{"id":2298,"date":"2019-11-18T18:43:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T17:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2026-04-25T23:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:02:23","slug":"episode-9-janet-williams-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/18\/episode-9-janet-williams-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 9. Janet Williams II"},"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-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout 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-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout 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-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout 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 9. 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class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large advgb-dyn-cadadc40\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Harolyn.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Harolyn.jpg 304w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Harolyn-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Harolyn-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><figcaption>Harolyn Blackwell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Giuseppe Verdi: Saper vorreste (Un ballo in maschera). (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I9Yu4G99XuE\" target=\"_blank\">Giuseppe Verdi: Saper vorreste (<em>Un ballo in maschera<\/em>).<\/a><\/strong> <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Harolyn Blackwell (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harolynblackwell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harolyn Blackwell<\/a><\/strong>, soprano, James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Live from the Met telecast, 26 January 1991. Available on DVD from <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Deutsche Grammophon 0440 073 0299 6. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deutschegrammophon.com\/us\/cat\/0730299?\" target=\"_blank\">Deutsche Grammophon 0440 073 0299 6.<\/a><\/strong> In addition to her operatic career, Ms. Blackwell has appeared as Cunegonde in <em>Candide<\/em> and has created significant works by Maury Yeston, Ricky Ian Gordon, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ae948HBWLlA&amp;t=96s\">Richard Strauss: <em>Also sprach Zarathustra<\/em><\/a><\/strong>. Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"RCA Victor, LSC-1806 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Richard-Strauss-Reiner-Chicago-Symphony-Also-Sprach-Zarathustra\/release\/5449563\" target=\"_blank\">RCA Victor, LSC-1806<\/a><\/strong> (recorded 1954).<\/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 advgb-dyn-f0d8fa33\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"2388\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Nietzsche.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2388\"\/><figcaption>Friedrich Nietzsche: Pensive and Bushy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"363\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"2421\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Fritz-Reiner-Old.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Fritz-Reiner-Old.png 363w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Fritz-Reiner-Old-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><figcaption>Fritz Reiner: Old and Grumpy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:54px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-6040059b\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large advgb-dyn-935b1845\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dolly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dolly.jpg 440w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dolly-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><figcaption>Dolly!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dolly Parton: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Why'd You Come In Here  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CD8bW1rWqOA\" target=\"_blank\">Why&#8217;d You Come In Here <\/a><\/strong>from<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Columbia Records (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Dolly-Parton-White-Limozeen\/master\/305059\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em> White Limozeen<\/em><\/strong><\/a>  (Columbia Records CK 44384 , 1989)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VOPGvgJGsPg\" target=\"_blank\">I Know Where I&#8217;ve Been<\/a><\/strong> (<em>Hairspray<\/em>). <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Paula Dione Ingram (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pauladioneingram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paula Dione Ingram<\/a><\/strong>,  from the show <em>Dark Legacy<\/em>. Live performance at The Cabaret at The Columbia Club, 5 February 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large advgb-dyn-328d76b0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Paula-Ingram.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Paula-Ingram.jpg 900w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Paula-Ingram-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Paula-Ingram-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Paula-Ingram-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Paula Dione Ingram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"948\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Paula-Ingram.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Paula-Ingram.png 948w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Paula-Ingram-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Paula-Ingram-768x517.