{"id":21918,"date":"2026-08-30T00:39:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T22:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=21918"},"modified":"2026-08-30T00:39:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T22:39:33","slug":"episode-488-ileana-cotrubas-in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/30\/episode-488-ileana-cotrubas-in-memoriam\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 488. Ileana Cotruba\u0219 In Memoriam"},"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 488. Ileana Cotruba\u0219 In Memoriam<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=2075-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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"830\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-handsome-headshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-handsome-headshot.png 628w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-handsome-headshot-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/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\">Ileana Cotruba\u0219, the exquisite Romanian soprano, departed this earthly plane last week at the age of 87. She was one of the operatic artists I most revered and respected, both for her musical and artistic integrity and for her constant search for greater dramatic truth in her portrayals. Her characterizations of Violetta, Mim\u00ec, Gilda, Adina, Susanna, and Pamina, among others, were peerless. As her career developed, she assumed \u201cbigger\u201d repertoire, in which, on her own terms, she was frequently as successful as her earlier repertoire. This episode, wrung straight from my mourning heart, celebrates all aspects of her operatic repertoire, including late career additions such as Amelia in <em>Simon Boccanegra<\/em>, Desdemona in <em>Otello<\/em>, and Charlotte in <em>Werther<\/em>, the role in which she took her farewell from the operatic stage. In seeking a framework in which to commemorate her, I chose duets exclusively. And, oh, the singers with whom she is partnered: Jos\u00e9 Carreras, Vladimir Atlantov, Giacomo Aragall, Franco Bonisolli, Alfredo Kraus, Luis Lima, Barry McCauley, Janet Baker, Brigitte Fassbaender, Frederica von Stade, James Bowman, Ruth Welting, Renato Bruson, Tom Krause, Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Christian Boesch, Matteo Manuguerra, Leo Nucci: the absolute cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of the great singers of that era. She will be forever remembered and held dearly in the hearts of all who loved her singing and artistry.<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Von-Stade-Cotrubas.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22174\" style=\"width:563px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Von-Stade-Cotrubas.png 427w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Von-Stade-Cotrubas-261x300.png 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Engelbert Humperdinck, Adelheid Wette [after Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm]: Sandmann war da\u2026 Abends will ich schlafen geh\u2019n (<em>H\u00e4nsel und Gretel<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Frederica von Stade, John Pritchard, G\u00fcrzenich-Orchester [1978]<\/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=\"1005\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Violetta-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22175\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5181294476448661;width:734px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Violetta-5.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Violetta-5-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Violetta-5-768x506.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Alexandre Dumas <em>fils<\/em>]: Ah, non pi\u00f9, a un tempio&#8230; Gran Dio, morir si giovane (<em>La Traviata<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Giacomo Aragall, Carlos Kleiber, Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper [live M\u00fcnchen 12.VI.1978]<\/p>\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=\"743\" height=\"485\" data-id=\"22177\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Aragall.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Aragall.png 743w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Aragall-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Giacomo Aragall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"639\" data-id=\"22176\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kleiber-1024x639.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kleiber-1024x639.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kleiber-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kleiber-768x479.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kleiber.png 1187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carlos Kleiber<\/figcaption><\/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=\"623\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Scala-Mimi.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Scala-Mimi.png 623w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Scala-Mimi-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after Henri Murger]: O soave fanciulla (<em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Franco Bonisolli, Anton Guadagno, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper [live Wien 23.XII.1973]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bonisolli.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bonisolli.jpg 526w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bonisolli-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Franco Bonisolli<\/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=\"504\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Gilda.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22180\" style=\"width:588px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Gilda.jpg 504w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Gilda-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Victor Hugo]: No, vecchio, t\u2019inganni&#8230; S\u00ec, vendetta, tremenda vendetta (<em>Rigoletto<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Leo Nucci, Miguel G\u00f3mez Mart\u00ednez, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper [live Wien 14.I.1980]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"439\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nucci.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nucci.png 439w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nucci-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leo Nucci<\/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=\"679\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Baker-and-Cotrubas-in-Calisto-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Baker-and-Cotrubas-in-Calisto-1.png 679w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Baker-and-Cotrubas-in-Calisto-1-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Francesco Cavalli [realized Raymond Leppard], Giovanni Faustini [after Ovid]: Oh decoro del mio coro&#8230; A baciarsi andiam, s\u00ec, s\u00ec (<em>La Calisto<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Janet Baker, Raymond Leppard, London Philharmonic Orchestra [live Glyndebourne 09.VIII.71]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Baker-Au-bord-de-leau.