{"id":5004,"date":"2020-07-12T10:47:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T08:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=5004"},"modified":"2023-11-09T17:54:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T16:54:13","slug":"episode-43-glamour-i-bastille-day-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/12\/episode-43-glamour-i-bastille-day-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 43. Gl\u2019amour I (Bastille Day 2020)"},"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 43.  <em>Gl\u2019amour I <\/em>(Bastille Day 2020)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=159-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: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=\"402\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mesple-Young.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mesple-Young.png 402w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mesple-Young-191x300.png 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Another nation, <em>la belle France<\/em>, has a birthday right around the corner, and today I hoist the <em>Tricolore<\/em> to celebrate <em>La F\u00eate Nationale<\/em>. I had planned this episode several weeks ago but when the worldwide #BlackLivesMatter protests began, I felt the need to respond in kind with two episodes featuring music of protest and hope. Today I present the first of two consecutive episodes on French Glamour, for after all, who does Glamour better than the French? I also consider the manner in which exoticism and imperialism make an appearance in French opera in particular. I present a veritable mad rush of great French singers, all possessed of personal poise and vocal appeal. Singers range from such classical artists as Mady Mespl\u00e9 (whose recent passing we belatedly acknowledge), R\u00e9gine Crespin, Janine Micheau, Germaine Cernay, Emma Calv\u00e9, Ren\u00e9e Doria, Jennie Tourel, Denise Duval, Andr\u00e9e Esposito, Germaine F\u00e9raldy, Fran\u00e7oise Pollet (as well as exemplary Belgian sopranos Emma Luart and Fanny Heldy) to pop singers Jos\u00e9phine Baker (French by adoption!), and Maurice Chevalier. We allow such non-French interlopers as Geraldine Farrar, Giuseppe di Stefano, Grace Bumbry, Mary Lewis, Teresa \u017bylis-Gara, Lisette Oropesa, and my beloved Shirley Verrett, many of whom also lived extensively in France, to make their contributions in song to this celebration. And who better than the late Jessye Norman to cap the episode with her rousing rendition of <em>La Marseillaise<\/em>, as she did in 1989 for the French Bicentennial?<\/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=\"362\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mady-Mesple-as-Lakme.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mady-Mesple-as-Lakme.jpg 362w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mady-Mesple-as-Lakme-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u00e9o Delibes: O\u00f9 va la jeune indoue (<em>Lakm\u00e9<\/em>). Mady Mespl\u00e9; J\u00e9sus Etcheverry, Orchestre de Chambre de l\u2019ORTF [radio recording 24 January 1966]<\/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=\"569\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Maurice-Chevalier-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Maurice-Chevalier-1.jpg 569w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Maurice-Chevalier-1-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Oscar Straus, Leo Robin: Oh, that Mitzi (<em>One Hour with You<\/em>). Maurice Chevalier [rec. 1932]<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mary-Lewis.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5049\" width=\"318\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mary-Lewis.png 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Mary-Lewis-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet: Te souvient-il du lumineux voyage (<em>Tha<\/em><em>\u00efs<\/em>). Mary Lewis [rec. 1925]<\/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=\"400\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Andree-Esposito.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Andree-Esposito.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Andree-Esposito-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustave Charpentier: Depuis le jour (<em>Louise<\/em>). Andr\u00e9e Esposito. Details unknown<\/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=\"750\" height=\"1025\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Doria.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Doria.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Doria-220x300.jpeg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod: Voici la vaste plaine [Air de la Crau] (<em>Mireille<\/em>). Ren\u00e9e Doria, J\u00e9sus Etcheverry, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris [rec. 1962]<\/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=\"830\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bumbry-Carmen-1-830x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bumbry-Carmen-1-830x1024.jpg 830w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bumbry-Carmen-1-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bumbry-Carmen-1-768x948.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bumbry-Carmen-1.jpg 1205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet: Pr\u00e8s des remparts de S\u00e9ville (<em>Carmen<\/em>). Grace Bumbry, Zubin Mehta [live 1967]<\/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=\"600\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cernay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cernay.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Cernay-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet: Pleurez, mes yeux (Le Cid). Germaine Cernay, Gustave Clo\u00ebz [rec. 1928]<\/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=\"543\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Micheau.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Micheau.jpg 543w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Micheau-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Fermo Dante Marchetti, Maurice de F\u00e9raudy: Fascination. Janine Micheau, Paul Bonneau, Orchestre Symphonique Raymond Saint-Paul [rec. 1961]<\/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=\"762\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Heldy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Heldy.jpg 762w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Heldy-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet: Je marche sur tous les chemins (<em>Manon<\/em>). Fanny Heldy; Henri B\u00fcsser, Orchestre et Choeur de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra-Comique de Paris. [rec. 1928]<\/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=\"311\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Emma-Luart-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Emma-Luart-1.png 311w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Emma-Luart-1-193x300.png 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet: Ob\u00e9issons que leur voix appelle (<em>Manon<\/em>). Emma Luart; Gustave Clo\u00ebz [rec. ca. 1928]<\/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=\"734\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TZG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TZG.jpg 734w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TZG-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet: Pardonnez-moi, Dieu de toute puissance (<em>Manon<\/em>). Teresa \u017bylis-Gara; Jean Fournet, Orchestra of the Lyric Opera of Chicago [live 29 September 1973]<\/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=\"384\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Germaine-Feraldy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Germaine-Feraldy.jpg 384w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Germaine-Feraldy-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Christoph Willibald Gluck: Cet aisle aimable et tranquille (<em>Orph<\/em><em>\u00e9e et Eurydice<\/em>) Germaine F\u00e9raldy; Henri Tomasi, L\u2019Orchestre Symphonique de Paris [rec. 1935]<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lisette-O-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lisette-O-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lisette-O-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lisette-O-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lisette-O.