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:61px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-229a064a\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:  <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Alles f\u00fchlt der Liebe Freuden (Die Zauberfl\u00f6te) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=75CtMr9BnBU\" target=\"_blank\">Alles f\u00fchlt der Liebe Freuden (<em>Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Gerhard Unger, Monostatos; Otto Klemperer conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra, Angel Records  SCL-3651\/EMI  1 C 165-00 031\/33  (1964) Cast includes Janowitz, Gedda, Berry, Popp, and Frick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zauberflote-Whiteface-Blackface.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zauberflote-Whiteface-Blackface.png 652w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zauberflote-Whiteface-Blackface-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><figcaption>Janet Williams as Pamina in  <em>Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em> at the Berliner Staatsoper. <br>Note the Monstatos (tenor Andreas Schmidt) in blackface. Photo by Monika Rittershaus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-6f06b070\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-921e4e04\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zalberflote-04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2252\" width=\"641\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zalberflote-04.png 737w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zalberflote-04-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><figcaption>Janet Williams as Pamina and Roman Trekel as Papageno in  <em>Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em> at the Berliner Staatsoper. <br>Photo by Monika Rittershaus.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:57px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-987d792a\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: O mio babbino caro (<em>Gianni Schicchi<\/em>). Janet Williams, Lauretta, Lawrence Gee, piano. Live performance, Detroit, MI, January 1989. Private recording provided by the artist.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-28ef6df0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/crop-0-0-603-480-0-crop-0-0-603-480-0-crop-0-0-603-480-0-Janet-as-Lauretta.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2332\" width=\"617\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/crop-0-0-603-480-0-crop-0-0-603-480-0-crop-0-0-603-480-0-Janet-as-Lauretta.jpg 603w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/crop-0-0-603-480-0-crop-0-0-603-480-0-crop-0-0-603-480-0-Janet-as-Lauretta-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><figcaption>Janet Williams as Lauretta in <em>Gianni Schicchi<\/em>, Merola Opera Program, Summer 1987.<br>With Catherine Keen and Mark Delavan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:76px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-68bffbe5\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w3FfK2ir-mM\" target=\"_blank\">Tornami a dir che m&#8217;ami (<em>Don Pasquale<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Ileana Cotrubas, Norina; Alfredo Kraus, Ernesto, Bruno Bartoletti, conductor. Live performance, 02 November 1974,  Lyric Opera of Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-6f336622\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Cotrubas-as-Norina.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2334\" width=\"572\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Cotrubas-as-Norina.jpg 518w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Cotrubas-as-Norina-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><figcaption>Ileana Cotrubas as Norina in <em>Don Pasquale<\/em>.<br>One of the very few singers who could make this role bearable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-1965d025\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large advgb-dyn-1154b29f\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-and-Ethel-Evans-Alice-Cunningham-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-and-Ethel-Evans-Alice-Cunningham-2.png 591w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-and-Ethel-Evans-Alice-Cunningham-2-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><figcaption>Janet working the role of Norina with acting coach Ethel Evans. Merola Program 1987.<br>Photos by Alice Cunningham.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large advgb-dyn-ba476ab3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-43.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-43.png 593w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-43-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-13857eb0\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gioachino Rossini: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Nella testa un campanello (Act I finale, L'Italiana in Algeri) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8vx-deKLJFk\" target=\"_blank\">Nella testa un campanello (Act I finale, <em>L&#8217;Italiana in Algeri<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Kathleen Battle (Elvira); Marilyn Horne (Isabella); Ernesto Palacio (Lindoro); Samuel Ramey (Mustaf\u00e0), Nicola Zaccaria (Haly); Domenico Trimarchi (Taddeo); Clara Foti (Zulma); Claudio Scimone conducting I Solisti Veneti; RCA Records  ARL3-3855\/Erato Records  STU 71 394 (1981)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-a6343f43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SF-Italiana-with-Horne-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2338\" width=\"485\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SF-Italiana-with-Horne-1.png 423w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SF-Italiana-with-Horne-1-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><figcaption>Janet Williams, Marilyn Horne and  Alfonso Antoniozzi in <em>L&#8217;Italiana in Algeri<\/em>,<br>San Francisco Opera, 1992.