{"id":17307,"date":"2025-05-13T02:42:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T00:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=17307"},"modified":"2025-05-16T04:53:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T02:53:45","slug":"episode-358-elisabeth-soderstrom-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/13\/episode-358-elisabeth-soderstrom-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 358. Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m 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 358. Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m Revisited<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1533-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=\"884\" height=\"887\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-back-cover-of-book-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-back-cover-of-book-2.jpg 884w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-back-cover-of-book-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-back-cover-of-book-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-back-cover-of-book-2-768x771.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are very few singers that mean more to me than does Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m. I was first made aware of her at the tender age of ten, when I became obsessed with <em>Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em> after hearing the (at the time) brand new recording of the opera conducted by Pierre Boulez which featured S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m and George Shirley in the title roles. Further explorations yielded further delights: the complete Rachmaninov songs with Vladimir Ashkenazy, the Jan\u00e1\u010dek heroines under Charles Mackerras. I began grabbing every recording of hers that I could get, and every time I encountered her unique voice, frail yet passionate, I fell further and further under her spell. And then I saw her onstage, both in recital and as the Marschallin on the Met Tour and I became an even more passionate devotee. When I was recently reminded that May 7 was her birthday, I determined that it was time to revisit her legacy and artistry. Because she was so quintessentially Swedish, I have chosen a program featuring S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m singing primarily in Swedish, including a healthy sampling of music by Swedish composers (Blomdahl, Nordheim, Lindberg, Alfv\u00e9n, Larsson, Nystroem, and Rangstr\u00f6m). And because she sang so many of her operatic roles in Swedish translation, we also get to hear her as Charpentier\u2019s Louise and Puccini\u2019s Cio-Cio-San. Vocal guest stars are fellow great Swedish singers Erik S\u00e6d\u00e9n and Hugo Hasslo. Also expect some delicious and delightful surprises, as this most spontaneous and inspired of singers always had something unexpected up her sleeve!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"543\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-and-Lilacs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17598\" style=\"width:594px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-and-Lilacs.jpg 543w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-and-Lilacs-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-heighth-of-beauty-718x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-heighth-of-beauty-718x1024.jpg 718w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-heighth-of-beauty-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-heighth-of-beauty-768x1095.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-heighth-of-beauty.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hugo Alfv\u00e9n: <em>Symphony No. 4 \u201cFr\u00e5n Havsbandet\u201d<\/em> [From the Seaward Skerries], Op. 39 [excerpt]. Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Stig Westerberg, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra [1979]<\/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=\"399\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-Young.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17584\" style=\"width:583px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-Young.jpg 399w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-Young-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Frank Mandel: (<em>\u00d6kens\u00e5ngen<\/em> [The Desert Song]) [sung in Swedish]. Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Egon Kjerrmans Orkester [1956]<\/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=\"735\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-on-stairs-in-hippie-schmatta-735x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-on-stairs-in-hippie-schmatta-735x1024.jpg 735w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-on-stairs-in-hippie-schmatta-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-on-stairs-in-hippie-schmatta-768x1070.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-on-stairs-in-hippie-schmatta.jpg 1077w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Erik Lindegren [after Harry Martinson]: <em>Aniara<\/em>. Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Bo Lundborg, Sixten Ehrling, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Swedish Opera [from 1960 film soundtrack]. Two excerpts.<\/p>\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=\"1024\" height=\"779\" data-id=\"17609\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daisy-Doody-sexy-out-of-focus-1-1024x779.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daisy-Doody-sexy-out-of-focus-1-1024x779.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daisy-Doody-sexy-out-of-focus-1-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daisy-Doody-sexy-out-of-focus-1-768x584.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daisy-Doody-sexy-out-of-focus-1.png 1420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daisy-Doody-1024x784.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daisy-Doody-1024x784.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daisy-Doody-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daisy-Doody-768x588.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daisy-Doody.png 1410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"779\" data-id=\"17607\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daisy-Doody-increasingly-hysterical-1-1024x779.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daisy-Doody-increasingly-hysterical-1-1024x779.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daisy-Doody-increasingly-hysterical-1-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daisy-Doody-increasingly-hysterical-1-768x584.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daisy-Doody-increasingly-hysterical-1.png 1420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Daisi Doody Scene<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>La Gar\u00e7onne\u2019s Song<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"1024\" height=\"781\" data-id=\"17608\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-La-Garconne-1024x781.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-La-Garconne-1024x781.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-La-Garconne-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-La-Garconne-768x586.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-La-Garconne.png 1416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"776\" data-id=\"17613\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-La-Garconne-2-1024x776.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17613\" 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https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-La-Garconne-7-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-La-Garconne-7.png 1432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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=\"337\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-elderly-with-autumn-leaves.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17585\" style=\"width:488px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-elderly-with-autumn-leaves.jpg 337w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-elderly-with-autumn-leaves-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Arne Nordheim, P\u00e4r Lagerkvist: Sem molnen [Like the Clouds] (<em>Aftonland<\/em> [Evening Land]). Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Militiades Caridis, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra [1975]<\/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=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daybed-1024x810.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daybed-1024x810.