{"id":20496,"date":"2026-03-30T23:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=20496"},"modified":"2026-03-31T22:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:41:21","slug":"episode-450-onelia-fineschi-sings-the-undoing-of-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/episode-450-onelia-fineschi-sings-the-undoing-of-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 450. Onelia Fineschi Sings the Undoing of Women"},"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 450. Onelia Fineschi Sings the Undoing of Women<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1911-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=\"628\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-heavenwards.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-heavenwards.jpg 628w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-heavenwards-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Onelia Fineschi (1921 \u2013 2004) was one of the finest Italian lyric sopranos of her era. Probably most famous today for having provided the singing voice of Gina Lollobrigida in a 1948 filmed version of <em>Pagliacci<\/em>, she had a wide-ranging repertoire and an up-and-down career trajectory that lasted, however, nearly 25 years. Initially I became interested in Fineschi because one of my listeners gifted me with a visually arresting Cetra LP of her 1947 recordings of various opera arias, which, upon listening, revealed an equally arresting and technically solid voice with a characteristically Italian timbre. But the more I explored what little I could about her, several issues that emerged seemed particularly relevant to Women\u2019s History Month. For instance, many 20th century female singers had truncated careers or complicated personal lives because of the demands that their voices made upon their lives. I uncovered some ambiguous comments regarding Fineschi\u2019s marriage to the tenor Francesco Albanese (1912 \u2013 2005), that seemed to imply that this may have been the case with her. Furthermore, much of the standard repertoire that she sang bears out the contention of French philosopher, scholar and author Catherine Cl\u00e9ment that opera enacts \u201cthe undoing of women.\u201d Nearly every excerpt I play explores this theme, from the \u201cslutty\u201d Nedda in <em>Pagliacci <\/em>(who, we are led to believe, as a free spirit, gets what she deserves) to Tosca, Manon, Mim\u00ec, Margherita in <em>Mefistofele<\/em>, Desdemona, Leonora de Vargas, Maddalena di Coigny, and Cio-Cio-San, all of them expiring, sometimes gently, sometimes violently to the most glorious music. So apart from simply resuscitating a fine lyric soprano, this episode at least scratches the surface on the topic of women in opera from a feminist vantage point, centering around the problems of inherent misogyny and sexual abuse of women that is practically baked into the business itself. Featured voices alongside Fineschi\u2019s include Tito Gobbi, Mario del Monaco, Giuseppe di Stefano, and Mr. Fineschi himself, Francesco Albanese.<\/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\n\n\n<p>Alfredo Catalani, Luigi Illica [after Wilhelmine von Hillern]: Ebben? Ne andr\u00f2 lontana (<em>La Wally<\/em>). Onelia Fineschi, Arturo Basile, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI [1947]<\/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=\"777\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Crown.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Crown.jpg 777w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Crown-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Crown-768x685.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito [after William Shakespeare]: Sul fil d\u2019un soffio etesio (<em>Falstaff<\/em>). Onelia Fineschi, Arturo Basile, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI [1947]<\/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=\"371\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Albanese-expressive-eyelashes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20726\" style=\"width:572px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Albanese-expressive-eyelashes.jpg 371w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Albanese-expressive-eyelashes-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Francesco Albanese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after Henri Murger]: Sono andati? (<em>La boh\u00e8me<\/em>). Onelia Fineschi, Francesco Albanese, Arturo Basile, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI [1947]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-and-Lauri-Volpi-in-Boheme.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-and-Lauri-Volpi-in-Boheme.png 660w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-and-Lauri-Volpi-in-Boheme-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Onelia Fineschi and Giacomo Lauri-Volpi in <em>La boh\u00e8me<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"915\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"20732\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-1-1.jpg 915w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-1-1-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-1-1-768x604.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"888\" height=\"592\" data-id=\"20729\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-2.jpg 888w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"921\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"20731\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-3.jpg 921w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-3-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-3-768x600.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"20733\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-4-1.jpg 914w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-4-1-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-4-1-768x605.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"20734\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-5-1.jpg 930w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-5-1-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Albanese-dal-Monte-5-1-768x595.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pietro Mascagni, P. Suardon [n\u00e9 Nicola Daspuro] [after \u00c9mile Erckmann, Alexandre Chatrain]: Suzel, buon d\u00ec (<em>L\u2019amico Fritz<\/em>) [excerpt]. Onelia Fineschi, Francesco Albanese [as heard on <em>Il Musichiere<\/em>, 1958 television program]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"893\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dal-Monte-with-Mask.