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-6f06b070\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large advgb-dyn-849c8f18\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fassbaender-popp-rosenkavalier-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fassbaender-popp-rosenkavalier-2.jpg 377w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fassbaender-popp-rosenkavalier-2-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><figcaption>Brigitte Fassbaender and Lucia Popp: Perfection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ist ein Traum (Der Rosenkavalier) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sSVtwdVK210\" target=\"_blank\">Ist ein Traum (<em>Der Rosenkavalier<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian); Lucia Popp (Sophie); Carlos Kleiber conducting the Bayerisches Staatsorchester. Live Recording, Bayerischer Staatsoper, 13 July 1973. Cast includes Claire Watson, Karl Ridderbusch, and Gerhard Unger, Benno Kusche, David Thaw, and Margarethe Bence. <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Orfeo Records  C 581 083 D (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orfeo-international.de\/pages\/cd_c581083d_e.html\" target=\"_blank\">Orfeo Records  C 581 083D<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-af21a01c\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-8404f800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/JWilliams-HDonath-Rosenkavalier-Washington-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2391\" width=\"632\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/JWilliams-HDonath-Rosenkavalier-Washington-1.png 958w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/JWilliams-HDonath-Rosenkavalier-Washington-1-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/JWilliams-HDonath-Rosenkavalier-Washington-1-768x344.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><figcaption>Janet Williams as Sophie and Helen Donath as the Marschallin. Washington Opera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-4e0e1caf\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-5024326c\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Jeritza.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2339\" width=\"478\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Jeritza.jpg 271w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Jeritza-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><figcaption>An extremely overwrought Maria Jeritza as Tosca.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Vissi d'arte (Tosca) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZGlWwZFS7X0\" target=\"_blank\">Vissi d&#8217;arte (<em>Tosca<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong> Maria Jeritza (Tosca). RCA Victor 1346 (17 February 1928). Reissued on Preiser Lebendige Vergangenheit  89079. I can&#8217;t help but note that, at least on the basis of her recordings, Maria Jeritza is an extremely flawed artist. Hers is one of the strangest recordings of Vissi d&#8217;arte I have ever heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-4e0e1caf\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-482562b1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lloyd-Dan-and-Destynee-@-Sally-Bowles.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2348\" width=\"430\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lloyd-Dan-and-Destynee-@-Sally-Bowles.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lloyd-Dan-and-Destynee-@-Sally-Bowles-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><figcaption>Dan, Lloyd, and Destynee after our performance @ Sally Bowles,<br>Berlin, April 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kurt Weill: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RMEdDbjvQ5E\" target=\"_blank\">My Ship (Lady in the Dark)<\/a><\/strong>. Daniel Gundlach and Lloyd Arriola. Live performance in New York, October 2015. I promise when I get my hands on some of my archival recorded material from La Gran Scena that I will share it with you here. The accompanying picture was taken after our Berlin performance on 13 April 2014 at the Sally Bowles cabaret with <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Destynee Williams (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/williamsDestynee\/\" target=\"_blank\">Destynee Williams<\/a><\/strong>, our friend and hostess with the mostest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-d18e06f8\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large advgb-dyn-ea33531c\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janowitz-Hamburg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janowitz-Hamburg.jpg 755w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janowitz-Hamburg-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><figcaption>My beloved &#8220;Gundy&#8221; Janowitz, Hamburg, 1963.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ach, ich f\u00fchl's (Die Zauberfl\u00f6te) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3FmZeHfXKBY\" target=\"_blank\">Ach, ich f\u00fchl&#8217;s (Die Zauberfl\u00f6te)<\/a><\/strong>. Janowitz (Pamina). Live recording from Aix-en-Provence, 1963.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-09eab42d\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-2d4661f6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ruth-Ann.