{"id":18480,"date":"2025-08-30T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=18480"},"modified":"2025-08-30T09:34:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T07:34:59","slug":"episode-389-rescue-mission-operatic-duets-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/30\/episode-389-rescue-mission-operatic-duets-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 389. Rescue Mission (Operatic Duets Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 389. Rescue Mission (Operatic Duets Edition)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1663-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bumbry-in-Helmet-1024x596.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bumbry-in-Helmet-1024x596.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bumbry-in-Helmet-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bumbry-in-Helmet-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bumbry-in-Helmet.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fearless Grace Bumbry ready to ride!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I have spent the past week planning forthcoming episodes and last night I realized I had to \u201cthrow together\u201d something for this weekend\u2019s episode. When this happens, it can often result in a very eclectic program, indeed, and one which many of my listeners find to be among the most enjoyable <em>Countermelody<\/em> episodes. I have collected more than enough material for at least a dozen of my so-called \u201cRescue Mission\u201d episodes, in which I feature artists to whom an entire episode has already been devoted, but for whom I have unearthed additional recordings. For today\u2019s episode, I decided to focus exclusively on duets, featuring at least one singer of each pair who has already been heard (sometimes quite recently) on the podcast. And thus we have David Rendall singing Erik in <em>The Flying Dutchman<\/em> opposite Rita Cullis; Renata Scotto (with Carlo Bergonzi) in <em>Elisir<\/em>; April Cantelo in Paul Hindemith\u2019s <em>Cardillac<\/em>; Maureen Lehane as Penelope in <em>Il ritorno d\u2019Ulisse in Patria<\/em>; Carol Neblett as Donna Elvira; and Helen Donath (with Deborah Voigt in Strauss\u2019s rare <em>Die \u00e4gyptische Helena<\/em>). Also heard are operas by Gottfried von Einem, Giuseppe Verdi, Lee Hoiby, and Carl Orff featuring Christa Ludwig, John Reardon, Grace Bumbry, Edda Moser, and upcoming <em>Countermelody<\/em> featured artists John Br\u00f6cheler, Roland Hermann, and Eberhard W\u00e4chter. The episode concludes with the unlikely pair of Ileana Cotruba\u015f and Jorma Hynninen (two of my most revered singers) as the title characters in a transcendent live recording of <em>Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/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=\"998\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alexander-Barber-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alexander-Barber-Cover.jpg 998w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alexander-Barber-Cover-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alexander-Barber-Cover-768x659.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roberta Alexander<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Carl Maria von Weber, completed Gustav Mahler, Theodor Hell: Nur herein, Gebieterin&#8230; Seine Reden, seine Blicke (<em>Die drei Pintos<\/em>). Roberta Alexander, Elena Vink, Kenneth Montgomery, Omroeporkest, Groot Omroepkoor [live Concertgebouw 19.II.83]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"644\" data-id=\"18778\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Elena-Vink-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Elena-Vink-1.png 443w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Elena-Vink-1-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elena Vink<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18776\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ken-Montgomery-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ken-Montgomery-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ken-Montgomery-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ken-Montgomery-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ken-Montgomery-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ken-Montgomery.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kenneth Montgomery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"766\" data-id=\"18783\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/English.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/English.png 571w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/English-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gerald English<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"535\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18780\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Maureen-Lehane-535x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Maureen-Lehane-535x1024.jpg 535w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Maureen-Lehane-157x300.jpg 157w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Maureen-Lehane-768x1470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Maureen-Lehane-803x1536.jpg 803w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Maureen-Lehane.jpg 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maureen Lehane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Claudio Monteverdi, Giacomo Badoaro: Illustratevi, o cieli (<em>Il ritorno d\u2019Ulisse in patria<\/em>). Maureen Lehane, Gerald English, Rudolf Ewerhart, Santini Chamber Orchestra [1964]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Ah, taci, ingiusto core (<em>Don Giovanni<\/em>). Carol Neblett, Richard Stilwell, Stafford Dean, John Pritchard, Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra [live 15.XI.1980]<\/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=\"580\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carlo-Renata-Elisir.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carlo-Renata-Elisir.png 580w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carlo-Renata-Elisir-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, Felice Romani [after Eug\u00e8ne Scribe]: Una parola, o Adina&#8230; Chiedi all\u2019aura lusinghiera&#8230; Per guarir di tal pazzia (<em>L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore<\/em>). Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra conducted by Carlo Franci [live New York 19.II.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 aligncenter 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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"702\" data-id=\"18770\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Broecheler.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Broecheler.png 452w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Broecheler-193x300.png 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Br\u00f6cheler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"598\" data-id=\"18784\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bumbry-Bess-TRIMMED.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bumbry-Bess-TRIMMED.png 469w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bumbry-Bess-TRIMMED-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Temistocle Solera: Donna, chi sei?&#8230; Oh, di qual onta aggravasi (<em>Nabucco<\/em>). Grace Bumbry, John Br\u00f6cheler, Imre Pallo, New York City Opera Orchestra [live 20.IX.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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rendall-Suit-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rendall-Suit-1.png 574w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rendall-Suit-1-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner: Weh\u2019 mir! Es mahnt mich mein unsel\u2019ger Traum! (<em>Der fliegende Holl\u00e4nder<\/em>) [sung in English]. David Rendall, Rita Cullis, Paul Daniel, Orchestra of the English National Opera [live 15.IX.1997]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rita-Cullis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18766\" style=\"width:583px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rita-Cullis.jpg 332w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rita-Cullis-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Superba<\/em> Rita Cullis<\/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=\"471\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Helen-Donath-live.