{"id":16941,"date":"2025-04-04T11:55:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T09:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16941"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:40:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:40:53","slug":"episode-347-will-the-real-eleanor-steber-please-st-and-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/episode-347-will-the-real-eleanor-steber-please-st-and-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 347. Will the Real Eleanor Steber Please St\/And Up?"},"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 347. Will the Real Eleanor Steber Please St\/And Up?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1488-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=\"510\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-in-Recital.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-in-Recital.png 510w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-in-Recital-176x300.png 176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Because there is no such thing as too much Eleanor Steber, today\u2019s bonus episode once again features the prodigiously gifted singer, in my opinion the greatest soprano the United States has ever produced, singing a dizzying range of material, most of it recorded live between the years 1958 and 1979. These recordings were nearly all private releases on Steber\u2019s own record labels.. First, ST\/AND Records, which she formed with her second husband Gordon Andrews, and which between 1960 and 1962 produced approximately fifteen LPs, all but one of them featuring Steber. Second, recordings released under the aegis of the Eleanor Steber Music Foundation, which she formed in 1973 and which released a few choice live recordings of Steber\u2019s late career recitals. The material ranges from selections from the Christian Science Hymnal, piously presented; sentimental ballads, tackily arranged; Bach and Mozart arias; art songs by Rorem, Barber, Britten, Debussy, Berg, and Beethoven; and opera arias from <em>I Puritani<\/em>, <em>Der Freisch\u00fctz<\/em>, <em>Giulio Cesare<\/em>, and <em>Tosca<\/em>, the last performed at her campy Live at the Continental Baths concert in October 1973. Though as Steber grew older, her voice occasionally sounded blowsy, on the vast majority of these recordings she sounds stunningly good. And no matter what repertoire she was singing, her impeccable technique and pristine musicianship remained intact throughout. Much of source material from which these performances stem is exceedingly rare, and for the most part difficult and costly to obtain. So in my role as supreme Steber groupie, I am honored and thrilled to share these recordings, all of them from my own personal collection.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"467\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-sultry-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17268\" style=\"width:585px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-sultry-portrait.jpg 467w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-sultry-portrait-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/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<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Introductory Remarks [Live at the Continental Baths, NYC 04.X.73]<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"349\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17245\" style=\"width:608px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-1.jpg 349w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-1-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Edward Dearle, James J. Rome: Give me, O Lord, an understanding heart [<em>Christian Science Hymnal<\/em>, No. 423]. Eleanor Steber, Edwin McDonell [1960]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"412\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-and-Gordon-Andrews.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17267\" style=\"width:484px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-and-Gordon-Andrews.jpg 412w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-and-Gordon-Andrews-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eleanor Steber and Gordon Andrews<\/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=\"600\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Thomas A. Ainsworth, Mary Baker Eddy: Feed My Sheep. Eleanor Steber, Edwin McDonell [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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17246\" style=\"width:640px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-2-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alfred Hay Malotte: The Lord\u2019s Prayer. Eleanor Steber, Edwin Biltcliffe [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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17247\" style=\"width:640px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Recitative. Wir beten zu dem Tempel an (<em>Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen<\/em>, BWV 51). Eleanor Steber, Igor Kipnis Baroque Ensemble [Igor Kipnis, Ronald Anderson, Sonya Monsoff, Lilla Kalman, Bernard Zaslav, Sterling Hunkins] [1962]<\/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=\"1018\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-3-1024x1018.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-3-1024x1018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-3-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-3-768x763.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-3-1536x1527.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-3-2048x2036.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-3-1600x1590.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Oscar Rasbach, Joyce Kilmer, arr. Al Vann: Trees. Eleanor Steber, Al Vann, Barron Smith, Edwin Biltcliffe [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=\"634\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall.png 634w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, anonymous poet: Nehmt meinen Dank, K. 383. Eleanor Steber, Robert Lawrence, Symphony of the Air [live New York 13.IV.1960]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-Anna-Autograph-815x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-Anna-Autograph-815x1024.jpg 815w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-Anna-Autograph-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-Anna-Autograph-768x965.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-Anna-Autograph.jpg 1223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/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=\"671\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Eleanor-Steber.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Eleanor-Steber.jpg 671w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Eleanor-Steber-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Alleluia (<em>Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen<\/em>, BWV 51). Eleanor Steber, Igor Kipnis Baroque Ensemble [Igor Kipnis, Ronald Anderson, Sonya Monsoff, Lilla Kalman, Bernard Zaslav, Sterling Hunkins] [1962]<\/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=\"599\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17252\" style=\"width:629px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-4.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-4-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ned Rorem: Alleluia. Eleanor Steber, Edwin Biltcliffe [1962]<\/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=\"1006\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Barber-Menotti-Steber.