{"id":20135,"date":"2026-02-20T06:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=20135"},"modified":"2026-02-20T06:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:03:28","slug":"episode-439-grace-bumbry-proud-soprano-studio-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/episode-439-grace-bumbry-proud-soprano-studio-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 439. Grace Bumbry, Proud Soprano [Studio 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 439. Grace Bumbry, Proud Soprano [Studio Edition]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1868-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=\"596\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bumbry-handsome-in-red.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bumbry-handsome-in-red.jpg 596w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bumbry-handsome-in-red-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As we hurtle toward the third anniversary (in May already!) of Grace Bumbry\u2019s death, I have had her very much on my mind. It\u2019s true that I consider her greatest achievement to have been as a <em>Lieders\u00e4ngerin<\/em>. Others opine that her operatic roles as a mezzo (Carmen, Eboli, Amneris among others) represent her at her very finest. There are fewer who focus on her work as a soprano. And yet, when she sang the most taxing roles in that fach, she often revealed a fearlessness, a fortitude, a determination, a pride that brought out her very best. If one examines her recorded output, one finds her essaying soprano arias almost from her very earliest recordings. I thought it might be fun to continue Diva Week on <em>Countermelody<\/em>\u2019s Black History Month celebratory episodesby examining her enduring legacy of her recorded output as a soprano. This time I focus exclusively on her studio recordings as a soprano, sometimes (but not always) in roles that she also sang onstage (Norma, Tosca, Gioconda, even Medea). (There\u2019s even a little operetta and a pop standard tossed in for fun.) When La Bumbry first began singing the soprano repertoire, some naysayers predicted irreparable vocal burnout. But they were wrong: until the very end, Grace retained, by virtue of both solid technique and enormous willpower, the same vocal richness and musical and artistic fingerprint that she possessed for more than six decades and which we celebrate in this episode.<\/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=\"337\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Jag.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20375\" style=\"width:568px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Jag.png 337w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Jag-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All tracks feature Grace Bumbry.<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Macht.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Macht.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Macht-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after \u00c1ngel de Saavedra; German version by Franz Werfel]: Gnade, gnade, mein Heiland [Pace, pace, mio Dio] (<em>Die Macht des Schicksals<\/em> [La forza del destino]. Giuseppe Patan\u00e8, Staatskapelle Dresden [1967]<\/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=\"549\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-nobility.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-nobility.jpg 549w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-nobility-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Joseph M\u00e9ry, Camille du Locle [after Friedrich Schiller]: Tu che le vanit\u00e0 (<em>Don Carlo<\/em>). Hans L\u00f6wlein, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Aida-788x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Aida-788x1024.png 788w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Aida-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Aida-768x998.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Aida.png 818w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni [after Auguste Mariette and Temistocle Solera]:&nbsp;Ritorna vincitor (<em>Aida<\/em>). Hans L\u00f6wlein, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Grace-Youngster-1024x698.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Grace-Youngster-1024x698.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Grace-Youngster-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Grace-Youngster-768x524.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Grace-Youngster.png 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Strauss II, Ignaz Schnitzer [after M\u00f3r J\u00f3kai]:&nbsp;So elend und so treu&#8230; Oh, habet acht (<em>Der Zigeunerbaron<\/em>). Grace Bumbry, Franz Allers, Bayerisches Staatsorchester [1970]<\/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=\"893\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Tosca-893x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Tosca-893x1024.png 893w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Tosca-261x300.png 261w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Tosca-768x881.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Tosca.png 896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after Victorien Sardou]:&nbsp; Vissi d\u2019arte (<em>Tosca<\/em>). Aldo Ceccato, Bayerisches Staatsorchester [1971]<\/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=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-recording-session.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-recording-session.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-recording-session-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Umberto Giordano, Luigi Illica: La mamma morta (<em>Andrea Ch\u00e9nier<\/em>). Aldo Ceccato, Bayerisches Staatsorchester [1971]<\/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=\"774\" height=\"882\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Lady-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Lady-M.jpg 774w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Lady-M-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Lady-M-768x875.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Luigi Cherubini, Fran\u00e7ois-Beno\u00eet Hoffmann [Italian version by Carlo Zangarini]: Dei tuoi figli la madre (<em>Medea<\/em>). Aldo Ceccato, Bayerisches Staatsorchester [1971]<\/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=\"265\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Callas.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20388\" style=\"width:640px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vincenzo Bellini, Felice Romani: Casta Diva (<em>Norma<\/em>). Aldo Ceccato, Bayerisches Staatsorchester [1971]<\/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=\"873\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Gioconda-873x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Gioconda-873x1024.png 873w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Gioconda-256x300.png 256w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Gioconda-768x900.