{"id":20332,"date":"2026-03-09T17:07:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=20332"},"modified":"2026-03-09T17:07:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:07:51","slug":"episode-444-renata-scotto-casta-diva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/episode-444-renata-scotto-casta-diva\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 444. Renata Scotto: Casta Diva"},"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 444. Renata Scotto: Casta Diva<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1886-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=\"676\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Renatina-as-Norma.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Renatina-as-Norma.png 676w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Renatina-as-Norma-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s episode serves numerous purposes: first, as a belated tribute to the great Renata Scotto and in particular her controversial assumption of the title role Vincenzo Bellini\u2019s bel canto masterpiece, <em>Norma<\/em>. Second, as a memento of International Womens\u2019 Day <em>and <\/em>Women\u2019s History Month. The remainder of the month will feature various favorite divas in belated <em>Countermelody <\/em>tributes. In all honesty, this episode also is posted today because I have been quite ill and exhausted upon returning home to Berlin and have not had the energy to post a brand new episode. An earlier version of this episode first saw the light of day in the summer of 2020 in the first season of the podcast. Scotto is heard in some of her earliest recordings, including her first studio recording in 1954 and a live performance from Trieste of Weber\u2019s <em>Il franco cacciatore <\/em>[AKA <em>Der Freisch\u00fctz<\/em>]. Early bel canto triumphs as Adina in <em>Elisir <\/em>and Amina in <em>Sonnambula<\/em> serve as a foretaste of possibly her greatest (and certainly her most ambitious and audacious) bel canto heroine, Norma, in which she is heard in early live performances between 1963 and 1978. Fellow singers heard in this episode include Alfredo Kraus, Gianfranco Cecchele, Biancamaria Casoni, Ermanno Mauro and Tatiana Troyanos. Conductors include Giuseppe Patan\u00e8, Nicola Rescigno, Nello Santi, Fulvio Vernizzi, and Riccardo Muti.<\/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=\"250\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-1957.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20531\" style=\"width:553px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-1957.jpg 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-1957-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pietro Mascagni, Giovacchino Forzano [after Ouida (Marie Louise de la Ram\u00e9e)]: Flammen, perdonami (<em>Lodoletta<\/em>). Renata Scotto, Corrado Benvenuti, Orchestra Lirica Cetra [1954]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"797\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Franco-Cacciatore-1024x797.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Franco-Cacciatore-1024x797.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Franco-Cacciatore-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Franco-Cacciatore-768x598.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Franco-Cacciatore.png 1387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leyla Gencer, Mario Rossi, and Renata Scotto backstage after <em>Il franco cacciatore<\/em> in Trieste, 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Carl Maria Weber, Friedrich Kind, Franco Faccio [Italian translation]: D\u2019una sposa graziosa [Tr\u00fcbe Augen] (<em>Il franco cacciatore<\/em> [<em>Der Freisch\u00fctz<\/em>]). Renata Scotto, Mario Rossi, Orchestra del Teatro Verdi di Trieste [live Trieste 18.I.1956]<\/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=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Adina-1024x831.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Adina-1024x831.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Adina-300x243.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Adina-768x623.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Adina.png 1266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scotto as Adina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, Felice Romani [after Eug\u00e8ne Scribe]: Prendi, per me sei libero (<em>L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore<\/em>). Renata Scotto, Antonio Tonini [live Moscow 18.IX.64]<\/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=\"356\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Kraus.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20534\" style=\"width:502px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Kraus.jpg 356w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Kraus-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Renata Scotto and Alfredo Kraus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vincenzo Bellini, Felice Romani: Son geloso del zefiro errante (<em>La sonnambula<\/em>). Renata Scotto, Alfredo Kraus, Nello Santi, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia [live 26.V.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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Renata-and-Maria.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20545\" style=\"width:601px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Renata-and-Maria.jpg 516w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Renata-and-Maria-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Renatina and Maria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All remaining tracks are from Vincenzo Bellini and Felice Romani\u2019s <em>Norma<\/em> featuring Renata Scotto in the title role with supporting forces as listed for each selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Di-Stefano-1024x764.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Di-Stefano-1024x764.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Di-Stefano-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Di-Stefano-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Di-Stefano.png 1380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Renata Scotto and Giuseppe di Stefano in <em>Elisir d&#8217;Amore<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Casta diva. Fulvio Vernizzi, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Groot Omroepkoor [live Amsterdam 23.VI.1963]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Early-Norma-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Early-Norma-1.jpg 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Early-Norma-1-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scotto as Norma in Torino, 1974<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"266\" height=\"371\" data-id=\"20539\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Casoni.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Casoni.jpg 266w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Casoni-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Biancamaria Casoni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"423\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"20540\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cecchele.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cecchele.jpg 423w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cecchele-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gianfranco Cecchele<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trio and Act I Finale. Gianfranco Cecchele (Pollione), Biancamaria [or Bianca Maria] Casoni (Adalgisa); Giuseppe Patan\u00e8, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino [9 April 1974]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"911\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Troyanos-Scotto-norma-1024x911.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Troyanos-Scotto-norma-1024x911.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Troyanos-Scotto-norma-300x267.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Troyanos-Scotto-norma-768x683.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Troyanos-Scotto-norma.png 1214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tatiana Troyanos and Renata Scotto in <em>Norma<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Norma-in-Houston.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Norma-in-Houston.png 526w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Norma-in-Houston-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scotto as Norma in Houston, 1978<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Act II Duet with Adalgisa. Tatiana Troyanos (Adalgisa); Nicola Rescigno, Houston Symphony Orchestra [live from Houston Grand Opera [12 November 1978]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"745\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"20542\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ferrin-TRIMMED-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ferrin-TRIMMED-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ferrin-TRIMMED-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ferrin-TRIMMED-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ferrin-TRIMMED.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Agostino Ferrin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"788\" data-id=\"20543\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mauro.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mauro.png 627w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mauro-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ermanno Mauro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"483\" data-id=\"20541\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Muti-Young.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Muti-Young.jpg 351w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Muti-Young-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Riccardo Muti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Act II Duet with Pollione &amp; Final Scene. Ermanno Mauro (Pollione); Agostino Ferrin (Oroveso); Riccardo Muti, Orchestra del Teatro Communale di Firenze [19 December 1978]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Norma-81-1024x718.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Norma-81-1024x718.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Norma-81-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Norma-81-768x539.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scotto-Norma-81.png 1159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 444. 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