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Baker-Au-bord-de-leau.png 541w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Baker-Au-bord-de-leau-193x300.png 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Janet Baker<\/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=\"504\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Sophie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Sophie.jpg 504w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Sophie-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren (<em>Der Rosenkavalie<\/em>r). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Brigitte Fassbaender, Georges Pr\u00eatre, Orchestra della Napoli dello RAI [live Napoli 16.X.71]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Fassbaender-The-Perfect-Octavian.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Fassbaender-The-Perfect-Octavian.jpg 572w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Fassbaender-The-Perfect-Octavian-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/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=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Boesch-Cotrubas-Zauberflote.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22186\" style=\"width:626px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Boesch-Cotrubas-Zauberflote.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Boesch-Cotrubas-Zauberflote-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emanuel Schikaneder: Geduld, Freund&#8230; Bei M\u00e4nnern welch e Liebe f\u00fchlen (<em>Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Christian Boesch, James Levine, Wiener Philharmoniker [live Salzburg 1982]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"467\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Christian-Boesch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Christian-Boesch.jpg 467w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Christian-Boesch-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christian Boesch<\/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=\"536\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Dark-Fur.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Dark-Fur.png 536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Dark-Fur-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gottlieb Stephanie: Ich bin die erste S\u00e4ngerin (<em>Der Schauspieldirektor<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Ruth Welting, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra [1975]<\/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=\"384\" height=\"547\" data-id=\"22190\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ruth-Welting.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ruth-Welting.png 384w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ruth-Welting-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ruth Welting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"557\" data-id=\"22189\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tony-Rolfe-Johnson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tony-Rolfe-Johnson.png 377w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tony-Rolfe-Johnson-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anthony Rolfe Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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 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=\"660\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"22202\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-White-Gown.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-White-Gown.png 660w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-White-Gown-258x300.png 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"739\" data-id=\"22201\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/van-Dam-with-Hair.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/van-Dam-with-Hair.jpg 545w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/van-Dam-with-Hair-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte [after Pierre de Beaumarchais]: Cinque&#8230; dieci&#8230; venti&#8230; trenta&#8230; Cosa stai misurando&#8230; Se a caso madama (<em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker&nbsp; [live Salzburg 10.V.1977]<\/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-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=\"529\" height=\"702\" data-id=\"22203\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Side-Length-Cotrubas-Glamour.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Side-Length-Cotrubas-Glamour.png 529w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Side-Length-Cotrubas-Glamour-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"514\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"22204\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tom-Krause.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tom-Krause.png 514w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tom-Krause-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte [after Pierre de Beaumarchais]: Signor, la vostra sposa&#8230; Crudel! Perch\u00e9 finora (<em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Tom Krause, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker&nbsp; [live Salzburg 10.V.1977]<\/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=\"564\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Carreras-Boheme.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Carreras-Boheme.jpg 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Carreras-Boheme-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gaetano Donizetti, Felice Romani [after Eug\u00e8ne Scribe]: Chiedi all\u2019aura lusinghiera&#8230; Per guarir da tal pazzia (<em>L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Jos\u00e9 Carreras, John Pritchard, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden [live London 27.XII.76]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-as-Adina.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-as-Adina.jpg 672w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-as-Adina-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/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=\"658\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Bowman-Midsummer-Nights-Dream.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Bowman-Midsummer-Nights-Dream.jpg 658w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Bowman-Midsummer-Nights-Dream-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears [after William Shakespeare]: Ill met by moonlight (<em>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, James Bowman, Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra [live Glyndebourne 07.VII.81]<\/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=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Kraus.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Kraus.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Kraus-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Victor Hugo]: \u00c8 il sol dell\u2019anima&#8230; Addio, speranza ed anima (<em>Rigoletto<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Alfredo Kraus, Miguel G\u00f3mez Mart\u00ednez, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper [live Wien 14.I.1980]<\/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=\"427\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bruson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22196\" style=\"width:505px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bruson.png 427w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bruson-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Renato Bruson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave, Arrigo Boito [after Antonio Garc\u00eda Guti\u00e9rrez]: Orfanella il tutto umile (<em>Simon Boccanegra<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Renato Bruson, Gabor \u00d6tv\u00f6s, Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo [Napoli 08.III.86]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Anxious.