{"id":7274,"date":"2021-04-18T15:33:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T13:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=7274"},"modified":"2023-11-09T17:51:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T16:51:44","slug":"episode-85-george-shirley-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/18\/episode-85-george-shirley-87\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 85. George Shirley @ 87"},"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 85.  George Shirley @ 87<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=318-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 style=\"height:38px\" 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\/04\/Pelleas.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7403\" width=\"393\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pelleas.png 393w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pelleas-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><figcaption>George Shirley as Pell\u00e9as<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I finally get to pay tribute to one of the singers who was a formative influence on me as a budding opera and vocal aficionado. George Shirley, born on April 18, 1934 in Indianapolis, Indiana, was one of the most versatile tenors of the second half of the twentieth century, and a pathbreaker as the first African American tenor to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. I first encountered him through his matchless portrayal of Pell\u00e9as in Debussy\u2019s <em>Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em> opposite Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m. But his Mozart is equally celebrated: the podcast also features live and studio recordings of George Shirley as Tamino (opposite Judith Raskin), Don Ottavio, Ferrando (opposite Leontyne Price), &nbsp;as well as his extraordinary Idomeneo. Extant live performances of George Shirley including assumptions of roles as diverse as Don Jos\u00e9 (opposite Shirley Verrett), David in <em>Die Meistersinger<\/em>, Pinkerton (opposite an incandescent young Renata Scotto), Mephistopheles in Busoni\u2019s <em>Doktor Faust<\/em>, and even Bacchus in <em>Ariadne auf Naxos<\/em>. All of these are included in the episode, as are rare song recordings from throughout his career. Raise a glass to the great George Shirley, and join me in thanking him for having shared his extraordinary artistic gift with us for all these years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Birthday-Boy-Today.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Birthday-Boy-Today.png 619w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Birthday-Boy-Today-268x300.png 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\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=\"489\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/70s-cool.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/70s-cool.png 489w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/70s-cool-191x300.png 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Josephine McGill, Marjorie Pickthall: Duna. George Shirley; Wayne Sanders [ca. 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=\"487\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-and-Elisabeth.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-and-Elisabeth.jpg 487w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-and-Elisabeth-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Claude Debussy, Maurice Maeterlinck: Je ne puis pas monter plus haut [excerpt from Tower Scene] (<em>Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em>). George Shirley, Elisabeth S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Pierre Boulez, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [1970]<\/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=\"429\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Young-Man.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Young-Man.png 429w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Young-Man-184x300.png 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hoffmansthal: Durch deine Schmerzen bin ich reich (<em>Ariadne auf Naxos<\/em>). George Shirley, Joanna Neal, Paul Calloway, Washington Opera Society Orchestra [live Washington 09 March 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=\"1024\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-and-Lee-1024x823.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-and-Lee-1024x823.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-and-Lee-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-and-Lee-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-and-Lee.jpg 1391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Volgi a me pietoso il ciglio (<em>Cos\u00ec fan tutte<\/em>). George Shirley, Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf, New Philharmonia Orchestra [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ferrando.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ferrando.png 417w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ferrando-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/figure><\/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=\"854\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tamino-Mein-854x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tamino-Mein-854x1024.jpg 854w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tamino-Mein-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tamino-Mein-768x920.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tamino-Mein.jpg 872w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emanuel Schickaneder: Tamino mein! O welch ein Gl\u00fcck (<em>Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em>). George Shirley, Judith Raskin, Paul Franke, Raymond Michalski, Josef Krips [live New York 04 March 1967]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-Shirley-and-Arlene-Saunders-in-Zauberfloete-at-Glyndebourne-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-Shirley-and-Arlene-Saunders-in-Zauberfloete-at-Glyndebourne-1024x758.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-Shirley-and-Arlene-Saunders-in-Zauberfloete-at-Glyndebourne-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-Shirley-and-Arlene-Saunders-in-Zauberfloete-at-Glyndebourne-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-Shirley-and-Arlene-Saunders-in-Zauberfloete-at-Glyndebourne.jpg 1462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>With Arlene Saunders in <em>Die <em>Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em><\/em>, Glyndebourne 1966<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/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=\"488\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pinkerton.