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2356\" width=\"228\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ruth-Ann.jpg 593w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ruth-Ann-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><figcaption>The artist in question:<br>the marvelous Ms. Swenson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EpwkJQsX9vw\" target=\"_blank\">Je veux vivre (<em>Rom\u00e9o et Juliette<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Ruth Ann Swenson; Nicola Rescigno conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. From <em>Positively Golden: Coloratura Arias<\/em> (EMI Records  0777 7 54827 2 0, 1994)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-af21a01c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to covering Ruth Ann Swenson in the role of Juliette, Janet Williams sang Juliette&#8217;s waltz &#8220;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Je veux vivre (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=65-w3gs1TwM\" target=\"_blank\">Je veux vivre<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; on a 1997 San Francisco Gala concert that was broadcast across the United States. Click on the link to hear her performance and check out the video stills below! Donald Runnicles conducts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex advgb-dyn-c6c322c2\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"270\" data-id=\"2394\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-singing-Juliette-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-singing-Juliette-2.jpg 466w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-singing-Juliette-2-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"362\" data-id=\"2409\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala.jpg 624w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"365\" data-id=\"2408\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-9.jpg 625w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-9-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"380\" data-id=\"2407\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-8-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-8-1.jpg 626w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-8-1-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"370\" data-id=\"2406\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-7.jpg 625w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-7-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"367\" data-id=\"2405\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-6.jpg 627w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-6-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"362\" data-id=\"2404\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-5.jpg 632w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-5-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"356\" data-id=\"2403\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-4.jpg 629w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-4-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"366\" data-id=\"2402\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-3.jpg 621w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-3-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"358\" data-id=\"2401\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-2.jpg 621w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-2-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"365\" data-id=\"2414\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-1-1.jpg 628w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-at-SF-Gala-1-1-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">The glorious Janet Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:62px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-82fb6f36\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-1ecc2357\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kraus.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2353\" width=\"271\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kraus.jpg 412w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kraus-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><figcaption>Alfredo Kraus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qC-y5f-pSy4\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ah! l\u00e8ve-toi, soleil (<em>Rom\u00e9o et Juliette<\/em><\/strong>)<\/a>. Alfredo Kraus, Michel Plasson conducting the Orchestre du Capitole du Toulouse, EMI Classics 157 27 0142 3 (1984). Cast includes Catherine Malfitano, Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Gabriel Bacquier, Gino Quilico, Kurt Ollmann, Charles Burles, and Jocelyne Taillon. I saw Kraus sing Rom\u00e9o late in his career at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qoUt9OuPYY4&amp;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Lyric Opera of Chicago, opposite Mirella Freni as his Juliette in 1981 (opens in a new tab)\">Lyric Opera of Chicago, opposite Mirella Freni as his Juliette in 1981<\/a><\/strong>. It was one of my peak opera-going experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-fc589dc8\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-658eaf0d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zeani.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2354\" width=\"191\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zeani.jpg 386w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Zeani-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><figcaption>Virginia Zeani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sempre libera (La Traviata) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DpoCB0Hl6lE?t=1054\" target=\"_blank\">Sempre libera (<em>La Traviata<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Virginia Zeani (Violetta); William McAlpine (Alfredo); Nello Santi conducting the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Live performance, 13 January 1960. Zeani stepped in at the Eleventh Hour to save the show when Joan Sutherland became indisposed without benefit of a stage rehearsal or even having met her colleagues in advance. The Romanian soprano, who just celebrated her 94th birthday, was particularly celebrated for her Violetta, but commanded an enormous repertoire, which she performed with taste and guts over the course of a long career. Among other career highlights, she created the role of Blanche in the world premiere (in Italian) of Poulenc&#8217;s <em>Les Dialogues des Carm\u00e9lites<\/em> at La Scala in 1957.