{"id":16291,"date":"2025-02-03T20:37:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T19:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16291"},"modified":"2025-02-07T03:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T02:20:07","slug":"episode-330-martina-arroyo-in-duet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/episode-330-martina-arroyo-in-duet\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 330. Martina Arroyo in Duet"},"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 330.  Martina Arroyo in Duet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1421-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=\"754\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Egyptian-eyes-754x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Egyptian-eyes-754x1024.jpg 754w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Egyptian-eyes-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Egyptian-eyes-768x1044.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Egyptian-eyes.jpg 928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What better way to start off this Black History Month 2025 celebration than with a birthday tribute to beloved African American diva Martina Arroyo, who turned 88 yesterday, February 2?! Though she is universally regarded as one of the premier Verdi spinto sopranos of the second half of the Twentieth Century, Arroyo was equally adept at a wide range of other composers as well. In this episode, which focuses on Martina in duet, many of those composers are represented as well, from Handel to Meyerbeer to Mascagni, with a little Wagner thrown in for good measure. And what an amazing line-up of duet partners, including two of our most beloved African American mezzos\/sopranos, Shirley Verrett, and Grace Bumbry. Also heard are Franco Corelli, Carlo Bergonzi, Anna Moffo, Franco Bonisolli, Bernd Weikl, Gianfranco Cecchele, Sherrill Milnes, Ludmila Dvo\u0159\u00e1kov\u00e1, and Giorgio Lamberti. Raise a glass to this supreme soprano, and prepare your ears for a deeply satisfying experience!<\/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\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=\"413\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"16693\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Spanish-Verdi-heroine-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Spanish-Verdi-heroine-1.jpg 413w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Spanish-Verdi-heroine-1-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"16694\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Verrett-Tosca-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Verrett-Tosca-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Verrett-Tosca-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Verrett-Tosca-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Verrett-Tosca.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Both divas as Tosca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Agnus Dei (<em>Messa da Requiem<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Shirley Verrett, Lorin Maazel, Cleveland Orchestra [live New York 27.XI.72]<\/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-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"463\" data-id=\"16696\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bumbry-Baby.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bumbry-Baby.png 420w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bumbry-Baby-272x300.png 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"16697\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-young-grin-591x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-young-grin-591x1024.png 591w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-young-grin-173x300.png 173w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-young-grin.png 619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, Thomas Morell: O lovely peace (<em>Judas Maccabaeus<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Grace Bumbry, Maurice Abravanel, Utah Symphony Orchestra [1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter 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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"726\" data-id=\"16683\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Aida.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Aida.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Aida-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1191\" height=\"1505\" data-id=\"16698\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bumbry-Salome.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bumbry-Salome.jpg 1191w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bumbry-Salome-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bumbry-Salome-810x1024.jpg 810w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bumbry-Salome-768x970.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1191px) 100vw, 1191px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I know it&#8217;s Salome, but it <em>could<\/em> be Amneris!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni [after Auguste Mariette, Temistocle Solera]: Ah, vieni&#8230; Fu la sorte dell\u2019armi&#8230; Piet\u00e0 ti prenda (<em>Aida<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Grace Bumbry, Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli [live 24.II.73]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"777\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-and-Grace-1024x777.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-and-Grace-1024x777.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-and-Grace-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-and-Grace-768x583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-and-Grace.jpg 1226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"824\" data-id=\"16699\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Elvira-or-sumpn.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Elvira-or-sumpn.png 651w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Elvira-or-sumpn-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"656\" data-id=\"16700\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Moffo-Chunky-Necklace-and-Earrings.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Moffo-Chunky-Necklace-and-Earrings.jpg 454w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Moffo-Chunky-Necklace-and-Earrings-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fromental Hal\u00e9vy, Eug\u00e8ne Scribe: Ah! Que ma voix plaintive (<em>La Juive<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Anna Moffo, Antonio de Almeida, New Philharmonia Orchestra [1974]<\/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-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"829\" data-id=\"16712\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Flouncy-Headdress.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Flouncy-Headdress.png 552w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Flouncy-Headdress-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"16701\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lamberti.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lamberti.jpg 333w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lamberti-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Meyerbeer, Eug\u00e8ne Scribe: En vain&#8230; Combien tu m\u2019es ch\u00e8re (<em>L\u2019Africaine<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Giorgio Lamberti, Gerd Albrecht, Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [live Monaco 1977]<\/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-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"831\" data-id=\"16704\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Elsa.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Elsa.png 613w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Elsa-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"528\" data-id=\"16703\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dvorakova-costumed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dvorakova-costumed.jpg 373w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dvorakova-costumed-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner: Ortrud, wo bist du? (<em>Lohengrin<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Ludmila Dvo\u0159\u00e1kov\u00e1, Orchestra conducted by Berislav Klobu\u010dar [live 10.II.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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"581\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cav.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16705\" style=\"width:619px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cav.jpg 581w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cav-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pietro Mascagni, Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Guido Menasci [after Giovanni Verga]: Ah! lo vedi&#8230; No, no, Turiddu&#8230; Ah! Il Signore vi manda&#8230; Turiddu mi tolse&#8230; Ad essi non perdono (<em>Cavalleria rusticana<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Franco Bonisolli, Bernd Weikl, Lamberto Gardelli, M\u00fcnchener Rundfunkorchester [1981]<\/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=\"757\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta-757x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta-757x1024.jpg 757w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta-768x1039.