{"id":8330,"date":"2021-11-06T19:44:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T18:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=8330"},"modified":"2021-11-07T11:56:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T10:56:56","slug":"episode-114-james-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/06\/episode-114-james-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 114. James King"},"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 114.  James King<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=440-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" 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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"845\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Kaiser-Cartoon-in-BW.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Kaiser-Cartoon-in-BW.jpg 512w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Kaiser-Cartoon-in-BW-182x300.jpg 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/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 I turn my attention once again to the tenors, who have been getting rather short shrift of late. This week I feature the US-American <em>jugendlicher heldentenor<\/em> James King, who died 16 years ago this month. Trained as a baritone, he \u201cconverted\u201d to tenor in his early thirties under the tutelage of the great French baritone and teacher Martial Singher. In the very early 1960s, he ended up in the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he quickly established himself as a talent to be reckoned with. He sang countless performances of a relatively small number of roles, beginning with Florestan in Fidelio and including Wagner (Lohengrin, Walther in <em>Meistersinger<\/em>, Parsifal, Siegmund), Strauss (the Kaiser in <em>Frau ohne Schatten<\/em>, Bacchus, Apollo, Aegisth, and Herodes), Verdi (Otello, Don Carlo, Radames) Puccini (Cavaradossi, Calaf, Rodolfo), and a select number of French roles (Don Jos\u00e9, Samson). I am letting Mr. King do the heavy lifting today: I have four LPs in my collection that have never been reissued since their original release in the 1960s: two operatic recital recordings, an operetta album, and a volume of songs by Schubert and Strauss. I feature generous excerpts from each of these, as well as an excerpt from his recording with the late Bernard Haitink of Mahler\u2019s <em>Das Lied von der Erde<\/em>. It is my joy to bring this exceptional singer to your attention: a superb technician who combines powerful utterance with interpretive sensitivity and musical nuance.<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Young-King.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8545\" width=\"455\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Young-King.jpg 328w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Young-King-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry Geehl, Felix Hubel: F\u00fcr dich allein. James King, Hans Karste, Berliner Sinfoniker, G\u00fcnther-Arndt-Chor [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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Haitink-1960-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8560\" width=\"691\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Haitink-1960-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Haitink-1960-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Haitink-1960-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Haitink-1960.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler, Li-Tao Po, translated and adapted by Hans Bethge: Von der Jugend (<em>Das Lied von der Erde<\/em>). James King, Bernard Haitink, Concertgebouw Orchestra [1975]<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Singher.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8543\" width=\"458\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Singher.jpg 384w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Singher-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Paul Milliet and Henri Gr\u00e9mont after Gustave Flaubert: Vision fugitive (<em>H\u00e9rodiade<\/em>). Martial Singher, Paul Breisach, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra [1945]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lorenz-with-scepter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lorenz-with-scepter.jpg 425w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lorenz-with-scepter-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner: Da sah ich ihn, durch den sich Gott verk\u00fcndigt [Romerz\u00e4hlung] (<em>Tannh\u00e4user<\/em>). Max Lorenz, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Orchester des Deutschen Opernhauses Berlin [1933]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Florestan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Florestan.png 513w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Florestan-214x300.png 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ludwig Van Beethoven, Joseph Sonnleithner after Jean Nicolas Bouilly: Gott! Welch Dunkel hier&#8230; In des Lebens Fr\u00fchlingstagen (<em>Fidelio<\/em>). James King, Dietfried Bernet, Wiener Opernorchester [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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/JKing-Lohengrin.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8548\" width=\"435\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/JKing-Lohengrin.png 381w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/JKing-Lohengrin-253x300.png 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner: Mein lieber Schwan (<em>Lohengrin<\/em>). James King, Dietfried Bernet, Wiener Opernorchester [1967]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"978\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Arien-und-Monologe.jpg-978x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Arien-und-Monologe.jpg-978x1024.jpeg 978w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Arien-und-Monologe.jpg-287x300.jpeg 287w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Arien-und-Monologe.jpg-768x804.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Arien-und-Monologe.jpg.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/figure>\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=\"753\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-as-Calaf-753x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-as-Calaf-753x1024.jpg 753w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-as-Calaf-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-as-Calaf-768x1044.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-as-Calaf.jpg 817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni: Non piangere, Li\u00f9 (<em>Turandot<\/em>). James King, Kurt Eichhorn, Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/As-Otello.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/As-Otello.jpg 755w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/As-Otello-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><figcaption>As Otello in Berlin, 1968<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito: Niun mi tema (<em>Otello<\/em>). James King, Kurt Eichhorn, Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Opernabend.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8562\" width=\"602\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Opernabend.jpg 538w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Opernabend-300x291.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Operetta.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Operetta.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Operetta-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Franz Leh\u00e1r, Ludwig Herzer, Fritz L\u00f6hner-Beda: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (<em>Das Land des L\u00e4chelns<\/em>). James King, Hans Karste, Berliner Sinfoniker [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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-in-Suit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8554\" width=\"402\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-in-Suit.jpg 375w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-in-Suit-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Tauber, Ernst Marischka, Hermann Feiner: Du bist die Welt f\u00fcr mich (<em>Der singende Traum<\/em>). James King, Hans Karste, Berliner Sinfoniker, G\u00fcnther-Arndt-Chor [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=\"1022\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LondonCover-1022x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LondonCover-1022x1024.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LondonCover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LondonCover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LondonCover-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LondonCover.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Franz Leh\u00e1r, Paul Knepler, Fritz L\u00f6hner-Beda: Du bist meine Sonne (<em>Giuditta<\/em>). James King, Hans Karste, Berliner Sinfoniker [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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Schubert-Strauss.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8540\" width=\"636\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Schubert-Strauss.jpg 450w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Schubert-Strauss-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Schubert-Strauss-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Franz von Bruchmann: An die Leier, D.737. James King, William Hughes [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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Houndstooth.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8555\" width=\"462\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Houndstooth.jpg 282w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Houndstooth-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Eduard von Bauernfeld (after William Shakespeare): An Silvia, D.891. James King, William Hughes [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=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Rodolfo-1-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Rodolfo-1-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Rodolfo-1-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Rodolfo-1-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Rodolfo-1.png 1031w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Karl Friedrich Henckell: Ich trage meine Minne, Op. 32\/1. James King, William Hughes [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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Older-Bowtie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Older-Bowtie.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Older-Bowtie-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Richard Dehmel: Befreit, Op. 39\/4. James King, William Hughes [1967]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"932\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Nilsson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Nilsson.jpg 776w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Nilsson-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/King-Nilsson-768x922.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><figcaption>With Birgit Nilsson in <em>Die Frau ohne Schatten<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Falke, du wiedergefundener (<em>Die Frau ohne Schatten<\/em>). 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