{"id":16680,"date":"2025-02-24T04:39:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T03:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16680"},"modified":"2025-02-24T04:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T03:43:05","slug":"episode-336-scotto-sings-rossini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/episode-336-scotto-sings-rossini\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 336. Scotto Sings Rossini"},"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 336.  Scotto Sings Rossini<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1451-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=\"562\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-coi-gigli.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-coi-gigli.png 562w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-coi-gigli-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today would have been the 91st birthday of our beloved Renata Scotto. On an episode last year celebrating the 100th birthday of Maria Callas, I remarked that Renatina possessed in profusion two qualities that Maria lacked: cuteness and charm. Both of those qualities are heard in these performances of Rossini songs, which range from 1964 to 1984 and include Scotto in both live and studio recordings. For the last forty years of his life, Gioachino Rossini, who had written scores of operas by the time he was 37, wrote no more works for the stage. But in those later years he did compose two collections of parlor pieces, one of which, the <em>Soir\u00e9es musicales<\/em>, or <em>Serate musicali<\/em>, published in 1835, are heard on this episode. Ten of the twelve songs are heard here performed by Scotto. The episode is supplemented by one larger-scale late Rossini work, an 1832 cantata entitled <em>Giovanna d\u2019Arco<\/em> which structurally amounts to an enormous operatic scena, performed by Scotto (and my beloved teacher John Wustman) to perfection in a rare live recording from Carnegie Hall in 1969. In addition, we hear a pristine 1959 excerpt from one of Scotto\u2019s earliest recordings, <em>La cambiale di matrimonio<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Young-Rossini.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16912\" style=\"width:529px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Young-Rossini.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Young-Rossini-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The young Gioachino Rossini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All compositions are by Gioachino Rossini and performed by Renata Scotto.<\/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=\"200\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-Rosina.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16913\" style=\"width:534px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The young Renata Scotto (as Rosina)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Rossi: Vorrei spiegarvi il giubilo (<em>La cambiale di matrimonio<\/em>). Renato Fasano, I Virtuosi di Roma [1959]<\/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=\"620\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-in-Russia-1964.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-in-Russia-1964.png 620w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-in-Russia-1964-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Carlo Pepoli: La danza [Tarantella]. Antonio Tonini [live Moscow 18.IX.64]<\/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=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renata-with-Flowers-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renata-with-Flowers-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renata-with-Flowers-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renata-with-Flowers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renata-with-Flowers-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renata-with-Flowers-1536x1534.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renata-with-Flowers-1600x1598.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renata-with-Flowers.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pietro Metastasio: Il rimprovero. Antonio Beltrami [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"677\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-Lamp-Elegance-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-Lamp-Elegance-1.jpg 677w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-Lamp-Elegance-1-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Carlo Pepoli: L\u2019orgia [Arietta]. Antonio Beltrami [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renatina-in-Hotel-Room.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renatina-in-Hotel-Room.jpg 840w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renatina-in-Hotel-Room-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renatina-in-Hotel-Room-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pietro Metastasio: La partenza. John Wustman [live Hunter College 01.XI.70]<\/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=\"1000\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-folded-phto.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-folded-phto.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-folded-phto-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-folded-phto-768x518.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pietro Metastasio: La promessa. John Wustman [live Hunter College 01.XI.70]<\/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=\"604\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-RCA.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-RCA.png 604w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-RCA-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Carlo Pepoli: L\u2019invito [Bolero]. Ryan Edwards [live New York 15.II.72]<\/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=\"383\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renata-in-chiffon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16924\" style=\"width:596px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renata-in-chiffon.jpg 383w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renata-in-chiffon-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Carlo Pepoli: La gita in gondola. Ryan Edwards [live New York 15.II.72]<\/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=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-Wustman-1024x672.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-Wustman-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-Wustman-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-Wustman-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Scotto-Wustman.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Wustman and Renata Scotto (photo by Beth Bergman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Anonymous: Giovanni d\u2019Arco. John Wustman [live Carnegie Hall 12.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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Casoni-Bianca-Maria-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16922\" style=\"width:515px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Casoni-Bianca-Maria-05.jpg 299w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Casoni-Bianca-Maria-05-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bianca Maria Casoni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Carlo Pepoli: La regata veneziana [Notturno a due voci]. Bianca Maria Casoni, Antonio Beltrami [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Giuseppe-Nait.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16925\" style=\"width:571px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Giuseppe-Nait.png 408w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Giuseppe-Nait-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Giuseppe Nait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Carlo Pepoli: La serenata [Notturno a due voci]. Giuseppe Nait, Antonio Beltrami [1965]<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renatina-1984-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renatina-1984-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renatina-1984-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renatina-1984-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renatina-1984-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renatina-1984.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlo Pepoli: La pastorella delle Alpi. Ivan Davis [live Paris 28.III.83]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"819\" data-id=\"16926\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Very-Young-Renata.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Very-Young-Renata.jpg 526w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Very-Young-Renata-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"686\" data-id=\"16927\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renata-Older-Adorable.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renata-Older-Adorable.png 566w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Renata-Older-Adorable-248x300.png 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlo Pepoli: La danza [Tarantella]. Thomas Fulton [live Tokyo 1984]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Thomas-Fulton.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Thomas-Fulton.png 566w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Thomas-Fulton-245x300.png 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thomas Fulton (18 September 1949 &#8211; 04 August 1994)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 336. 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