{"id":22308,"date":"2026-10-23T12:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=22308"},"modified":"2026-10-23T19:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:20:26","slug":"episode-496-martina-rarissima-arroyo-in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/episode-496-martina-rarissima-arroyo-in-memoriam\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 496. Martina Rarissima (Arroyo 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 496. Martina Rarissima (Arroyo in Memoriam)<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=2115-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\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 wp-block-paragraph\"><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-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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-winsome-eyes-737x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-winsome-eyes-737x1024.jpg 737w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-winsome-eyes-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-winsome-eyes-768x1067.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-winsome-eyes.jpg 903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/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\">African American soprano Martina Arroyo died on October 13 at the age of 90. Tributes have been rolling in from all corners, perhaps especially because Martina Arroyo was a 2013 Kennedy Center Honoree when that still meant something. As such, she is one of an increasingly shrinking proportion of classical musicians who has been thus celebrated. Indeed, if there was ever a universally-admired and -beloved singer in the operatic firmament, it would be Ms. Arroyo. My original intention for this episode was to present her in recordings of art song, but as I compiled repertoire for this week\u2019s tribute, I kept stumbling upon recordings of unexpected operatic and concert repertoire that revealed the soprano\u2019s many virtues in surprising ways. Indeed, some of these recordings are so rare that I doubt that very few of my listeners have ever heard them before: Martina Arroyo singing \u201cLeise, leise\u201d? Or a <em>different<\/em> live performance of Samuel Barber\u2019s <em>Andromache\u2019s Farewell<\/em>, which she created during Lincoln Center\u2019s inaugural season? Or a <em>studio<\/em> recording of \u201cElsas Traum\u201d? Or, astonishingly and refulgently, even the Poulenc <em>Gloria<\/em>? I have combined these items with excerpts from recordings <em>almost<\/em> as uncommon: \u201cDepuis le jour and the \u201cCanzone di Doretta\u201d from a live Concertgebouw concert in 1967; a 1977 Munich concert performance of Meyerbeer\u2019s <em>L\u2019Africaine<\/em>; a Swedish television <em>Porgy and Bess<\/em> from 1960; a live 1970 <em>Vespri<\/em> with Gianfranco Cecchele and Thomas Schippers; and an album of spirituals recorded in 1991, Arroyo\u2019s last studio recording. None of these selections has been heard on any of my previous Martina episodes, and all of them reveal her creamy, delicious tone, impeccable technique, and profoundly satisfying musicianship. I hope that this episode helps expand upon her recorded legacy in ways that will surprise and delight.<\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Martina-Arroyo-601x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Martina-Arroyo-601x1024.jpg 601w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Martina-Arroyo-176x300.jpg 176w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Martina-Arroyo-768x1310.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Martina-Arroyo-901x1536.jpg 901w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Martina-Arroyo.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">All tracks feature Martina Arroyo, soprano.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"757\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta-757x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta-757x1024.jpg 757w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta-768x1039.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta-1136x1536.jpg 1136w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-Elisabetta.jpg 1514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabriel Faur\u00e9: Pie Jesu (<em>Requiem<\/em>, Op. 48\/5). Frederic Waldman, Musica \u00c6terna Orchestra [1970]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional Spiritual, arr. Henri Venanzi: My Lord, What a Morning. Henri Venanzi [1991]<\/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=\"183\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Very-Young-Martina.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22462\" style=\"width:531px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Very-Young-Martina.jpg 183w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Very-Young-Martina-178x300.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward: My Man&#8217;s Gone Now (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Sixten Ehrling, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus [television broadcast Stockholm 10.IX.1960]<\/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=\"600\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Aida.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Aida.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Arroyo-Aida-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ludwig Van Beethoven, Severin Anton Averdonk [unknown Latin translator]: Exsurgunt ad lucem (<em>Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II<\/em>, WoO 87\/4). Thomas Schippers, New York Philharmonic, Camerata Singers [1965]<\/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=\"827\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-young-glamour-827x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16688\" style=\"width:699px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-young-glamour-827x1024.jpg 827w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-young-glamour-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-young-glamour-768x951.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-young-glamour.jpg 1215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carl Maria von Weber, Friedrich Kind [after Johann August Apel, Friedrich Laun]: Leise, leise, fromme Weise (<em>Der Freisch\u00fctz<\/em>). Joseph Eger, American Symphony Orchestra [live Carnegie Hall 13.XI.1967]<\/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=\"613\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Elsa.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Elsa.png 613w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Elsa-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Wagner: Einsam in tr\u00fcben Tagen [Elsas Traum] (<em>Lohengrin<\/em>). Hans Gierster, M\u00fcnchner Rundfunkorchester [M\u00fcnchen 09.VII.1969]<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"743\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-fur-743x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-fur-743x1024.jpg 743w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-fur-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-fur-768x1059.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-fur.jpg 916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samuel Barber, Euripedes [English translation by John Patrick Creagh]: My boy, you are weeping (<em>Andromache&#8217;s Farewell<\/em>, Op. 39). Joseph Eger, American Symphony Orchestra [live Carnegie Hall 13.XI.1967]<\/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=\"887\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Vespri-or-Ernani.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11707\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4376253509827517;width:648px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Vespri-or-Ernani.jpg 887w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Vespri-or-Ernani-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Martina-Vespri-or-Ernani-768x534.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giuseppe Verdi, Eug\u00e8ne Scribe, Charles Duveyrier [Italian translation by Arnaldo Fusinato]: O sdegni miei, tacete!&#8230; Volgi il guardo a me sereno&#8230; Arrigo! Ah, parli a un core&#8230; \u00c8 dolce raggio (<em>I vespri siciliani<\/em>). Gianfranco Cecchele, Thomas Schippers, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI [live Roma 05.XII.1970]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Cecchele.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22469\" style=\"width:462px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Cecchele.jpg 368w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Cecchele-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gianfranco Cecchele<\/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=\"552\" height=\"829\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Flouncy-Headdress.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16712\" style=\"width:603px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Flouncy-Headdress.png 552w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Flouncy-Headdress-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Adami [after Alfred Maria Willner, Heinz Reichert]: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (<em>La Rondine<\/em>). Martin Rich, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest [live Concertgebouw 20.VII.1967]<\/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=\"758\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Hair.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Hair.jpg 758w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Hair-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-Hair-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gustave Charpentier: Depuis le jour (<em>Louise<\/em>). Martin Rich, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest [live Concertgebouw 20.VII.1967]<\/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=\"733\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-potted-flowers-1976.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16689\" style=\"width:740px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-potted-flowers-1976.jpg 733w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Martina-potted-flowers-1976-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giacomo Meyerbeer, Eug\u00e8ne Scribe: D&#8217;ici je vois la mer [Final Scene] (<em>L&#8217;Africaine<\/em>). Sherrill Milnes, Gerd Albrecht, Sinfonieorchester on Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks [live M\u00fcnchen 01.XI.1977]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Milnes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22470\" style=\"width:428px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Milnes.jpg 282w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Milnes-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sherrill Milnes<\/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=\"501\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Martina-Sings.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22467\" style=\"width:595px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Martina-Sings.jpg 501w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Martina-Sings-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Francis Poulenc: Domine Deus, Agnus Dei (<em>Gloria<\/em>, FP 177\/5). Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra, Rutgers University Choir [live Carnegie Hall 03.V.1968]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-fantasy-TRIMMED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-fantasy-TRIMMED.jpg 686w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Arroyo-fantasy-TRIMMED-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 496. Martina Rarissima (Arroyo in Memoriam) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM African American soprano Martina Arroyo died on October 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