{"id":19696,"date":"2026-01-05T23:15:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T22:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=19696"},"modified":"2026-02-01T17:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:33:46","slug":"episode-426-teresa-stratas-season-seven-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/05\/episode-426-teresa-stratas-season-seven-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 426. Teresa Stratas [Season Seven Premiere]"},"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 426. Teresa Stratas [Season Seven Premiere]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1809-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=\"725\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-as-Lulu-with-Portrait.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-as-Lulu-with-Portrait.png 725w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-as-Lulu-with-Portrait-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to start off the year (and the new season of the podcast) with something momentous, and who better to take us there than one of the great operatic artists of the twentieth century: Canadian soprano Teresa Stratas. I have not yet done a full episode on this artist, though she provided me with what was probably my greatest night in the opera house (I get into that in the episode, as well as featuring a rare excerpt of her in that shattering performance). As always with my podcast, I like to provide unexpected glimpses of such a great singer, alongside many of her most legendary moments. So not only do we hear Stratas\u2019 legendary interpretations of her favorite roles (Mim\u00ec, M\u00e9lisande, Lulu, Violetta, and Salome [the latter a role she never portrayed onstage]), we also hear her in Mozart, her favorite composer, as an operetta singer, as an interpreter of <em>Lieder<\/em>, in her single Broadway role in the short-lived <em>Rags<\/em>, and in another of her creations, the title role in Australian composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks\u2019 <em>Nausicaa<\/em>, as well as two late career Met roles, Li\u00f9 and the Komponist, roles she had sung there at the beginning of her career, more than thirty years earlier. Along the way, we hear her with artists who have already been featured in previous seasons (Gabriel Bacquier, Florence Quivar and Fritz Wunderlich), but also singers who will each be featured in the upcoming series of the podcast, including Tom Krause, Wies\u0142aw Ochman, Bernd Weikl, Elizabeth Harwood, and Vasile Moldoveanu. Also much discussion also about what makes Stratas unique as an interpreter, and why she deserves to be ranked among the very greatest. Welcome to Season Seven!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the link to find Harry Rasky\u2019s exceptional 1983 documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lc6T3SaR0cg&amp;t=4720s&amp;pp=ygUbdGVyZXNhIHN0cmF0YXMgc3RyYXRhc3BoZXJl\"><em><strong>StrataSphere: A Portrait of Teresa Stratas<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"314\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-could-be-Komponist.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19976\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6330688398027021;width:541px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-could-be-Komponist.png 314w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-could-be-Komponist-190x300.png 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Musik ist eine heilige Kunst (<em>Ariadne auf Naxos<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Orchestra conducted by James Levine [live New York 23.IV.1994]<\/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=\"295\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Young-Stratas-at-Fountain.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19977\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.62501795203217;width:542px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Young-Stratas-at-Fountain.png 295w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Young-Stratas-at-Fountain-188x300.png 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alberto Pestalozza, Carlo Tiochet: Ciribiribin. Teresa Stratas [unknown performing forces or date]<\/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=\"575\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-in-Giuditta.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-in-Giuditta.jpg 575w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-in-Giuditta-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stratas in the 1970 <em>Giuditta <\/em>film<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Leh\u00e1r, Paul Knepler, Fritz L\u00f6hner-Beda: Komm zur\u00fcck zu mir (<em>Giuditta<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Rudolf Schock, Wolfgang Ebert, Berliner Symphoniker [1970 film soundtrack]<\/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=\"1005\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-in-Mirror-Strumpet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-in-Mirror-Strumpet.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-in-Mirror-Strumpet-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-in-Mirror-Strumpet-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte [after Pierre Beaumarchais]: Canzonetta sull\u2019aria (<em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Elizabeth Harwood, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker [live Salzburg 28.VII.1973]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elizabeth-Harwood.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elizabeth-Harwood.png 580w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elizabeth-Harwood-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elizabeth Harwood (1938 &#8211; 1990)<\/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=\"367\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-in-Concert-in-Russia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19980\" style=\"width:502px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-in-Concert-in-Russia.png 367w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-in-Concert-in-Russia-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt, D. 877\/4. Teresa Stratas, Boris Abramovich [live Moscow 22.VII.1963]<\/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=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Lulu-Berghaus-Monnaie-1024x673.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Lulu-Berghaus-Monnaie-1024x673.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Lulu-Berghaus-Monnaie-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Lulu-Berghaus-Monnaie-768x505.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Lulu-Berghaus-Monnaie.png 1505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alban Berg, Frank Wedekind: Wenn sich die Menschen (<em>Lulu<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Sylvain Cambreling, Orchestre symphonique de la Monnaie [live Brussels 02.II.1988]<\/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=\"200\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kert-Stratas-Rags.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20023\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7067288854059061;width:496px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stratas with Larry Kert in <em>Rags<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz: Blame It on the Summer Night (<em>Rags<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Orchestra conducted by Eric Stern [live New York VIII.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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"403\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Nausicaa.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19982\" style=\"width:493px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Nausicaa.png 403w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Nausicaa-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In the title role of <em>Nausicaa<\/em> by Peggy Glanville-Hicks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Robert Graves: What do they mean, these auguries? (<em>Nausicaa<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Carlos Surinach, Athens Symphony Orchestraa [1961]<\/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=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Wunderlich-1024x584.