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Helen-Donath-live.jpg 471w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Helen-Donath-live-271x300.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Menelas, steh!&#8230; Aithra! Liebe Herrliche! (<em>Die \u00e4gyptische Helena<\/em>). Helen Donath, Deborah Voigt, Fabio Luisi, Wiener Philharmoniker [live Salzburg 28.VII.2003]<\/p>\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=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18788\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Luisi-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Luisi-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Luisi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Luisi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Luisi-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Luisi-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Luisi.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fabio Luisi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"18787\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Voigt.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Voigt.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Voigt-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Deborah Voigt<\/figcaption><\/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=\"955\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cantelo-wide.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cantelo-wide.png 955w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cantelo-wide-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cantelo-wide-768x556.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Paul Hindemith, Ferdinand Lion [after E.T.A. Hoffmann; English translation by Leo Blech]: Dies ist das Rechte&#8230; Strahlend umleuchtet ist der Geliebte (<em>Cardillac<\/em>) [sung in English]. April Cantelo, Thomas Hemsley, Walter Susskind, BBC Symphony Orchestra [BBC 1966]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18790\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hemsley-as-Beckmesser-719x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hemsley-as-Beckmesser-719x1024.jpg 719w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hemsley-as-Beckmesser-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hemsley-as-Beckmesser-768x1093.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Hemsley-as-Beckmesser.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thomas Hemsley as Beckmesser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"814\" data-id=\"18791\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Susskind.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Susskind.png 673w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Susskind-248x300.png 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Walter Susskind<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gottfried von Einem, Friedrich D\u00fcrrenmatt: Ich sch\u00e4tze Zigarren (<em>Der Besuch der alten Dame<\/em>). 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Hoffmann<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eberhard W\u00e4chter<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Edda Moser<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Elena Vink<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eug\u00e8ne Scribe<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fabio Luisi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Felice Romani<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fernand Lion<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Friedrich D\u00fcrrenmatt<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Friedrich H\u00f6lderlin<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gaetano Donizetti<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Badoaro<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gottfried von Einem<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Grace Bumbry<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gustav Mahler<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Helen Donath<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Horst Stein<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hugo von Hofmannsthal<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Il ritorno d\u2019Ulisse in patria<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ileana Cotrubas<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Imre Pallo<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Br\u00f6cheler<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Pritchard<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Reardon<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jorma Hynninen<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Julius Rudel<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Kenneth Montgomery<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lanford Wilson<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lee Hoiby<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leo Blech<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lorenzo da Ponte<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lorin Maazel<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mary Beth Peil<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Maurice Maeterlinck<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nabucco<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Paul Daniel<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Paul Hindemith<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pelleas et Melisande<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Renata Scotto<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Stilwell<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Strauss<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Wagner<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Rita Cullis<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Roberta Alexander<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Roland Hermann<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Sophocles<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Stafford Dean<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Summer and Smoke<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Temistocle Solera<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tennessee Williams<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">The Flying Dutchman<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Thomas Hemsley<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ulf Schirmer<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Walter S\u00fcsskind<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Antigonae<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">April Cantelo<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Cardillac<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carl Maria von Weber<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carl Orff<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carlo Bergonzi<\/span>","<span 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Donath<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Horst Stein<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hugo von Hofmannsthal<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Il ritorno d\u2019Ulisse in patria<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ileana Cotrubas<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Imre Pallo<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Br\u00f6cheler<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Pritchard<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Reardon<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jorma Hynninen<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Julius Rudel<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Kenneth Montgomery<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lanford Wilson<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lee Hoiby<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leo Blech<\/span>","<span 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