{"id":8963,"date":"2022-02-03T20:38:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T19:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=8963"},"modified":"2025-10-30T17:35:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:35:58","slug":"episode-127-maria-ewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/03\/episode-127-maria-ewing\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 127. Maria Ewing"},"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-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\">\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\"><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\" id=\"episode-127-maria-ewing-in-memoriam-black-history-month-2022\">Episode 127.  Maria Ewing in Memoriam (Black History Month 2022)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=498-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\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links 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srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Maria-Ewing-1989-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Maria-Ewing-1989-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Maria-Ewing-1989-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Maria-Ewing-1989-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Maria-Ewing-1989-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Maria-Ewing-1989.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The exceptional, distinctive Maria Ewing died of cancer on January 9 at her home outside of her native Detroit at the age of 71. Even before her death, I had been planning an episode on Maria Ewing, who last fall received an enormous amount of press as the mother of actor and director Rebecca Hall, whose latest film, Passing, was hitting the screens in a big way. The film is about two light-skinned Black friends in the 1920s, one of whom makes the conscious decision to present as white. The implication in much of the press was that Maria Ewing had done the same and was being taken to task for having done so. In actuality, Maria Ewing spoke frequently about her father\u2019s apparent African American roots, and never actively tried to hide her (at times murky) family history. But, I submit to you, this is not the real story. In this episode, the first of my Black History Month 2022 series, I attempt to present as full a musical portrait of the artist as possible, allowing listeners to experience the unique musical and dramatic genius (and I use the term advisedly) of this fascinating artist. Few singers can survive comparison with Maria Callas.<em> <\/em>Maria Ewing, for all her demonstrable flaws, was one of the few artists that merit such a comparison. In this episode we hear Ewing in a wide range of material, from Purcell\u2019s Dido to Puccini\u2019s Tosca, with a nod to her two most famous roles, Carmen and Salome; an emphasis on both her Mozart portrayals and a focus on her aplomb with French music; and a sampling of her flair for pop music and jazz. I also discuss her sometimes controversial vocalism and role assumptions which in turn led to her blanket dismissal by her detractors. But in the end, it is her fascinating combination of carnality and innocence which made her unique. I remain, as I always have been, a devoted member of Club Ewing. This is a long-overdue <em>Countermelody <\/em>tribute to a unique and irreplaceable singer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P.S. For those wishing to hear and read some interviews with Maria Ewing, I refer you to the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/laopera\/from-the-vault-renowned-opera-artist-maria-ewing-and-uclas-michael-hackett\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with Michael Hackett of UCLA for the LA Opera&#8217;s oral history project, 09 November 2015.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/p00942k1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maria Ewing&#8217;s appearance on Desert Island Discs with host Sue Lawley, 21 February 1999.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2003\/mar\/11\/classicalmusicandopera.artsfeatures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maria Ewing interview with Erica Jeal for The Guardian, 11 March 2003.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1992-11-08-ca-1-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maria Ewing interview with Barbara Isenberg of the Los Angeles Times, 08 November 1992.<\/a><\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Bun-708x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Bun-708x1024.jpg 708w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Bun-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Bun-768x1111.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Bun-1062x1536.jpg 1062w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Bun.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Henry Purcell, Nahum Tate: When I am laid in earth (<em>Dido and Aeneas<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Richard Hickox, Collegium 90 [1985]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cherubino-in-film.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cherubino-in-film.png 821w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cherubino-in-film-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cherubino-in-film-768x583.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Voi che sapete (<em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Karl B\u00f6hm, Wiener Philharmoniker [1976 film]<\/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=\"998\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Salome.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Salome.png 998w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Salome-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Salome-768x591.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hedwig Lachmann (after Oscar Wilde): Dein Haar ist gr\u00e4sslich!&#8230; Deinen Mund begehre ich, Jokanaan (<em>Salome<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Siegmund Nimsgern, Leonard Slatkin, Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra [live&nbsp; 25.XI.1988]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Singing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Singing.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Singing-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Singing-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, arr. Gordon Rose: Don\u2019t Rain on My Parade (<em>Funny Girl<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Iain Sutherland, BBC Concert Orchestra [live London 10.V.1997]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"884\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Early-Ewing-Portrait-Steiner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Early-Ewing-Portrait-Steiner.jpg 697w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Early-Ewing-Portrait-Steiner-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudamus te (<em>Mass in c minor<\/em>, K.427). Maria Ewing, James Levine, Boston Symphony Orchestra [Tanglewood 15.VIII.78]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rosina-Glyndebourne.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rosina-Glyndebourne.png 988w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rosina-Glyndebourne-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rosina-Glyndebourne-768x594.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gioacchino Rossini, Cesare Sterbini: Una voce poco fa (<em>Il barbiere di Siviglia<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Sylvain Cambreling, London Philharmonic Orchestra [Glyndebourne 1981]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Idamante.