{"id":16767,"date":"2025-03-14T19:31:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T18:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16767"},"modified":"2025-03-17T19:11:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:11:01","slug":"episode-341-robert-massard-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/episode-341-robert-massard-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 341. Robert Massard 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-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 341. Robert Massard Revisited<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1467-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=\"520\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-autograph.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-autograph.jpg 520w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-autograph-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A year and a half ago, I posted an episode on Robert Massard, the finest French baritone of his era, and one of the finest French baritones of all time. Today, in honor of his upcoming hundredth birthday later this year, I present him in a different repertoire (and therefore a different light). As was very much the custom of the day in French opera houses, Massard sang many of his non-French roles in translation. This was also very much the standard in German-language opera houses in the 50s and 60s. Massard\u2019s recorded legacy includes Italian operas sung in the original language as well as in French translation. No matter what language he was singing in, Massard was a master of <em>bel canto<\/em> as well as buffo patter. This episode includes arias and duets from <em>Il barbiere di Siviglia<\/em>, <em>I Puritani<\/em>, <em>Lucie de Lammermoor<\/em>, <em>Le Comte Ory<\/em>, <em>La Traviata<\/em>, <em>Don Carlos<\/em>, <em>Un bal masque<\/em>, <em>La boh\u00e8me<\/em>, <em>Cavalleria rusticana<\/em>, and <em>Andrea Ch\u00e9nier<\/em>, as well as extended scenes from both <em>Rigoletto<\/em> (in and out of French!) and <em>Falstaff<\/em>. I also include a clip of Massard\u2019s contemporary and compatriot Gabriel Bacquier singing an excerpt of one of his greatest Verdi parts, Iago in <em>Otello<\/em>. Massard\u2019s vocal colleagues in these excerpts include Alain Vanzo, Peter Glossop, and Ren\u00e9e Doria.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Recording-at-the-Salle-Wagram.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Recording-at-the-Salle-Wagram.jpg 650w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Recording-at-the-Salle-Wagram-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Carmen<\/em> recording session, Salle Wagram 1964<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Hal\u00e9vy [after Prosper M\u00e9rim\u00e9e]: Si tu m&#8217;aimes, Carmen (<em>Carmen<\/em>). Robert Massard, Maria Callas, Georges Pr\u00eatre, Orchestre de l&#8217;Op\u00e9ra National de Paris [1964]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pretre.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pretre.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pretre-300x281.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Georges Pr\u00eatre, looking pretty as a picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Valentin-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Valentin-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Valentin-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Valentin-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Valentin.png 1118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Massard as Valentin, La Scala 1967<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod, Jules Barbier, Michel Carr\u00e9 [after Carr\u00e9\u2019s play based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]: Avant de quitter ces lieux (<em>Faust<\/em>). Robert Massard, Roberto Benzi, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest [live Amsterdam 28.X.1972]<\/p>\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\/03\/Roberto-Benzi-1024x672.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Roberto-Benzi-1024x672.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Roberto-Benzi-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Roberto-Benzi-768x504.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Roberto-Benzi.png 1123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roberto Benzi<\/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=\"643\" height=\"920\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Very-Young.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Very-Young.png 643w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Very-Young-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Robert Planquette, Henri Meilhac, Philippe Gille, Henry Brougham Farnie: Vive la paresse (<em>Rip<\/em>). Robert Massard, Orchestra conducted by Armand Bernard [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Planquette.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Planquette.png 452w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Planquette-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Planquette<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Berbie-in-Barbier-1024x770.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Berbie-in-Barbier-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Berbie-in-Barbier-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Berbie-in-Barbier-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Berbie-in-Barbier-1536x1155.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Berbie-in-Barbier.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Massard and Jane Berbi\u00e9 as Figaro and Rosina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gioachino Rossini, Cesare Sterbini [after Pierre Beaumarchais]: Largo al factotum (<em>Il barbiere di Siviglia<\/em>). Robert Massard, Reynald Giovaninetti, Orchestre Lyrique et Phiharmonique de l\u2019ORTF [1961]<\/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=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Elderly-Massard-with-some-role-photos.