{"id":20475,"date":"2026-03-24T11:49:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=20475"},"modified":"2026-03-24T21:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:10:24","slug":"episode-448-get-to-know-germaine-cernay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/episode-448-get-to-know-germaine-cernay\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 448. Get to Know Germaine Cernay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 448. Get to Know Germaine Cernay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1903-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=\"499\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-elegang-hands.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-elegang-hands.jpg 499w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-elegang-hands-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/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 featured artist is, I hope, a name that some of you will at least have heard of: the French mezzo-soprano Germaine Cernay, born Germaine Pointu in Le Havre in 1900 and died tragically young of an epileptic event at the age of only 43. Here is an artist who strikes a balance between poise and white heat, with a voice of exquisite timbre anchored by a flawless technique. Between making her debut at the Op\u00e9ra-Comique in 1927 and her early retirement from her singing career the year before her death with the intention of becoming a nun, Cernay was a prodigious recording artist and a habitu\u00e9e of both the operatic stage and the concert platform. Today\u2019s episode presents her in her core operatic repertoire (Debussy, Faur\u00e9, Mascagni, Bizet, and Saint-Sa\u00ebns), with a strong emphasis on the works of Jules Massenet (<em>Werther<\/em>, <em>Don Quichotte<\/em>, <em>Th\u00e9r\u00e8se<\/em>, <em>Le Cid<\/em>, <em>H\u00e9rodiade<\/em>, <em>Sapho<\/em>). Cernay is also heard at the outer edges of the <em>m\u00e9lodie <\/em>repertoire, singing songs by Charles Bordes, Xavier Leroux, and Georges Dandelot, alongside the more familiar Lalo, Chabrier, and Brahms, not to forget a smattering of operetta. Some of her strongest recordings feature stellar contributions by fellow singers Georges Thill, Andr\u00e9 d\u2019Arkor, Roger Bourdin, and Charles Friant. In recent years, even without a sytstematic reissue of her recorded oeuvre, her reputation has only increased, and she is now recognized as a standard-bearer of the French mezzo-soprano repertoire.<\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gustave-Cloez-1-720x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gustave-Cloez-1-720x1024.png 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gustave-Cloez-1-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gustave-Cloez-1.png 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gustave Clo\u00ebz (03.VIII.1890 \u2013 15.III.1970)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, \u00c9douard Blau, Paul Milliet, Georges Hartmann [after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]: Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (<em>Werther<\/em>). Germaine Cernay, Orchestra conducted by Gustave Clo\u00ebz [1928]<\/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=\"714\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-as-Margared.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-as-Margared.jpg 714w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-as-Margared-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-as-Margared-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Paul Milliet, Henri Gr\u00e9mont [after Gustave Flaubert]: H\u00e9rode! Ne me refuse pas (<em>H\u00e9rodiade<\/em>). Germaine Cernay, unknown orchestra and conductor [1930]<\/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=\"736\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-with-a-bob-736x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-with-a-bob-736x1024.jpg 736w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-with-a-bob-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-with-a-bob-768x1068.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-with-a-bob-1104x1536.jpg 1104w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-with-a-bob.jpg 1202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Adolphe d\u2019Ennery, Louis Gallet, \u00c9douard Blau [after Pierre Corneille]: Pleurez, mes yeux (<em>Le Cid<\/em>). Germaine Cernay, Orchestra conducted by Gustave Clo\u00ebz [1930]<\/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=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Faure-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Faure-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Faure-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Faure-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Faure.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gabriel Faur\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gabriel Faur\u00e9, Ren\u00e9 Fauchois [after Homer]: Vous n\u2019avez fait qu\u2019\u00e9veiller dans mon sein (<em>P\u00e9n\u00e9lope<\/em>). Germaine Cernay, Orchestra conducted by Gustave Clo\u00ebz [1932]<\/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=\"407\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Charles-Friant.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20673\" style=\"width:497px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Charles-Friant.jpeg 407w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Charles-Friant-191x300.jpeg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charles Friant (12.I.1890 \u2013 22.IV.1947)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Hal\u00e9vy [after Prosper M\u00e9rim\u00e9e]: Je ne te parle pas&#8230; Pr\u00e8s des remparts de S\u00e9ville (<em>Carmen<\/em>). Germaine Cernay, Charles Friant, unknown conductor [1928]<\/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=\"652\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Endreze-652x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Endreze-652x1024.jpg 652w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Endreze-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Endreze.jpg 711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arthur Endr\u00e8ze (28.XI.1893 \u2013 15.IV.1975)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pietro Mascagni, Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Guido Menasci [after Giovanni Verga; French version by Paul Milliet]: Comm\u00e8re Santa, d\u00e8s lors je vous rends gr\u00e2ce&#8230; Avec leur perfidie [Comare Santa, allor grato vi sono&#8230; Ad essi non perdono] (<em>Cavalleria rusticana<\/em>). Germaine Cernay, Arthur Endr\u00e8ze, Orchestra conducted by Gustave Clo\u00ebz [1933]<\/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=\"435\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-as-Genevieve.