{"id":18445,"date":"2025-08-25T01:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=18445"},"modified":"2025-08-25T01:29:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:29:03","slug":"episode-388-sopranos-en-detresse-part-deux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/25\/episode-388-sopranos-en-detresse-part-deux\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 388. Sopranos en d\u00e9tresse, Part Deux"},"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 388. Sopranos en d\u00e9tresse, Part Deux<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1660-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=\"687\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Eda-PIerre-Erszebet-2-687x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Eda-PIerre-Erszebet-2-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Eda-PIerre-Erszebet-2-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Eda-PIerre-Erszebet-2.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christiane Eda-Pierre as Erzs\u00e9bet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A few months ago I published the first of a series of episodes honoring \u201cOver the Top Sopranos,\u201d which presented French repertoire performed by a batch of supremely distressed divas. And today is a follow-up, again featuring \u201csopranos en d\u00e9tresse\u201d in which I spread the net even wider, featuring every type of soprano from perky coloratura to hefty dramatic and everything in between. The characters represented range from reformed Alexandrian courtesans to vampiric Hungarian murderers. And the chronological spread is wide, too: we sample a wide variety of singers from F\u00e9lia Litvinne, recorded in 1902, to Anna Caterina Antonacci, recorded in 2009. In between we hear, among others, Germaine F\u00e9raldy, Beverly Sills, Emma Calv\u00e9, Lucia Popp, Christiane Eda-Pierre (pictured), Patricia Brooks, Germaine Martinelli, Jacqueline Brumaire, Carol Vaness, Nelly Miricioiu, and Janine Micheau. Works range from the familiar (<em>Mignon<\/em> by Thomas, <em>Manon <\/em>by Massenet, and <em>Faust<\/em> by Gounod) to the obscure (<em>Ivan IV<\/em> by Bizet, <em>Salammb\u00f4<\/em> by Ernest Reyer, <em>Erzs\u00e9bet<\/em> by Charles Chaynes, and <em>Virginie<\/em> by Alfred Bruneau). <em>Attachez vos ceintures; ce sera encore une soir\u00e9e extravagante!<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marculesou-Yolanda-04a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marculesou-Yolanda-04a.jpg 461w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marculesou-Yolanda-04a-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ambroise Thomas, Jules Barbier, Michel Carr\u00e9 [after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Je suis Titania (<em>Mignon<\/em>). Yolanda Marcoulescou, unknown orchestra and conductor [ca. 1957]<\/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=\"529\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Litvinne.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Litvinne.jpg 529w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Litvinne-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Adolphe d\u2019Ennery, Louis Gallet, \u00c9douard Blau [after Pierre Corneille]: Pleurez, mes yeux (<em>Le Cid<\/em>). F\u00e9lia Litvinne, Alfred Cortot [ca. 1902]<\/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=\"713\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Germaine-Feraldy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Germaine-Feraldy.png 713w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Germaine-Feraldy-283x300.png 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alfred Bruneau, Henri Duvernois [n\u00e9 Henri-Simon Schwabacher]: Ah! mon Dieu, quelle aventure! (<em>Virginie<\/em>). Germaine F\u00e9raldy, Orchestra conducted by Alfred Bruneau [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=\"586\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brothier.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brothier.png 586w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brothier-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Meyerbeer, Eug\u00e8ne Scribe, Germain Delavigne: Robert, toi que j\u2019aime (<em>Robert le Diable<\/em>). Yvonne Brothier [1924]<\/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=\"418\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Calve-Sapho-Poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18742\" style=\"width:578px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Calve-Sapho-Poster.jpg 418w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Calve-Sapho-Poster-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Henri Cain, Arthur Bern\u00e8de [after Alphonse Daudet]: Pendant un an je fus ta femme (<em>Sapho<\/em>). Emma Calv\u00e9 [1920]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"371\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Calve.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18743\" style=\"width:547px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Calve.jpg 371w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Calve-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Calv\u00e9 as Oph\u00e9lie in <em>Hamlet<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sills-Faust-669x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sills-Faust-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sills-Faust-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sills-Faust-768x1176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sills-Faust-1004x1536.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sills-Faust.jpg 1338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod, Jules Barbier, Michel Carr\u00e9 [after Carr\u00e9\u2019s play based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]: Seigneur, daignez permettre \u00e0 votre humble servant (<em>Faust<\/em>). Beverly Sills, Norman Treigle, Julius Rudel, New York City Opera Orchestra and Chorus [live 26.X.68]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Treigle-Robert-Nagy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Treigle-Robert-Nagy.jpg 545w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Treigle-Robert-Nagy-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Norman Treigle as M\u00e9phistoph\u00e8les; Robert Nagy as Faust (photo by Beth Bergman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vaness-Verdi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18746\" style=\"width:611px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vaness-Verdi.jpg 466w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vaness-Verdi-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod, Jules Barbier, Michel Carr\u00e9 [after Carr\u00e9\u2019s play based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]: Alerte, alerte!