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Wunderlich-1024x584.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Wunderlich-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Wunderlich-768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Wunderlich.png 1071w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">with Fritz in <em>Traviata<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Alexandre Dumas fils]: Dammi tu forza, o cielo&#8230; Amami, Alfredo&nbsp; (<em>La Traviata<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Fritz Wunderlich, Brigitte Fassbaender, Giuseppe Patan\u00e8, Bayerisches Staatsorchester [live M\u00fcnchen 28.III.1965]<\/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=\"433\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Liu.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Liu.png 433w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Liu-192x300.png 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni [after Carlo Gozzi]: Signore, ascolta (<em>Turandot<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta [live New York 22.XII.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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Tony-Harrison-1024x605.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Tony-Harrison-1024x605.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Tony-Harrison-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Tony-Harrison-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Tony-Harrison.jpg 1119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni [after Carlo Gozzi]: Tanto amore segreto (<em>Turandot<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Orchestra conducted by Nello Santi [live New York II.1995]<\/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=\"908\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Bing-Gala-3-great.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Bing-Gala-3-great.jpg 908w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Bing-Gala-3-great-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Bing-Gala-3-great-768x593.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after Henri Murger]: Donde lieta usc\u00ec (<em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Orchestra conducted by James Levine [live telecast 22.IV.1972]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Moldoveanu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20014\" style=\"width:432px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Moldoveanu.jpg 330w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Moldoveanu-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vasile Moldoveanu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after Henri Murger]: O soave fanciulla (<em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Vasile Moldoveanu, Janos Kulka, W\u00fcrttembergischen Staatsorchester [1977]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Mimi-in-Mirror-4-1024x548.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Mimi-in-Mirror-4-1024x548.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Mimi-in-Mirror-4-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Mimi-in-Mirror-4-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Mimi-in-Mirror-4.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A still from the 1983 <em>StrataSphere<\/em> documentary, Stratas touching up during a <em>Boh\u00e8me<\/em> performance.<\/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=\"620\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Krause-as-the-Count.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20027\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Krause-as-the-Count.png 620w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Krause-as-the-Count-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tom Krause (1934 &#8211; 2013) as the Conte in <em>Nozze di Figaro<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte [after Pierre Beaumarchais]: Or vel riporto&#8230; Crudel! Perch\u00e8 finora (<em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Tom Krause, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker [live Salzburg 28.VII.1973]<\/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-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bacquier-Golaud-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bacquier-Golaud-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bacquier-Golaud-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bacquier-Golaud-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bacquier-Golaud-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bacquier-Golaud-1539x2048.jpg 1539w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bacquier-Golaud-1600x2129.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bacquier-Golaud-scaled.jpg 1924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gabriel Bacquier (1924 &#8211; 2020) as Golaud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Claude Debussy, Maurice Maeterlinck: J\u2019entends pleurer (<em>Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Gabriel Bacquier [live New York 04.III.1978]<\/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=\"630\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Tatyana.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Tatyana.png 630w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Tatyana-300x285.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pyotr Il\u2019yich Tchaikovsky, Konstantin Shilovsky, Modest Tchaikovsky [after Alexander Pushkin]: No sludba moya usch reschena&#8230; Onegin, v vashen certse yests (<em>Yevgeny Onegin<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Georg Ots, Isai Sherman, Kirov Theater Orchestra [live Leningrad 11.VI.1963]<\/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=\"390\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Young-and-Regal.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19997\" style=\"width:459px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Young-and-Regal.png 390w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Young-and-Regal-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k, Jaroslav Kvapil [after Karel Jarom\u00edr Erben, Bo\u017eena N\u011bmcov\u00e1]: Mladosti sv\u00e9 pozbavena (<em>Rusalka<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Bohumil Gregor, The Netherlands Broadcast Orchestra [live Scheveningen 04.XI.76]<\/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=\"888\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Ochman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Ochman.jpg 888w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Ochman-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Ochman-768x615.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With Wies\u0142aw Ochman in the 1973 <em>Zarewitsch<\/em> TV-film<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Leh\u00e1r, Bela Jenbach, Heinz Reichert [after Gabriela Zapolska]: Hab\u2019 nur dich allein (<em>Der Zarewitsch<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Wies\u0142aw Ochman, Willy Mattes, Symphonie-Orchester Graunke [1973 film soundtrack]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Salome-Autograph.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19988\" style=\"width:624px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Salome-Autograph.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Salome-Autograph-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Oscar Wilde [translated Hedwig Lachmann]: Sprich mehr, Jochanaan, deine Stimme ist wie Musik in meinen Ohren (<em>Salome<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Bernd Weikl, Wies\u0142aw Ochman, Karl B\u00f6hm, Wiener Philharmoniker [1974 film soundtrack]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Weikl-Jokanaan-1024x590.