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20675\" style=\"width:545px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-as-Genevieve.jpg 435w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-as-Genevieve-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cernay as Genevi\u00e8ve<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Claude Debussy, Maurice Maeterlinck: Voici ce qu\u2019il \u00e9crit \u00e0 son fr\u00e8re Pell\u00e9as (<em>Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em>). Germaine Cernay, Orchestra conducted by Gustave Clo\u00ebz [1928]<\/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=\"540\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Veuve.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Veuve.png 540w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Veuve-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Leh\u00e1r, Robert de Flers, Gaston Arman de Caillavet [after Henri Meilhac, Victor L\u00e9on, Leo Stein]: Je ne connais votre Paris [Hab in Paris mich noch nicht ganz] (<em>La veuve joyeuse<\/em> [<em>Die lustige Witwe<\/em>]). Germaine Cernay, Paul Minssart, Orchestre du Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Lyrique de la Gait\u00e9 [1933]<\/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=\"720\" height=\"990\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-schnoz-on-promenade.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20677\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gabriel Faur\u00e9: Salve Regina. Germaine Cernay, Orchestra conducted by Francis Cebron [1942]<\/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=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chabrier-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chabrier-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chabrier-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chabrier-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chabrier.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emmanuel Chabrier (18.I.1841 \u2013 13.IX.1894)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Emmanuel Chabrier, Rosemonde G\u00e9rard: Les cigales. Germaine Cernay, Jean Ibos Quintet [unknown 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=\"781\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Charles-Bordes_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Charles-Bordes_1.jpg 781w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Charles-Bordes_1-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Charles-Bordes_1-768x606.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charles Bordes (12.V.1863 \u2013 08.XI.1909)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Bordes, Paul Verlaine: Colloque sentimental. Germaine Cernay, Jean Ibos Quintet [1930s, unknown 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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"287\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dandelot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20680\" style=\"width:551px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dandelot.jpg 287w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dandelot-179x300.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Georges Dandelot (02.XII.1895 \u2013 17.VIII.1975)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Georges Dandelot, Pierre Lou\u00ffs: Sc\u00e8ne (<em>Chansons de Bilitis<\/em>). Germaine Cernay, Georges Dandelot [1939]<\/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=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lalo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20681\" style=\"width:486px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lalo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lalo-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00c9douard Lalo (27.I.1823 \u2013 22.IV.1892)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u00c9douard Lalo, Andr\u00e9 Theuriet: Marine, Op. 33. Germaine Cernay, Orchestra conducted by Eug\u00e8ne Bigot [1934]<\/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=\"454\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lucette-Descaves.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20682\" style=\"width:569px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lucette-Descaves.jpg 454w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lucette-Descaves-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lucette Descaves-Truc (01.IV.1906 \u2013 15.IV.1993)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johannes Brahms, Friedrich R\u00fcckert: Gestillte Sehnsucht, Op. 91\/1 [sung in French as \u201cD\u00e9sir apais\u00e9\u201d]. Germaine Cernay, Henri Benoit, Lucette Descaves-Truc [1942]<\/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=\"518\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Massenet.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Massenet.png 518w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Massenet-193x300.png 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jules Massenet (12.V.1842 \u2013 13.VIII.1912)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Henri Ca\u00efn, Arthur Bern\u00e8de [after Alphonse Daudet]: Petit, voici ta lampe [Air de la lampe] (<em>Sapho<\/em>). Germaine Cernay, unknown orchestra and conductor [1928]<\/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=\"501\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-black-turtle-neck.