&#8230; Anges purs, anges radieux (<em>Faust<\/em>). Carol Vaness, Jerry Hadley, James Morris, Emerson Buckley, New York City Opera Orchestra [live PBS Broadcast New York 06.I.1986]<\/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=\"656\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brooks.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brooks.png 656w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brooks-255x300.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Henri Meilhac, Philippe Gille [after Abb\u00e9 Pr\u00e9vost]: Je marche sur tous les chemins&#8230; Ob\u00e9issons que leur voix appelle (<em>Manon<\/em>). Patricia Brooks, Anton Guadagno, Orchestra and Chorus of the Vancouver Opera [live 10.V.69]<\/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=\"377\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Popp-Olympia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18748\" style=\"width:583px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Popp-Olympia.jpg 377w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Popp-Olympia-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Jules Claretie, Henri Cain [after Jules Claretie, \u2018La cigarette\u2019: Mon argent, mes deux mille douros! (<em>La Navarraise<\/em>). Lucia Popp, Alain Vanzo, Vicente Sardinero, G\u00e9rard Souzay, Michel S\u00e9n\u00e9chal, Antonio de Almeida, London Symphony Orchestra [1975]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Antonacci.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18749\" style=\"width:549px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Antonacci.jpg 452w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Antonacci-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hector Berlioz [after Virgil]: Je vais mourir&#8230;Adieu, fi\u00e8re cit\u00e9 (<em>Les Troyens<\/em>). Anna Caterina Antonacci, Orchestra conducted by Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Roth [live Paris 2009]<\/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-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"869\" data-id=\"18751\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dens.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dens.png 668w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Dens-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michel Dens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"357\" height=\"546\" data-id=\"18750\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brumaire.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brumaire.jpg 357w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brumaire-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jacqueline Brumaire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Emmanuel Bondeville, Ren\u00e9 Fauchois [after Gustave Flaubert]: J\u2019ai revu les m\u00eames chemins (<em>Madame Bovary<\/em>). Jacqueline Brumaire, Michel Dens, Andr\u00e9 Cluytens, Orchestre du Th\u00e9\u00e2tre National de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra-Comique [1954]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bondeville2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bondeville2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bondeville2-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emmanuel Bondeville<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Germaine-Martinelli.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18753\" style=\"width:565px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Germaine-Martinelli.jpg 399w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Germaine-Martinelli-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Germaine-Martinelli-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ernest Reyer, Camille du Locle [after Gustave Flaubert]: Ah, qui me donnera comme \u00e0 la colombe [Air des colombes] (<em>Salammb\u00f4<\/em>). Germaine Martinelli, Orchestra conducted by Albert Wolff [ca. 1930]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1325\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ernest-Reyer.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ernest-Reyer.png 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ernest-Reyer-181x300.png 181w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ernest-Reyer-618x1024.png 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ernest Reyer<\/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=\"571\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Micheau.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Micheau.png 571w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Micheau-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet, Fran\u00e7ois-Hippolyte Leroy, Henri Trianon: Il me semble parfois (<em>Ivan IV<\/em>). Janine Micheau, Georges Tzipine, Orchestre National de la RTF [1957]<\/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=\"458\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Eda-Pierre-and-Overhead-Lights.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18755\" style=\"width:589px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Eda-Pierre-and-Overhead-Lights.jpg 458w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Eda-Pierre-and-Overhead-Lights-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Chaynes, Ludovic Janvier [after his stage play]: <em>Erzs\u00e9bet<\/em> [excerpt from final tableau]. 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href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jules Massenet<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Julius Rudel<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Navarraise<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Le Cid<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Les Troyens<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Louis Gallet<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lucia Popp<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" 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