{"id":20918,"date":"2026-05-18T13:33:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=20918"},"modified":"2026-05-18T19:51:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:51:54","slug":"episode-464-moffo-and-gedda-together-yet-separate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/episode-464-moffo-and-gedda-together-yet-separate\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 464. Moffo and Gedda: Together Yet Separate"},"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 464. Moffo and Gedda: Together Yet Separate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1978-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\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter 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=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"21163\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-as-Des-Grieux-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-as-Des-Grieux-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-as-Des-Grieux-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-as-Des-Grieux-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-as-Des-Grieux.jpg 1046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"265\" height=\"382\" data-id=\"21164\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-as-Manon-RETRIMMED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-as-Manon-RETRIMMED.jpg 265w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-as-Manon-RETRIMMED-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s episode goes back three and a half years to two artists whom I had recently featured on back-to-back <em>Countermelody <\/em>episodes: Anna Moffo and Nicolai Gedda. In the case of each of these singers, I entered the ring with a not-altogether-positive impression: in the case of Gedda, it was because of an apparent desire by either him or his record company to sing nearly everything, with sometimes uneven results. In the case of Moffo, it was the more serious issue of the vocal difficulties she encountered in the 1970s, the period when I first came to know her singing, when her singing too often became a sad caricature of her earlier work. My individual episodes on Moffo and Gedda allowed me to reassess both singers and arrive at a more positive evaluation of their contribution. Today\u2019s episode features both artists side by side. Both Moffo and Gedda had their own very distinctive style of singing that might at first seem incompatible. And in his autobiography, Gedda cast shade on some of his unnamed Met colleagues, especially (by implication) Moffo. In spite of all of this, they sang in a number of legendary performances together, including in particular broadcasts of <em>Manon <\/em>and <em>Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em>. I play excerpts from each of these, plus a televised appearance of the two singing in <em>La Traviata<\/em>. In addition, in order to better highlight the differences in their musical and vocal approaches, I include parallel performances by both singing the same song: Schumann\u2019s \u201cIch grolle nicht;\u201d Schubert\u2019s \u201cDu bist die Ruh\u2019,\u201d and, inevitably, the Rachmaninov \u201cVocalise.\u201d The episode begins with a tribute to Felicity Lott, the beloved British soprano who died over the weekend of cancer, aged 79.<\/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=\"623\" height=\"1006\" data-id=\"21186\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Blondie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Blondie.jpg 623w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Blondie-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"516\" data-id=\"21193\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Tsarevitsch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Tsarevitsch.jpg 387w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Tsarevitsch-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"812\" data-id=\"21184\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Blue-Costume.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Blue-Costume.jpg 597w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Blue-Costume-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"21192\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Side-Eye-718x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Side-Eye-718x1024.jpg 718w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Side-Eye-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Side-Eye-768x1096.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Side-Eye.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"21195\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Young-EMI-Mozart-Cover-1-542x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Young-EMI-Mozart-Cover-1-542x1024.jpg 542w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Young-EMI-Mozart-Cover-1-159x300.jpg 159w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Young-EMI-Mozart-Cover-1.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"610\" data-id=\"21191\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Electrola-Postcard.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Electrola-Postcard.jpg 393w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Electrola-Postcard-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"972\" data-id=\"21196\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Shrugging-Violetta-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Shrugging-Violetta-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Shrugging-Violetta-1-222x300.jpg 222w\" 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=\"441\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"21187\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Young-EMI-Coloratura-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Young-EMI-Coloratura-Cover.jpg 441w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Young-EMI-Coloratura-Cover-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"539\" data-id=\"21197\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Pearly-Profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Pearly-Profile.jpg 716w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Pearly-Profile-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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=\"880\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Flott-Outdoors.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Flott-Outdoors.jpg 880w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Flott-Outdoors-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Flott-Outdoors-768x552.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Maurice Ravel, Tristan Klingsor: La Fl\u00fbte enchant\u00e9e (<em>Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razade<\/em>). Felicity Lott, Pierre Boulez, Wiener Philharmoniker [live Salzburg 27.VIII.1994]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Young-Boulez-Point-1024x505.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Young-Boulez-Point-1024x505.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Young-Boulez-Point-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Young-Boulez-Point-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Young-Boulez-Point.png 1445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pierre Boulez<\/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-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"21168\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Flott-and-throw-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Flott-and-throw-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Flott-and-throw-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Flott-and-throw-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Flott-and-throw.jpg 953w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"484\" data-id=\"21170\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ewing-Jack-Mitchell.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ewing-Jack-Mitchell.jpg 420w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ewing-Jack-Mitchell-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte [after Pierre Beaumarchais]: Cosa mi narri?&#8230; Che soave zeffiretto (<em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>). Felicity Lott, Maria Ewing, Andrew Davis, Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra [live 14.XI.1987]<\/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=\"796\" height=\"926\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Gerald-Moore.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Gerald-Moore.png 796w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Gerald-Moore-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Gerald-Moore-768x893.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nicolai Gedda and Gerald Moore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Robert Schumann, Heinrich Heine: Ich grolle nicht (<em>Dichterliebe<\/em>, Op. 48\/7)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nicolai Gedda, Hans Willi H\u00e4usslein [live Paris &#8211; Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs Elys\u00e9es 1959]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anna Moffo, Gerald Moore [1972]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"931\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Anna-Moffo-Gerald-Moore.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Anna-Moffo-Gerald-Moore.png 758w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Anna-Moffo-Gerald-Moore-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gerald Moore and Anna Moffo<\/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-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"425\" data-id=\"21176\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-MIrror-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-MIrror-1.jpg 323w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-MIrror-1-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"388\" height=\"483\" data-id=\"21175\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Mirror.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Mirror.jpg 388w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Mirror-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sergei Rachmaninov: Vocalise, Op. 34\/14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nicolai Gedda, Alexis Weissenberg [1969]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anna Moffo, Leopold Stokowski, American Symphony Orchestra [1964]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"398\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Violetta-Gedda-Alfredo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21173\" style=\"width:567px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Violetta-Gedda-Alfredo.jpg 398w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-Violetta-Gedda-Alfredo-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Alexandre Dumas]: Un d\u00ec felice (<em>La traviata<\/em>). Anna Moffo, Nicolai Gedda, Donald Voorhees, Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra [Bell Telephone Hour telecast, 27.IV.62]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Edgardo-Moffo-Lucia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Edgardo-Moffo-Lucia.jpg 698w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Edgardo-Moffo-Lucia-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti, Salvadore Cammarano [after Walter Scott]: Veranno a te sull\u2019aure (<em>Lucia di Lammermoor<\/em>). 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Vous!&#8230; N\u2019est-ce plus ma main?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Manon-Dex-Grieux-Saint-Sulpince.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Manon-Dex-Grieux-Saint-Sulpince.jpg 634w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Manon-Dex-Grieux-Saint-Sulpince-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"1021\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Schippers-Hunque.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21200\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thomas Schippers<\/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=\"306\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-in-the-Great-Outdoors.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21182\" style=\"width:482px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-in-the-Great-Outdoors.jpg 306w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moffo-in-the-Great-Outdoors-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Friedrich R\u00fcckert: Du bist die Ruh\u2019, D.776.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Anna Moffo, Gerald Moore [1972]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicolai Gedda, Jan Eyron [live 07.VII.70]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Checkered-Shoulders.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21183\" style=\"width:596px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Checkered-Shoulders.jpg 458w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gedda-Checkered-Shoulders-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 464. 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