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Barber-Menotti-Steber.png 1006w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Barber-Menotti-Steber-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Barber-Menotti-Steber-768x628.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1006px) 100vw, 1006px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Barber, Menotti, and Steber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Samuel Barber, James Joyce: Nuvoletta, Op. 25. Eleanor Steber, Edwin Biltcliffe [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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17254\" style=\"width:615px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-2.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>John La Montaine, text from Song of Songs: My beloved is mine (<em>Songs of the Rose of Sharon<\/em>, No. 5). Eleanor Steber, Nicholas Harsanyi, Greater Trenton Symphony Orchestra [live Trenton 13.01.62]<\/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=\"592\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-3.jpg 592w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-3-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, Thomas Hardy: At the Railway Station, Upway [or The Convict and Boy with the Violin] (<em>Winter Words<\/em>, Op. 52\/7). Eleanor Steber, Edwin Biltcliffe [live New York 07.XII.74]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-after-recital.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-after-recital.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-after-recital-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/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=\"600\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-at-Carnegie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-at-Carnegie.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-at-Carnegie-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vincenzo Bellini, Carlo Pepoli: Qui la voce sua soave&#8230; Vien, diletto (<em>I Puritani<\/em>). Eleanor Steber, Edwin Biltcliffe [live Carnegie Hall 10.X.58]<\/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=\"822\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-1968-822x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-1968-822x1024.jpg 822w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-1968-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-1968-768x957.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-1968.jpg 1177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, Nicola Francesco Haym: Se piet\u00e0 di me non senti (<em>Giulio Cesare<\/em>). 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Eleanor Steber, Edwin Biltcliffe [1962]<\/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=\"599\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17259\" style=\"width:618px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-4.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-4-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ludwig Van Beethoven, Alois Jeitteles: <em>An die ferne Geliebte<\/em>, Op. 98 [complete]. 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Eleanor Steber, Robert K. Evans [live Graz 04.VIII.79]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"726\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-Curious-Mozartian.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-Curious-Mozartian.jpg 726w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Steber-Curious-Mozartian-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after Victorien Sardou]: Vissi d\u2019arte (<em>Tosca<\/em>). Eleanor Steber, Edwin Biltcliffe [live at the Continental Baths 04.X.73]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 347. Will the Real Eleanor Steber Please St\/And Up? SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Because there is no such thing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1075,1701,2109,2891,1671,2261,1625,2476,8033,5806,6486,2260,808,4510,1470,4722,4801,2806],"tags":[6331,1635,6117,894,7478,3616,2782,6332,305,2308,5804,501,2309,7485,4257,1125,7480,6653,280,94,464,4759,108,4501,7486,2770,7481,298,3741,7484,7490,328,4758,7488,1485,4254,6521,7483,550,2469,6352,7489,745,7479,7482,7487,5297,453,151,62,5300,34],"class_list":["post-16941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-song","category-bel-canto","category-broadway-and-musicals","category-comic-relief","category-drag-opera","category-full-figured-baroque","category-gay-pride","category-giacomo-puccini","category-johann-sebastian-bach","category-listeners-favorites","category-melodie","category-music-for-a-world-in-crisis","category-needle-drop","category-nyco-divas","category-operetta","category-orchestral-songs","category-singers-in-old-age","category-twentieth-century-music","tag-al-vann","tag-alban-berg","tag-alfred-hay-malotte","tag-allen-rogers","tag-alois-jeitteles","tag-an-die-ferne-geliebte","tag-ariettes-oubliees","tag-barron-smith","tag-benjamin-britten","tag-carl-maria-von-weber","tag-carlo-pepoli","tag-claude-debussy","tag-der-freischutz","tag-edward-dearle","tag-edwin-biltcliffe","tag-eleanor-steber","tag-friedrich-kind","tag-friedrich-laun","tag-george-frideric-handel","tag-giacomo-puccini","tag-giulio-cesare","tag-giuseppe-giacosa","tag-i-puritani","tag-igor-kipnis","tag-james-j-rome","tag-james-joyce","tag-johann-august-apel","tag-johann-sebastian-bach","tag-john-la-montaine","tag-joyce-kilmer","tag-live-at-the-continental-baths","tag-ludwig-van-beethoven","tag-luigi-illica","tag-mary-baker-eddy","tag-ned-rorem","tag-nicholas-harsanyi","tag-nicola-francesco-haym","tag-oscar-rasbach","tag-paul-verlaine","tag-rainer-maria-rilke","tag-robert-k-evans","tag-robert-lawrence","tag-samuel-barber","tag-sieben-fruhe-lieder","tag-song-of-songs","tag-thomas-a-ainsworth","tag-thomas-hardy","tag-tosca","tag-victorien-sardou","tag-vincenzo-bellini","tag-winter-words","tag-wolfgang-amadeus-mozart"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Loves-Old-Sweet-Songs-TRIMMED-300x124.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/art-song\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Art Song<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/bel-canto\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Bel Canto<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/broadway-and-musicals\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Broadway and Musicals<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/comic-relief\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Comic Relief<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/drag-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Drag Opera<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/full-figured-baroque\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Full-Figured Baroque<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/gay-pride\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gay Pride<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/giacomo-puccini\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Puccini<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/johann-sebastian-bach\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Sebastian Bach<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/listeners-favorites\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Listeners&#039; 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