{"id":6732,"date":"2021-02-14T02:54:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T01:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=6732"},"modified":"2024-02-16T10:51:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T09:51:08","slug":"episode-75-lenora-lafayette-bhm2021-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/14\/episode-75-lenora-lafayette-bhm2021-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 75. Lenora Lafayette (BHM2021 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 75.  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href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Suitcase-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Suitcase-1.jpeg 775w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Suitcase-1-237x300.jpeg 237w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Suitcase-1-768x971.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Every so often I discover a singer who had previously not come under my radar, but who simply blows me away with their voice, artistry, and communicative powers. Such an artist is the Baton Rouge-born African American soprano Lenora Lafayette (1926-1975), historically important as the first Black artist to perform at Covent Garden. Relocating to Basel shortly after finishing her training under Dusolina Giannini at Juilliard, Lafayette encountered early career success in Switzerland, winning the Geneva Competition and making a highly successful debut at the Basel Opera as Aida, a role which, along with Madama Butterfly, she performed hundreds of times. And yet, despite enormous career success in Europe, she was never able to establish herself in her native country. Her recorded legacy is slim but revelatory: an <em>Aida <\/em>in German under Clemens Krauss; a 1958 BBC recording of Frederick Delius\u2019s opera <em>Koanga<\/em>; and a single commercial recording of Puccini duets with Welsh tenor Richard Lewis under the baton of John Barbirolli, who also led her Covent Garden debut. All of these precious documents are sampled on this episode. She was struck down with cancer in her early forties and died prematurely at the age of 49. And yet listening to her recordings, one is struck by the emotional power of her utterance, the firmness of her vocal technique, and the bloom of her exquisite voice. Lenora Lafayette deserves a place among the greatest singers of her generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Aida.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6901\" width=\"567\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Aida.png 628w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Aida-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: O Vaterland [O patria mia] (<em>Aida<\/em>). Lenora Lafayette; Clemens Krauss, Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [M\u00fcnchen 1953]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly2.jpg 545w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly2-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: Vogliatemi bene (<em>Madama Buttterfly<\/em>). Lenora Lafayette, Richard Lewis; John Barbirolli, Hall\u00e9 Orchestra [1958]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly-762x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6916\" width=\"516\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly-762x1024.jpeg 762w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly-223x300.jpeg 223w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly-768x1032.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-Butterfly.jpeg 866w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Giannini.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Giannini.jpg 430w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Giannini-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><figcaption>Dusolina Giannini (1902 &#8211; 1986)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio. Dusolina Giannini; Orchestra conducted by George Byng [1928]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"483\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Krauss.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Krauss.jpg 483w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Krauss-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><figcaption>Clemens Krauss (1893 &#8211; 1954)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Die unsel&#8217;ge Worte [L&#8217;insana parola] (<em>Aida<\/em>). Lenora Lafayette; Clemens Krauss, Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [M\u00fcnchen 1953]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"436\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Milinkovic-hanging-around.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Milinkovic-hanging-around.jpg 436w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Milinkovic-hanging-around-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><figcaption>Georgine von Milinkovi\u010d (1913 &#8211; 1986): just hanging around<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: O sag, warum auf&#8217;s neue bist so traurig [Ebben qual nuovo fremito] (<em>Aida<\/em>). Lenora Lafayette, Georgine von Milinkovi\u010d; Clemens Krauss, Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [M\u00fcnchen 1953]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"426\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Gostic-as-Radames.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Gostic-as-Radames.jpg 426w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Gostic-as-Radames-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><figcaption>Josef Gosti\u010d (1900 &#8211; 1963) as Radames<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Entfliehn aus diesem Lande&#8230; Dort im jungfr\u00e4ulich gr\u00fcnen Wald [Fuggir&#8230; L\u00e0, tra i foresti vergini] (<em>Aida<\/em>). 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Lawrence Winters, Lenora Lafayette; Stanford Robinson, BBC Symphony Orchestra [London February 1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-portrait2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-portrait2-2.jpg 404w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lenora-portrait2-2-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Frederick Delius: Ah, tell me where Koanga bides [Final Scene] (<em>Koanga<\/em>). Lenora Lafayette, Lawrence Winters, Robert Thomas; Stanford Robinson, BBC Symphony Orchestra [London February 1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"858\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lewis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lewis.jpg 858w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lewis-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lewis-768x556.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><figcaption>Richard Lewis (1914 &#8211; 1990)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: Taci, taci, tu il cor mi frangi (<em>Manon Lescaut<\/em>). Lenora Lafayette; Richard Lewis; John Barbirolli, Hall\u00e9 Orchestra [1958]<\/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=\"948\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Late-Photo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Late-Photo.png 948w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Late-Photo-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Late-Photo-768x487.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: O soave fanciulla (<em>La Boh\u00e8me<\/em>). 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