{"id":7194,"date":"2021-03-28T19:05:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T17:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=7194"},"modified":"2021-03-28T19:07:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T17:07:16","slug":"episode-82-magda-olivero-la-verissima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/28\/episode-82-magda-olivero-la-verissima\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 82. Magda Olivero: La Verissima"},"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 82.  Magda Olivero: La Verissima<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=307-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 is-content-justification-left 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=\"750\" height=\"1011\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Adriana-autograph.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Adriana-autograph.jpg 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Adriana-autograph-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This week we celebrate the recent 111th birthday of the great Italian <em>verista<\/em> Magda Olivero. An extraordinary artist whose unusual career saw her taking a ten-year hiatus just as her career was gaining steam, to return in 1950 at the express request of the composer Francesco Cilea, who felt that her portrayal of the title role of his <em>Adriana Lecouvreur<\/em> was definitive (and of course he was right!) Olivero made a Metropolitan Opera debut as Tosca at the advanced age of 65; even after her official retirement, she continued to make occasional appearances in concert, including her final one at the age of 99! She began with a modest but capable voice and developed it into a finely-tuned instrument capable of taking on the most dramatic repertoire, including Cherubini\u2019s Medea and Minnie in <em>La fanciulla del West<\/em>, but always capable of the finest <em>pianissimo <\/em>shadings. Her voice displays an extraordinary range of color and her dramatic acumen has never been matched. This week\u2019s episode features a number of her live appearances in Amsterdam, including an extraordinary Adriana Lecouvreur from 1965 which features her at her artistic and vocal peak. The episode also features excerpts from an extraordinary live concert at the Church of San Jacopino in Firenze on 28 March 1969 which includes nearly superhuman displays of vocal skill and dramatic insight. Magda Olivero lived to the age of 104; though she is no longer with us on earth, her distinctive and unique artistry continues to inspire and delight lovers of opera and singing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This episode was prepared with the kind assistance and input of my new friend Denis Robert, who maintains the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCiNMHwk2HuH4XEQm81YkObw\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCiNMHwk2HuH4XEQm81YkObw\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Magda Olivero Archives page on YouTube<\/strong><\/a>. He was a personal friend of the artist and has done much to meticulously preserve her artistry and keep her legacy alive. He has provided me with high-quality masterings of many of the recordings featured on today&#8217;s episode and also regaled me with wonderful personal anecdotes and reminiscences of this great artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A link to Denis Robert\u2019s marvelous articles about Magda Olivero: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myscena.org\/author\/denis-robert\">www.myscena.org\/author\/denis-robert<\/a><\/strong><\/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\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Fancy-Hat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Fancy-Hat.jpg 323w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Fancy-Hat-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: In quelle trine morbide (<em>Manon Lescaut<\/em>). Fulvio Vernizzi; Concertgebouw Orchestra [live Amsterdam 27 October 1962]<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Youngster-1024x581.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Youngster-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Youngster-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Youngster-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Youngster.png 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: O mio babbino caro (<em>Gianni Schicchi<\/em>). Arturo Basile; Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI [1940]<\/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=\"452\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero_Portrait1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero_Portrait1.jpg 452w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero_Portrait1-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: Signore, ascolta (<em>Turandot<\/em>). Maria Concetta Balducci [live Firenze, Chiesa di San Jacopino 28 March 1969]<\/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=\"564\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Adriana.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Adriana.jpg 564w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Adriana-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Francesco Cilea: La dolcissima effigie (<em>Adriana Lecouvreur<\/em>). Beniamino Gigli (Maurizio); Mario Rossi, Orchestra dell\u2019Opera di Roma [live Roma 20 March 1940]<\/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=\"479\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Magda-Sideeye-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Magda-Sideeye-1.jpg 479w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Magda-Sideeye-1-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfredo Catalani: Amor, celeste ebbrezza (<em>Loreley<\/em>). Franco Mannino; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della RAI [15 December 1958]<\/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=\"420\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Tosca2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Tosca2.jpg 420w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Tosca2-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: Vissi d&#8217;arte (<em>Tosca<\/em>). Maria Concetta Balducci [live Firenze, Chiesa di San Jacopino 28 March 1969]<\/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=\"461\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Tosca-Bow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Tosca-Bow.jpg 461w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Tosca-Bow-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: Il tuo sangue o il mio amore (<em>Tosca<\/em>). James Conlon, conductor [live Dallas 11 May 1979]<\/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\/2021\/03\/Magda-as-Minnie-and-Horsie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7257\" width=\"665\" height=\"881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Magda-as-Minnie-and-Horsie.jpg 772w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Magda-as-Minnie-and-Horsie-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Magda-as-Minnie-and-Horsie-768x1019.