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-4c545ac8\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large advgb-dyn-7344f5aa\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Gianna-Rolandi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2357\"\/><figcaption>Gianna Rolandi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaetano Donizetti: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tbk3CEYM3vQ\" target=\"_blank\">Regnava nel silenzio (<em>Lucia di Lammermoor<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Gianna Rolandi (Lucia), Judith Somogi, conductor; live telecast from the New York City Opera, 10 April 1982. I think I must have been living under a rock: I never before realized that Ms Rolandi had married the conductor Andrew Davis in 1989!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-a1f5334f\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large advgb-dyn-ed6eb6ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kathy-Battle-Despina.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kathy-Battle-Despina.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kathy-Battle-Despina-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Kathleen Battle as Despina, Metropolitan Opera, 1982. Photo by Winnie Klotz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Una donna a quindici anni (Cos\u00ec fan tutte) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NZYzHdjsXsA\" target=\"_blank\">Una donna a quindici anni (<em>Cos\u00ec fan tutte<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Kathleen Battle (Despina); Riccardo Muti conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker.  <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naxos.com\/catalogue\/item.asp?item_code=DVWW-OPCFTSF\" target=\"_blank\">Performance from the 1983 Salzburg Festival<\/a><\/strong>, directed by Michael Hampe. Cast includes Margaret Marshall, Francisco Araiza, James Morris, and Sesto Bruscantini. A live recording of the 1982 production. featuring the same cast with the exception of Agnes Baltsa (rather than 1983&#8217;s Ann Murray) as Dorabella, <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"was released on the EMI label (1C 157 1435163) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Mozart-Riccardo-Muti-Cos%C3%AC-Fan-Tutte\/release\/5242197\" target=\"_blank\">was released on the EMI label (1C 157 1435163)<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7nHiuUYt0h0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Scene with the Blumenm\u00e4dchen (Parsifal) (opens in a new tab)\">Scene with the Blumenm\u00e4dchen (<em>Parsifal<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Constance Hauman,&nbsp;Daniela Bechly,&nbsp;Edith Wiens,  Hilda Leidland,&nbsp;Pamela Coburn,&nbsp;Sally Burgess (Blumenm\u00e4dchen); Siegfried Jerusalem (Parsifal); Daniel Barenboim conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker. Cast also includes Waltraud Meier, Jos\u00e9 van Dam, Matthias H\u00f6lle&nbsp;G\u00fcnter von Kannen, and&nbsp;John Tomlinson. Telcdec Classics  9031-74448-2 (1991).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large advgb-dyn-f567b3b1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Hans-Beirer-as-Parsifal-1024x728.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Hans-Beirer-as-Parsifal-1024x728.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Hans-Beirer-as-Parsifal-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Hans-Beirer-as-Parsifal-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Hans-Beirer-as-Parsifal.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Hans Beirer as Parsifal with the  Blumenm\u00e4dchen, Bayreuth 1959. The Flower Maidens include <br>Ruth-Margaret P\u00fctz, Rita Bartos, Gisela Schr\u00f6ter, Dorothea Siebert, and Elisabeth Witzmann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-4c6f868a\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large advgb-dyn-4a8f7c6e\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Camilla-Hands.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Camilla-Hands.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Camilla-Hands-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption>Camilla Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ritorna vincitor (Aida). (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iuyLIkCxiFo\" target=\"_blank\">Ritorna vincitor (Aida).<\/a><\/strong> (from <em><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Verdi-New-York-City-Opera-Company-Camilla-Williams-Lydia-Ibarrondo-Giulio-Gari-Lawrence-Winters-Oper\/master\/1558700\" target=\"_blank\">Aida<\/a><\/strong><\/em><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Verdi-New-York-City-Opera-Company-Camilla-Williams-Lydia-Ibarrondo-Giulio-Gari-Lawrence-Winters-Oper\/master\/1558700\" target=\"_blank\"> excerpts, MGM Records, K81, ca. 1951<\/a><\/strong>).   Camilla Williams (Aida); L\u00e1szl\u00f3  Halasz conducts the New York City Opera Orchestra. Additional cast includes Lawrence Winters (Amonoasro); Giulio Gari, Radames; and Lydia Ibarrondo, Amneris. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-4e0e1caf\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large advgb-dyn-46e79bfb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-in-San-Francisco.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-in-San-Francisco.jpg 376w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-in-San-Francisco-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><figcaption>Janet Williams in concert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert: Die Forelle. Janet Williams, soprano; Lawrence Gee, pianist. Live recording from Detroit, January 1989. Private recording provided by the artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-1aac33ff\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-047f6064\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Battle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2362\" width=\"391\" height=\"263\"\/><figcaption>Miss Battle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional American Spiritual: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Over My Head I Hear Music in the Air (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n1nC1sZcb0M\" target=\"_blank\">Over My Head I Hear Music in the Air<\/a><\/strong>. Kathleen Battle, soprano. From <em>Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall<\/em> (Margo Garrett, pianist). Recorded live 27 April 1991, Deutsche Grammophon 435 440-2 (1992)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EIPO7rMItBQ\" target=\"_blank\">Ridente la calma<\/a><\/strong>. Kathleen Battle, soprano; James Levine, pianist. From <em>Salzburg Recital<\/em> (recorded live at the 1984 Salzburg Festival). Deutsche Grammophon  415 361-2 (1986).