{"id":15871,"date":"2024-12-15T11:11:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T10:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=15871"},"modified":"2024-12-17T00:52:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T23:52:53","slug":"episode-315-gilda-cruz-romo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/15\/episode-315-gilda-cruz-romo\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 315. Gilda Cruz-Romo"},"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 315. Gilda Cruz-Romo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1356-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=\"651\" height=\"815\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Pearls-and-Dress.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Pearls-and-Dress.png 651w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Pearls-and-Dress-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While I was growing up, Gilda Cruz-Romo was a fixture on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera. At the time, I did not fully appreciate her, as I thought of her as a second-string singer on the roster. I saw her once on the Met tour as Desdemona opposite Jon Vickers, but for reasons none too flattering to me, I undervalued her. In recent years, however, I have completely revised my opinion, and now think that Gilda Cruz-Romo was both the most significant Mexican soprano ever to appear on the world\u2019s stages, but also simply one of the finest lirico-spinto sopranos of the twentieth centuries. Fortunately there are many people that agree with me, including some devoted fans who have posted an extraordinary number of live recordings of the artist on YouTube and elsewhere. And this is especially helpful because, incredibly, Cruz-Romo never made any commercial recordings. This episode fully explores the career and repertoire of our subject for today, and includes performances of the soprano in her core Verdi and Puccini repertoire (including such surprises as Odabella, Lady Macbeth, and Turandot!), as well as less expected forays into Mozart and <em>bel canto<\/em>. Throughout her virtues shine forth: a plangently beautiful voice with a particularly radiant top wedded to an incredibly secure technique, which afforded her enormous flexibility and coloratura facility. Added to this, and paramount to her artistry, is a dedication to her craft and to music which sweeps all before it and raises her work into the realm of the sublime. I think of this episode (the last completely new episode I\u2019ll be putting out this season) as a pre-birthday tribute, as the diva turns 85 years old on February 12, 2025. Other singers heard on the episode are tenors Carlo Bergonzi, Colenton Freeman, and John Alexander, and baritone Matteo Manuguerra; among the conductors are Zubin Mehta, Nicola Rescigno, Riccardo Muti, Peter Maag, and Julius Rudel.<\/p>\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=\"564\" height=\"730\" data-id=\"16160\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Amelia-Ballo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Amelia-Ballo.png 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Amelia-Ballo-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"608\" data-id=\"16159\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-beautiful.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-beautiful.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-beautiful-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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=\"1024\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nikki-Giovanni-1024x850.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nikki-Giovanni-1024x850.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nikki-Giovanni-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nikki-Giovanni-768x637.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nikki-Giovanni.png 1239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nikki Giovanni: Adulthood [excerpt] [unknown date]<\/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=\"693\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Portia-White.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Portia-White.png 693w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Portia-White-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow. Portia White, unknown accompanist [live mid-1940s]<\/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=\"761\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-as-Spanish-Verdian-761x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-as-Spanish-Verdian-761x1024.png 761w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-as-Spanish-Verdian-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-as-Spanish-Verdian-768x1033.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-as-Spanish-Verdian.png 789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Salvadore Cammarano [after Antonio Garc\u00eda Guti\u00e9rrez]: D\u2019amor sull\u2019ali rosee (<em>Il trovatore<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo, Zubin Mehta, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra [live Tel Aviv VII.1973]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Violetta-Cruz-Romo-830x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Violetta-Cruz-Romo-830x1024.png 830w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Violetta-Cruz-Romo-243x300.png 243w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Violetta-Cruz-Romo-768x948.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Violetta-Cruz-Romo.png 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Alexandre Dumas <em>fils<\/em>]: Follie! Follie!&#8230; Sempre libera (<em>La traviata<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo, John Alexander, Walter Herbert, Philadelphia Opera [01.VII.70]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"763\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/John-Alexander-763x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/John-Alexander-763x1024.png 763w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/John-Alexander-224x300.png 224w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/John-Alexander-768x1030.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/John-Alexander.png 791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Alexander<\/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=\"744\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Odabella-Cruz-Romo-744x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Odabella-Cruz-Romo-744x1024.png 744w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Odabella-Cruz-Romo-218x300.png 218w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Odabella-Cruz-Romo.png 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Temistocle Solera, Francesco Maria Piave [after Zacharias Werner]: Santo di patria&#8230; Allor che i forti corrono (<em>Attila<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo, Nicola Rescigno, Orchestra of the Philadelphia Opera [live Philadelphia 1978]<\/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=\"599\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Glam.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Glam.png 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Glam-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner: Geliebter, komm! sieh dort die Grotte (<em>Tannh\u00e4user<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo, Richard Karp, Orquestra y Coro del Palacio de Bellas Artes [live Mexico City 21.X.65]<\/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=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Ah-Perfido-1024x806.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Ah-Perfido-1024x806.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Ah-Perfido-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Ah-Perfido-768x605.