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: Taglia&#8230; Rance, mi duole delle amare parole (<em>La fanciulla del West<\/em>). Lino Puglisi (Rance); Arturo Basile, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale &#8220;G. Verdi&#8221; di Trieste [live Torino 6 March 1965]<\/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=\"885\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Magda-Dramatic-Lighting.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Magda-Dramatic-Lighting.jpg 885w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Magda-Dramatic-Lighting-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Magda-Dramatic-Lighting-768x889.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Franco Alfano: Giunge il treno&#8230; Dio pietoso (<em>Risurrezione<\/em>). Giuseppe Gismondo, Nucci Cond\u00f2; Elio Boncampagni, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI [live Torino 30 January 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=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Old-Head-Shot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Old-Head-Shot.jpg 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Old-Head-Shot-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster, Italian words by Devilli [n\u00e9 Alberto Curci]: L&#8217;amore \u00e8 una cosa meravigliosa [Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing]. Unknown pianist [Milano, RAI Concert 3 December 1957]<\/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=\"813\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Violetta-in-Mirror-TRIMMED-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Violetta-in-Mirror-TRIMMED-1.png 813w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Violetta-in-Mirror-TRIMMED-1-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Violetta-in-Mirror-TRIMMED-1-768x402.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Ah! quell&#8217;amor&#8230; Sempre libera (<em>La Traviata<\/em>). Muzio Giovagnoli (Alfredo); Ugo Tansini, Orchestra Sinfonia di Torino della RAI [1940]<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Traviata-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Traviata-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Traviata-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Traviata-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Traviata-1536x918.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Traviata-1600x957.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Traviata.jpg 1890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Prendi, quest&#8217;\u00e8 l&#8217;immagine (<em>La Traviata<\/em>). Doro Antonidi (Alfredo); Aldo Protti (Germont); Fulvio Vernizzi, Concertgebouw Orchestra [Amsterdam 6 May 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=\"719\" height=\"1018\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Magda-Margherita-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Magda-Margherita-1.jpg 719w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Magda-Margherita-1-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrigo Boito: L&#8217;altra notte in fondo al mare (<em>Mefistofele<\/em>). Maria Concetta Baducci [live Firenze, Chiesa di San Jacopino 28 March 1969]<\/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=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Adriana-Studying-Her-Lines.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Adriana-Studying-Her-Lines.jpg 767w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Adriana-Studying-Her-Lines-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Francesco Cilea: Del sultano Amuratte&#8230; Io son l&#8217;umile ancella (<em>Adriana Lecouvreur<\/em>). Fulvio Vernizzi, Groot Omroeporkest [live Amsterdam 6 November 1965]<\/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=\"742\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Candelabra-742x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Candelabra-742x1024.jpg 742w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Candelabra-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Candelabra.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Francesco Cilea: Giusto ciel! (<em>Adriana Lecouvreur<\/em>). Fulvio Vernizzi, Groot Omroeporkest [live Amsterdam 6 November 1965]<\/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=\"545\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Adriana-and-calla-lillies-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Adriana-and-calla-lillies-1.jpg 545w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Olivero-Adriana-and-calla-lillies-1-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Francesco Cilea: Poveri fiori (<em>Adriana Lecouvreur<\/em>). Maria Concetta Balducci [live Firenze, Chiesa di San Jacopino 28 March 1969]<\/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\/2021\/03\/Magda-Adriana-in-Black.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7268\" width=\"357\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Magda-Adriana-in-Black.jpg 322w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Magda-Adriana-in-Black-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Francesco Cilea: Guardi, sorridi, deh, parla! [Death Scene] (<em>Adriana Lecouvreur<\/em>). Ferrarndo Ferrari (Maurizio), Renato Capecchi (Michonnet); Fulvio Vernizzi, Groot Omroeporkest [live Amsterdam 6 November 1965]<\/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=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Preghiera.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Preghiera.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Preghiera-300x292.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Ave Maria (<em>Otello<\/em>). Maria Concetta Balducci [live Firenze, Chiesa di San Jacopino [28 March 1969]<\/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=\"620\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Archives.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Archives.png 620w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Archives-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Archives-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 82. Magda Olivero: La Verissima SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week we celebrate the recent 111th birthday of 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