{"id":19342,"date":"2025-11-20T22:22:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=19342"},"modified":"2025-11-28T15:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:00:37","slug":"episode-413-get-to-know-geraint-evans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/20\/episode-413-get-to-know-geraint-evans\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 413. Get to Know Geraint Evans"},"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-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\">\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\"><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 Episode 413. Get to Know Geraint Evans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1762-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=\"594\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg 594w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AlbumArtSmall-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AlbumArtSmall-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This past September 19th, we observed the anniversary of the death in 1992 of the great Welsh bass-baritone Geraint Evans at the age of 70. A vivid actor and a skilled singer, he both began and ended his career at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, but was a treasured guest at opera houses all over the globe. In 1966, London\/Decca records released a recording designed to give full display to his musical, stylistic, and dramatic versatility. In its US issue it was entitled, appropriately enough, <em>Three Centuries of Baritone Art<\/em>, and in it many of his greatest roles are highlighted, as well as a number of parts, unusual or uncharacteristic for him, which he never performed onstage.\u00a0 Needless to say, his Mozart roles are in the forefront, as is his exceptional characterization of Verdi\u2019s Falstaff, to which he brought a light buffo touch while still retaining a full vocal palette bolstered by a vivid characterization. On this episode, I supplement this album with a delightful recording of Evans singing from Mahler\u2019s <em>Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>, a wrenching one of his legendary Wozzeck, and a monumental one of <em>Elegy for a Prince<\/em>, a work for voice and orchestra by William Mathias, written for and dedicated to Evans, who sang the premiere in 1972 and subsequently recorded it in 1977.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Outdoors.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Outdoors.png 522w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Outdoors-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Outdoors-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Grinning-Geraint.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Grinning-Geraint.jpg 607w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Grinning-Geraint-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler, Traditional text collected and adapted Clemens Brentano, Achim von Arnim: Lob des hohen Verstands (<em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>). Geraint Evans, Wyn Morris, London Philharmonic Orchestra [1966]<\/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=\"454\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wozzeck.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wozzeck.png 454w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Wozzeck-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alban Berg [after Georg B\u00fcchner, translated Vida Harford, Eric Blackall]: Wozzeck, you are a worthy man&#8230; Poor folk like us [Wozzeck, er ist ein guter Mensch&#8230; Wir arme Leut!] (<em>Wozzeck<\/em>). Geraint Evans, Kenneth MacDonald, John Pritchard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden [live 31.X.1964]<\/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=\"432\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Three-Centuries-of-Baritone-Art-mono-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19557\" style=\"width:609px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Three-Centuries-of-Baritone-Art-mono-cover.jpg 432w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Three-Centuries-of-Baritone-Art-mono-cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Three-Centuries-of-Baritone-Art-mono-cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The following selections were recorded in the year 1966 and feature Geraint Evans with Bryan Balkwill leading the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande:<\/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=\"394\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Scottish-Opera.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19558\" style=\"width:550px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Scottish-Opera.jpg 394w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Scottish-Opera-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, Antonio Salvi: S\u00ec, tra i ceppi (<em>Berenice<\/em>)<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Elderly-Evans-1024x566.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Elderly-Evans-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Elderly-Evans-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Elderly-Evans-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Elderly-Evans.png 1144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, William Congreve: Leave me, radiant light (<em>Semele<\/em>)<\/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=\"533\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Figaro-Sword.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Figaro-Sword.png 533w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Figaro-Sword-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Non pi\u00f9 andrai (<em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"471\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Figaro-Freni-Susanna.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Figaro-Freni-Susanna.png 471w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Figaro-Freni-Susanna-273x300.png 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Figaro, with Mirella Freni as Susanna<\/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=\"383\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Leporello-ChowDown.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19576\" style=\"width:537px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Leporello-ChowDown.png 383w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Leporello-ChowDown-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Madamina, il catalogo \u00e8 questo (<em>Don Giovanni<\/em>)<\/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=\"368\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Papageno.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19577\" style=\"width:558px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Papageno.png 368w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Papageno-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emanuel Schikaneder: Der Vogelf\u00e4nger bin ich ja (<em>Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em>)<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"1021\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Three-Centuries-Portrait-Inside-Cover-1024x1021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Three-Centuries-Portrait-Inside-Cover-1024x1021.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Three-Centuries-Portrait-Inside-Cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Three-Centuries-Portrait-Inside-Cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Three-Centuries-Portrait-Inside-Cover-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Three-Centuries-Portrait-Inside-Cover.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giambattista Varesco: Ogni momento, dicon le donne (<em>L\u2019oca del Cairo<\/em>)<\/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=\"666\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-and-Karajan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-and-Karajan.png 666w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-and-Karajan-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With Herbert von Karajan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ludwig Van Beethoven, Joseph von Sonnleithner, revised Stephan von Breuning, Georg Friedrich Treitschke: Ha! welch ein Augenlick (<em>Fidelio<\/em>)<\/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=\"490\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Tonio.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Tonio.png 490w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Tonio-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ruggero Leoncavallo: Si pu\u00f2? [Prologo] (<em>Pagliacci<\/em>)<\/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=\"303\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-as-Pasquale-Cotrubas-as-Norina.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19565\" style=\"width:541px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-as-Pasquale-Cotrubas-as-Norina.png 303w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-as-Pasquale-Cotrubas-as-Norina-175x300.png 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Pasquale, with Ileana Cotrubas as Norina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, Giovanni Ruffini [after Angelo Anelli]: Ah! un foco insolito (<em>Don Pasquale<\/em>)<\/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=\"560\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Dr.-Miracle.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Dr.-Miracle.png 560w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Dr.-Miracle-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As Dr. Miracle in <em>Hoffmann<\/em>, another embodiment of pure evil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito [after William Shakespeare]: Vanne; la tua met\u00e0 gi\u00e0 vedo&#8230; Credo in un Dio crudel (<em>Otello<\/em>)<\/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=\"355\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-as-Bottom.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19567\" style=\"width:509px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-as-Bottom.png 355w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-as-Bottom-261x300.png 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears [after William Shakespeare]: When my cue comes, call me [Bottom\u2019s Dream] (<em>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>)<\/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=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-blinds.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-blinds.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-blinds-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Modest Mussorgsky [after Aleksandr Pushkin, Nikolay Karamzin]: Pravoslavniye [Shchelkalov\u2019s Aria] (<em>Boris Godunov<\/em>)<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Jubilee-Cover-TRIMMED-1024x722.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Jubilee-Cover-TRIMMED-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Jubilee-Cover-TRIMMED-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Jubilee-Cover-TRIMMED-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Evans-Jubilee-Cover-TRIMMED.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito [after William Shakespeare]: Ehi! Paggio!&#8230; L\u2019onore? Ladri! 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Get to Know Geraint Evans SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This past September 19th, we observed the 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