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Elderly-Massard-with-some-role-photos.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Elderly-Massard-with-some-role-photos-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Elderly-Massard-with-some-role-photos-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Massard at 98 with photos of some of his roles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet, Carlo Cambiaggio: Non v\u2019\u00e8 signor di lei (<em>Don Procopio<\/em>). Robert Massard, Bruno Amaducci, Orchestre Lyrique de l\u2019ORTF [live 1975]<\/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=\"657\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Young-Headshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Young-Headshot.png 657w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Young-Headshot-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vincenzo Bellini, Carlo Pepoli [after Jacques-Fran\u00e7ois Ancelot, Joseph Xavier Saintine]: Ah, per sempre io ti perdei (<em>I Puritani<\/em>). Robert Massard, Gianfranco Rivoli, Orchestre de l&#8217;Op\u00e9ra de Marseille [live 1974]<\/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=\"653\" height=\"971\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-in-costume.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-in-costume.png 653w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-in-costume-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, adapted J.L. Caussou, J.Y. Lamare [after A. Royer, G. Va\u00ebz, Walter Scott]: D\u2019un amour qui me grave (<em>Lucie de Lammermoor<\/em>). Robert Massard, Orchestra conducted by Georges S\u00e9bastian [1960]<\/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=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vittorio-Gui-1024x658.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vittorio-Gui-1024x658.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vittorio-Gui-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vittorio-Gui-768x494.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vittorio-Gui.png 1332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vittorio Gui<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gioachino Rossini, Eug\u00e8ne Scribe, Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson: En voici, mes amis\u2026 Dans ce lieu solitaire (<em>Le Comte Ory<\/em>). Robert Massard, Vittorio Gui, Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI [live Torino 11.VI.59]<\/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=\"585\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Adrian-de-Peyer.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Adrian-de-Peyer.png 585w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Adrian-de-Peyer-258x300.png 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Adrian de Peyer (possibly the worst singer I&#8217;ve ever played on the podcast?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gioachino Rossini, Luigi Balocchi, \u00c9tienne de Jouy: Le ciel toujours contraire (<em>Mo\u00efse et Pharaon<\/em>). Robert Massard, Adrian de Peyer, John Matheson, Orchestre de l\u2019ORTF [live Paris 04.74]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/John-Matheson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/John-Matheson.png 526w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/John-Matheson-214x300.png 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Matheson<\/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=\"452\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Germont.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Germont.png 452w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Germont-163x300.png 163w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Alexandre Dumas, French version by \u00c9douard Duprez]: Lorsqu\u2019\u00e0 de folles amours [Di Provenza il mar] (<em>La Traviata<\/em>). Robert Massard, Orchestra conducted by J\u00e9sus Etcheverry [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Triumvurate-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Triumvurate-Cover.jpg 594w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Triumvurate-Cover-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Triumvurate-Cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/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=\"444\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Ballo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Ballo.png 444w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Ballo-160x300.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Somma [after Eug\u00e8ne Scribe, French version by \u00c9douard Duprez]: Et c\u2019est toi qui d\u00e9chires mon \u00e2me (<em>Un bal masqu\u00e9<\/em>). Robert Massard, Orchestra conducted by J\u00e9sus Etcheverry [1961]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"521\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Etcheverry.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Etcheverry.png 521w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Etcheverry-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">J\u00e9sus Etcheverry<\/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=\"396\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Giovaninetti-1932-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17081\" style=\"width:584px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Giovaninetti-1932-2021.jpg 396w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Giovaninetti-1932-2021-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reynald Giovaninetti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pietro Mascagni, Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Guido Menasci [after Giovanni Verga; French version by Paul Milliet]: Piaffe, mon cheval fringant (<em>Cavalleria rusticana<\/em>). Robert Massard, Orchestra and Choeurs Georges Th\u00e9ry conducted by Reynald Giovaninetti [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=\"1772\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Carlo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Carlo.jpg 1772w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Carlo-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Carlo-709x1024.jpg 709w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Carlo-768x1110.