{"id":4398,"date":"2020-04-26T00:28:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T22:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=4398"},"modified":"2020-04-26T07:43:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T05:43:37","slug":"episode-32-fedora-barbieri-mezzo-madness-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/26\/episode-32-fedora-barbieri-mezzo-madness-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 32. Fedora Barbieri (Mezzo Madness III)"},"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 32.  Fedora Barbieri (Mezzo Madness III)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=121-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-buttons alignleft is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\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>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" 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=\"472\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Eboli.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Eboli.jpg 472w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Eboli-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Italian mezzo-soprano Fedora Barbieri (1920-2003) was never a great favorite of mine. That is, until I recently came across her rare 1953 recording entitled <em>Fedora Barbieri Sings Old<\/em> <em>Italian Songs and Airs<\/em>, accompanied by Dick Marzollo, an assistant of Toscanini\u2019s and one of the principal coaches at the Met in the 1950s.Though possessed of an extraordinary voice, Barbieri\u2019s vocal problems prevented her from making her full mark in much of the dramatic mezzo-soprano repertoire in which her compatriot and arch-rival Giulietta Simionato excelled. However, in this recording of songs by Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Paisiello, Cherubini, Scarlatti, and others, recorded in New York for the Vox label, Barbieri reveals herself as that true <em>rara avis<\/em>, a classicist with guts. The episode also includes recordings from either end of Barbieri\u2019s five-decade-long career and begins with a tribute to the great American <em>jugendlich dramatisch Sopran<\/em> Arlene Saunders, who died last week at the age of 89.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" 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:55px\" 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=\"710\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Arlene-Saunders.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Arlene-Saunders.jpg 710w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Arlene-Saunders-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><figcaption>Arlene Saunders (1930-2020)<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss: Nimm denn Gold von mir (<em>Die Liebe der Danae<\/em>) Arlene Saunders (Danae), Charles Mackerras, BBC Symphony Orchestra [20 April 1980]<\/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=\"750\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-looking-scary.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-looking-scary.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-looking-scary-300x268.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Fedora Barbieri (1920-2003)<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Amilcare Ponchielli: Voce di donna o d&#8217;angelo (<em>La Gioconda<\/em>). Fedora Barbieri (La Cieca), Argeo Quadri, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano [rec. 1949]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" 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=\"1009\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-cover-1-1009x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-cover-1-1009x1024.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-cover-1-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-cover-1-768x779.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-cover-1.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><figcaption>This week&#8217;s featured recording (1953)<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fedora Barbieri Sings Old Italian Songs and Airs. Dick Marzollo, piano. Vox Records PL 7980 (recorded 1953):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Antonio Vivaldi: Un certo non so che<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Carissimi: Piangete, ohim\u00e8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel: Lascia ch&#8217;io pianga (<em>Rinaldo<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francesco Cavalli: Aff\u00e8! Aff\u00e9! mi fate ridere (<em>Serse<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alessandro Parisotti: Se tu m&#8217;ami (formerly attributed Giovanni Battista Pergolesi)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giovanni Paisiello: Nel cor pi\u00f9 non mi sento (<em>La molinara<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Claudio Monteverdi: Lasciatemi morire [Lamento d&#8217;Arianna] (<em>Arianna<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Antonio Caldara: Come raggio di sol<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luigi Cherubini: Ahi! che forse ai miei d\u00ec (<em>Demofonte<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alessandro Scarlatti: Le violette (<em>Pirro e Demetrio<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francesco Conti: Il mio bel foco&#8230; Quella fiamma (formerly attributed Benedetto Marcello)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giovanni Paisiello: Chi vuol la zingarella? (<em>I zingari n fiera<\/em>)e<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"766\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Zylis-Gara.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Zylis-Gara.jpg 766w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Zylis-Gara-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><figcaption>Teresa \u017bylis-Gara<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: Il Principe Gualtiero, vostro padre (<em>Suor Angelica<\/em>). Teresa \u017bylis-Gara (Angelica); Fedora Barbieri (La Zia Principessa) [26 February 1977]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" 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=\"776\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Opera-News-cover-776x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Opera-News-cover-776x1024.jpg 776w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Opera-News-cover-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Opera-News-cover-768x1014.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Opera-News-cover.jpg 1136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><figcaption>Barbieri and Italo Tajo featured on the cover of <em>Opera News<\/em> at the time of Barbieri&#8217;s final Met appearances<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Fedora Barbieri photo gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"782\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Azucena-782x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4412\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Azucena.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/episode-32-fedora-barbieri-mezzo-madness-iii\/barbieri-azucena\/\" class=\"wp-image-4412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Azucena-782x1024.jpg 782w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Azucena-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Azucena-768x1005.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Azucena.jpg 903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"781\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Amneris-Caracalla-781x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4411\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Amneris-Caracalla.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/episode-32-fedora-barbieri-mezzo-madness-iii\/barbieri-amneris-caracalla\/\" class=\"wp-image-4411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Amneris-Caracalla-781x1024.jpg 781w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Amneris-Caracalla-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Amneris-Caracalla-768x1007.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Amneris-Caracalla-1171x1536.jpg 1171w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Amneris-Caracalla.jpg 1220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Adalgisa-605x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4410\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Adalgisa.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/episode-32-fedora-barbieri-mezzo-madness-iii\/barbieri-adalgisa\/\" class=\"wp-image-4410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Adalgisa-605x1024.jpg 605w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Adalgisa-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Adalgisa.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"243\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Young.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4418\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Young.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/episode-32-fedora-barbieri-mezzo-madness-iii\/barbieri-young\/\" class=\"wp-image-4418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Young.jpg 243w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Young-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Carmen-837x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4413\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Carmen.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/episode-32-fedora-barbieri-mezzo-madness-iii\/barbieri-carmen\/\" class=\"wp-image-4413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Carmen-837x1024.jpg 837w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Carmen-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Carmen-768x939.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Carmen.jpg 884w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Eboli2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4414\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Eboli2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/episode-32-fedora-barbieri-mezzo-madness-iii\/barbieri-eboli2\/\" class=\"wp-image-4414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Eboli2.jpg 541w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Eboli2-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"995\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Quickly.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4416\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Quickly.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/episode-32-fedora-barbieri-mezzo-madness-iii\/barbieri-quickly\/\" class=\"wp-image-4416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Quickly.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Quickly-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-Quickly-768x746.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-young-n-charming.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4417\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-young-n-charming.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/episode-32-fedora-barbieri-mezzo-madness-iii\/barbieri-young-n-charming\/\" class=\"wp-image-4417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-young-n-charming.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-young-n-charming-223x300.jpeg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"274\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbneris.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4419\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbneris.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/episode-32-fedora-barbieri-mezzo-madness-iii\/barbneris\/\" class=\"wp-image-4419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbneris.jpg 274w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbneris-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-looking-scary-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4415\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-looking-scary-1.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/episode-32-fedora-barbieri-mezzo-madness-iii\/barbieri-looking-scary-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-4415 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-looking-scary-1.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Barbieri-looking-scary-1-300x268.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:65px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Two of Dick Marzollo&#8217;s recordings. 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