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Ah-Perfido.png 1372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ludwig Van Beethoven, Pietro Metastasio, unknown author: Dite voi se in tanto affanno (<em>Ah! perfido<\/em>, Op. 65). Gilda Cruz-Romo, unknown conductor, Orquestra del Palacio de Bellas Artes [live Mexico, unknown date]<\/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=\"800\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-as-Verdian-heroine-800x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-as-Verdian-heroine-800x1024.png 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-as-Verdian-heroine-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-as-Verdian-heroine-768x984.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-as-Verdian-heroine.png 837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I know it&#8217;s Elisabetta and not Bolena, but what a gorgeous photo!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, Felice Romani [after Marie-Joseph de Chenier, Alessandro Ercole Pepoli]: Come, innocente giovane (<em>Anna Bolena<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo, Nicola Rescigno, Orchestra of the Dallas Opera [live Dallas 26.XI.68]<\/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=\"536\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Preghiera.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Preghiera.png 536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Preghiera-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vincenzo Bellini, Felice Romani: Ah, bello a me ritorna (<em>Norma<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo, Zubin Mehta, Orquestra del Palacio de Bellas Artes [Mexico City, Pablo Casals Tribute Concert 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-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"893\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nedda-Cruz-Romo-893x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nedda-Cruz-Romo-893x1024.png 893w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nedda-Cruz-Romo-262x300.png 262w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nedda-Cruz-Romo-768x881.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Nedda-Cruz-Romo.png 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Nedda in <em>Pagliacci<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Hal\u00e9vy [after Prosper M\u00e9rim\u00e9e]: Je dis que rien ne m\u2019\u00e9pouvante (<em>Carmen<\/em>). Carlo Felice Cillario, Orquestra del Teatro de las Bellas Artes [live Mexico City 11.X.69]<\/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=\"568\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cruz-Romo-Butterfly-Portrait.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cruz-Romo-Butterfly-Portrait.png 568w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cruz-Romo-Butterfly-Portrait-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Butterfly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after Henri Murger]: Donde lieta usc\u00ec (<em>La boh\u00e8me<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo, Enrico DiGiuseppe, Julius Rudel, New York City Opera Orchestra [live 28.II.70]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Boheme-Review.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Boheme-Review.png 233w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Boheme-Review-108x300.png 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/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=\"714\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Manon-Lescaut-714x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Manon-Lescaut-714x1024.png 714w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Manon-Lescaut-209x300.png 209w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Manon-Lescaut.png 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva [after Abb\u00e9 Pr\u00e9vost]: L\u2019ora, o Tirsi (<em>Manon Lescaut<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo, unknown forces [possibly live New York 29.XII.73]<\/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=\"905\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-and-Smith-in-Recital-1024x905.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-and-Smith-in-Recital-1024x905.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-and-Smith-in-Recital-300x265.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-and-Smith-in-Recital-768x679.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-and-Smith-in-Recital.png 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte [after Pierre Beaumarchais]: Dove sono (<em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo, Martin Smith [live Guanajuato, Festival Cervantino X.78]<\/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=\"698\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Amelia-Cruz-Romo-Scala-698x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Amelia-Cruz-Romo-Scala-698x1024.png 698w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Amelia-Cruz-Romo-Scala-205x300.png 205w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Amelia-Cruz-Romo-Scala.png 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francisco Maria Piave [after Victor Hugo]: Ernani, involami&#8230; Tutto sprezzo che d\u2019Ernani (<em>Ernani<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo Herrera de la Fuente, Orchestra del Palacio de Bellas Artes [live Mexico City 22.VII.77]<\/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=\"497\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cruz-Romo-Suor.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cruz-Romo-Suor.png 497w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cruz-Romo-Suor-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Suor Angelica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after \u00c1ngel de Saavedra]: Pace, pace, mio Dio (<em>La forza del destino<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo, Riccardo Muti, Wiener Philharmoniker [live Wien 29.IX.74]<\/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=\"450\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-in-Dressing-Room.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16140\" style=\"width:592px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-in-Dressing-Room.jpg 450w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-in-Dressing-Room-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Amilcare Ponchielli, Arrigo Boito [as Tobia Gorrio, after Victor Hugo]: Suicidio! (<em>La Gioconda<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo, Joseph Rescigno, Florentine Opera Orchestra [live Milwaukee 19.III.81]<\/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=\"319\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Desdemona-full-length.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16157\" style=\"width:545px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Desdemona-full-length.jpg 319w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Desdemona-full-length-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave, Andrea Maffei [after William Shakespeare]: La luce langue (<em>Macbeth<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo, Angelo Campori, Connecticut Grand Opera [live Purchase NY IX.83]<\/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=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Freeman-Cruz-Romo-Turandot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16141\" style=\"width:602px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Freeman-Cruz-Romo-Turandot.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Freeman-Cruz-Romo-Turandot-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni [after Carlo Gozzi]: Il sangue! Il sangue! Il sangue!&#8230; Gelo che ti d\u00e0 foco (<em>Turandot<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo, Colenton Freeman [live Teatro Degollado, Guadalajara 1984]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Aida-Cruz-Romo-733x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Aida-Cruz-Romo-733x1024.png 733w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Aida-Cruz-Romo-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Aida-Cruz-Romo.png 754w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Salvadore Cammarano [after Friedrich Schiller]: Andrem, raminghi e poveri (<em>Luisa Miller<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo, Matteo Manuguerra, Peter Maag, Orchestra della RAI di Torino [live 06.XII.74]<\/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=\"566\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"16148\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Manuguerra-Character.