{"id":21618,"date":"2026-07-18T03:10:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=21618"},"modified":"2026-07-18T03:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:10:09","slug":"episode-481-the-young-eleanor-steber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/episode-481-the-young-eleanor-steber\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 481. The Young Eleanor Steber"},"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-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-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-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 481. The Young Eleanor Steber<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=2043-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 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-39697d9b 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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"411\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Eleanor-in-Wheeling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21869\" style=\"width:625px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Eleanor-in-Wheeling.jpg 411w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Eleanor-in-Wheeling-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, July 17, 2026, is the one-hundred-and-twelfth birthday of Eleanor Steber, in the opinion of many, the finest American soprano that ever lived. Her combination of technical prowess, (which allowed her to blend vocal power with seamless coloratura facility), faultless diction, vocal beauty, musical versatility, and complete and utter sincerity of expression, were combined in one exquisite artistic entity who now is fully acknowledged and appreciated for the great artist that she was. Since I have already done numerous (nearly countless) episodes on this paragon, today I have chosen to take a slightly different approach: I am focusing on performances from the earliest years of her career. I have divided my setlist into several sections: first, a pair of stunningly-vocalized opera arias; then favorites from operettas and musicals; followed by a group of powerful performances of oratorio arias of Brahms, Bach, Mendelssohn, Haydn, and Rossini; concluding with light classical favorites such as would have been heard in her radio and television appearances on <em>The Voice of Firestone<\/em>. In keeping with the best <em>Countermelody <\/em>tradition, many of today\u2019s selections are quite rare; all of them will provide my listeners with a satisfaction that can only come from a vocalist of the very highest skilll and achievement.<\/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 wp-block-paragraph\" 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=\"800\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Steber-and-Panda.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Steber-and-Panda.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Steber-and-Panda-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Steber-and-Panda-768x551.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Idabelle Firestone, Madeleine Marshall: If I Could Tell You. Eleanor Steber, Russ Case and His Orchestra [1948]<\/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=\"483\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Steber-Special.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21899\" style=\"width:707px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Steber-Special.jpg 483w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Steber-Special-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Victor Hugo]: Surta \u00e8 la notte&#8230; Ernani, involami&#8230; Tutto sprezzo che d\u2019Ernani (<em>Ernani<\/em>). Eleanor Steber, Orchestra conducted by Wilfrid Pelletier [live 10.III.1940]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ambroise Thomas, Jules Barbier, Michel Carr\u00e9 [after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]: Je suis Titania (<em>Mignon<\/em>). Eleanor Steber, Orchestra conducted by Eugene Goosens [live 08.II.1942]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: People Will Say We\u2019re in Love (<em>Oklahoma!<\/em>). Eleanor Steber, James Melton, Orchestra conducted by Al Goodman [1945]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Franz Leh\u00e1r, English lyric by Adrian Ross: The Merry Widow Waltz [Potpourri] (<em>The Merry Widow<\/em>). Eleanor Steber, Jay Blackton, Victor Orchestra [1945]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alec Templeton: Roses in Wintertime. Eleanor Steber, Alec Templeton [1949]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sigmund Romberg, Rida Johnson Young: Will You Remember? (<em>Maytime<\/em>). Eleanor Steber, Jussi Bj\u00f6rling, Harold Barlow, The Firestone Orchestra [<em>The Voice of Firestone<\/em> 21.I.1946]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Victor Herbert, Henry Blossom: Kiss Me Again (<em>Mlle. Modiste<\/em>). Eleanor Steber, Percy Faith and His Orchestra [1951]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oscar Straus, English lyric by Stanislaus Stange [after George Bernard Shaw]: My Hero (<em>The Chocolate Soldier<\/em>). Eleanor Steber, Harold Barlow, The Firestone Orchestra and Chorus [<em>The Voice of Firestone<\/em> 1954]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johannes Brahms, Biblical texts translated by Martin Luther: Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit (<em>Ein deutsches Requiem<\/em>, Op. 45). Eleanor Steber, Robert Shaw, RCA Victor Orchestra and Chorale [1948]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johann Sebastian Bach: Gott, du hast es wohl gef\u00fcget (<em>Christen, \u00e4tzet diesen Tag<\/em>, BWV 63). Eleanor Steber, Norman Farrow, Robert Bloom, Bernard Greenhouse, Erich Itor Kahn [live Casals Festival Prades 30.VI.1955]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Felix Mendelssohn, Biblical text: Hear Ye, Israel (<em>Elijah<\/em>). Eleanor Steber, Max Rudolf, Columbia Symphony Orchestra [1952]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph Haydn, text assembled by Johann Peter Salomon: With Verdure Clad (<em>The Creation<\/em>). Eleanor Steber, Max Rudolf, Columbia Symphony Orchestra [1952]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gioachino Rossini: Inflammatus et accensus (<em>Stabat Mater<\/em>). Harold Barlow, The Firestone Orchestra with Chorus [The Voice of Firestone 19.III.1951]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ludwig Van Beethoven, Pietro Metastasio: Ah, crudel, tu vuoi ch\u2019io mora\u2026 Dite voi, se in tanto affanno (<em>Ah, Perfido!<\/em>, Op. 65). Eleanor Steber, Bruno Walter, New York Philharamonic [live 15.IV.49]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James Lynam Molloy, G. Clifton Bingham: Love\u2019s Old Sweet Song. Eleanor Steber, Russ Case and His Orchestra [1948]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional Irish, arr. Frederick Weatherly: Danny Boy. Eleanor Steber, Russ Case and His Orchestra [1948]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Coates, Royden Barrie [n\u00e9 Rodney Bonnett]: Bird Songs at Eventide. Eleanor Steber, Harold Barlow, The Firestone Orchestra [1950]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Steber-Trade-Ad-1942-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Steber-Trade-Ad-1942-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Steber-Trade-Ad-1942-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Steber-Trade-Ad-1942-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Steber-Trade-Ad-1942.jpg 903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 481. 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