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20684\" style=\"width:573px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-black-turtle-neck.jpg 501w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-black-turtle-neck-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Jules Claretie: Jour de juin, jour d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 (<em>Th\u00e9r\u00e8se<\/em>). Germaine Cernay, Orchestra conducted by Gustave Clo\u00ebz [1930]<\/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=\"586\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-noble-profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-noble-profile.jpg 586w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-noble-profile-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, \u00c9douard Blau, Paul Milliet, Georges Hartmann [after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]: Ah, mon courage m\u2019abandonne! Seigneur Dieu! (<em>Werther<\/em>). Germaine Cernay, Orchestra conducted by Gustave Clo\u00ebz [1928]<\/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=\"183\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-taller.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20688\" style=\"width:503px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-taller.jpg 183w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-taller-110x300.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Henri Ca\u00efn [after Jacques Le Lorrain]: Me marier, moi!&#8230; Oui, je souffre votre tristesse (<em>Don Quichotte<\/em>). Germaine Cernay, Roger Bourdin, Orchestra conducted by Gustave Clo\u00ebz [1931]<\/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=\"503\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dArkor.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20691\" style=\"width:563px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dArkor.png 503w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dArkor-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andr\u00e9 d\u2019Arkor (23.II.1901 \u2013 19.XII.1971)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ambroise Thomas, Jules Barbier, Michel Carr\u00e9 [after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: O\u00f9 suis-je?&#8230; Je suis heureuse (<em>Mignon<\/em>). Germaine Cernay, Andr\u00e9 d\u2019Arkor, Orchestra conducted by Maurice Bastin [1928]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-Marcel-Wave.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20690\" style=\"width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-Marcel-Wave.jpg 506w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-Marcel-Wave-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/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=\"472\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thill-dans-Vercingetorix.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20693\" style=\"width:558px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thill-dans-Vercingetorix.jpg 472w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thill-dans-Vercingetorix-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Georges Thill (14.XII.1897 \u2013 17.X.1984)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns, Ferdinand Lemaire: Un dieu plus puissant que le tien&#8230; Mon coeur s\u2019ouvre \u00e0 ta voix (<em>Samson et Dalila<\/em>). Germaine Cernay, Georges Thill, Orchestra conducted by Eug\u00e8ne Bigot [1933]<\/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=\"510\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Xavier-Leroux-11.X.1863-02.II_.1919.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Xavier-Leroux-11.X.1863-02.II_.1919.png 510w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Xavier-Leroux-11.X.1863-02.II_.1919-185x300.png 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Xavier Leroux (11.X.1863 &#8211; 02.II.1919)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Xavier Leroux, Armand Renaud, orchestrated Henri B\u00fcsser: Le Nil (<em>La Solitaire<\/em>, No. 3). Germaine Cernay, Orchestra conducted by Gustave Clo\u00ebz [1934]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-Sepia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20692\" style=\"width:585px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-Sepia.jpg 470w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cernay-Sepia-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 448. Get to Know Germaine Cernay SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today\u2019s featured artist is, I hope, a name 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href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Le Cid<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leo Stein<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Louis Gallet<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lucette Descaves-Truc<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ludovic Hal\u00e9vy<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Maurice Maeterlinck<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Michel Carr\u00e9<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mignon<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Paul Milliet<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Paul Minssart<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Paul Verlaine<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pelleas et Melisande<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">P\u00e9n\u00e9lope<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pierre Corneille<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pierre Lou\u00ffs<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Prosper M\u00e9rim\u00e9e<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ren\u00e9 Fauchois<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Robert de Flers<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Roger Bourdin<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Rosemonde G\u00e9rard<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Samson et Dalila<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Sapho<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Th\u00e9r\u00e8se (Massenet)<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Victor L\u00e9on<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Xavier Leroux<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Adolphe d\u2019Ennery<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alphonse Daudet<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ambroise Thomas<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Andr\u00e9 d\u2019Arkor<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Andr\u00e9 Theuriet<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Armand Renaud<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arthur Bern\u00e8de<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">B\u00fcsser<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Camille 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