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dal-Monte-with-Mask.jpg 893w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dal-Monte-with-Mask-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dal-Monte-with-Mask-768x619.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Toti dal Monte pondering the voices of Fineschi and Albanese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"706\" height=\"466\" data-id=\"20744\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gobbi-as-Tonio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gobbi-as-Tonio.jpg 706w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gobbi-as-Tonio-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"928\" height=\"691\" data-id=\"20738\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gobbi-as-Silvio-in-Pagliacci.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20738\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"679\" data-id=\"20739\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gobbi-Lollobrigida.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gobbi-Lollobrigida.jpg 828w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gobbi-Lollobrigida-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"679\" data-id=\"20737\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gobbi-as-Tonio-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20737\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"666\" data-id=\"20746\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gobbi-as-Tonio-cum-Jeri-Blank.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20746\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruggero Leoncavallo: Sei l\u00e0? [Nedda-Tonio Scene]; Nedda! Silvio, a quest\u2019ora [Nedda-Silvio Scene] (<em>Pagliacci<\/em>). Onelia Fineschi, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe Morelli, Orchestra dell\u2019Opera di Roma [1946 film]<\/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-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"912\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"20752\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Poli-Canio-enraged.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Poli-Canio-enraged.jpg 912w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Poli-Canio-enraged-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Poli-Canio-enraged-768x606.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 912px) 100vw, 912px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"688\" data-id=\"20751\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lollobrigida-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lollobrigida-1.jpg 859w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lollobrigida-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lollobrigida-1-768x615.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"925\" height=\"710\" data-id=\"20741\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Poli-as-Canio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Poli-as-Canio.jpg 925w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Poli-as-Canio-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"934\" height=\"709\" data-id=\"20754\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lollobrigida-frightened-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20754\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruggero Leoncavallo: Ah! Ebben, se mi giudici (<em>Pagliacci<\/em>). Onelia Fineschi, Galliano Masini, Tito Gobbi, Gino Sinimberghi, Giuseppe Morelli, Orchestra dell\u2019Opera di Roma [1946 film soundtrack]<\/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-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"708\" data-id=\"20761\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Sepia-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Sepia-1.jpg 536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-Sepia-1-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrigo Boito: L\u2019altra notte in fondo al mare (<em>Mefistofele<\/em>). Onelia Fineschi, Arturo Basile, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI [1947]<\/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=\"323\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mario_Del_Monaco-Otello.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20759\" style=\"width:589px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mario_Del_Monaco-Otello.jpg 323w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mario_Del_Monaco-Otello-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito [after William Shakespeare]: Mio superbo guerrier [Love Duet] (<em>Otello<\/em>). 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Onelia Fineschi, Riccardo Santarelli, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI [09.III.1953]<\/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=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Di-Stefano-Chenier.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Di-Stefano-Chenier.png 518w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Di-Stefano-Chenier-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Giuseppe di Stefano as Andrea Ch\u00e9nier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Umberto Giordano, Luigi Illica: Deggio seguirti? Sei mandata?&#8230; Ora soave, sublime ora d\u2019amore (<em>Andrea Ch\u00e9nier<\/em>). Onelia Fineschi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Bruno Ragacci, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Firenze [live Firenze 04.I.62]<\/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=\"667\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-and-Prandelli-667x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-and-Prandelli-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-and-Prandelli-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fineschi-and-Prandelli.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Onelia Fineschi and Giacinto Prandelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Henri Meilhac, Philippe Gille [after Abb\u00e9 Pr\u00e9vost, Italian version by Angelo Zanardini]: Addio, nostro picciol desco [Adieu, notre petite table] (<em>Manon<\/em>). 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