{"id":16376,"date":"2025-02-07T06:52:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T05:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16376"},"modified":"2025-02-10T23:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T22:41:55","slug":"episode-331-eugene-holmes-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/07\/episode-331-eugene-holmes-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 331. Eugene Holmes Revisited"},"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-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\">\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\"><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 331.  Eugene Holmes Revisited<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1426-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=\"556\" height=\"807\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Holmes-Amonasro.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Holmes-Amonasro.png 556w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Holmes-Amonasro-207x300.png 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Exactly two years ago I introduced my listeners to the magisterial African American dramatic baritone Eugene Holmes (1932 \u2013 2007). Holmes first found world-wide recognition with he appeared in the first modern revival of Frederick Delius\u2019s problematic opera <em>Koanga<\/em>. Following that earth-shattering success, however, Holmes did not become a world star, but rather for nearly thirty years found his artistic home at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, where he was the reigning Verdi baritone with the company. His career there was bookended by two rare recordings of spirituals, one from just before his success in <em>Koanga<\/em>, the other appearing after Holmes had spent nearly twenty years in D\u00fcsseldorf. This episode presents a live excerpt from a 1972 London performance of the Delius (a voodoo curse, in fact, as delivered by the title character!), as well as the complete contents of both albums of spirituals. In addition, and perhaps most exciting, the episode is rounded off with two excerpts from a live 1981 Deutsche Oper am Rhein recording of Verdi\u2019s dark masterpiece <em>Simon Boccanegra <\/em>with Holmes in the title role, joined by the exquisite Bulgarian soprano Stefka Evstatieva. In all of these recordings, the power of Holmes\u2019s voice and the sensitivity of his expression combine to make these some of the finest recordings of either the spirituals repertoire, or of Verdi, that I have ever heard and are an important addition to the legacy of this woefully under-recorded artist.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eugene-Holmes-autogramm-706x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eugene-Holmes-autogramm-706x1024.jpg 706w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eugene-Holmes-autogramm-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eugene-Holmes-autogramm-768x1113.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eugene-Holmes-autogramm.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eugene Holmes in <em>Un Ballo in Maschera<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1047\" height=\"1088\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Koanga-LP-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Koanga-LP-Cover.jpg 1047w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Koanga-LP-Cover-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Koanga-LP-Cover-985x1024.jpg 985w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Koanga-LP-Cover-768x798.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1047px) 100vw, 1047px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Original cover of EMI studio recording of <em>Koanga<\/em> (1972)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Frederick Delius, Charles Francis Keary [after George Washington Cable, revised Douglas Craig, Andrew Page]: Hear me, God Voodoo, I have betrayed my trust (<em>Koanga<\/em>). Eugene Holmes, Charles Groves, London Symphony Orchestra [live London 1972]<\/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=\"586\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16731\" style=\"width:631px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg 586w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AlbumArtSmall-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Holmes Sings Spirituals <\/em>(ca. 1970). Joseph Rezits, pianist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I Stood on the River of Jordan (arr. Harry T. Burleigh)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Witness (arr. Hall Johnson)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Let Us Break Bread Together (arr. William Lawrence)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arr. Hall Johnson)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ain\u2019t Got Time to Die (arr. Hall Johnson)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deep River (arr. Harry T. Burleigh)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ride On, King Jesus (arr. Hall Johnson)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oh, Didn\u2019t It Rain (arr. Harry T. Burleigh)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nobody Knows the Trouble I\u2019ve Seen (arr. Harry T. Burleigh)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Little David, Play on Your Harp (arr. Harry T. Burleigh)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His Name So Sweet (arr. Hall Johnson)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Were You There? (arr. Harry T. Burleigh)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"929\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Holmes-early-headshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Holmes-early-headshot.png 882w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Holmes-early-headshot-285x300.png 285w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Holmes-early-headshot-768x809.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/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=\"898\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eugene-Holmes-Macbeth-1024x898.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eugene-Holmes-Macbeth-1024x898.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eugene-Holmes-Macbeth-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eugene-Holmes-Macbeth-768x674.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Eugene-Holmes-Macbeth.jpg 1399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Holmes as Macbeth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave, revised Arrigo Boito [after Antonio Garc\u00eda Guti\u00e9rrez]: Plebe, patrizi! (<em>Simon Boccanegra<\/em>). Eugene Holmes, Stefka Evstatieva, Alberto Erede, Duisburger Philharmoniker [live Duisburg 1981]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"812\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Evstatieva.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Evstatieva.png 616w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Evstatieva-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stefka Evstatieva<\/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=\"1022\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Holmes-Spirituals-1022x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Holmes-Spirituals-1022x1024.png 1022w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Holmes-Spirituals-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Holmes-Spirituals-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Holmes-Spirituals-768x769.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Holmes-Spirituals.png 1078w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Eugene Holmes Spirituals <\/em>(1988). Gerd Hirtz, pianist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Deep River (arr. Harry T. Burleigh)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heav\u2019n, Heav\u2019n (arr. Harry T. Burleigh)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ride On, King Jesus (arr. Hall Johnson)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (arr. Harry T. Burleigh)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arr. Hall Johnson)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Let Us Break Bread Together (arr. Gerd Hirtz)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His Name So Sweet (arr. Hall Johnson)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oh, Glory! (arr. Hall Johnson)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I Got to Lie Down (arr. Hall Johnson)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weepin\u2019 Mary (arr. Harry T. Burleigh)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oh, Didn\u2019t It Rain (arr. Harry T. Burleigh)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ain\u2019t Got Time to Die (arr. Hall Johnson)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"814\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Germont-Eugene-Holmes-814x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Germont-Eugene-Holmes-814x1024.jpg 814w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Germont-Eugene-Holmes-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Germont-Eugene-Holmes-768x966.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Germont-Eugene-Holmes-1222x1536.jpg 1222w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Germont-Eugene-Holmes.jpg 1345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Holmes as Papa Germont<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave, revised Arrigo Boito [after Antonio Garc\u00eda Guti\u00e9rrez]: Favella il Doge (<em>Simon Boccanegra<\/em>). Eugene Holmes, Stefka Evstatieva, Alberto Erede, Duisburger Philharmoniker [live Duisburg 1981]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Affiliate-Artist-Brochure-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Affiliate-Artist-Brochure-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Affiliate-Artist-Brochure-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Affiliate-Artist-Brochure-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Affiliate-Artist-Brochure-1536x1150.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Affiliate-Artist-Brochure-1600x1198.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Affiliate-Artist-Brochure.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 331. 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