{"id":20867,"date":"2026-05-08T22:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=20867"},"modified":"2026-05-08T22:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:47:23","slug":"episode-461-bubbles-on-the-nile-original-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/episode-461-bubbles-on-the-nile-original-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 461. Bubbles on the Nile (Original 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 461. Bubbles on the Nile (Original Edition)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1966-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=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AlbumArtSmall-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I recently obtained a copy of the rare pirate recording entitled \u201cBubbles on the Nile (and Other Rare Phenomena): Familiar Divas in Unfamiliar Repertoire.\u201d It foregrounds 13 favorite twentieth-century divas singing roles with which they were <em>not<\/em> commonly associated. Prominently featured, of course, is the artist featured in a lovingly caricatured drawing on the cover of the LP, Beverly Sills (AKA Bubbles) singing, as the title implies, the title role of Verdi\u2019s <em>Aida<\/em>, a role which she seldom sang, and then only at the beginning of her career. Today I am offering the (somewhat expanded) contents of that album, which also features Ghena Dimitrova, Licia Albanese, Regina Resnik, Virginia Zeani, Renata Tebaldi, Sylvia Sass, Montserrat Caball\u00e9, among others, in operatic roles that might surprise you. I am hoping that today\u2019s episode might lead to a series of similar episodes this summer: I did a survey earlier this week among my listeners about what favorite divas they would like to see featured in uncommon roles and I received some amazing recommendations and suggestions. So take your seats and hold tight: the maiden voyage of this barge is about to depart down the Nile. (And for those of you who are concerned that I never seem to have a snarky word to say about anyone, you\u2019ll want to fasten your seatbelts: I might have a choice word or two about some of the singers heard today!)<\/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=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Saucy-60s-Licia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21094\" style=\"width:560px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Saucy-60s-Licia.jpg 390w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Saucy-60s-Licia-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A saucily coiffed Licia Albanese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"574\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Beverly-as-Aida.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Beverly-as-Aida.jpg 574w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Beverly-as-Aida-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sills as Aida<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni [after Auguste Mariette and Temistocle Solera]: Io tremo\u2026 O patria mia (<em>Aida<\/em>). Beverly Sills, Orchestra conducted by Walter Schroeder [1955]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"266\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Beverly-Eyes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21067\" style=\"width:463px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Beverly-Eyes.jpg 266w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Beverly-Eyes-182x300.jpg 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/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=\"858\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sylvia-with-Daisy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sylvia-with-Daisy.png 858w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sylvia-with-Daisy-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sylvia-with-Daisy-768x781.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sylvia Sass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after Henri Murger]: Donde lieta usc\u00ec (<em>La boh\u00e8me<\/em>). Sylvia Sass, Orchestra conducted by Ken\u2019ichiro Kobayashi [1981]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sylvia-with-Guitar-1536x1054-1-1024x703.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sylvia-with-Guitar-1536x1054-1-1024x703.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sylvia-with-Guitar-1536x1054-1-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sylvia-with-Guitar-1536x1054-1-768x527.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sylvia-with-Guitar-1536x1054-1.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sylvia Sass<\/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-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"689\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Olivero-Violetta.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Olivero-Violetta.jpg 689w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Olivero-Violetta-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Magda Olivero as Violetta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Alexandre Dumas fils]: \u00c8 strano!&#8230; Ah, fors&#8217;\u00e8 lui&#8230; Sempre libera (<em>La Traviata<\/em>). Magda Olivero, Manlio Giovagnoli, Orchestra conducted by Ugo Tansini [1940]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Olivero-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Olivero-Headshot.jpg 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Olivero-Headshot-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Magda Olivero<\/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=\"379\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dimitrova-as-Minnie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21072\" style=\"width:522px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dimitrova-as-Minnie.jpg 379w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dimitrova-as-Minnie-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ghena Dimitrova as Minnie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Carlo Zangarini, Guelfo Civinini [after David Belasco]: Laggi\u00f9 nel Soledad (<em>La fanciulla del West<\/em>). Ghena Dimitrova, Silvano Carroli, Orchestra conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli [1982]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dimitrova-with-Pistol-841x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dimitrova-with-Pistol-841x1024.jpg 841w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dimitrova-with-Pistol-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dimitrova-with-Pistol-768x936.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dimitrova-with-Pistol-1261x1536.jpg 1261w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dimitrova-with-Pistol.jpg 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ghena Dimitrova<\/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=\"602\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gwyneth-Butterfly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gwyneth-Butterfly.jpg 602w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gwyneth-Butterfly-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gwyneth Jones as Butterfly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after John Luther Long, David Belasco]: Ancora un passo or via (<em>Madama Butterfly<\/em>). Gwyneth Jones, Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Heinrich Bender [1979]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"361\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Blue-Haired-Gwyneth.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21075\" style=\"width:529px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Blue-Haired-Gwyneth.jpg 361w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Blue-Haired-Gwyneth-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fresh from the hairdresser<\/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=\"806\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Marilyn-Horne-as-Nedda-1-806x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Marilyn-Horne-as-Nedda-1-806x1024.jpg 806w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Marilyn-Horne-as-Nedda-1-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Marilyn-Horne-as-Nedda-1-768x975.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Marilyn-Horne-as-Nedda-1.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marilyn Horne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ruggero Leoncavallo: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo&#8230; Stridono lass\u00f9 (<em>Pagliacci<\/em>). Marilyn Horne, Orchestra conducted by Oliviero de Fabritiis [1962]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Fogg-Horne.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Fogg-Horne.jpg 880w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Fogg-Horne-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Fogg-Horne-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marilyn Horne<\/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=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Obraztsova-with-Hair-in-Car.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21079\" style=\"width:601px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Obraztsova-with-Hair-in-Car.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Obraztsova-with-Hair-in-Car-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elena Obraztsova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giovacchino Forzano (after Dante Alighieri): O mio babbino caro (<em>Gianni Schicchi<\/em>). Elena Obraztsova, Vazha Chachava [1979]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Obraztsova-in-Hat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21080\" style=\"width:618px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Obraztsova-in-Hat.jpg 473w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Obraztsova-in-Hat-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elena Obraztsova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"957\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Licia-Horror.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Licia-Horror.jpg 746w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Licia-Horror-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Licia Albanese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni [after Auguste Mariette and Temistocle Solera]: Ritorna vincitor (<em>Aida<\/em>). Licia Albanese, Orchestra conducted by Carlo Moresco [1966]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"411\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Licia-with-Rolled-Up-Score.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21082\" style=\"width:561px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Licia-with-Rolled-Up-Score.jpg 411w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Licia-with-Rolled-Up-Score-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Licia Albanese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"559\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Young-Sayao.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Young-Sayao.jpg 559w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Young-Sayao-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bid\u00fa Say\u00e3o<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva [after Abb\u00e9 Pr\u00e9vost]: In quelle trine morbide (<em>Manon Lescaut<\/em>). 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Anja Silja, Wolfgang Rennert, ORF Sinfonieorchester [ORF telecast 03.VI.1968]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Silja-Salome.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Silja-Salome.jpg 775w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Silja-Salome-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Silja-Salome-768x595.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anja Silja as Salome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 461. 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href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Elena Obraztsova<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ernani<\/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\">Gabriele Santini<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/verismo\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ghena Dimitrova<\/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\">Gian Carlo Menotti<\/a>","<a 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