{"id":18269,"date":"2025-08-08T21:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=18269"},"modified":"2025-08-08T23:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T21:55:44","slug":"episode-383-get-to-know-carol-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/episode-383-get-to-know-carol-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 383. Get to Know Carol Smith"},"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 383. Get to Know Carol Smith<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1637-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=\"526\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith.jpg 526w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If the exceptional Illinois-born contralto Carol Smith (20 February 1926 \u2013 06 June 2021) has previously escaped your notice, now is the perfect opportunity to get to know her better. She began her career singing the music of Bach with the legendary Bach Aria Group, founded in 1946 by philanthropist, scholar, and collector William H. Scheide. Smith then went on for further vocal training in Italy, making her operatic stage debut in 1961 in Napoli. There followed a glorious operatic career as one of the world\u2019s leading dramatic mezzo-sopranos, with performances throughout Italy and Germany as well as with her home company in Z\u00fcrich. She went on to become an esteemed and highly respected voice teacher on two continents. This episode digs deep into her recorded legacy, featuring cantata arias of Bach, <em>Lieder<\/em> of Brahms, arias by Gluck, Verdi, and Saint-Sa\u00ebns, and scenes from <em>Cavalleria rusticana<\/em>, <em>Roberto Devereux<\/em>, and <em>Penthesilea<\/em>, a hidden early 20th-century masterpiece by Swiss composer Othmar Schoeck. No matter what repertoire Smith was singing, she was, by virtue of her chocolate-timbred voice, dramatic flair, and vocal glamour, power, and flexibility, a true Queen of Song.<\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-yearning-youth-685x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-yearning-youth-685x1024.png 685w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-yearning-youth-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-yearning-youth.png 708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johannes Brahms, Felix Schumann: Meine Liebe ist gr\u00fcn (Junge Lieder I), Op. 63\/5. Carol Smith, Renato Cellini [1954]<\/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=\"500\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-Autograph.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18563\" style=\"width:532px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-Autograph.png 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-Autograph-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, Salvadore Cammarano [after Jacques-Fran\u00e7ois Ancelot, Felice Romani]: Tutto \u00e8 silenzio (<em>Roberto Devereux<\/em>). Carol Smith, Nello Santi, Orchestra of the Z\u00fcrich Opera [live Z\u00fcrich 1972]<\/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=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-Eboli-Scala-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-Eboli-Scala-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-Eboli-Scala-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-Eboli-Scala.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Liber scriptus (<em>Messa da Requiem<\/em>). Carol Smith, Willem van Otterloo, Residentie Orkest, Groot Okmroepkoor [live Den Haag 12.XI.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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-off-the-shoulder-glamour-673x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-off-the-shoulder-glamour-673x1024.png 673w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-off-the-shoulder-glamour-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-off-the-shoulder-glamour.png 697w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns, Ferdinand Lemaire: Mon c\u0153ur s\u2019ouvre \u00e0 ta voix (<em>Samson et Dalila<\/em>). Carol Smith, Nello Santi, Orchestra of the Baden Baden Music Festival [live 31.V.1969]<\/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=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Smith-Farrell.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18560\" style=\"width:576px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Smith-Farrell.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Smith-Farrell-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carol Smith and Eileen Farrell: the photo by Monroe Edelstein that (re-)started it all!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Ach Herr, was ist ein Menschenkind (<em>Unser Mund sei voll Lachens<\/em>, BWV 110). Carol Smith, Robert Bloom, Erich Itor Kahn, Bernard Greenhouse [Bach Aria Group, William H. Scheide, director] [live Town Hall 07.I.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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Milanov-Bjoerling-Warren-Cellini.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Milanov-Bjoerling-Warren-Cellini.png 870w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Milanov-Bjoerling-Warren-Cellini-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Milanov-Bjoerling-Warren-Cellini-768x619.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L to R): Zinka Milanov, Jussi Bj\u00f6rling, Leonard Warren, and Renato Cellini at the <em>Trovatore<\/em> recording sessions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pietro Mascagni, Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Guido Menasci [after Giovanni Verga]: Fior di giaggialo (<em>Cavalleria rusticana<\/em>). Carol Smith, Jussi Bj\u00f6rling, Zinka Milanov, Renato Cellini, RCA Victor Orchestra [1955]<\/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=\"500\" height=\"463\" data-id=\"18568\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bjorling-in-recording-studio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bjorling-in-recording-studio.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bjorling-in-recording-studio-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"942\" data-id=\"18569\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ZInka-split-head.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ZInka-split-head.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ZInka-split-head-239x300.jpeg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"561\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-tinted-yellow.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-tinted-yellow.png 561w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-tinted-yellow-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johannes Brahms, Hermann Lingg: Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op. 105\/2. Carol Smith, Renato Cellini [1954]<\/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=\"961\" height=\"1030\" data-id=\"18567\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alexander-Young-younger.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alexander-Young-younger.png 961w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alexander-Young-younger-280x300.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alexander Young<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"764\" data-id=\"18566\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Talvela-with-Ring.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Talvela-with-Ring.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Talvela-with-Ring-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Talvela-with-Ring-768x573.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martti Talvela<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Lux aeterna (<em>Messa da Requiem<\/em>). Carol Smith, Alexander Young, Martti Talvela, Willem van Otterloo, Residentie Orkest [live Den Haag 12.XI.1970]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-trinkets-600x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-trinkets-600x1024.png 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-trinkets-176x300.png 176w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-trinkets.png 630w\" 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\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=\"800\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18571\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kari-Nurmela-800x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kari-Nurmela-800x1024.png 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kari-Nurmela-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kari-Nurmela-768x983.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kari-Nurmela.png 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kari Nurmela<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18570\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-furred-glamour-675x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-furred-glamour-675x1024.png 675w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-furred-glamour-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carol-Smith-furred-glamour.png 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, Salvadore Cammarano [after Jacques-Fran\u00e7ois Ancelot, Felice Romani]: Tanta il destin fremente&#8230; All\u2019ambascia ond\u2019io mi struggo (<em>Roberto Devereux<\/em>). Carol Smith, Kari Nurmela, Nello Santi, Orchestra of the Z\u00fcrich Opera [live Z\u00fcrich 1972]<\/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=\"2048\" height=\"1977\" data-id=\"18575\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Smith-Penthesilea-booklet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Smith-Penthesilea-booklet.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Smith-Penthesilea-booklet-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carol Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1018\" data-id=\"18573\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hermann-1024x1018.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hermann-1024x1018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hermann-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hermann-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hermann-768x763.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hermann-1536x1527.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hermann-1600x1590.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hermann.jpg 1835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roland Hermann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18577\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Macal-990x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Macal-990x1024.jpg 990w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Macal-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Macal-768x795.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Macal-1485x1536.jpg 1485w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Macal-1600x1655.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Macal.jpg 1932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Zden\u011bk M\u00e1cal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Janku-999x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Janku-999x1024.jpg 999w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Janku-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Janku-768x788.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Janku-1498x1536.jpg 1498w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Janku-1600x1641.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Janku.jpg 1997w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hana 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srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Scherler-1009x1024.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Scherler-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Scherler-768x779.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Scherler.jpg 2018w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Barbara Scherler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Othmar Schoeck, Heinrich von Kleist: excerpts from <em>Penthesilea<\/em>. Zden\u011bk M\u00e1cal, K\u00f6lner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester [live Luzern 08.IX.73]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>O sieh, wie sein gewitterrdunkles Antlitz schimmert [Love Scene] Carol Smith, Roland Hermann<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Der Sohn des Peleus fordert mich ins Feld? [Battle Cry]. 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