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Manuguerra-Character.png 566w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Manuguerra-Character-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"821\" data-id=\"16146\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Manuguerra-Portrait.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Manuguerra-Portrait.png 590w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Manuguerra-Portrait-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"623\" data-id=\"16145\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Manuguerra-Escamillo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Manuguerra-Escamillo.png 451w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Manuguerra-Escamillo-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"784\" data-id=\"16149\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Manuguerra-Figaro.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Manuguerra-Figaro.png 566w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Manuguerra-Figaro-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"877\" data-id=\"16147\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Manuguerra-Rigoletto.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Manuguerra-Rigoletto.png 685w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Manuguerra-Rigoletto-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Matteo Manuguerra<\/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=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cruz-Romo-in-Recital-1-1024x743.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cruz-Romo-in-Recital-1-1024x743.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cruz-Romo-in-Recital-1-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cruz-Romo-in-Recital-1-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cruz-Romo-in-Recital-1.png 1357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jorge del Moral: Nunca digas. Gilda Cruz-Romo, Martin Smith [live Guanajuato, Festival Cervantino X.77]<\/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=\"612\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Costume.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Costume.png 612w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Costume-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Umberto Giordano, Luigi Illica: \u00c8 la morte! (<em>Andrea Ch\u00e9nier<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo, Carlo Bergonzi, Morris White, Emerson Buckley, Florida Grand Opera [live Miami 26.I.74]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bergonzi-Spanish-Costume.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bergonzi-Spanish-Costume.jpg 701w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bergonzi-Spanish-Costume-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carlo Bergonzi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bergonzi-Callas.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bergonzi-Callas.jpg 780w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bergonzi-Callas-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bergonzi-Callas-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carlo Bergonzi and Friend<\/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=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GCR-Chilean-Interview-1024x819.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GCR-Chilean-Interview-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GCR-Chilean-Interview-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GCR-Chilean-Interview-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GCR-Chilean-Interview.png 1228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Mexican: Borrachita. Gilda Cruz-Romo [<em>Vamos a ver<\/em> [Chilean television program hosted by Ra\u00fal Matas 1977]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default 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=\"400\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"16152\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Canine-Companions.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Canine-Companions.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Canine-Companions-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"819\" data-id=\"16151\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-with-Doggie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-with-Doggie.jpg 576w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-with-Doggie-211x300.jpg 211w\" 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=\"540\" height=\"618\" data-id=\"16150\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-with-Doggies.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-with-Doggies.jpg 540w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-with-Doggies-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"623\" data-id=\"16153\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Elderly.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Elderly.png 620w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Elderly-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Elderly-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"523\" data-id=\"16154\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Prize-1024x523.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Prize-1024x523.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Prize-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Prize-768x392.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Prize-1536x785.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gilda-Prize.png 1597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 315. Gilda Cruz-Romo SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM While I was growing up, Gilda Cruz-Romo was a fixture on 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fils<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Amilcare Ponchielli<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Andrea Ch\u00e9nier<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Andrea Maffei<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">\u00c1ngel de Saavedra<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Angelo Campori<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Anna Bolena<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Antonio Garc\u00eda Guti\u00e9rrez<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arrigo Boito<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Attila<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carlo Bergonzi<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carlo Felice Cillario<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carmen<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Colenton Freeman<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Domenico Oliva<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Emerson Buckley<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ernani<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Felice Romani<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francesco Maria Piave<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Friedrich Schiller<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gaetano Donizetti<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Georges Bizet<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Puccini<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gilda Cruz-Romo<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Adami<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Giacosa<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Henri Meilhac<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Henri Murger<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Herrera de la Fuente<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Il Trovatore<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Alexander<\/span>","<span 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