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daybed-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daybed-768x607.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Daybed.png 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustave Charpentier, Charles-Simon Favart: Depuis le jour (<em>Louise<\/em>) [sung in Swedish]. Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Lars Billengren, Albert Wolff, Stockholm Royal Orchestra [live Stockholm 06.VI.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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"1072\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Dress.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17610\" style=\"width:536px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Dress.png 752w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Dress-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Dress-718x1024.png 718w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Maurice Ravel, Tristan Klingsor: L\u2019indiffer\u00e9nt (<em>Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razade<\/em>, M. 41\/3) [sung in Swedish]. Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Stig Rybrant, Malm\u00f6 Symphony Orchestra [live Malm\u00f6 04.VI.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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"291\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-elegant.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17587\" style=\"width:535px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-elegant.jpg 291w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-elegant-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Edvard Grieg, Bj\u00f8rnstjerne Bj\u00f8rnson [orchestrated Andrew Davis]: Prinsessen [The Princess], EG 133. Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Andrew Davis, New Philharmonia Orchestra [1976]<\/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=\"561\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Makropoulos-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17588\" style=\"width:612px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Makropoulos-2.jpg 561w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Makropoulos-2-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ingvar Lidholm, Eyvind Johnson: <em>Nausikaa ensam<\/em> [Nausikaa Alone] [excerpt]. Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Stig Westerberg, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir [1971]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"898\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Emilia-Marty-autograph.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Emilia-Marty-autograph.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Emilia-Marty-autograph-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/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=\"344\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-molto-Swedish.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17589\" style=\"width:514px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-molto-Swedish.jpg 344w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-molto-Swedish-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lars-Erik Larsson, Hjalmar Gullberg: Trot du att f\u00e5ren skulle [Do you think that sheep would ever graze] (<em>F\u00f6rkl\u00e4dd Gud<\/em> [God in Disguise], Op. 24\/8). Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Erik S\u00e6d\u00e9n, Stig Westerberg, Stockholms Radioorkestern [1958]<\/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=\"335\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-45-TRIMMED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17594\" style=\"width:554px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-45-TRIMMED.jpg 335w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-45-TRIMMED-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>G\u00f6sta Nystroem, Ebba Lindqvist: Det enda (<em>Sinfonia del mare<\/em> [Symphony No. 3]). Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Stig Westerberg, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra [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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Rach-Trim.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17597\" style=\"width:614px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Rach-Trim.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Rach-Trim-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Erik Lindegren: <em>&#8230;resan i denna natt<\/em> [&#8230;the journey on this night] [excerpt]. Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Yuri Ahronovitch, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra [1984]<\/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=\"720\" height=\"863\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Liz-and-Vlad-TRIMMED.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Liz-and-Vlad-TRIMMED.png 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Liz-and-Vlad-TRIMMED-250x300.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jean Sibelius, Finnish folk text: <em>Luonnotar<\/em>, Op. 70. Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra [1981]<\/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=\"366\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/soder2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17593\" style=\"width:568px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/soder2.jpg 366w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/soder2-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Oskar Lindberg, Erik Axel Karlfeldt: Jungfru Maria, Op. 15. Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Claude G\u00e9netay, Nationalmusei Kammarorkester [live Stockholm 20.VIII.74]<\/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=\"400\" height=\"544\" data-id=\"17590\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Butterfly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Butterfly.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-Butterfly-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"463\" height=\"630\" data-id=\"17591\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hasslo-Sharpless.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hasslo-Sharpless.png 463w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hasslo-Sharpless-220x300.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after John Luther Long, David Belasco]: Letter Scene (<em>Madama Butterfly<\/em>) [sung in Swedish]. Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Hugo Hasslo, Sixten Ehrling, Stockholm Royal Orchestra [live Stockholm 1953]<\/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=\"775\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-elderly-beautiful-775x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-elderly-beautiful-775x1024.jpg 775w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-elderly-beautiful-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-elderly-beautiful-768x1015.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-elderly-beautiful.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ture Rangstr\u00f6m, Bo Bergman: B\u00f6n till natten (<em>Den m\u00f6rka blomman<\/em>, No. 2). Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Stig Westerberg [1957]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-by-Zoia-Lagerkrans.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-by-Zoia-Lagerkrans.jpg 597w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ES-by-Zoia-Lagerkrans-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m by Zoia Lagerkrans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"1001\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-in-fun-hat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-in-fun-hat.jpg 745w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Soderstrom-in-fun-hat-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 358. Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM There are very few singers that mean more to me 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class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Madama Butterfly<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Maurice Ravel<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Militiades Caridis<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Oscar Hammerstein II<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Oskar Lindberg<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Otto Harbach<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">P\u00e4r Lagerkvist<\/a>","<a 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