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22200\" style=\"width:700px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Anxious.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Anxious-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/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-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"22207\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Glam-Shot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Glam-Shot.jpg 512w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Glam-Shot-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"338\" height=\"517\" data-id=\"22208\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Atlantov.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Atlantov.png 338w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Atlantov-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito [after William Shakespeare]: Tu di me ti fai gioco&#8230; Esterrefatta fisso (<em>Otello<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Vladimir Atlantov, Antoni Ros-Marb\u00e0, Orquesta del Gran Teatro del Liceo [live Barcelona 13.IV.88]<\/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=\"512\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Nedda.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Nedda.png 512w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Nedda-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruggero Leoncavallo: Sei tu? Credea che te ne fossi andato (<em>Pagliacci<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Matteo Manuguerra, Adam Fischer, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper [live Wien 06.VI.85]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Manuguerra.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Manuguerra.jpg 628w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Manuguerra-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Matteo Manuguerra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/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-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kraus-Cotrubas-Werther-1024x524.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kraus-Cotrubas-Werther-1024x524.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kraus-Cotrubas-Werther-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kraus-Cotrubas-Werther-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kraus-Cotrubas-Werther.png 1124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cotrubas and Kraus in Werther<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jules Massenet, \u00c9douard Blau, Paul Milliet, Georges Hartmann [after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]: Mais, vous ne savez rien de moi (<em>Werther<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Luis Lima, Alain Guignal, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper [live Wien 27.V.1990]<\/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-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"809\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Elegant-sad-809x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22197\" style=\"width:715px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Elegant-sad-809x1024.jpg 809w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Elegant-sad-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Elegant-sad-768x972.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cotrubas-Elegant-sad.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Adami [after Alfred Maria Willner, Heinz Reichert]: Ma come puoi lasciarmi (<em>La Rondine<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Barry McCauley, Bruno Bartoletti, Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra [live Chicago 18.XII.1985]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"403\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Barry-McCauley.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22198\" style=\"width:477px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Barry-McCauley.jpg 403w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Barry-McCauley-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Barry McCauley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 488. Ileana Cotruba\u0219 In Memoriam Ileana Cotruba\u0219, the exquisite Romanian soprano, departed this earthly plane last week at 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class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hugo von Hofmannsthal<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ileana Cotrubas<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jakob Grimm<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">James Bowman<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">James Levine<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Pritchard<\/a>","<a 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Janet Baker<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La rondine<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Traviata<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Le nozze di Figaro<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leo Nucci<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lorenzo da Ponte<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Luigi Illica<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Luis Lima<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Matteo Manuguerra<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Miguel G\u00f3mez-Mart\u00ednez<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Otello<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ovid<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pagliacci<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Paul Milliet<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Peter Pears<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pierre de Beaumarchais<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Renato Bruson<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Strauss<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Rigoletto<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ruggero Leoncavallo<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ruth Welting<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Simon Boccanegra<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tom Krause<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Victor Hugo<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Vladimir Atlantov<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Werther<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wilhelm Grimm<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">William Shakespeare<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">\u00c1d\u00e1m Fischer<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Adelheid Witte<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alain Guignal<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alexandre Dumas fils<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alfred Maria Willner<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alfredo Kraus<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Anthony Rolfe Johnson<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Anton Guadagno<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Antoni Ros-Marb\u00e0<\/span>","<span 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