{"id":16824,"date":"2025-03-21T23:40:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T22:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16824"},"modified":"2025-03-21T23:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T22:40:14","slug":"episode-343-over-the-top-sopranos-french-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/episode-343-over-the-top-sopranos-french-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 343. Over-the-Top Sopranos, French Edition"},"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 343. Over-the-Top Sopranos, French Edition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1473-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=\"1024\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lubin-Veiled-1024x755.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lubin-Veiled-1024x755.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lubin-Veiled-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lubin-Veiled-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lubin-Veiled.png 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Germaine Lubin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As a follow-up to my Mezzos on the Verge series, which seemed to resonate with so many of you, today I present the first in a new ongoing series, Over-the-Top Sopranos. As I first began exploring this repertoire, my first thoughts were focused on Italian repertoire. But then I gave myself the challenge of focusing on the French style instead, thinking that I would not have as easy a time of it. Was I ever wrong! There is such a profusion French (and non-French) singers going to the brink with life or death performances of French music that thrills one to the core. Naturally I focus on familiar composers of both French grand opera (Meyerbeer, Hal\u00e9vy, Gounod) and <em>op\u00e9ra-comique<\/em> (Massenet, Bizet) but, as always with <em>Countermelody<\/em>, there are repertoire surprises along the way, including operas by Ernest Reyer and Sylvio Lazzari. And the wealth of sopranos heard here boggles the mind: again ranging from favorites such as Ninon Vallin, Rosa Ponselle, Mariella Devia, Germaine Lubin, Elisabeth Rethberg, and Carol Neblett, to such lesser-known lights as Andr\u00e9e Esposito, Fran\u00e7oise Pollet, Madeleine Sibille, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Charlotte Tirard, and Margarete Teschemacher, alongside many others. This is the kind of episode I absolutely love to produce, one rich in both discoveries and old favorites, performed by old and new favorites. <em>Go\u00fbtez-vous-en!<\/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=\"326\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Denia-Mazzola.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17143\" style=\"width:560px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Denia-Mazzola.jpg 326w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Denia-Mazzola-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Denia Mazzola Gavazzeni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Alfred Blau, Louis de Gramont [after Denis Pyramus]: Esprits de l\u2019air! Esprits de l\u2019onde! (<em>Esclarmonde<\/em>). Denia Mazzola Gavazzeni, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Parraguin, Patrick Fournillier, Orchestra of the Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest [live Saint-\u00c9tienne, Fall 1992]<\/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=\"498\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mariella-Devia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mariella-Devia.png 498w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mariella-Devia-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mariella Devia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod, Jules Barbier, Michel Carr\u00e9 [after William Shakespeare]: Amour, ranime mon courage (<em>Rom\u00e9o et Juliette<\/em>). Mariella Devia, Alain Guignal, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma [live Parma XII.1999]<\/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=\"582\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Esposito-Fledermaus.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Esposito-Fledermaus.jpg 582w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Esposito-Fledermaus-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod, Michel Carr\u00e9 [after Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Mistral]: Voici la vaste plaine&#8230; En marche, ainsi que Maguelonne [Air de la Crau] (<em>Mireille<\/em>). Andr\u00e9e Esposito, Jean P\u00e9risson, Orchestre de l\u2019ORTF [live Paris 01.VII.1971]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Carol-Neblett-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Carol-Neblett-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Carol-Neblett-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Carol-Neblett-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Carol-Neblett-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Carol-Neblett-1600x900.png 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Carol-Neblett.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carol Neblett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Louis Gallet [after Anatole France]: Dis-moi que je suis belle (<em>Tha\u00efs<\/em>). Carol Neblett, Knud Anderson, Orchestra of the New Orleans Opera [live 14.IV.1973]<\/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=\"586\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ponselle-as-Carmen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ponselle-as-Carmen.png 586w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ponselle-as-Carmen-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ponselle as Carmen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Hal\u00e9vy [after Prosper M\u00e9rim\u00e9e]: Tu ne m\u2019aimes donc plus? [Final Scene] (<em>Carmen<\/em>). Rosa Ponselle, Ren\u00e9 Maison, Orchestra conducted by Louis Hasselmans [live Boston 28.III.36]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rene-Maison.