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg [1968]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 308. 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