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u00e9o Delibes: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bCBLOF77yuw\" target=\"_blank\">O\u00f9 va la jeune Hindoue  [Air des Clochettes] (<em>Lakm\u00e9<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Joan Sutherland; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. From <em>The Art of the Prima Donna<\/em>, Decca  SXL 2257 (1960).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-7ba3a052\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sutherland-Lakme-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2364\" width=\"338\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sutherland-Lakme-2.jpg 261w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sutherland-Lakme-2-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><figcaption>Joan Sutherland wearying of her headdress<br>in the title role of <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bCBLOF77yuw\" target=\"_blank\">Lakm\u00e9<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em> Seattle Opera 1967<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ralph Maria&nbsp;Siegel, Aldo von Pinelli: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c9PAugCMNHQ\" target=\"_blank\">Ich hab&#8217; noch einen Koffer in Berlin<\/a><\/strong>. Marlene Dietrich. Columbia  4-40497, 1954. I have a great sentimental attachment to this song, which Marlene Dietrich made her own. This is a portion of the text along with my own English translation.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-d3ca5373\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dietrich.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2366\" width=\"505\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dietrich.jpg 769w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dietrich-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><figcaption>The incomparable Marlene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ich hab&#8217; noch einen Koffer in Berlin, \/ Deswegen muss ich n\u00e4chstens wieder hin. \/ Die Seligkeiten vergangener Zeiten \/ Sie sind alle noch in meinem kleinen Koffer drin.&nbsp;\/ Ich hab&#8217; noch einen Koffer in Berlin, \/ Der bleibt auch dort, und das hat seinen Sinn. \/ Auf diese Weise lohnt sich die Reise, \/ Denn wenn ich Sehnsucht hab&#8217;, dann fahr&#8217; ich wieder hin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I still have a suitcase in Berlin, \/ So therefore I have to go back soon \/ The joys of past days \/ Are all stored in my little suitcase. \/ I still have a suitcase in Berlin, \/ It remains there, and there&#8217;s a good reason for that: \/ In this way, the trip is worth it, \/ For when the longing hits me, then I go back!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large advgb-dyn-5ba29fb4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-Craig-and-Regine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-Craig-and-Regine.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-Craig-and-Regine-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Janet-Craig-and-Regine-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Francis Poulenc:   <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"H\u00f4tel (from the  Banalit\u00e9s) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=boe70ndCVN8\" target=\"_blank\">H\u00f4tel (from the cycl<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=boe70ndCVN8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"H\u00f4tel (from the  Banalit\u00e9s) (opens in a new tab)\">e<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"H\u00f4tel (from the  Banalit\u00e9s) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=boe70ndCVN8\" target=\"_blank\"> <em>Banalit\u00e9s<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. R\u00e9gine Crespin, soprano; John Wustman, pianist. From <em>Song Recital (Schumann, Wolf, Debussy, Poulenc)<\/em>. Decca Records  SXL 6333. Next week&#8217;s program will be all about Crespin, so stay tuned! In the meanwhile, a couple pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large advgb-dyn-729ddb46\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"936\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Crespin-La-Francaise.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Crespin-La-Francaise.jpg 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Crespin-La-Francaise-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption> R\u00e9gine Crespin. They just don&#8217;t come any greater. Or any more French!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large advgb-dyn-52f1060d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"901\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Crespin-with-Flowers-and-Cigarette.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Crespin-with-Flowers-and-Cigarette.jpg 590w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Crespin-with-Flowers-and-Cigarette-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption>Je veux fumer&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Crespin-and-Wustman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Crespin-and-Wustman.jpg 636w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Crespin-and-Wustman-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption>Crespin and Wustman. How I love this photo!