{"id":2982,"date":"2020-01-18T04:41:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T03:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=2982"},"modified":"2020-03-03T05:11:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T04:11:46","slug":"episode-18-elisabeth-soderstrom-needle-drop-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/18\/episode-18-elisabeth-soderstrom-needle-drop-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 18. Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m (Needle Drop IV)"},"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-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\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\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><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 18.  <strong>Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m<\/strong> Sings Everything (Needle Drop IV)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=71-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 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-coblocks-buttons\"><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-buttons__inner flex-align-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignright\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Album-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Album-Cover.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Album-Cover-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, the elegant, vibrant, vulnerable, musically scrupulous, dramatically committed, Swedish soprano (7 May 1927&nbsp;\u2013 20 November 2009) is celebrated in this episode with an airing of her rare 1972 vocal recital for Swedish EMI which features her in a wide range of musical styles from early Baroque opera to the Swedish composer Ture Rangstr\u00f6m, with side trips to Mozart, Gluck, and Debussy. These works buttress vocally sumptuous, dramatically-charged performances of extended scenes from two of her signature roles, Tatyana in <em>Yevgeny Onegin<\/em> and the Gr\u00e4fin in <em>Capriccio<\/em>, representing this beloved artist in her absolute vocal and artistic prime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-heighth-of-beauty-718x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3310\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-heighth-of-beauty.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=3310\" class=\"wp-image-3310 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-heighth-of-beauty-718x1024.jpg 718w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-heighth-of-beauty-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-heighth-of-beauty-768x1095.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-heighth-of-beauty.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Before I get into a short description of each item heard on this week&#8217;s episode, I wanted to offer you a few links of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rosenkavalier Trio<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-344.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-344.png 632w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-344-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><figcaption>A screenshot from the linked performance.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I mention on the podcast having heard a live performance of Strauss&#8217;s <em>Der Rosenkavalier <\/em>on 20 May 1983 during the Minneapolis leg of the Metropolitan Opera tour with the dream cast of Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m as the Marschallin, Frederica von Stade as Octavian, and Kathleen Battle as Sophie. I found a YouTube link to a performance of the Act III trio with this same cast.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" This clip is from the Met's 100th Anniversary Gala the following fall, 22 October 1983. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k0KvIGx1Kwg\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" This clip is from the Met's 100th Anniversary Gala the following fall, 22 October 1983. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k0KvIGx1Kwg\" target=\"_blank\">This clip is from the Met&#8217;s 100th Anniversary Gala the following fall, 22 October 1983<\/a> <\/strong>and gives a sense of what I heard at Northrop Auditorium several months earlier, but without costumes. Amazingly, apart from two performances by these three singers of the excerpted trio, this cast was <em>only <\/em> heard on the Met Tour, which unfortunately are a thing of the past. S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m sang the role of the Marschallin in the Met house only three times, in the Winter of 1987, where her colleagues included Brigitte Fassbaender and Barbara Hendricks (!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Desert Island Discs Interview<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-346-1024x532.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-346-1024x532.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-346-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-346-768x399.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-346.png 1046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A screenshot of the BBC Radio&#8217;s webpage of the linked interview.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m&#8217;s command of the English language was impeccable and, like her persona, charming and engaging. I listened to and read a number of interviews with her in preparation for this episode. Here is a link to <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"her 14 December 1979 appearance (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p009mwrw\" target=\"_blank\">her 14 December 1979 appearance<\/a><\/strong> on the legendary BBC radio program <em>Desert Island Discs<\/em>.  Her ability to spin a wonderful narrative and her sometimes self-deprecating sense of humo(u)r come through in a deliciously vivid way. Please give it a  listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:63px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Living Opera<\/em> interview<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-348.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-348.png 724w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-348-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption>Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m as Daisy Doody in Karl-Birger Blomdahl&#8217;s space opera <em>Aniara<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"link to a 1959 interview on Living Opera program (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/story\/elisabeth-soderstrom\/\" target=\"_blank\">link to a 1959 interview on <em>Living Opera<\/em> program<\/a><\/strong> which was hosted by <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Alan Wagner (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/story\/living-opera-alan-wagner\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Wagner<\/a><\/strong> and which ran from 1958-1968 on WNYC Radio. S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m had recently debuted her <em>Figaro<\/em> Susanna at the Met. She speaks about Susanna, her wide-ranging repertoire (which even at the time also included Marie in <em>Wozzeck<\/em> and Butterfly), and what it was like being a member of the ensemble of the Royal Swedish Opera. One can explore the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"archives of this program on the WNYC website. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/series\/living-opera\" target=\"_blank\">archives of this program on the WNYC website.<\/a><\/strong> Featuring rare and often revelatory interviews with some of the greatest operatic practitioners of that era, it is an invaluable resource, to say the least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bruce Duffie Interview<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The prodigiously prolific music journalist Bruce Duffie <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"conducted an interview with today's Woman in Question in August 1997 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bruceduffie.com\/soderstrom.html\" target=\"_blank\">conducted an interview with today&#8217;s Woman in Question in August 1997<\/a><\/strong>. Once again, her warmth and insight come through here in full force. Below are the covers of some of S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m&#8217;s many recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-in-concert.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3355\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=3355\" class=\"wp-image-3355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-in-concert.jpg 449w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-in-concert-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-in-concert-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RStrauss.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RStrauss-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tchaikovsky.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3367\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tchaikovsky.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=3367\" class=\"wp-image-3367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tchaikovsky.