{"id":16175,"date":"2025-01-27T07:08:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T06:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16175"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:41:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:41:40","slug":"episode-328-mezzos-in-extremis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/episode-328-mezzos-in-extremis\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 328. Mezzos in Extremis"},"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 328.  Mezzos in Extremis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1407-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=\"642\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Vejzovic-glasses.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Vejzovic-glasses.jpg 642w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Vejzovic-glasses-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dunja Vejzovi\u0107<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Right after the disastrous US election of November 2024, I published an episode entitled \u201cMezzos on the Verge,\u201d which featured some of my favorite mezzos in rafter-shaking performances of \u201con the edge\u201d repertoire. At the time, I had enough additional material to produce a second episode, which I have called \u201cMezzos in Extremis.\u201d And what better time to present that episode than as the new regime has begun its process of dismantling democracy. The material today ranges from Mozart to Britten, Handel to Jan\u00e1\u010dek, Bach to Wagner, and features performances both live and studio from exceptional singers as Eva Randov\u00e1, Sarah Walker, Margarete Klose, Irina Arkhipova, Viorica Cortez, Jennie Tourel, Irene Minghini-Cattaneo, and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, among others. I have structured the program so that the explosive expressions of insanity, fury, and rage gradually give way to the quieter (and possibly more profound) emotions of sadness, doubt, and contrition. And because I always like to compare and contrast singers, I take great joy in presenting several pairs of contrasting singers in the same repertoire: Dunja Vejzovi\u0107 and Paula Rasmussen in Handel\u2019s <em>Serse<\/em>; Giulietta Simionato and Brigitte Fassbaender as Dorabella in <em>Cos\u00ec<\/em>; and Fedora Barbieri and Joyce DiDonato as Dejanira in Handel\u2019s <em>Hercules<\/em>. The episode is offered in solidarity with all those who find themselves today in extreme situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Walker-Pissed-1024x864.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Walker-Pissed-1024x864.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Walker-Pissed-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Walker-Pissed-768x648.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Walker-Pissed.png 1154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, W.H. Auden: Funeral Blues (<em>Cabaret Songs<\/em>). Sarah Walker, Roger Vignoles [live Devon 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=\"679\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Simionato.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Simionato.jpg 679w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Simionato-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Giulietta Simionato<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Ah! scostati&#8230; Smanie implacabili (<em>Cos\u00ec fan tutte<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Giulietta Simionato, Karl B\u00f6hm, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande [live Gen\u00e8ve 14.I.1949]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brigitte Fassbaender, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayerisches Staatsorchester [live M\u00fcnchen 28.II.1978]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fassbaender.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16614\" style=\"width:542px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fassbaender.jpg 284w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fassbaender-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Vejzovic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16608\" style=\"width:472px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Vejzovic.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Vejzovic-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dunja Vejzovi\u0107<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, unknown librettist [after Silvio Stampiglia, Nicol\u00f2 Minato]: Crude furie degli orridi abissi (<em>Serse<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dunja Vejzovi\u0107, Vladimir Kranj\u010devi\u0107, Zagreb Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra [live Zagreb, unknown date]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paula Rasmussen, Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques [live Dresden Semperoper 2000]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"861\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rasmussen-Xerxes.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rasmussen-Xerxes.png 861w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rasmussen-Xerxes-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rasmussen-Xerxes-768x501.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paula Rasmussen as Xerxes<\/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=\"727\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Barbieri.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Barbieri.jpg 727w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Barbieri-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fedora Barbieri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, Thomas Broughton: Where shall I fly? (<em>Hercules<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fedora Barbieri, Lovro von Mata\u010di\u0107, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala [sung in Italian as Dove fuggir, nascondermi potr\u00f2] [live Milano 29.XII.1958]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joyce DiDonato, William Christie, Les Arts Florissants [live Paris XII.2004]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DiDonato-Dejanira.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DiDonato-Dejanira.jpg 713w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DiDonato-Dejanira-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joyce DiDonato<\/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=\"490\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rosette-Anday.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rosette-Anday.png 490w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rosette-Anday-192x300.png 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, Eug\u00e8ne Scribe [after Alfonse Royer, Gustave Va\u00ebz; Italian version by Francesco Jannetti]: O mio Fernando (<em>La favorita<\/em>). Rosette Anday, Carl Alwin, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper [1929]<\/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=\"640\" height=\"985\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Arkhipova.