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large advgb-dyn-609e34c1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/John-Wustman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/John-Wustman.jpg 666w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/John-Wustman-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption>John Wustman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Side Note: John Wustman was my teacher at the University of Illinois in Urbana and he was my most significant mentor. I treasure his friendship to this day. He has had an enormous influence over my development as a musician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"874\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Gundlach-Wustman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Gundlach-Wustman.jpg 874w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Gundlach-Wustman-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Gundlach-Wustman-768x605.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><figcaption>After one of my master&#8217;s recitals ca. 1986.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dan-and-JW.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dan-and-JW.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dan-and-JW-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dan-and-JW-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>And more than 30 years later.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-ab358dc7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dan-at-Merola-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2374\" width=\"461\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dan-at-Merola-1.jpg 319w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dan-at-Merola-1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><figcaption>And while we&#8217;re on the subject of Dan, here&#8217;s a photo of me at Merola in the summer of 1987, accompanying baritone Eric McCluskey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-0d355145\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Crespin-Ariadne-Aix.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2379\" width=\"348\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Crespin-Ariadne-Aix.jpg 307w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Crespin-Ariadne-Aix-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><figcaption>Crespin as Ariadne, Aix 1966.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss: Echo excerpt from <em>Ariadne auf Naxos<\/em>. This recording is, in fact, with  R\u00e9gine Crespin in a rare outing in the title role. Alongside Crespin in this brief excerpt Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Debiqui is heard as Echo. The live performance is from the 1966 Aix-en-Provence Festival and <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"is available (in not-great-sound) from Opera Depot (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/operadepot.com\/products\/strauss-ariadne-auf-naxos-crespin-troyanos-mesple?_pos=1&amp;_sid=3dd21b47d&amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\">is available (in not-great-sound) from Opera Depot<\/a><\/strong>.  The cast is amazing: Mady Mespl\u00e9 is Zerbinetta; Tatiana Troyanos is the Komponist; Jean Cox is Bacchus; Rachel Yakar is Najade; Paul Sch\u00f6ffler is the Musiklehrer; and the Commedia figures include Robert Kerns and a very young Jos\u00e9 van Dam. You can <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mkhb926mMLQ\" target=\"_blank\">see and hear Mespl\u00e9 sing the Zerbinetta aria here<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/fresques.ina.fr\/en-scenes\/fiche-media\/Scenes01119\/regine-crespin-chante-le-role-titre-d-ariane-a-naxos-au-festival-d-aix.html\" target=\"_blank\">watch Crespin negotiate <em>Es gibt ein Reich<\/em> here<\/a><\/strong> (with not insubstantial discomfort). Georges S\u00e9bastien is the conductor.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-6064753b\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pearl-Bailey.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2381\" width=\"305\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pearl-Bailey.jpg 476w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pearl-Bailey-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><figcaption>Love, Pearl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Beat Out That Rhythm on a Drum (Carmen Jones) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UQX9fIhUkbs\" target=\"_blank\">Beat Out That Rhythm on a Drum (<em>Carmen Jones<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Pearl Bailey (Frankie); Herschel B. Gilbert conductor. RCA Records, LM-1881. This is from the <em>Carmen Jones<\/em> soundtrack (which incidentally featured Marilyn Horne dubbing the voice of Dorothy Dandridge in the title role!) Pearl Bailey always used to irritate me, but that is before I really <em>got<\/em> her. Now I just love me some Pearl!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-6e062361\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel: <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Se piet\u00e0 di me non senti (Giulio Cesare) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QVZliSmEk7E&amp;t=302s\" target=\"_blank\">Se piet\u00e0 di me non senti (<em>Giulio Cesare<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>.  Leontyne Price (Cleopatra); Arnold Gamson, conductor. Live performance with the American Opera Society, 9 October 1956. I love this big, blowsy, unstylistic Handel performances, especially when the voice heard is as rich and pristine as the young Leontyne. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-abd02ac6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Leontyne-Cleopatra.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2384\" width=\"568\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Leontyne-Cleopatra.