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pinkerton.png 488w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pinkerton-191x300.png 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica: Vogliatemi bene (<em>Madama<\/em> <em>Butterfly<\/em>). George Shirley, Renata Scotto, Pedro Ignacio Calder\u00f3n, Orchestra of the Teatro Col\u00f3n [live Buenos Aires 15 May 1964<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Scotto-Colon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Scotto-Colon.jpg 587w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Scotto-Colon-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><figcaption>Renata Scotto as Madama Butterfly, Teatro Col\u00f3n, 1964<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Carmen.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7386\" class=\"wp-image-7386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Carmen.jpg 430w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Carmen-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jose.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7401\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jose.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?attachment_id=7401\" class=\"wp-image-7401 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jose.png 387w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jose-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Hal\u00e9vy: Tu ne m\u2019aimes donc plus? (<em>Carmen<\/em>). George Shirley, Shirley Verrett, Thomas Schippers, Orchestra Filarmonica di Trieste [live Spoleto July 1962]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-and-George-567x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-and-George-567x1024.jpg 567w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-and-George-166x300.jpg 166w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-and-George.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><figcaption>With Shirley Verrett<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/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=\"803\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-Van-Vechten-1-803x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-Van-Vechten-1-803x1024.jpg 803w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-Van-Vechten-1-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-Van-Vechten-1-768x979.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shirley-Van-Vechten-1.jpg 1162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Igor Stravinsky, Andr\u00e9 Gide: Pers\u00e9phone, un peuple t\u2019attend (<em>Pers\u00e9phone<\/em>). George Shirley, Paul Vorwerk, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra [live Hollywood Bowl 13 August 1968]<\/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=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Moody-George-1024x711.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Moody-George-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Moody-George-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Moody-George-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Moody-George.jpg 1382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ferruccio Busoni: Lasst euch nicht st\u00f6ren (<em>Doktor Faust<\/em>). George Shirley, Jascha Horenstein, American Opera Society Orchestra and Chorus [live Carnegie Hall 01 December 1964]<\/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\/04\/Leontyne-and-Bohm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7389\" width=\"594\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Leontyne-and-Bohm.png 523w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Leontyne-and-Bohm-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption>With Leontyne Price and Karl B\u00f6hm<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Il mio tesoro (<em>Don Giovanni<\/em>). George Shirley, Colin Davis, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [live 08 July 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=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Smiling-George-679x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Smiling-George-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Smiling-George-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Smiling-George-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Smiling-George.jpg 929w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner: Mein Herr, der Singer Meisterschlag (<em>Die Meistersinger<\/em> <em>von N\u00fcrnberg<\/em>). George Shirley, Jess Thomas, Georg Solti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [live 03 Feb 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=\"577\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Idomeneo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Idomeneo.jpg 577w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Idomeneo-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giambattista Varesco after Antoine Danchet: Qual mi conturba&#8230; Fuor del mar (<em>Idomeneo<\/em>). George Shirley. 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George Shirley, Wayne Sanders [ca. 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=\"794\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-back-of-couch-794x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-back-of-couch-794x1024.jpg 794w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-back-of-couch-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-back-of-couch-768x991.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/George-back-of-couch.jpg 1093w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Howard Swanson, Langston Hughes: Joy. 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George Shirley, Ilva Ligabue, Fernando Previtali, Coro e Orchestra sinfonica della RAI, Milano [live Milano 1976]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ligabue-in-Shadow-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ligabue-in-Shadow-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ligabue-in-Shadow-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ligabue-in-Shadow-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ligabue-in-Shadow.jpg 1481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Ilva Ligabue (1932 &#8211; 1998)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/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=\"377\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sylvia-Olden-Lee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sylvia-Olden-Lee.jpg 377w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sylvia-Olden-Lee-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><figcaption>Sylvia Olden Lee (1917 &#8211; 2004)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. 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George Shirley @ 87 SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I finally get to pay tribute to one 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