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Arkhipova.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Arkhipova-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pietro Mascagni, Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Guido Menasci [after Giovanni Verga]: Voi lo sapete, o mamma (<em>Cavalleria rusticana<\/em>). Irina Arkhipova, Mark Ermler, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra [1971]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Minghini.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Minghini.png 478w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Minghini-186x300.png 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Irene Minghini-Cattaneo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Amilcare Ponchielli, Arrigo Boito [as Tobia Gorrio, after Victor Hugo]: Sfido il tuo core, o rival&#8230; L&#8217;amo come il fulgor del creato (<em>La Gioconda<\/em>). Irene Minghini-Cattaneo, Delia de Martis, Carlo Sabajno, Orchestra of La Scala, Milano [1930]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Delia-De-Martis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16621\" style=\"width:640px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Delia-De-Martis.jpg 498w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Delia-De-Martis-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Delia De Martis<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"422\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Viorica-Cortez.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16622\" style=\"width:574px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Viorica-Cortez.jpg 422w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Viorica-Cortez-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u00c9douard Lalo, \u00c9douard Blau [n\u00e9 Stanslas Viateur]: De tous c\u00f4t\u00e9s j&#8217;aper\u00e7ois dans la plaine [Air de Margared] (<em>Le Roi d&#8217;Ys<\/em>). Viorica Cortez, Louis De Froment, Grand Orchestre Radio-T\u00e9l\u00e9-Luxembourg [1977]<\/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=\"594\" height=\"866\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Beckmann.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Beckmann.png 594w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Beckmann-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Friedel Beckmann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Hal\u00e9vy [after Prosper M\u00e9rim\u00e9e]: Wenn dir die Karten einmal bittrer Unheil k\u00fcnden [En vain pour \u00e9viter] (<em>Carmen<\/em>) [sung in German]. Friedel Beckmann [1942]<\/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=\"442\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Klose.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16609\" style=\"width:553px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Klose.jpg 442w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Klose-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner: So ist es denn aus mit den ewigen G\u00f6ttern (<em>Die Walk\u00fcre<\/em>). Margarete Klose, Bruno Seidler-Winkler, Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin [1938]<\/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=\"495\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Randova-Freaky.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Randova-Freaky.png 495w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Randova-Freaky-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Leo\u0161 Jan\u00e1\u010dek [after Gabriela Preissov\u00e1]: Co chv\u00edla [What a moment!] (<em>Jen\u016ffa<\/em> [<em>Jej\u00ed pastorky\u0148a<\/em>]). Eva Randov\u00e1, Charles Mackerras, Wiener Philharmoniker [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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"491\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jennie-Tourel.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16624\" style=\"width:586px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jennie-Tourel.jpeg 491w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jennie-Tourel-288x300.jpeg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jennie Tourel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Mikhail Glinka, Nestor Vasil&#8217;yevich Kukol&#8217;nik: \u0421\u043e\u043c\u043d\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 [Doubt]. Jennie Tourel, Gary Karr, Allen Rogers [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=\"548\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lorraine-HL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lorraine-HL.jpg 548w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lorraine-HL-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lorraine Hunt Lieberson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Tief geb\u00fcckt und voller Reue (<em>Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut<\/em>, BWV 199). Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Craig Smith, The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music [2003]<\/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=\"925\" height=\"928\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Shirai.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Shirai.png 925w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Shirai-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Shirai-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Shirai-768x770.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mitsuko Shirai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Robert Schumann, Adalbert von Chamisso: Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz (<em>Frauenliebe und -leben<\/em>, Op. 42\/8). Mitsuko Shirai, Hartmut H\u00f6ll [1982]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 328. 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href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Vladimir Kranj\u010devi\u0107<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">W.H. Auden<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">William Christie<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wolfgang Sawallisch<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Adalbert von Chamisso<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alfonse Royer<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Allen Rogers<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Amilcare Ponchielli<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arrigo Boito<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Benjamin Britten<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Brigitte Fassbaender<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Bruno Seidler-Winkler<\/span>","<span 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