{"id":20630,"date":"2026-04-13T16:10:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=20630"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:10:08","slug":"episode-454-gone-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/episode-454-gone-fishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 454. Gone Fishing"},"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 454. Gone Fishing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1930-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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gone-Fishing-1024x382.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gone-Fishing-1024x382.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gone-Fishing-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gone-Fishing-768x287.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gone-Fishing.jpg 1425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>David and I are still on holiday in the magical city of Venice; it&#8217;s my first vist here in nearly forty years and it has been beguiling and enchanting (as well as exhausting)! Before we left, I put together yet another episode of great sopranos of the 1960s and 1970s in stunning live performances as compiled on a 1970s pirate release by Historical Recording Enterprises which I present to you here. Many of my favorites (Callas, Olivero, Scotto, Cruz-Romo, Freni), capped by an unforgettable &#8220;Casta Diva&#8221; by Shirley Verrett. Also a little celebratory commentary about the dazzling upset in the Hungarian electino last night, one which gives us perhaps a glimmer of hope for the grim situation in the United States.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Callas-Pearls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Callas-Pearls.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Callas-Pearls-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Somma [after Eug\u00e8ne Scribe]: Ecco l\u2019orrido campo&#8230; Ma dall\u2019arido stelo divulsa (<em>Un ballo in maschera<\/em>) Maria Callas [1957]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"794\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Callas-after-bows.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Callas-after-bows.jpg 688w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Callas-after-bows-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/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=\"612\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gilda-Costume.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gilda-Costume.png 612w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gilda-Costume-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Salvadore Cammarano [after Friedrich Schiller]: Tu puniscimi, o Signor (<em>Luisa Miller<\/em>). Gilda Cruz-Romo [1974]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gilda-Amelia-Ballo-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gilda-Amelia-Ballo-1.png 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gilda-Amelia-Ballo-1-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/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=\"526\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Caballe-Melancon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Caballe-Melancon.jpg 526w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Caballe-Melancon-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, Felice Romani [after Victor Hugo]: Com\u2019\u00e8 bello (<em>Lucrezia Borgia<\/em>). Montserrat Caball\u00e9 [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Caballe-Vespri-in-white.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Caballe-Vespri-in-white.jpg 466w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Caballe-Vespri-in-white-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/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=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screecharelli.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screecharelli.jpg 512w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screecharelli-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Temistocle Solera, adapted and translated Alphonse Royer and Gustave Va\u00ebz [after Tommaso Grassi]: Ave Maria (<em>J\u00e9rusalem<\/em>). Katia Ricciarelli [1975]<\/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=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Katia-Screechiarelli.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20853\" style=\"width:451px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Katia-Screechiarelli.jpg 335w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Katia-Screechiarelli-239x300.jpg 239w\" 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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gencer-Queen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gencer-Queen.png 601w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gencer-Queen-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vincenzo Bellini, Felice Romani [after Charles Nodier, Isidore Justin S\u00e9verin Taylor]: Col sorriso d\u2019innocenza&#8230; Ah, sole, ti vela (<em>Il Pirata<\/em>) Leyla Gencer [1975]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gencer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20854\" style=\"width:555px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gencer.jpg 498w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gencer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Gencer-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/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=\"407\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Olivero-Violetta.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20856\" style=\"width:513px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Olivero-Violetta.jpg 407w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Olivero-Violetta-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Alexandre Dumas <em>fils<\/em>]: Addio del passato (<em>La traviata<\/em>). Magda Olivero [1971]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Olivero-older-befurred-1024x581.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Olivero-older-befurred-1024x581.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Olivero-older-befurred-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Olivero-older-befurred-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Olivero-older-befurred.jpg 1269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/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=\"351\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scotto-hooded.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20858\" style=\"width:525px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scotto-hooded.jpg 351w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scotto-hooded-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Meyerbeer, Eug\u00e8ne Scribe, Germain Delavigne: Invano il fato spero cangiato [En vain j\u2019esp\u00e8re] (<em>Roberto il Diavolo<\/em>) [sung in Italian]. Renata Scotto [1962]<\/p>\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\/04\/Scotto1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scotto1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scotto1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scotto1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scotto1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/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=\"814\" height=\"859\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sills-Queenz.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sills-Queenz.png 814w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sills-Queenz-284x300.png 284w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sills-Queenz-768x810.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Non mi dir (<em>Don Giovanni<\/em>). Beverly Sills [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beverly-Merry-Widow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beverly-Merry-Widow.jpg 518w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beverly-Merry-Widow-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/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=\"506\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Freni-as-Fregni.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20862\" style=\"width:556px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Freni-as-Fregni.jpg 506w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Freni-as-Fregni-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bayard [Italian translation by Calisto Bassi]: Convien partir (<em>La figlia del reggimento<\/em>). Mirella Freni [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mirella-in-the-mirror.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mirella-in-the-mirror.png 764w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mirella-in-the-mirror-300x256.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/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=\"381\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Verrett-Norma-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20864\" style=\"width:583px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Verrett-Norma-2.jpg 381w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Verrett-Norma-2-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vincenzo Bellini, Felice Romani: Casta diva (<em>Norma<\/em>). Shirley Verrett [1976]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Shirley-Iphigenie-1096x1536-1-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Shirley-Iphigenie-1096x1536-1-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Shirley-Iphigenie-1096x1536-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Shirley-Iphigenie-1096x1536-1-768x1076.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Shirley-Iphigenie-1096x1536-1.jpg 1096w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 454. Gone Fishing SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM David and I are still on holiday in the magical city 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