{"id":22345,"date":"2026-10-31T00:56:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=22345"},"modified":"2026-10-31T10:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T09:47:32","slug":"episode-497-the-luminous-judith-blegen-in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/31\/episode-497-the-luminous-judith-blegen-in-memoriam\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 497. The Luminous Judith Blegen [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 497. The Luminous Judith Blegen [In Memoriam]<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=2118-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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"893\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22484\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8720760471076793;width:770px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Headshot.jpg 893w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Headshot-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Headshot-768x881.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" \/><\/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\">There are countless singers that I include among my favorites. In fact, it\u2019s become a joke with some of my listeners about just how many \u201cfavorite singers\u201d I actually have. (If you must attach a name to it, think of it as vocal polyamory.) Far too many of those well-loved singers, however, have not been as prominently featured on <em>Countermelody<\/em> as they might have been. Chief among these is the luminous Judith Blegen, who died last week at the age of 85. I heard her exactly once, singing Pamina in Chicago in the late 1980s. Both she and Francisco Araiza, her Tamino, were nearly ideal in their roles. And so was Blegen, a mainstay at the Metropolitan Opera until her early retirement in 1991, in so many of the operatic parts in which she excelled. Audio and video recordings amply document her in those roles, but today, I wanted to focus on several less obvious or familiar aspects of her career. First off, her exceptional singing of Mozart: scattered throughout the episode are recordings of her as Susanna, Pamina, Blondchen, and Zaide. Second, her early mentorship by Gian Carlo Menotti, and her remarkable recordings of two of his early operas. Third, her fascinating portrayal of M\u00e9lisande, unlike any other I\u2019ve ever heard; and fourth, her commitment to art song: heard in the episode are songs of Grieg, Wolf, Milhaud, Strauss, and Ruggles. As well as her overall musical and stylistic versatility. The episode features collaborations with fellow singers Frederica von Stade, Thomas Stewart, Regina Resnik, and Jos\u00e9 Carreras; pianist Martin Katz; and conductors Christoph von Dohn\u00e1nyi, Colin Davis, Daniel Barenboim, Jorge Mester, Georg Solti, Eugene Ormandy, Carlo Felice Cillario, Leopold Hager, and Michael Tilson Thomas. She also reaches out to us from beyond the grave with an important message about the upcoming US elections.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Opera-News-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Opera-News-Cover.jpg 731w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Opera-News-Cover-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size 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=\"563\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Blegen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Blegen.jpg 563w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Blegen-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All tracks feature soprano Judith Blegen.<\/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=\"595\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Juliette.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Juliette.jpg 595w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Juliette-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edvard Grieg, Henrik Ibsen: Solvejgs Song (<em>Peer Gynt<\/em>). Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra [1975]<\/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=\"240\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-1967-Postcard.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22490\" style=\"width:544px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-1967-Postcard.jpg 240w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-1967-Postcard-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gottlieb Stephanie [after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner]: Durch Z\u00e4rtlichkeit und Schmeicheln (<em>Die Entf\u00fchrung aus dem Serail<\/em>). Georg Solti, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin [television soundtrack 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=\"768\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Singing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Singing.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Singing-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gian Carlo Menotti: What a curse for a woman&#8230; Steal me, sweet thief (<em>The Old Maid and the Thief<\/em>). Jorge Mester, Orchestra of the Teatro Verdi di Trieste [1970]<\/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=\"547\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Nannetta-Maybe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Nannetta-Maybe.jpg 547w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Nannetta-Maybe-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gian Carlo Menotti: The Black Swan (<em>The Medium<\/em>). Regina Resnik, Jorge Mester, Orchestra of the Opera Society of Washington [1968]<\/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=\"964\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-and-Von-Stade-Classy-All-the-Way-964x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-and-Von-Stade-Classy-All-the-Way-964x1024.jpg 964w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-and-Von-Stade-Classy-All-the-Way-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-and-Von-Stade-Classy-All-the-Way-768x815.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-and-Von-Stade-Classy-All-the-Way-1447x1536.jpg 1447w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-and-Von-Stade-Classy-All-the-Way.jpg 1569w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alessandro Scarlatti, unknown librettist: Se nubi io gi\u00e0 la vidi&#8230; Del tuo ciglio vezzoso ad un lampo (<em>Endimione e Cintia<\/em>). Frederica von Stade, Charles Wadsworth, Leonard Arner, Jane Cochran, instrumental ensemble [live New York 17.XI.1974]<\/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=\"501\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Beauty-Spot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22500\" style=\"width:619px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Beauty-Spot.jpg 501w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Beauty-Spot-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte [after Pierre de Beaumarchais]: Giunse alfin il momento&#8230; Deh, vieni, non tardar (<em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>). Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra [1976]<\/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=\"391\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-rehearsal-dirndl.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22511\" style=\"width:592px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-rehearsal-dirndl.jpg 391w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-rehearsal-dirndl-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johann Strauss II, Richard Gen\u00e9e: Fr\u00fchlingsstimmen-Walzer, Op. 410. Alois Melichar, Wiener Symphoniker [ca. 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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-McDaniel-Pelleas.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22503\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7528109323646428;width:476px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-McDaniel-Pelleas.png 335w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-McDaniel-Pelleas-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blegen and Barry McDaniel as M\u00e9lisande and Pell\u00e9as<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Claude Debussy, Maurice Maeterlinck: Qu&#8217;y-a-t&#8217;il, M\u00e9lisande? (<em>Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em>). Thomas Stewart, Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis [live New York 29.I.1972]<\/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=\"999\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Adina.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Adina.jpg 999w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Adina-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Adina-768x554.