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert, toi que j\u2019aime (<em>Robert le Diable<\/em>). Lisette Oropesa, Dimitry Korchak; Evelino Pid\u00f2, La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra [live April 2019]<\/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=\"302\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Calve.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Calve.png 302w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Calve-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Folk Song: Ma Lisette. Emma Calv\u00e9 [rec. 1908]<\/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=\"805\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GDS-1-805x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GDS-1-805x1024.jpg 805w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GDS-1-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GDS-1-768x976.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GDS-1-1208x1536.jpg 1208w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GDS-1-1611x2048.jpg 1611w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GDS-1-1600x2034.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GDS-1-scaled.jpg 2013w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod: Salut, demeure chaste et pure (<em>Faust<\/em>). Giuseppe di Stefano; Gaetano Merola, San Francisco Opera Association Orchestra [live 1 October 1950]<\/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 alignwide columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"871\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Farrar-as-Marguerite.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5068\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=5068\" class=\"wp-image-5068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Farrar-as-Marguerite.jpg 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Farrar-as-Marguerite-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"406\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Farrar-Juliette.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5070\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=5070\" class=\"wp-image-5070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Farrar-Juliette.png 406w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Farrar-Juliette-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Farrar-as-Juliette.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5069\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=5069\" class=\"wp-image-5069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Farrar-as-Juliette.jpg 402w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Farrar-as-Juliette-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Farrar.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod: Juwelen-Arie (<em>Faust<\/em>). Geraldine Farrar [recorded 1905]<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duval-and-Poulenc-1-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duval-and-Poulenc-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duval-and-Poulenc-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duval-and-Poulenc-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duval-and-Poulenc-1.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis Poulenc, Jean Cocteau: Hier soir je voudrais prendre (<em>La voix humaine<\/em>). Denise Duval; Francis Poulenc. [live Salle Gaveau, Paris 1959]<\/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=\"800\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Verrett-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Verrett-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Verrett-1-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Verrett-1-768x556.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Meyerbeer: D\u2019ici je vois la mer (<em>L\u2019Africaine<\/em>). Shirley Verrett; Jean P\u00e9risson, San Francisco Opera Orchestra. [live 3 November 1973]<\/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-coblocks-gallery-masonry alignwide\"><div class=\"coblocks-gallery has-caption-style-dark has-gutter\"><ul class=\"has-grid-lrg has-gutter-15 has-gutter-mobile-15\"><li class=\"coblocks-gallery--item\"><figure class=\"coblocks-gallery--figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"371\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Baker-Haiti-sheet-music-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5077\" data-imglink=\"\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=5077\" class=\"wp-image-5077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Baker-Haiti-sheet-music-1.png 371w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Baker-Haiti-sheet-music-1-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"coblocks-gallery--item\"><figure class=\"coblocks-gallery--figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Josephine-Baker-in-a-cage-in-Zou-Zou-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5079\" data-imglink=\"\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=5079\" class=\"wp-image-5079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Josephine-Baker-in-a-cage-in-Zou-Zou-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Josephine-Baker-in-a-cage-in-Zou-Zou-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Josephine-Baker-in-a-cage-in-Zou-Zou-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"coblocks-gallery--item\"><figure class=\"coblocks-gallery--figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"366\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Baker-and-Gabin.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5080\" data-imglink=\"\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=5080\" class=\"wp-image-5080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Baker-and-Gabin.jpg 366w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Baker-and-Gabin-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"coblocks-gallery--item\"><figure class=\"coblocks-gallery--figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Baker-Caged.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5081\" data-imglink=\"\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=5081\" class=\"wp-image-5081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Baker-Caged.png 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Baker-Caged-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"coblocks-gallery--item\"><figure class=\"coblocks-gallery--figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Baker-in-Cage.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5082\" data-imglink=\"\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=5082\" class=\"wp-image-5082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Baker-in-Cage.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Baker-in-Cage-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"coblocks-gallery--item\"><figure class=\"coblocks-gallery--figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Baker.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5083\" data-imglink=\"\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=5083\" class=\"wp-image-5083\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"coblocks-gallery--item\"><figure class=\"coblocks-gallery--figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Caged.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5084\" data-imglink=\"\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=5084\" class=\"wp-image-5084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Caged.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Caged-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Vincent Scotto, G\u00e9o Koger: Haiti (<em>Zou Zou<\/em>). Jos\u00e9phine Baker [rec. 1934]<\/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-2\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jennie-Tourel.