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta-1136x1536.jpg 1136w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta.jpg 1514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Elisabetta at the Met, 1965<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Joseph M\u00e9ry, Camille du Locle [after Friedrich Schiller, Italian translation by Antonio Ghislanzoni]: Io vengo a domandar (<em>Don Carlo<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Gianfranco Cecchele, Thomas Schippers, Orchestra del Teatro Communale di Roma [live 01.VI.74]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"939\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cecchele.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cecchele.jpg 712w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Cecchele-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gianfranco Cecchele<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"1080\" data-id=\"16702\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-autographed-Trovatore.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-autographed-Trovatore.png 715w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-autographed-Trovatore-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-autographed-Trovatore-678x1024.png 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"1287\" data-id=\"16706\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Manuguerra.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Manuguerra.jpg 907w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Manuguerra-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Manuguerra-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Manuguerra-768x1090.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Salvadore Cammarano [after Antonio Garc\u00eda Guti\u00e9rrez]: Mira d\u2019acerbe lagrime (<em>Il trovatore<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Matteo Manuguerra, Antoni Ros-Marb\u00e1, Orchestra of the Teatro de la Zarzuela [live Madrid 1978]<\/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 aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"16686\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-regal-Melancon-816x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-regal-Melancon-816x1024.jpg 816w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-regal-Melancon-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-regal-Melancon-768x964.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-regal-Melancon.jpg 1194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"16723\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Milnes-Macbeth-601x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Milnes-Macbeth-601x1024.png 601w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Milnes-Macbeth-176x300.png 176w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Milnes-Macbeth.png 626w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave, Andrea Maffei [after William Shakespeare]: Regna il suono su tutti&#8230; Fatal mia donna&#8230; Il pugnal l\u00e0 riportate&#8230; Vieni altrove! (<em>Macbeth<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Sherrill Milnes, Orchestra conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli [live 03.II.1973]<\/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 aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"726\" data-id=\"16683\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Aida.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Aida.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Aida-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"434\" height=\"544\" data-id=\"16709\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Corelli-Radames-HAIRCUT.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Corelli-Radames-HAIRCUT.jpg 434w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Corelli-Radames-HAIRCUT-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni [after Auguste Mariette, Temistocle Solera]: Fuggiam gli ardori inospiti&#8230; L\u00e0, tra foreste vergini (<em>Aida<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Franco Corelli, Orchestra conducted by Fausto Cleva [live 31.V.1971]<\/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 aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"790\" data-id=\"16713\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bergonzi-Young.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bergonzi-Young.png 485w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bergonzi-Young-184x300.png 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"16688\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-young-glamour-827x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-young-glamour-827x1024.jpg 827w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-young-glamour-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-young-glamour-768x951.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-young-glamour.jpg 1215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni (after Auguste Mariette, Temistocle Solera): Vedi, di morte l\u2019angelo\u2026 O terra, addio (<em>Aida<\/em>). Martina Arroyo, Carlo Bergonzi, Biserka Cvejic, Bruno Bartoletti, Orchestra of the Teatro Col\u00f3n [live Buenos Aires 08.VI.68]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-11 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"599\" data-id=\"16689\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-potted-flowers-1976.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-potted-flowers-1976.jpg 733w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-potted-flowers-1976-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1205\" height=\"1486\" data-id=\"16722\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta-Don-Carlo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta-Don-Carlo-1.jpg 1205w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta-Don-Carlo-1-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta-Don-Carlo-1-830x1024.jpg 830w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta-Don-Carlo-1-768x947.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1205px) 100vw, 1205px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"510\" data-id=\"16715\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/arroyo0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/arroyo0.jpg 443w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/arroyo0-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"928\" height=\"1261\" data-id=\"16716\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Egyptian-eyes-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Egyptian-eyes-1.jpg 928w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Egyptian-eyes-1-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Egyptian-eyes-1-754x1024.jpg 754w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Egyptian-eyes-1-768x1044.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"1080\" data-id=\"16719\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Forza.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Forza.png 632w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Forza-176x300.png 176w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Forza-599x1024.png 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"760\" data-id=\"16714\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Hair.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Hair.jpg 758w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Hair-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Hair-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"941\" height=\"1292\" data-id=\"16717\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-other-sideways.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-other-sideways.jpg 941w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-other-sideways-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-other-sideways-746x1024.jpg 746w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-other-sideways-768x1054.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"1080\" data-id=\"16720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-seated-fur-cuffs.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-seated-fur-cuffs.png 619w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-seated-fur-cuffs-172x300.png 172w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-seated-fur-cuffs-587x1024.png 587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1090\" height=\"1408\" data-id=\"16718\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Young-Upward.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Young-Upward.jpg 1090w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Young-Upward-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Young-Upward-793x1024.jpg 793w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Young-Upward-768x992.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1090px) 100vw, 1090px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"1080\" data-id=\"16721\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-skeptical.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-skeptical.png 886w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-skeptical-246x300.png 246w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-skeptical-840x1024.png 840w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-skeptical-768x936.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 330. Martina Arroyo in Duet SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM What better way to start off this Black History 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