{"id":19785,"date":"2026-01-09T17:22:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=19785"},"modified":"2026-04-25T23:03:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:03:04","slug":"episode-427-rep-andrew-gray-ak-countermelody-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/episode-427-rep-andrew-gray-ak-countermelody-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 427. Rep. Andrew Gray [AK] (Countermelody Conversations)"},"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-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-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-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 advgb-dyn-f24bea96\">Episode 427. Rep. Andrew Gray [AK] (Countermelody Conversations)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1813-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-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 wp-block-paragraph\"><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-8f761849 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-39697d9b 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=\"933\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Andrew-and-Dan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Andrew-and-Dan.jpg 933w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Andrew-and-Dan-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Andrew-and-Dan-768x593.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andrew and me on my front porch, Berlin, June 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the past I have featured interviews with wonderful guests (Ira Siff, Janet Williams, Nicholas Tamagna, August Ventura, David Savran, and others), but they have been few and far between. The vast majority of my episodes consist of me talking solo about whatever singer or topic I am presenting on a given day. But today, alongside the new season of <em>Countermelody<\/em>, I also initiate a new series called \u201cCountermelody Conversations,\u201d in which I interview friends and colleagues in (and out of) the music business, discussing music, singers, singing, and all the issues that come up in such discussions. My first guest in this series is my good friend Andrew Gray. Many years (and lifetimes) ago, Andrew was a voice student of mine. Most voice teachers, when bragging about their students, tell you what opera houses they have been singing in. But Andrew is associated with an altogether different house, the Alaska State House of Representatives, of which he is a recently re-elected member. In this episode, Andrew describes how he went from being a Broadway wannabe to a politician. As he himself states, he is content that he has now found his true calling, but it is wonderful to trek that journey with him. I interviewed Andrew last summer when he and his son visited Berlin. He brought along a fascinating setlist of some of his favorite music, which we also discuss in detail. Andrew has a way of listening to and evaluating music which is distinctly different from mine, which means that he presents music and singers that you might otherwise not encounter on <em>Countermelody<\/em>. I\u2019m so proud to have him as the first guest on this new series, for which I\u2019m already planning subsequent conversations.<\/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 wp-block-paragraph\" 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=\"770\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sandy-Patti.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sandy-Patti.png 770w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sandy-Patti-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sandy-Patti-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sandy-Patti-768x771.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neal Joseph, Dotti Rambo: We Shall Behold Him. Sandi Patty, produced by Neal Joseph [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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LuPone-Evita.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20046\" style=\"width:561px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LuPone-Evita.jpg 449w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LuPone-Evita-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice: On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada (<em>Evita<\/em>). Patti LuPone, Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Rene Wiegert [1979]<\/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=\"627\" height=\"808\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PLaBelle.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PLaBelle.png 627w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PLaBelle-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prince: Yo Mister. Patti LaBelle, produced by Prince [1989]<\/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=\"861\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Buckley-Drood-1-861x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Buckley-Drood-1-861x1024.jpg 861w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Buckley-Drood-1-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Buckley-Drood-1-768x913.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Buckley-Drood-1-1292x1536.jpg 1292w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Buckley-Drood-1.jpg 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rupert Holmes: The Writing on the Wall (<em>The Mystery of Edwin Drood<\/em>). Betty Buckley, Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Michael Starobin [1985]<\/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=\"596\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Carroll-Kuhn.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Carroll-Kuhn.png 596w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Carroll-Kuhn-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benny Andersson, Bj\u00f6rn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice: You and I (<em>Chess<\/em>). David Carroll, Judy Kuhn, Orchestra conducted by Paul Bogaev, arranged and orchestrated by Anders Eljas, Steven Margoshes [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=\"254\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kathy-Battle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20045\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2764427006702632;width:546px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sergei Rachmaninov, Glafira Adol\u2019fovna Galina: How Fair this Spot [\u0417\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c \u0445\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0448\u043e], Op. 21\/7. Kathleen Battle, Margo Garrett [live Carnegie Hall, 27.IV.1991]<\/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=\"475\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Murray.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Murray.png 475w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Murray-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johann Sebastian Bach: Et exsultavit (<em>Magnificat<\/em> in D Major, BWV 243). Ann Murray, Helmuth Rilling, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart [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=\"1013\" height=\"817\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rolfe-Johnson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rolfe-Johnson.png 1013w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rolfe-Johnson-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rolfe-Johnson-768x619.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Butterworth, A.E. Housman: Loveliest of Trees (<em>Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad<\/em>, No. 1). Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison [1975]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"501\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BIrgit-as-Aida.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BIrgit-as-Aida.jpg 501w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BIrgit-as-Aida-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni [after Auguste Mariette and Temistocle Solera]: Per chi piango? Per chi prego? (<em>Aida<\/em>). Birgit Nilsson, Grace Bumbry, Franco Corelli, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Zubin Mehta, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell\u2019Opera di Roma [1967]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"869\" data-id=\"20049\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Orlinski-Break-Dancing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Orlinski-Break-Dancing.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Orlinski-Break-Dancing-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"787\" data-id=\"20048\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Naked-Orlinski.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Naked-Orlinski.png 571w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Naked-Orlinski-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antonio Vivaldi, Niccol\u00f2 Beregan: Vedr\u00f2 con mio diletto (<em>Il Giustino<\/em>). Jakub J\u00f3zef Orli\u0144ski, Maxim Emelyanychev, Il Pomo d\u2019Oro [2019]<\/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=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Veljo-Tormis-1971-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Veljo-Tormis-1971-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Veljo-Tormis-1971-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Veljo-Tormis-1971-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Veljo-Tormis-1971.jpg 1510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Veljo Tormis (1930 &#8211; 2017) in 1971<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veljo Tormis, Traditional Finnish [from the Kanteletar]: Varjele, Jumala, soasta [God protect us from war!]. Estonian National Male Choir, Ants Soots, conductor [2000]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Estonian-National-Male-Choir.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Estonian-National-Male-Choir.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Estonian-National-Male-Choir-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Estonian-National-Male-Choir-768x422.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Estonian National Male Choir<\/figcaption><\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"832\" data-id=\"20043\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Edita-Maria.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Edita-Maria.png 585w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Edita-Maria-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"489\" height=\"699\" data-id=\"20044\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gruberova-Stuarda.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gruberova-Stuarda.png 489w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gruberova-Stuarda-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Bardari [after Friedrich Schiller]: Ah, se un giorno da queste ritorte (<em>Maria Stuarda<\/em>). Edita Gruberov\u00e1, Francisco Araiza, Iris Vermillion, Francesco Ellero d\u2019Artegna, Giuseppe Patan\u00e8, M\u00fcnchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks [1989]<\/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=\"945\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Andrew-Gray-Mountain.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Andrew-Gray-Mountain.png 945w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Andrew-Gray-Mountain-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Andrew-Gray-Mountain-768x532.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Representative Andrew Gray [D-AK]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 427. 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