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gaetano Donizetti, Felice Romani [after Eug\u00e8ne Scribe]: Prendi, per me sei libero&#8230; Il mio rigor dimentica (<em>L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore<\/em>). Jos\u00e9 Carreras, Orchestra conducted by Carlo Felice Cillario [live San Francisco 10.X.1975]<\/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=\"324\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-with-Pinky-TRIMMED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22495\" style=\"width:500px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-with-Pinky-TRIMMED.jpg 324w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-with-Pinky-TRIMMED-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emanuel Schikaneder: Ach, ich f\u00fchl&#8217;s (<em>Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em>). Christoph von Dohn\u00e1nyi, Cleveland Orchestra [live Cleveland 30.VIII.1985]<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Katz-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22496\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4008390442191938;width:748px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Katz-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Katz-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Katz-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Katz-1536x1096.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Katz-1600x1141.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Katz.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hugo Wolf, Joseph von Eichendorff: Verschwiegene Liebe (<em>Eichendorff-Lieder<\/em>). Martin Katz [1976]<\/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=\"515\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Smiling-Blegen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22501\" style=\"width:607px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Smiling-Blegen.jpg 515w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Smiling-Blegen-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johannes Brahms, traditional Serbian, translated Siegfried Kapper: Das M\u00e4dchen [Stand das M\u00e4dchen, stand am Bergesabhang], Op. 95\/1. Martin Katz [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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Bow-at-PIano.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22505\" style=\"width:482px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Bow-at-PIano.png 296w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Bow-at-PIano-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Darius Milhaud, Pierre de Ronsard: \u00c0 Cupidon (<em>Quatre Po\u00e8mes de Ronsard<\/em>, Op. 223\/2). Martin Katz [live broadcast from Wien, recorded VI.1982]<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"1002\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Strauss-Wolf-Blegen-Cover-1024x1002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Strauss-Wolf-Blegen-Cover-1024x1002.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Strauss-Wolf-Blegen-Cover-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Strauss-Wolf-Blegen-Cover-768x751.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Strauss-Wolf-Blegen-Cover-1536x1503.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Strauss-Wolf-Blegen-Cover-1600x1565.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Strauss-Wolf-Blegen-Cover.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Strauss, Clemens Brentano: Amor (<em>Brentano-Lieder<\/em>, Op. 68\/5). Judith Blegen, Martin Katz [1976]<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-at-Piano-1024x692.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22498\" style=\"width:700px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-at-Piano-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-at-Piano-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-at-Piano-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-at-Piano.jpg 1065w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carl Ruggles: Toys. Michael Tilson Thomas [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=\"486\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Windblown-Blegen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22507\" style=\"width:591px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Windblown-Blegen.png 486w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Windblown-Blegen-254x300.png 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Frideric Handel, Thomas Morell: Wise men, flattering, may deceive us (<em>Judas Maccabaeus<\/em>). Stephen Simon, Orchester der Wiener Volksoper [1971]<\/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=\"983\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-from-Brahms-CD-983x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-from-Brahms-CD-983x1024.jpg 983w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-from-Brahms-CD-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-from-Brahms-CD-768x800.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-from-Brahms-CD-1475x1536.jpg 1475w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-from-Brahms-CD.jpg 1523w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Andreas Schachtner [loosely based on Voltaire]: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben (<em>Zaide<\/em>). Leopold Hager, Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg [1982]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"463\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Gniewek.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22506\" style=\"width:619px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Gniewek.png 463w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Blegen-Gniewek-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blegen and her husband, Met concertmaster Raymond Gniewek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 497. The Luminous Judith Blegen [In Memoriam] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM There are countless singers that I include 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class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Judas Maccabaeus<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Judith Blegen<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore<\/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\">Leopold Hager<\/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\">Martin Katz<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Maurice Maeterlinck<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Michael Tilson Thomas<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Peer Gynt<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pelleas et Melisande<\/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\">Pierre de Ronsard<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Quatre Po\u00e8mes de Ronsard<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Regina Resnik<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Gen\u00e9e<\/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\">Siegfried Kapper<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Stephen Simon<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">The Medium<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">The Old Maid and the Thief<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Thomas Morell<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Thomas Stewart<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Voltaire<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Zaide<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alessandro Scarlatti<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alois Melichar<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Brentano-Lieder<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carl Ruggles<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carlo Felice Cillario<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Wadsworth<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Christoph Friedrich Bretzner<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Christoph von Dohn\u00e1nyi<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Claude Debussy<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Clemens Brentano<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Colin Davis<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Daniel Barenboim<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Darius Milhaud<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Die Entf\u00fchrung aus dem Serail<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Edvard Grieg<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eichendorff-Lieder<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Emanuel Schikaneder<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Endimione e Cintia<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eugene Ormandy<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eug\u00e8ne Scribe<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Felice Romani<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Frederica von Stade<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gaetano Donizetti<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Georg Solti<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">George Frideric Handel<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gian Carlo Menotti<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gottlieb Stephanie<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Henrik Ibsen<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hugo Wolf<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Andreas Schachtner<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Strauss 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