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Gioconda.png 905w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Amilcare Ponchielli, Arrigo Boito [as Tobia Gorrio, after Victor Hugo]: Suicidio! (<em>La Gioconda<\/em>). Stefan Soltesz, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart [1984]<\/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=\"535\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-gesturing.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-gesturing.png 535w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-gesturing-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Adolphe d&#8217;Ennery, Louis Gallet, \u00c9douard Blau [after Pierre Corneille]: Pleurez, mes yeux! (<em>Le Cid<\/em>). Stefan Soltesz, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart [1984]<\/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=\"880\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-and-Hand.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-and-Hand.jpg 880w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-and-Hand-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-and-Hand-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Salvadore Cammarano [after Antonio Garc\u00eda Guti\u00e9rrez]:&nbsp;Tacea la notte placida&#8230; Di tale amor (<em>Il trovatore<\/em>). Stefan Soltesz, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart [1984]<\/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=\"887\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Gedda-887x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Gedda-887x1024.jpg 887w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Gedda-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Gedda-768x887.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Gedda.jpg 1039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gedda and Bumbry in <em>Carmen<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Strauss II, Ignaz Schnitzer [after M\u00f3r J\u00f3kai]:&nbsp;Wer uns getraut (<em>Der Zigeunerbaron<\/em>). Nicolai Gedda, Franz Allers, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper M\u00fcnchen [1970]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"963\" height=\"989\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Grace-Glam-Shot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Grace-Glam-Shot.png 963w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Grace-Glam-Shot-292x300.png 292w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Grace-Glam-Shot-768x789.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustave Charpentier, Pierre-Paul Roux [Saint-Pol-Roux]: Depuis le jour (<em>Louise<\/em>). Stefan Soltesz, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart [1984]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-looking-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-looking-up.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-looking-up-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfredo Catalani, Luigi Illica [after Wilhelmine von Hillern]: Ebben? Ne andr\u00f2 lontana (<em>La Wally<\/em>). Stefan Soltesz, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart [1984]<\/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=\"984\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Elfin-Cap-984x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Elfin-Cap-984x1024.png 984w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Elfin-Cap-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Elfin-Cap-768x799.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Elfin-Cap.png 995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Francesco Cilea, Arturo Colautti [after Eug\u00e8ne Scribe, Ernest Legouv\u00e9]:&nbsp;Io son l&#8217;umile ancella (<em>Adriana Lecouvreur<\/em>). Stefan Soltesz, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart [1984]<\/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=\"649\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Sultry.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Sultry.png 649w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Sultry-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons: Smile. Andrew White [arranger] [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=\"772\" height=\"959\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Steiner-Smug-Side-Eye.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Steiner-Smug-Side-Eye.png 772w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Steiner-Smug-Side-Eye-242x300.png 242w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-Steiner-Smug-Side-Eye-768x954.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after \u00c1ngel de Saavedra]: Pace, pace, mio Dio (<em>La forza del destino<\/em>). Stefan Soltesz, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart [1984]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1002\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-at-Kennedy-Center-Honors.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-at-Kennedy-Center-Honors.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-at-Kennedy-Center-Honors-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bumbry-at-Kennedy-Center-Honors-768x552.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 439. Grace Bumbry, Proud Soprano [Studio Edition] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As we hurtle toward the third anniversary 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class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Giacosa<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Patan\u00e8<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Grace Bumbry<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gustave Charpentier<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hans L\u00f6wlein<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ignaz Schnitzer<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Il Trovatore<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Strauss II<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Joseph M\u00e9ry<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jules Massenet<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La forza del destino<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Gioconda<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Wally<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Le Cid<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Louis Gallet<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Louise<\/span>","<span 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