{"id":20596,"date":"2026-04-10T08:01:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=20596"},"modified":"2026-04-10T08:11:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:11:58","slug":"episode-453-out-of-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/episode-453-out-of-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 453. Out of Commission"},"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 453. Out of Commission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1927-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=\"979\" height=\"837\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ten-Tenors-Label.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ten-Tenors-Label.jpg 979w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ten-Tenors-Label-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ten-Tenors-Label-768x657.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 979px) 100vw, 979px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up in my series of <em>Countermelody <\/em>\u201cvacation episodes,\u201d here\u2019s the tenor counterpart of the soprano episode I published at the beginning of the week. This is the Historical Recording Enterprises mid-1970s release of the first of two issues of \u201cTen Top Tenors in Ten Live Performances.\u201d Included in the mix are Carlo Bergonzi, Jussi Bj\u00f6rling, Jos\u00e9 Carreras, Franco Corelli, Giuseppe di Stefano, and others singing favorite tenor arias from <em>Manon Lescaut<\/em>, <em>La forza del destino<\/em>, <em>L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore<\/em>, <em>Tosca<\/em>, among others, in live performances recorded between 1950 and 1976. The album is punctuated by my commentary on each of the individual singers, usually respectful, sometimes a little sassy. Next week you\u2019ll hear Volume Two from the same collection, containing additional rafter-shaking favorites with similar commentary from your host!<\/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=\"338\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bergonzi-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20814\" style=\"width:593px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bergonzi-1.jpg 338w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bergonzi-1-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva [after Abb\u00e9 Pr\u00e9vost]: Ah! non m\u2019avvicinate&#8230; Guardate, pazzo son (<em>Manon Lescaut<\/em>). Carlo Bergonzi [1960]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bergonzi3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20815\" style=\"width:622px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bergonzi3.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bergonzi3-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bjorling1-712x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bjorling1-712x1024.jpg 712w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bjorling1-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bjorling1-768x1105.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bjorling1.jpg 858w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after Victorien Sardou]: Dammi i colori&#8230; Recondita armonia (<em>Tosca<\/em>). Jussi Bj\u00f6rling [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"395\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bjorling3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20817\" style=\"width:599px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bjorling3.jpg 395w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bjorling3-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/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=\"379\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Carreras1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20818\" style=\"width:567px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Carreras1.jpg 379w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Carreras1-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, Felice Romani [after Eug\u00e8ne Scribe]: Una furtiva lagrima (<em>L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore<\/em>). Jos\u00e9 Carreras [1975]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1006\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Carreras2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Carreras2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Carreras2-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Corelli3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Corelli3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Corelli3-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after \u00c1ngel de Saavedra]: La vita \u00e8 inferno&#8230; O tu che in seno agli angeli (<em>La forza del destino<\/em>). Franco Corelli [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Corelli1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20822\" style=\"width:512px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Corelli1.jpg 335w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Corelli1-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"689\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DelMonaco3-689x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DelMonaco3-689x1024.jpg 689w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DelMonaco3-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DelMonaco3-768x1141.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DelMonaco3.jpg 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Adami [after Didier Gold]: Hai ben ragione (<em>Il tabarro<\/em>). Mario del Monaco [1974]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DelMonaco1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20824\" style=\"width:521px;height:auto\"\/><\/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=\"364\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DiStefano1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20825\" style=\"width:566px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DiStefano1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DiStefano1-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod, Jules Barbier, Michel Carr\u00e9 [after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]: Salut, demeure chaste et pure (<em>Faust<\/em>). Giuseppe di Stefano [1950]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DiStefano3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20826\" style=\"width:575px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DiStefano3.jpg 447w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DiStefano3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DiStefano3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/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=\"365\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gedda4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20827\" style=\"width:577px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gedda4.jpg 365w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gedda4-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Eug\u00e8ne Scribe, Charles Duveyrier [Italian version by Ettore Caimi]: Voi per me qui gemete&#8230; Giorno di pianto (<em>I vespri siciliani<\/em>). Nicolai Gedda [1974]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gedda1-678x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gedda1-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gedda1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gedda1-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gedda1.jpg 834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/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=\"293\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kraus4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20829\" style=\"width:601px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kraus4.jpg 293w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kraus4-176x300.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, Eug\u00e8ne Scribe [after Alfonse Royer, Gustave Va\u00ebz; Italian version by Francesco Jannetti]: Spirto gentil (<em>La Favorita<\/em>). Alfredo Kraus [1967]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kraus-Eyes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kraus-Eyes.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kraus-Eyes-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pavarotti4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pavarotti4.jpg 783w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pavarotti4-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pavarotti4-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Arrigo Boito: Giunto sul passo estremo (<em>Mefistofele<\/em>). Luciano Pavarotti [1976]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pavarotti3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20832\" style=\"width:616px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pavarotti3.jpg 404w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pavarotti3-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"967\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tucker-Eleazar-967x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tucker-Eleazar-967x1024.png 967w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tucker-Eleazar-283x300.png 283w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tucker-Eleazar-768x813.