{"id":18675,"date":"2025-09-15T16:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=18675"},"modified":"2025-09-16T16:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T14:17:15","slug":"episode-394-valletti-revisited-french-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/episode-394-valletti-revisited-french-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 394. Valletti Revisited (French 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 394. Valletti Revisited (French Edition)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1683-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=\"650\" height=\"995\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Werther.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Werther.png 650w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Werther-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Werther<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>More than two years and nearly two hundred episodes ago, I published an episode on the great Italian <em>tenore di grazia <\/em>Cesare Valletti. Today I revisit his recorded legacy, focusing on his prowess in the French repertoire, both in opera and, rather uncharacteristically for an Italian tenor of the era, <em>m\u00e9lodie<\/em>. Not only do I present the complete 1965 LP entitled <em>Cesare Valletti Sings French Art Songs<\/em>, which was his final release on the RCA Victor label, but I supplement that with two fantabulous death scenes from two of Jules Massenet\u2019s most popular operas, <em>Manon <\/em>(a live 1954 recording pairing Valletti with Victoria de los Angeles at her most memorable), and <em>Werther<\/em> (a 1962 studio recording of excerpts from the opera featuring Rosalind Elias, the dearly beloved mezzo-soprano of blessed memory.) Valletti once again reveals himself an artist of refined taste, as well as (in the operatic excerpts) a surprisingly powerful and forthright vocal present and (in the song repertoire) an interpreter with superb French diction and exquisite insight into the half-lit atmosphere of the genre.<\/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=\"539\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Vicky-Manon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Vicky-Manon.png 539w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Vicky-Manon-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Henri Meilhac, Philippe Gille [after Abb\u00e9 Pr\u00e9vost]: Tu pleures!&#8230; Ah! je sens une pure flamme (<em>Manon<\/em>). Cesare Valletti, Victoria de los Angeles, Orchestra conducted by Pierre Monteux [live New York 18.XII.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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"832\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-dramatic-Ottavio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-dramatic-Ottavio.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-dramatic-Ottavio-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Don Ottavio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gioachino Rossini, Andrea Leone Tottola [after Walter Scott]: O fiamma soave (<em>La donna del lago<\/em>). Tullio Serafin, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino [live Firenze, 09.V.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=\"511\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Recital-Number-Two.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18995\" style=\"width:603px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Recital-Number-Two.jpg 511w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Recital-Number-Two-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pietro Metastasio: Se Dio veder tu vuoi (<em>La Betulia liberata<\/em>). Mario Rossi, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI [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=\"338\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18996\" style=\"width:506px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti.jpg 338w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Francesco Cilea, Leopoldo Marenco [after Alphonse Daudet]: \u00c8 la solita storia del pastore (<em>L\u2019Arlesiana<\/em>). Bruno Rigacci, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI [live Roma 04.XII.61]<\/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=\"597\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Original-LP-Cover2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Original-LP-Cover2.jpg 597w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Original-LP-Cover2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hector Berlioz, Th\u00e9ophile Gautier: Villanelle (<em>Les nuits d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9<\/em>, Op. 7\/1). Leo Taubman [live Town Hall 16.X.58]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1677\" height=\"1610\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Stereo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Stereo.jpg 1677w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Stereo-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Stereo-1024x983.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Stereo-768x737.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Stereo-1536x1475.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Stereo-1600x1536.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1677px) 100vw, 1677px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Cesare Valletti Sings French Art Songs<\/em> (RCA Victor Records, 1965) accompanied by Leo Taubman<\/strong><\/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=\"632\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Ferrando.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Ferrando.jpg 632w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Ferrando-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Ferrando<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gabriel Faur\u00e9: Four Songs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Romain Bussine: Apr\u00e8s un r\u00eave, Op. 7\/1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Victor Hugo: Dans les ruines d\u2019une abbaye, Op. 2\/1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Armand Silvestre: Le secret, Op. 23\/3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Armand Silvestre: Automne, Op. 18\/3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Three settings of Paul Verlaine\u2019s poem \u201cClair de lune\u201d by Gabriel Faur\u00e9 (Op. 46\/2), Joseph Szulc (Op. 83\/1), and Claude Debussy (<em>F\u00eates galantes I<\/em>, L. 45\/3).<\/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=\"563\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Cesare-autograph.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Cesare-autograph.jpg 563w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Cesare-autograph-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Claude Debussy: Four Songs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Paul Bourget: Beau soir, L. 84<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paul Verlaine: C\u2019est l\u2019extase (<em>Ariettes oubli\u00e9es<\/em>, L. 63\/1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paul Bourget: Romance [L\u2019\u00e2me \u00e9vapor\u00e9e et souffrante], L. 65\/2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paul Verlaine: Mandoline, L. 43<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"741\" height=\"981\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-autograph.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-autograph.png 741w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-autograph-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Henri Duparc: Five Songs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jean Lahor [n\u00e9 Henri Cazalis]: Chanson triste<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jean Lahor [n\u00e9 Henri Cazalis]: Extase<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Charles Baudelaire: L\u2019invitation au voyage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leconte de Lisle: Phidyl\u00e9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robert de Bonni\u00e8res: Le manoir de Rosemonde<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"314\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ottavio-Fayer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18998\" style=\"width:488px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ottavio-Fayer.jpg 314w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ottavio-Fayer-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Ottavio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Reynaldo Hahn: Four Songs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Victor Hugo: Si mes vers avaient des ailes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Victor Hugo: R\u00eaverie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paul Verlaine: D\u2019une prison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andr\u00e9 Theuriet: Paysage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"405\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Leo-Taubman.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18997\" style=\"width:560px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Leo-Taubman.png 405w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Leo-Taubman-159x300.png 159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A very grainy photo of Leo Taubman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hector Berlioz, Th\u00e9ophile Gautier: L\u2019\u00eele inconnue (<em>Les nuits d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9<\/em>, Op. 7\/6). Leo Taubman [live Town Hall 16.X.58]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Elias.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Elias.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Elias-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Valletti-Elias-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, \u00c9douard Blau, Georges Hartmann, Paul Milliet [after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]: Te pardonner! Quand c\u2019est moi qui te frappe&#8230; L\u00e0-bas au fond du cimeti\u00e8re (<em>Werther<\/em>). Cesare Valletti, Rosalind Elias, Ren\u00e9 Leibowitz, Orchestra del Teatro dell\u2019Opera di Roma [1962]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 394. 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