{"id":22380,"date":"2026-11-06T16:02:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T15:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=22380"},"modified":"2026-11-06T16:22:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T15:22:57","slug":"episode-498-november-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/episode-498-november-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 498. November Surprise"},"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 498. November Surprise<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=2123-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=\"720\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/New-Governor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/New-Governor.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/New-Governor-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Newly-elected Georgia governor Keisha Lance Bottoms at the grave of her great-great-grandmother Betsy Peek, who was born enslaved in 1845<\/figcaption><\/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\">If you are a like-minded (i.e., a left-minded) person, then you, too, must be rejoicing in the overwhelmingly good news coming from my home country, the US, this week. (And if you\u2019re not, maybe you\u2019re in the wrong place?) So much unexpected joy and hope that I have been breaking into spontaneous tears ever since I became aware of the election result. The thing is, that we are once again on the road this week (in Korea, in fact!) so I had to \u201cpre-load\u201d this week\u2019s setlist. Since I wasn\u2019t sure if we would be rejoicing or despondent, I had a challenging time choosing my setlist. It\u2019s framed as yet another of my \u201cRescue Mission\u201d series, in which I present singers who have either recently or in the more remote past, already been prominently featured on the podcast. So there is an overall sense of revisiting old friends. Those heard today include such recent subjects as Judith Blegen, whose passing was commemorated just last week, Georges Thill, Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Jill Gomez, Maureen Forrester, Eleanor Steber, and Hanne-Lore Kuhse (who was also just featured in a bonus episode for my Patreon supporters this past week). Also heard are some perennial <em>Countermelody<\/em> favorites who have been absent in recent months, including Grace Bumbry, Jorma Hynninen, George Shirley, Carol Neblett, Maria Ewing, Edda Moser, Rachel Yakar, Sylvia Sass, Alexander Kipnis, Florence Quivar, and Gilda Cruz-Romo. There are sacred arias by Schubert, Handel, and Rossini, barnstorming operatic arias by Massenet, Verdi, Granados, and Berlioz, <em>Lieder<\/em> by Mahler, Schubert, and Kilpinen, and duets from <em>Tosca<\/em>, <em>Fliegende Holl\u00e4nder<\/em>, <em>Nozze di Figaro<\/em>, and Beethoven\u2019s <em>Leonore<\/em>, his first version of <em>Fidelio<\/em>. Meanwhile, the countdown continues to Episode 500 of the podcast, which is planned as a special treat for all listeners, old and new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Frideric Handel, Thomas Morell: So shall the lute and harp awake (<em>Judas Maccabaeus<\/em>). Judith Blegen, Stephen Simon, Wiener Volksopernorchester [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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Madame-Yakar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Madame-Yakar.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Madame-Yakar-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Madame-Yakar-768x800.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Franz Schubert: Erstes Offertorium [Totus in corde langueo], D. 136. Rachel Yakar, Dieter Kl\u00f6cker, Ern\u00f6 Sebestyen, RIAS-Sinfonietta [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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"929\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kipnis-Hat-and-Cane.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kipnis-Hat-and-Cane.png 658w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kipnis-Hat-and-Cane-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Franz Schubert, Georg Philipp Schmidt von L\u00fcbeck: Der Wanderer, D 489. Alexander Kipnis, unknown pianist [1936 radio recording]<\/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=\"821\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Moser-Steiner-821x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Moser-Steiner-821x1024.jpg 821w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Moser-Steiner-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Moser-Steiner-768x958.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Moser-Steiner-1232x1536.jpg 1232w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Moser-Steiner.jpg 1421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gioacchino Rossini: Inflammatus et accensus (<em>Stabat Mater<\/em>). Edda Moser, Spiros Argiris, Boston Festival Opera Orchestra and Chorus [live Boston 13.X.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=\"386\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Eleanor-Demure.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21874\" style=\"width:559px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Eleanor-Demure.jpg 386w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Eleanor-Demure-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Frideric Handel, Biblical texts assembled by Charles Jennens: I Know that My Redeemer Liveth (<em>Messiah<\/em>). Eleanor Steber, Charles O&#8217;Connell, Victor Symphony Orchestra [1942]<\/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=\"784\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Quivar-elegant-1-784x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Quivar-elegant-1-784x1024.jpg 784w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Quivar-elegant-1-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Quivar-elegant-1-768x1003.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Quivar-elegant-1.jpg 1007w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gustav Mahler, Friedrich R\u00fcckert: Oft denk&#8217; ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen (<em>Kindertotenlieder<\/em>). Florence Quivar, Erich Leinsdorf, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra [live San Francisco X.1986]<\/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-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Hynninen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Hynninen.jpg 900w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Hynninen-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Hynninen-768x703.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yrj\u00f6 Kilpinen, Eino Leino: Illalla [In the Evening], Op. 19\/4. Jorma Hynninen, Ralf Goth\u00f3ni [1984]<\/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=\"306\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Thill.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21948\" style=\"width:626px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Thill.png 306w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Thill-184x300.png 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hector Berlioz, Almire Gandonni\u00e8re, G\u00e9rard de Narval [after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]: Merci, doux crepuscule (<em>La Damnation de Faust<\/em>). Georges Thill, Egisto Tango, Denmarks Radio Symphony Orchestra [radio recording 02.XI.33]<\/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=\"963\" height=\"989\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Grace-Glam-Shot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20382\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9737190052706888;width:756px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Grace-Glam-Shot.png 963w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Grace-Glam-Shot-292x300.png 292w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Grace-Glam-Shot-768x789.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jules Massenet, Adolphe d&#8217;Ennery, Louis Gallet, \u00c9douard Blau [after Pierre Corneille]: De cet affreux combat&#8230; Pleurez, mes yeux (<em>Le Cid<\/em>). Grace Bumbry, Nello Santi, Orchester der Oper Z\u00fcrich [live Z\u00fcrich 29.VI.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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"274\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Maureen-Forrester.