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tucker-Eleazar.png 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Fromental Hal\u00e9vy, Eug\u00e8ne Scribe: Rachel, quand du Seigneur&#8230; Dieu m\u2019\u00e9claire, fille ch\u00e8re (<em>La Juive<\/em>). Richard Tucker [1964]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tucker1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20834\" style=\"width:626px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tucker1.jpg 390w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tucker1-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 453. Out of Commission SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Next up in my series of Countermelody \u201cvacation episodes,\u201d here\u2019s the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1701,3273,2476,2398,5137,808,427],"tags":[4009,7264,47,6532,77,1980,6469,296,6181,6370,6468,4548,319,5222,7266,4535,142,4322,376,94,4610,1712,4759,207,7265,1088,209,1137,1509,4020,281,2237,4638,1110,9062,354,4758,1069,6369,4263,83,4021,1015,1681,453,151],"class_list":["post-20596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bel-canto","category-french-opera","category-giacomo-puccini","category-giuseppe-verdi","category-great-tenors","category-needle-drop","category-verismo","tag-abbe-prevost","tag-alfonse-royer","tag-alfredo-kraus","tag-angel-de-saavedra","tag-arrigo-boito","tag-carlo-bergonzi","tag-charles-duveyrier","tag-charles-gounod","tag-didier-gold","tag-domenico-oliva","tag-ettore-caimi","tag-eugene-scribe","tag-faust","tag-felice-romani","tag-francesco-jannetti","tag-francesco-maria-piave","tag-franco-corelli","tag-fromental-halevy","tag-gaetano-donizetti","tag-giacomo-puccini","tag-giuseppe-adami","tag-giuseppe-di-stefano","tag-giuseppe-giacosa","tag-giuseppe-verdi","tag-gustave-vaez","tag-i-vespri-siciliani","tag-il-tabarro","tag-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe","tag-jose-carreras","tag-jules-barbier","tag-jussi-bjorling","tag-lelisir-damore-2","tag-la-favorita","tag-la-forza-del-destino","tag-la-juive","tag-luciano-pavarotti","tag-luigi-illica","tag-manon-lescaut","tag-marco-praga","tag-mario-del-monaco","tag-mefistofele","tag-michel-carre","tag-nicolai-gedda","tag-richard-tucker","tag-tosca","tag-victorien-sardou"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kraus-Eyes-TRIMMED-300x114.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/bel-canto\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Bel Canto<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/french-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">French Opera<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/giacomo-puccini\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Puccini<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/giuseppe-verdi\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/great-tenors\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Great Tenors<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Needle Drop<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Verismo<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Bel Canto<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">French Opera<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Puccini<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Great Tenors<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Needle Drop<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Verismo<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Abb\u00e9 Prevost<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alfonse Royer<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alfredo Kraus<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">\u00c1ngel de Saavedra<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arrigo Boito<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carlo Bergonzi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Duveyrier<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Gounod<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Didier Gold<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Domenico Oliva<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ettore Caimi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eug\u00e8ne Scribe<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Faust<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Felice Romani<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francesco Jannetti<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francesco Maria Piave<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Franco Corelli<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fromental Hal\u00e9vy<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gaetano Donizetti<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Puccini<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Adami<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe di Stefano<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Giacosa<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gustave Va\u00ebz<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">I vespri siciliani<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Il tabarro<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jos\u00e9 Carreras<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jules Barbier<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jussi Bjorling<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La favorita<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La forza del destino<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Juive<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Luciano Pavarotti<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Luigi Illica<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Manon Lescaut<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Marco Praga<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mario del Monaco<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mefistofele<\/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\">Nicolai Gedda<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Tucker<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tosca<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Victorien Sardou<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Abb\u00e9 Prevost<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alfonse Royer<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alfredo Kraus<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">\u00c1ngel de Saavedra<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arrigo Boito<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carlo Bergonzi<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Duveyrier<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Gounod<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Didier Gold<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Domenico Oliva<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ettore Caimi<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eug\u00e8ne Scribe<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Faust<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Felice Romani<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francesco Jannetti<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francesco Maria Piave<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Franco Corelli<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fromental Hal\u00e9vy<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gaetano Donizetti<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Puccini<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Adami<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe di Stefano<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Giacosa<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gustave Va\u00ebz<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">I vespri siciliani<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Il tabarro<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jos\u00e9 Carreras<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jules Barbier<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jussi Bjorling<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La favorita<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La forza del destino<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Juive<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Luciano Pavarotti<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Luigi Illica<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Manon Lescaut<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Marco Praga<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mario del Monaco<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mefistofele<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Michel Carr\u00e9<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nicolai Gedda<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Tucker<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tosca<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Victorien Sardou<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 hours ago","modified":"Updated 2 hours ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 10\/04\/2026","modified":"Updated on 10\/04\/2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 10\/04\/2026 08:01","modified":"Updated on 10\/04\/2026 08:11"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20596"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20891,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20596\/revisions\/20891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}