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Weikl-Jokanaan-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Weikl-Jokanaan-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Weikl-Jokanaan-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Weikl-Jokanaan.png 1405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bernd Weikl as Jochanaaan<\/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=\"250\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-as-Angelica.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19989\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7812709030100334;width:573px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-as-Angelica.jpg 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-as-Angelica-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stratas as <em>Suor Angelica<\/em>, the role which, in seeing it, changed my life<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giovacchino Forzano: Tutto ho offerto alla Vergine&#8230; Senza mamma (<em>Suor Angelica<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Florence Quivar, Orchestra conducted by James Levine [live New York 26.IX.89]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"784\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Quivar-elegant-1-784x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Quivar-elegant-1-784x1024.jpg 784w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Quivar-elegant-1-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Quivar-elegant-1-768x1003.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Quivar-elegant-1.jpg 1007w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Florence Quivar<\/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=\"336\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Mazura-Lulu.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19990\" style=\"width:596px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Mazura-Lulu.png 336w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Mazura-Lulu-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stratas and Mazura in the Met production of <em>Lulu<\/em>, 1981<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alban Berg, Frank Wedekind: Ich will meine T\u00fcr verschliessen&#8230; Hier ist Briefpapier (<em>Lulu<\/em>). Teresa Stratas, Franz Mazura, Orchestra conducted by James Levine [live New York 03.I.1981]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"20006\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Young-Stratas-with-Flowers.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20006\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"20002\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Haggard-Fishing-Cap.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20002\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"694\" data-id=\"20000\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Elderly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Elderly.jpg 856w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Elderly-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"608\" data-id=\"19999\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-at-Piano-with-Eyes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-at-Piano-with-Eyes.jpg 950w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-at-Piano-with-Eyes-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-at-Piano-with-Eyes-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1196\" height=\"699\" data-id=\"20005\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Young-Stratas-Tree.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20005\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"20003\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-with-Parents.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-with-Parents.png 586w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-with-Parents-300x246.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stratas with her parents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"610\" data-id=\"20001\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Lulu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Lulu.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Lulu-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" data-id=\"20008\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Mimi-in-Mirror-1024x655.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Mimi-in-Mirror-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Mimi-in-Mirror-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Mimi-in-Mirror-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Stratas-Mimi-in-Mirror.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"408\" data-id=\"20007\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/stratas-lenya.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/stratas-lenya.jpg 597w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/stratas-lenya-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stratas with Lotte Lenya<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 426. 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class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Strouse<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Claude Debussy<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Der Zarewitsch<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Elizabeth Harwood<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eric Stern<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Florence Quivar<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francesco Maria Piave<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Frank Wedekind<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Franz Leh\u00e1r<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Franz Mazura<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Franz Schubert<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fritz L\u00f6hner-Beda<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fritz Wunderlich<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gabriela Zapolska<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Georg Ots<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Puccini<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giovacchino Forzano<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuditta<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Adami<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Giacosa<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Patan\u00e8<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hedwig Lachmann<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Heinz Reichert<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Henri Murger<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Herbert von Karajan<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Isai Sherman<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">James Levine<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">J\u00e1nos Kulka<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jaroslav Kvapil<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Karel Jarom\u00edr Erben<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Karl B\u00f6hm<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Konstantin Shilovsky<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Boheme<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Traviata<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Le nozze di Figaro<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lorenzo da Ponte<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Luigi Illica<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lulu<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Maurice Maeterlinck<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Modest Tchaikovsky<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nausicaa<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nello Santi<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Oscar Wilde<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Paul Knepler<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Peggy Glanville-Hicks<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pelleas et Melisande<\/span>","<span 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