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Leontyne-Cleopatra-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><figcaption>Leontyne Price as an altogether different Cleopatra: Samuel Barber&#8217;s that is!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Carl Heinrich Graun: Ah! dirti non poss&#8217;io. Janet Williams (Cleopatra); Ren\u00e9 Jacobs conducts the Concerto K\u00f6ln. Harmonia Mundi Records  HMC90 1561\/3 (1996). The cast also includes Iris Vermillion, Lynne Dawson, Jeffrey Francis, Robert Gambill, Ralf Popken, and Klaus H\u00e4ger.<\/p>\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 advgb-dyn-3dfbbbd9\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"2270\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Graun-Cleopatra-e-Cesare-02-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Graun-Cleopatra-e-Cesare-02-1.png 418w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Graun-Cleopatra-e-Cesare-02-1-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"590\" data-id=\"2273\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Graun-Cleopatra-e-Cesare-05-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Graun-Cleopatra-e-Cesare-05-1.png 425w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Graun-Cleopatra-e-Cesare-05-1-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"589\" data-id=\"2272\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Graun-Cleopatra-e-Cesare-04-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Graun-Cleopatra-e-Cesare-04-1.png 882w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Graun-Cleopatra-e-Cesare-04-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Graun-Cleopatra-e-Cesare-04-1-768x513.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"467\" height=\"591\" data-id=\"2269\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Graun-Cleopatra-e-Cesare-01-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Graun-Cleopatra-e-Cesare-01-1.png 467w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Graun-Cleopatra-e-Cesare-01-1-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"595\" data-id=\"2271\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Graun-Cleopatra-e-Cesare-03-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Graun-Cleopatra-e-Cesare-03-1.png 644w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Graun-Cleopatra-e-Cesare-03-1-300x277.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"191\" height=\"588\" data-id=\"2232\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/JWilliams-Graun-Cleopatra-Obelisk.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/JWilliams-Graun-Cleopatra-Obelisk.png 191w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/JWilliams-Graun-Cleopatra-Obelisk-97x300.png 97w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Janet Williams as Cleopatra in <em>Cleopatra e Cesare<\/em>, Berliner Staatsoper.<br>Photos by Monika Rittershaus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-6d4aed6e\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Roman Hinze [translator]: Verliebt [It&#8217;s Love] (reprise) (<em>Wonderful Town<\/em>).  Sarah Sch\u00fctz (Ruth); Bryan Rothfuss (Baker);  Olivia Delaur\u00e9  (Eileen); Peter Christian Feigel leads the Orchester und Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden. HitSquad Records 668385 (2017). Live recording derived from performances given during the Dresden Staatsoperette&#8217;s 2016-17 season. I wanted to close the episode with a love song that was a hybrid American-German concoction. Because I had written an article about <em>Wonderful Town<\/em>  in 2016 for a publication by the Dresden Staatsoperette related to its new production, I knew this would be the <em>perfect<\/em> closer for this episode!<\/p>\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 advgb-dyn-fbdc4fc5\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"2428\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dan-Janet-COLD.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dan-Janet-COLD.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dan-Janet-COLD-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dan-Janet-COLD-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"2429\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dan-and-Janet-after-Master-Class.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dan-and-Janet-after-Master-Class.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Dan-and-Janet-after-Master-Class-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"2430\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/With-Janet-in-Berlin-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/With-Janet-in-Berlin-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/With-Janet-in-Berlin-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/With-Janet-in-Berlin-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 9. Janet Williams Interview Part 2. Serendipity @ Merola SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE 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href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/african-american-opera-singers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">African American Opera Singers<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/african-american-singers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">African American Singers<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/countermelody-conversations\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Countermelody Conversations<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/interview\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Interview<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">African American Opera Singers<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">African American Singers<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Countermelody Conversations<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Interview<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a 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