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Carlo-1063x1536.jpg 1063w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Carlo-1418x2048.jpg 1418w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Carlo-1600x2312.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1772px) 100vw, 1772px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Umberto Giordano, Luigi Illica: Nemico della patria (<em>Andrea Ch\u00e9nier<\/em>). Robert Massard, Georges S\u00e9bastian, Orchestre Lyrique de l\u2019ORTF [live France 24.IX.1970]<\/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=\"639\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vanzo2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vanzo2.png 639w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vanzo2-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alain Vanzo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after Henri Murger; French translation by Paul Ferrier: Ah! Mimi s\u2019en est all\u00e9e (<em>La boh\u00e8me<\/em>). Robert Massard, Alain Vanzo, Orchestra conducted by Erasmo Ghiglia [1960]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Oreste-Different-Post.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Oreste-Different-Post.png 572w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Oreste-Different-Post-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/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=\"820\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Rodrigue.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Rodrigue.png 820w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Rodrigue-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Rodrigue-768x688.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Joseph M\u00e9ry, Camille du Locle [after Friedrich Schiller]: Avec quel doux orgeuil\u2026 C\u2019est mon jour supr\u00eame\u2026 Carlos, \u00e9coute\u2026 Ah! je meurs l\u2019\u00e2me joyeuse (<em>Don Carlos<\/em>). Robert Massard, Reynald Giovaninetti, Orchestre Lyrique et Phiharmonique de l\u2019ORTF [1961]<\/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=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bacquier-in-Mirror-1024x600.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bacquier-in-Mirror-1024x600.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bacquier-in-Mirror-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bacquier-in-Mirror-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bacquier-in-Mirror.png 1174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gabriel Bacquier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito [after William Shakespeare]: Era la notte (<em>Otello<\/em>). Gabriel Bacquier, Orchestra conducted by J\u00e9sus Etcheverry [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=\"447\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Rigoletto.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Rigoletto.jpg 447w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Rigoletto-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Victor Hugo, French version by \u00c9douard Duprez]:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Paix, voici le bouffon&#8230; Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (<em>Rigoletto<\/em>). Robert Massard, Michel Forel, Camille Rouquetty, Jacques Scellier, Agn\u00e8s Adam, Orchestra and Chorus conducted by J\u00e9sus Etcheverry [1961]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>L\u2019heure est venue enfin&#8230; Je sens un corps humain&#8230; Pour que l\u00e0-haut, pr\u00e8s de ma sainte m\u00e8re. Robert Massard, Ren\u00e9e Doria, Alain Vanzo, Orchestra conducted by J\u00e9sus Etcheverry [1961]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Renee-Doria-avec-fleurs.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Renee-Doria-avec-fleurs.png 708w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Renee-Doria-avec-fleurs-282x300.png 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ren\u00e9e Doria<\/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=\"555\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glossop-as-Falstaff.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glossop-as-Falstaff.jpg 555w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Glossop-as-Falstaff-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peter Glossop as Falstaff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito [after William Shakespeare]: Signor, v\u2019assista il cielo\u2026 \u00c8 sogno? O realt\u00e0?&#8230; Eccomi qua, son pronto (<em>Falstaff<\/em>). Robert Massard, Peter Glossop, Georges S\u00e9bastian, Orchestre Lyrique de l\u2019ORTF [live 1974]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Georges-Sebastian.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Georges-Sebastian.png 630w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Georges-Sebastian-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Georges S\u00e9bastian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"537\" height=\"785\" data-id=\"17101\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Marouf.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Marouf.png 537w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-Marouf-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"452\" data-id=\"17102\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-in-Makeup.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-in-Makeup.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Massard-in-Makeup-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 341. 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