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tchaikovsky-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tchaikovsky-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soderstrom-45.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3366\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soderstrom-45.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=3366\" class=\"wp-image-3366 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soderstrom-45.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soderstrom-45-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soderstrom-45-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:30px\" class=\"has-custom-size\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All of these selections were recorded in Norrk\u00f6ping on 23 &amp; 24 October 1972 and issued in 1973 by Swedish EMI (4E 061-34788), Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m is accompanied by the  Symfoniorkestern Norrk\u00f6ping [SON] conducted by Ulf Bj\u00f6rlin (1933-1993).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"884\" height=\"887\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-back-cover-of-book-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-back-cover-of-book-2.jpg 884w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-back-cover-of-book-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-back-cover-of-book-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-back-cover-of-book-2-768x771.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> Anonymous Italian: Neapolitan Mourning Song, arr. Claude G\u00e9netay (1917-1992)<\/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 columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Susanna-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3323\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Susanna-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=3323\" class=\"wp-image-3323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Susanna-2.jpg 414w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Susanna-2-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"291\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Countess-Nozze.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3322\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Countess-Nozze.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=3322\" class=\"wp-image-3322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Countess-Nozze.jpg 291w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Countess-Nozze-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"> Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m as Susanna (L) and the Countess (R) in Mozart&#8217;s <em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838): Non so pi\u00f9 cosa son (<em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>)<\/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 aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Bo-Bergman.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3314\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Bo-Bergman.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=3314\" class=\"wp-image-3314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Bo-Bergman.jpg 220w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Bo-Bergman-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">Bo Bergman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ture-Rangstrom.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3315\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ture-Rangstrom.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=3315\" class=\"wp-image-3315\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Ture  Rangstr\u00f6m<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ture Rangstr\u00f6m (1884-1947), Bo Bergman (1869-1967): Hennes Ord [Her Words]<\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"946\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Tchaikovsky-Vladimir-Davidov.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3316\"\/><figcaption>Tchaikovsky and his beloved nephew Vladimir Davydov  (1871\u20131906)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pyotr Il&#8217;yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837):  \u041f\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u0433\u0438\u0431\u043d\u0443 \u044f [Puskay pogibnu ya] (Tatyana&#8217;s Letter Scene) (<em>Yevgeny Onegin<\/em>)<\/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 columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Debussy.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3319\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Debussy.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=3319\" class=\"wp-image-3319\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">Claude Debussy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"904\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Guinand-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3318\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=3318\" class=\"wp-image-3318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Guinand-2.jpg 541w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Guinand-2-180x300.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> \u00c9douard Guinand<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Claude Debussy (1862-1918), \u00c9douard Guinand (1838-1909): L&#8217;ann\u00e9e en vain chasse l&#8217;ann\u00e9e (<em>L&#8217;enfant prodigue<\/em>)<\/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 columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Jessye-Alceste-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3312\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=3312\" class=\"wp-image-3312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Jessye-Alceste-2.png 365w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Jessye-Alceste-2-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"266\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/JB-Alceste-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3313\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/JB-Alceste-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=3313\" class=\"wp-image-3313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/JB-Alceste-2.jpg 266w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/JB-Alceste-2-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">Two famous interpreters of Alceste: Jessye Norman (L) and Janet Baker (R)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), Ranieri de&#8217; Calzabigi (1714-1795), Fran\u00e7ois-Louis Gand le Bland du Roullet (1716-1786): Divinit\u00e9s du Styx (<em>Alceste<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soderstrom-Capriccio.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soderstrom-Capriccio.png 507w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soderstrom-Capriccio-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><figcaption> Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m as the<em> Capriccio<\/em> Gr\u00e4fin, Glyndebourne 1976<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Clemens Krauss (1893-1954): Morgen Mittag um elf! [Schlu\u00dfszene] (<em>Capriccio<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Strauss-Krauss-2-1024x751.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Strauss-Krauss-2-1024x751.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Strauss-Krauss-2-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Strauss-Krauss-2-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Strauss-Krauss-2.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Clemens Krauss and Richard Strauss<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-and-RG-Rosenkavalier.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3324\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=3324\" class=\"wp-image-3324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-and-RG-Rosenkavalier.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-and-RG-Rosenkavalier-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ES-Butterfly.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3325\" 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Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m Sings Everything (Needle Drop IV) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, the elegant, vibrant, vulnerable, musically&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[808],"tags":[885,875,891,153,501,868,889,887,882,294,877,888,874,304,871,870,890,869,872,881,329,892,867,873,866,886,34,876,880],"class_list":["post-2982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-needle-drop","tag-alceste","tag-bo-bergman","tag-capriccio","tag-christoph-willibald-gluck","tag-claude-debussy","tag-claude-genetay","tag-clemens-krauss","tag-divinites-du-styx","tag-edouard-guinand","tag-elisabeth-soderstrom","tag-eugene-onegin","tag-francois-louis-gand-le-bland-du-roullet","tag-hennes-ord","tag-janet-baker","tag-le-nozze-di-figaro","tag-lorenzo-da-ponte","tag-morgen-mittag-um-elf","tag-neopolitan-mourning-song","tag-non-so-piu-cosa-son","tag-puskay-pogibnu-ya","tag-richard-strauss","tag-schlusszene-capriccio","tag-symfoniorkestern-norrkoping","tag-ture-rangstrom","tag-ulf-bjorlin","tag-vladimir-ashkenazy","tag-wolfgang-amadeus-mozart","tag-yevgeny-onegin","tag-880"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soderstrom-Young-3-300x132.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a 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