{"id":20838,"date":"2026-05-04T16:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=20838"},"modified":"2026-05-04T19:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:27:18","slug":"episode-460-a-countermelody-nosegay-mostly-mezzos-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/episode-460-a-countermelody-nosegay-mostly-mezzos-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 460. A Countermelody Nosegay (Mostly Mezzos Edition)"},"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 460. A Countermelody Nosegay (Mostly Mezzos Edition)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1961-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=\"1156\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arranged-flowers-painting.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arranged-flowers-painting.jpg 1156w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arranged-flowers-painting-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arranged-flowers-painting-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arranged-flowers-painting-768x1020.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1156px) 100vw, 1156px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my favorite kinds of episodes to produce is the potpourri a collection of singers. Music, and recordings, that is charming and enchanting me at that given moment. Sometimes there\u2019s even an overriding theme, however hard I have to tax my cognitive powers to devise one! Such is today\u2019s episode, which began as a setlist that I compiled about six months ago and never got around to turning into an episode. As I was re-arranging this setlist last week, I realized that I had a particularly enchanting bouquet of musical delights, or, to coin a favorite word from my childhood, a \u201cnosegay.\u201d I ended up culling out all but one of the male singers I had programmed, and found myself with a list of primarily mezzos and contraltos. Hence the title of today\u2019s episode, the pendant of which, featuring a similar complement of tenors, will follow anon. Today\u2019s bevy of vocal beauties includes such old favorites of mine as Helen Watts, Ninon Vallin, Lisa Kirk, Mitsuko Shirai, Tatiana Troyanos, Elena Obraztsova, Sarah Walker, and Fran\u00e7oise Hardy; joined by new favorites Gertrude Niesen, Mimi Hines, Viorica Cortez, Marie Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Escribano, and Helen Merrill, with the slender but delectable voice of long-lived Swiss tenor Hugues Cu\u00e9nod guiding the way to the treasure trove of tenors that will follow in his wake in a few weeks.<\/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=\"723\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Watts-in-the-1950s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Watts-in-the-1950s.jpg 723w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Watts-in-the-1950s-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Helen Watts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Henry Purcell, Henry Heveningham [after William Shakespeare]: If music be the food of love. Helen Watts, Thurston Dart, Desmond Dupr\u00e9 [1957]<\/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=\"400\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Escribano-in-negligee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21028\" style=\"width:547px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Escribano-in-negligee.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Escribano-in-negligee-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marie Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Escribano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Arnold Schoenberg, Stefan George: Litanei [Tief ist die trauer] (String Quartet No. 2 in f# minor, Op. 10\/3). Marie Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Escribano, Ramor Quartet [Erwin Ramor, Andreas Sandor, Zoltan Thirring, Vera Nogrady] [1962]<\/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=\"768\" height=\"926\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ferrier.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ferrier.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ferrier-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kathleen Ferrier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional British, arr. Maurice Jacobson: Ca\u2019 the yowes. Kathleen Ferrier, John Newmark [1950]<\/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=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sarah-Walker-in-Jaccuzzi-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sarah-Walker-in-Jaccuzzi-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sarah-Walker-in-Jaccuzzi-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sarah-Walker-in-Jaccuzzi-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sarah-Walker-in-Jaccuzzi-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>John Dankworth, Spike Milligan: English Teeth. Sarah Walker, Roger Vignoles [live Dartington Hall, Devon 1982]<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"491\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Helen-Merrill-Necklace-and-Claw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21031\" style=\"width:576px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Helen-Merrill-Necklace-and-Claw.jpg 491w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Helen-Merrill-Necklace-and-Claw-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alec Wilder: Soft as Spring. Helen Merrill, Hal Mooney and His Orchestra [1957]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lisa-Kirk.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21032\" style=\"width:579px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lisa-Kirk.jpg 499w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lisa-Kirk-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lisa Kirk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alec Wilder, William Engvick: A Heart to Call My Own. Lisa Kirk, Percy Faith and His Orchestra [1956]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Alec-Wilder-and-Marian-McPartland.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Alec-Wilder-and-Marian-McPartland.jpg 710w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Alec-Wilder-and-Marian-McPartland-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alec Wilder blowing bubbles as an amused Marian McPartland looks on.<\/figcaption><\/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=\"701\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gertrude-Niesen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gertrude-Niesen.jpg 701w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gertrude-Niesen-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gertrude Niesen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu: Orchids in the Moonlight. Gertrude Niesen [radio recording IX.1937]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"851\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Niesen-and-legs.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Niesen-and-legs.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Niesen-and-legs-254x300.jpg 254w\" 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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"394\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mimi-Sings.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21036\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.985034883101667;width:618px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mimi-Sings.jpg 394w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mimi-Sings-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, arr. Don Costa: People (<em>Funny Girl<\/em>). Mimi Hines, Orchestra conducted by Phil Ford [1967]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hines-Happening.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21037\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2313013402507567;width:603px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hines-Happening.jpg 575w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hines-Happening-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/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=\"932\" height=\"949\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Francoise-Hardy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Francoise-Hardy.jpg 932w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Francoise-Hardy-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Francoise-Hardy-768x782.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fran\u00e7oise Hardy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Guy Bontempelli: Ma jeunesse fout le camp. Fran\u00e7oise Hardy, Orchestra conducted by Charles Blackwell [1967]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hardy-Fout-Le-Camp.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hardy-Fout-Le-Camp.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hardy-Fout-Le-Camp-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fran\u00e7oise Hardy fout le camp&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/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=\"686\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ninon-Vallin-unbuttoned-686x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ninon-Vallin-unbuttoned-686x1024.jpg 686w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ninon-Vallin-unbuttoned-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ninon-Vallin-unbuttoned-768x1146.