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6124\" style=\"width:672px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">R. Murray Schafer: Aria of Amente-Nufe [excerpt] (<em>RA<\/em>). Maureen Forrester, John Wyre, COMUS Music Theatre [1983]<\/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=\"706\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Curly-Wig-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Curly-Wig-1.png 706w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Curly-Wig-1-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Ghislanzoni [after Auguste Mariette and Temistocle Solera]: Qui Radam\u00e8s verr\u00e0\u2026 O patria mia (<em>Aida<\/em>). Sylvia Sass, Em\u0151ke B\u00e9k\u00e9sy [live Moscow 02.VII.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-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"953\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Jill-Gomez-in-turban-953x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22146\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9306673591274993;width:700px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Jill-Gomez-in-turban-953x1024.jpg 953w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Jill-Gomez-in-turban-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Jill-Gomez-in-turban-768x826.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Jill-Gomez-in-turban.jpg 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enrique Granados, Fernando Periquet y Zuaznabar: Fernando mio, porqu\u00e9 adi\u00f3s dijiste? (<em>Goyescas<\/em>). Jill Gomez, Thomas Randle, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Philharmonia Orchestra [live London 27.XI.88]<\/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-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"491\" height=\"491\" data-id=\"20928\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ATS-big-hair.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ATS-big-hair.jpg 491w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ATS-big-hair-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ATS-big-hair-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"484\" data-id=\"11497\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ewing-Jack-Mitchell.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ewing-Jack-Mitchell.jpg 420w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ewing-Jack-Mitchell-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte [after Pierre de Beaumarchais]: Cosa mi narri?&#8230; Che soave zeffiretto (<em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Jeffrey Tate, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande [live Gen\u00e8ve 30.I.1983]<\/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=\"403\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"2041\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Cruz-Romo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Cruz-Romo.jpg 403w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Cruz-Romo-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"353\" data-id=\"18281\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bergonzi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bergonzi.jpg 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bergonzi-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica [after Victorien Sardou]: Or lasciami al lavoro&#8230; Mia gelosa!&#8230; Qual occhio al mondo (<em>Tosca<\/em>). 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class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fernando Periquet y Zuaznabar<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Florence Quivar<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Franz Schubert<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Friedrich R\u00fcckert<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gennady Rozhdestvensky<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Georg Philipp Schmidt von L\u00fcbeck<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">George Frideric Handel<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">George Shirley<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Georges Thill<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">G\u00e9rard de Narval<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Puccini<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gilda Cruz-Romo<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gioacchino Rossini<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Giacosa<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Goyescas<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Grace Bumbry<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gustav Mahler<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hanne-Lore Kuhse<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hector Berlioz<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">James Conlon<\/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\">Jean-Nicolas Bouilly<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jeffrey Tate<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jill Gomez<\/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 Wyre<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jorma Hynninen<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jos\u00e9 Van Dam<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Joseph Sonnleithner<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" 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\">Jules Massenet<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Kindertotenlieder<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Damnation de Faust<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Le Cid<\/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\">Leonore<\/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\">Louis Gallet<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ludwig van Beethoven<\/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\">Maria Ewing<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Maureen Forrester<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Messiah<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nello Santi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pierre Corneille<\/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\">R. Murray Schafer<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">RA (Schafer)<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Rachel Yakar<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ralf Gothoni<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Wagner<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Spiros Argiris<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Stabat Mater (Rossini)<\/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\">Sylvia Sass<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Temistocle Solera<\/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 Randle<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tosca<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Victorien Sardou<\/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\">Yrj\u00f6 Kilpinen<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Adolphe d\u2019Ennery<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Aida<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alexander Kipnis<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Almire Gandonni\u00e8re<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Anna Tomowa-Sintow<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Antonio Ghislanzoni<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Auguste Mariette<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carlo Bergonzi<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Carol Neblett<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Jennens<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles O\u2019Connell<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Der fliegende Holl\u00e4nder<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Dieter Kl\u00f6cker<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Edda Moser<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">\u00c9douard Blau<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Egisto Tango<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eino Leino<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eleanor Steber<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Em\u0151ke B\u00e9k\u00e9sy<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Enrique Granados<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Erich Leinsdorf<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ern\u00f6 Sebestyen<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fernando Periquet y Zuaznabar<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Florence Quivar<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Franz Schubert<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Friedrich 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