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17148\" style=\"width:473px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rene-Maison.jpg 373w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rene-Maison-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The superb Ren\u00e9 Maison<\/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 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=\"495\" height=\"817\" data-id=\"17150\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Villabella-autograph.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Villabella-autograph.png 495w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Villabella-autograph-182x300.png 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Miguel Villabella<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"731\" data-id=\"17149\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vallin.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vallin.png 510w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vallin-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ninon Vallin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Henri Meilhac, Philippe Gille [after Abb\u00e9 Pr\u00e9vost]: Toi? Vous!&#8230; N\u2019est-ce plus ma main [Saint-Sulpice Scene] (<em>Manon<\/em>). Ninon Vallin, Miguel Villabella, Orchestra conducted by Fran\u00e7ois Ruhlmann [1932]<\/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=\"648\" height=\"753\" data-id=\"17153\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Wittrisch-without-name.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Wittrisch-without-name.png 648w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Wittrisch-without-name-258x300.png 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marcel Wittrisch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"1020\" data-id=\"17152\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Teschemacher.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Teschemacher.png 636w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Teschemacher-187x300.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Margarete Teschemacher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Meyerbeer, Eug\u00e8ne Scribe, \u00c9mile Deschamps [after Prosper M\u00e9rim\u00e9e; unknown German translator]: Tu l\u2019as dit, oui tu m\u2019aimes [Dieses Wort deiner Liebe] (<em>Les Huguenots<\/em> [<em>Die Hugenotten<\/em>]. Margarete Teschemacher, Marcel Wittrisch, Erich Ortmann, Staatskapelle Berlin [1932]<\/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-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"17155\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Martinelli-Eleazar-760x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Martinelli-Eleazar-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Martinelli-Eleazar-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Martinelli-Eleazar-768x1035.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Martinelli-Eleazar.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Giovanni Martinelli in <em>La Juive<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"17154\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rethberg-Flapper-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rethberg-Flapper-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rethberg-Flapper-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rethberg-Flapper-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rethberg-Flapper.jpg 847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elisabeth Rethberg as a flapper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fromental Hal\u00e9vy, Eug\u00e8ne Scribe: Lorsqu\u2019\u00e0 toi je me suis donn\u00e9e (<em>La juive<\/em>). Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Gaetano Merola, San Francisco Opera Orchestra [live broadcast 30.X.1936]<\/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=\"431\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lubin-Isolde.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17156\" style=\"width:573px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lubin-Isolde.jpg 431w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lubin-Isolde-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Germaine Lubin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ernest Reyer, Camille du Locle, Alfred Blau [after Nibelungenlied]: Salut, splendeur du jour (<em>Sigurd<\/em>). Germaine Lubin, Orchestra conducted by Henry Defosse [1930]<\/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=\"582\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tirard-not-in-Costume.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tirard-not-in-Costume.png 582w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tirard-not-in-Costume-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod, Jules Barbier, Michel Carr\u00e9 [after G\u00e9rard de Nerval]: Plus grand dans son obscurit\u00e9 (<em>La Reine de Saba<\/em>). Charlotte Tirard [1929]<\/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-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"655\" data-id=\"17158\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Michele-Command.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Michele-Command.png 493w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Michele-Command-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mich\u00e8le Command<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"816\" data-id=\"17159\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Viala-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Viala-1.png 565w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Viala-1-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Luc Viala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Armand Silvestre, Eug\u00e8ne Morand [after their stage play]: Rappelle-toi ces jours (<em>Gris\u00e9lidis<\/em>). 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href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Patrick Fournillier<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Philippe Gille<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ren\u00e9 Maison<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Rom\u00e9o et Juliette<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Rosa Ponselle<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Sylvio Lazzari<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tha\u00efs<\/a>","<a 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