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ninon-Vallin-unbuttoned-1029x1536.jpg 1029w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ninon-Vallin-unbuttoned.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ninon Vallin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Emmanuel Chabrier, Eug\u00e8ne Leterrier, Albert Vanloo: \u00d4 petite \u00e9toile du destin (<em>L\u2019\u00e9toile<\/em>). Ninon Vallin, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande [Swiss Radio Recording, G\u00e9n\u00e8ve 07.II.1941]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ninon-Vallin-570x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ninon-Vallin-570x1024.jpg 570w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ninon-Vallin-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ninon-Vallin.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ninon Vallin<\/figcaption><\/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=\"677\" height=\"999\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Viorica-Cortez.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Viorica-Cortez.jpg 677w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Viorica-Cortez-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Emmanuel Bondeville [after William Shakespeare]: \u00d4 douleur d\u2019\u00eatre seule (<em>Antoine et Cl\u00e9op\u00e2tre<\/em>). Viorica Cortez, Louis De Froment, Grand Orchestre Radio-T\u00e9l\u00e9-Luxembourg [1977]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"422\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cortez-Witchy-Queenie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21043\" style=\"width:574px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cortez-Witchy-Queenie.jpg 422w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cortez-Witchy-Queenie-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Viorica Cortez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bondeville.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bondeville.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bondeville-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emmanuel Bondeville<\/figcaption><\/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=\"354\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Obraztsova.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21045\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7094250916975703;width:640px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Obraztsova.jpg 354w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Obraztsova-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elena Obraztsova [\u0415\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u041e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0446\u043e\u0432\u0430]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pyotr Il\u2019yich Tchaikovsky [after Friedrich Schiller, et. al.]: Yes, the hour has come&#8230; Farewell, forests [\u0414\u0430, \u0447\u0430\u0441 \u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b&#8230; \u041f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438, \u043f\u0440\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430] (<em>The Maid of Orleans<\/em> [<em>\u041e\u0440\u043b\u0435\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0434\u0435\u0432\u0430<\/em>]). Elena Obraztsova, Boris Khaikin, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elena-Obraztsova-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elena-Obraztsova-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elena-Obraztsova-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elena-Obraztsova-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elena-Obraztsova-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elena-Obraztsova-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elena-Obraztsova-1600x1600.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Elena-Obraztsova.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u0415\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u041e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0446\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"859\" data-id=\"21048\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Benita-Valente-1536x1289-1-1024x859.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Benita-Valente-1536x1289-1-1024x859.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Benita-Valente-1536x1289-1-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Benita-Valente-1536x1289-1-768x645.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Benita-Valente-1536x1289-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Benita Valente<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"412\" height=\"612\" data-id=\"21047\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tatiana-Crocheted.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tatiana-Crocheted.jpg 412w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tatiana-Crocheted-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tatiana Troyanos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pietro Metastasio: Ah, perdona al primo affetto (<em>La clemenza di Tito<\/em>). Benita Valente, Tatiana Troyanos, Julius Rudel, New York City Opera Orchestra [1991]<\/p>\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=\"720\" height=\"824\" data-id=\"21050\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Benita-Squirrelly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Benita-Squirrelly.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Benita-Squirrelly-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"288\" data-id=\"21051\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tatiana-Flouncy-TRIMMED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21051\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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=\"768\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shirai-Hoell.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shirai-Hoell.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shirai-Hoell-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hartmut H\u00f6ll and Mitsuko Shirai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alban Berg, Friedrich R\u00fcckert: Ferne Lieder (<em>Jugendlieder<\/em>). Mitsuko Shirai, Hartmut H\u00f6ll [1994]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shirai-Gray-at-Piano.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shirai-Gray-at-Piano.jpg 672w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shirai-Gray-at-Piano-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mitsuko Shirai<\/figcaption><\/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=\"662\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cuenod-in-1950s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cuenod-in-1950s.jpg 662w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cuenod-in-1950s-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hugues Cu\u00e9nod<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Robert Johnson, Ben Jonson: Have you seen but a white lily grow. Hugues Cu\u00e9nod, Claude Jean Chiasson [1952]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"952\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cuenod-all-in-red.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cuenod-all-in-red.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cuenod-all-in-red-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hugues Cu\u00e9nod all in red<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chick-with-Nosegay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chick-with-Nosegay.jpg 602w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chick-with-Nosegay-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"966\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nosegay-966x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21060\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9430183032116957;width:607px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nosegay-966x1024.jpg 966w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nosegay-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nosegay-768x814.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nosegay-1448x1536.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nosegay-1931x2048.jpg 1931w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/nosegay-1600x1697.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nosegay-painting.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21059\" style=\"width:597px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nosegay-painting.jpg 534w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nosegay-painting-269x300.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 460. A Countermelody Nosegay (Mostly Mezzos Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM One of my favorite kinds of episodes 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