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5086\" class=\"wp-image-5086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jennie-Tourel.jpg 279w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jennie-Tourel-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"348\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jennie-Tourel2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5087\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jennie-Tourel2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=5087\" class=\"wp-image-5087 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jennie-Tourel2.jpg 348w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jennie-Tourel2-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet: Adieu de l\u2019hotesse arabe. Jennie Tourel; Paul Ulanowsky [rec. late 1950s]<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Crespin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5088\" width=\"511\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Crespin.jpg 453w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Crespin-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet: Je souffre (<em><strong>H\u00e9rodiade<\/strong><\/em>). R\u00e9gine Crespin; Georges Pr\u00eatre, Orchestre du Th\u00e9\u00e2tre National de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra [recorded 1963]<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Pollet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5089\" width=\"349\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Pollet.jpg 225w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Pollet-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod: Plus grand dans son obscurite (<em>La Reine de Saba<\/em>). Fran\u00e7oise Pollet; Cyril Diederich, Orchestre Philharmonique de Montpellier [rec. 1989]<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jessye-Flag.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5113\" width=\"599\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jessye-Flag.jpg 530w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Jessye-Flag-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle: La Marseillaise. Jessye Norman; Semyon Bychkov, Orchestre de Paris, Choeur de l\u2019Orchestre de Paris [rec. Dec. 1988]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 43. Gl\u2019amour I (Bastille Day 2020) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Another nation, la belle France, has a birthday 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href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fran\u00e7oise Hardy<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fran\u00e7oise Pollet<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">G\u00e9o Koger<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Georges Bizet<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">G\u00e9ori-Bou\u00e9<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Geraldine Farrar<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Germaine Cernay<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Germaine F\u00e9raldy<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Meyerbeer<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe di Stefano<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Glamour<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gounod Cinq-Mars<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gounod Faust<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gounod La Reine de Saba<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gounod Mireille<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gounod Rom\u00e9o et Juliette<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Grace Bumbry<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gustave Charpentier<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gustave Clo\u00ebz<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jacques Offenbach<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Janine Micheau<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jean Lenoir<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jeannette Pilou<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jennie Tourel<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jessye Norman<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jos\u00e9phine Baker<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jules Massenet<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Krassimira Stoyanova<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La voix humaine<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">L\u00e9o Delibes<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leo Robin<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lisette Oropesa<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lucienne Boyer<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mady Mesple<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Maria Callas<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mary Lewis<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Massenet H\u00e9rodiade<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Massenet Le Cid<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Massenet Manon<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Massenet Tha\u00efs<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mattiwilda Dobbs<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Maurice Chevalier<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">No\u00ebl Coward<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Offenbach Tales of Hoffmann<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Orph\u00e9e et Eurydice<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Oscar Straus<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pleurez mes yeux<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Raoul Jobin<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Regine Crespin<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ren\u00e9e Doria<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Reynaldo Hahn<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Robert le Diable<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Shirley Verrett<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Teresa \u017bylis-Gara<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/shirley-verrett\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Vincent Scotto<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Andr\u00e9e Esposito<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Barbara Hendricks<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Barbra Streisand<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Beverly Sills<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Bizet Carmen<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Camilla Williams<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Gounod<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Christoph Wilibald Gluck<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Comment te dire adieu<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Conversation Piece No\u00ebl Coward<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Denise Duval<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Depuis le jour<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Emma Calv\u00e9<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Emma Luart<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fanny Heldy<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francis Poulenc<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Franco Corelli<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fran\u00e7oise Hardy<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fran\u00e7oise Pollet<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">G\u00e9o Koger<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Georges Bizet<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">G\u00e9ori-Bou\u00e9<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Geraldine Farrar<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Germaine Cernay<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Germaine F\u00e9raldy<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Meyerbeer<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe di Stefano<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Glamour<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gounod Cinq-Mars<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gounod Faust<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gounod La Reine de Saba<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gounod Mireille<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gounod Rom\u00e9o et Juliette<\/span>","<span 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