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Idamante.png 335w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Idamante-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giambattista Maresco: Deh, resta, o cara&#8230; Andr\u00f2 ramingo e solo (<em>Idomeneo<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Christiane Eda-Pierre, Carol Neblett, Eric Tappy, John Pritchard, San Francisco Opera Orchestra [23.IX.1977]<\/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=\"770\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Window.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9133\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: L\u00e0 ci darem la mano (<em>Don Giovanni<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Ruggero Raimondi, Horst Stein, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande [Gen\u00e8ve 10.80]<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Hand-on-Forehead-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Hand-on-Forehead-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Hand-on-Forehead-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Hand-on-Forehead-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Hand-on-Forehead.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Ah! fuggi il traditor! (<em>Don Giovanni<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra [1984]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"873\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-and-Rebecca-as-child.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-and-Rebecca-as-child.jpg 634w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-and-Rebecca-as-child-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Deh, vieni, non tardar (<em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Andrew Davis, Orchestra of the Lyric Opera of Chicago [live 14.XI.1987]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"726\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Poppea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Poppea.jpg 726w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Poppea-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Francesco Busenello: Deh non pi\u00f9 rinfacciarmi (with Dale Duesing); Signor, hai giusto cagione (with Dennis Bailey) (<em><em>L\u2019incoronazione<\/em><\/em> <em>di Poppea<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Raymond Leppard, London Philharmonic Orchestra [Glyndebourne 1984]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Battle-Werther-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Battle-Werther-1.jpg 627w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Battle-Werther-1-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rehearsing <em>Werther<\/em> with Kathleen Battle, San Francisco, 1978<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet, Edouard Blau, Paul Milliet, Georges Hartmann (after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe): Va! laisser couler mes larmes; Ah! mon courage m\u2019abandonne&#8230; Seigneur Dieu! (<em>Werther<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Antonio de Almeida, San Francisco Opera Orchestra [live 18.X.1978]<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Melisande-1024x677.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9100\" style=\"width:631px;height:417px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Melisande-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Melisande-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Melisande-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Melisande-1536x1016.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Melisande.jpg 1548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Claude Debussy, Maurice Maeterlinck: Je vais me coucher sur le marbre (<em>Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Fran\u00e7ois Le Roux, Claudio Abbado, Wiener Philharmoniker [1992]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mother-and-Child.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mother-and-Child.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mother-and-Child-300x207.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mother-and-Child-768x531.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ewing with her daughter Rebecca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Claude Debussy, Gabriel Sarrazin (after Dante Gabriel Rossetti): Elle-m\u00eame nous am\u00e8nera (excerpt from <em>La Damoiselle \u00e9lue<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra [1986]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"786\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Lips-and-Hat-TRIMMED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Lips-and-Hat-TRIMMED.jpg 786w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Lips-and-Hat-TRIMMED-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-Lips-and-Hat-TRIMMED-768x674.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Maurice Ravel, Tristan Klingsor [n\u00e9 L\u00e9on Lecl\u00e8re]: Je voudrais voir des pauvres et des reines (excerpt from Asie [<em>Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razade<\/em>]. Maria Ewing, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra [1991]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Perichole.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Perichole.png 706w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Perichole-293x300.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jacques Offenbach, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Hal\u00e9vy (after Prosper M\u00e9rim\u00e9e): Tu n\u2019es pas beau (<em>La P\u00e9richole<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Neil Rosenshein, Marc Soustrot, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande [Gen\u00e8ve 12.82]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Carmen-Card-Scene-Glyndebourne.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Carmen-Card-Scene-Glyndebourne.png 814w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Carmen-Card-Scene-Glyndebourne-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Carmen-Card-Scene-Glyndebourne-768x586.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Georges Bizet, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Hal\u00e9vy (after Prosper M\u00e9rim\u00e9e): En vain pour \u00e9viter les r\u00e9ponses am\u00e8res (<em>Carmen<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Elizabeth Collier, Jean Rigby, Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic [Glyndebourne 1985]<\/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=\"864\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-in-Shostakovich-864x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-in-Shostakovich-864x1024.jpg 864w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-in-Shostakovich-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-in-Shostakovich-768x910.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-in-Shostakovich-1296x1536.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-in-Shostakovich-1728x2048.jpg 1728w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-in-Shostakovich-1600x1896.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-in-Shostakovich.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dmitri Shostakovich, Alexander Preis (after Nikolai Leskov): \u0412 \u0434\u0435\u0432\u043a\u0430\u0445 \u043b\u0443\u0447\u0448\u0435 \u0431\u044b\u043b\u043e [It was better when I was single] (<em>\u041b\u0435\u0434\u0438 \u041c\u0430\u043a\u0431\u0435\u0442 \u041c\u0446\u0435\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0443\u0435\u0437\u0434\u0430<\/em> [<em>Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk<\/em>]. Maria Ewing, Myung-Whun Chung, Orchestre de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra Bastille [1992]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"382\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Vissi-darte.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Vissi-darte.png 382w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Vissi-darte-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica: Vissi d\u2019arte (<em>Tosca<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Romano Gandolfi, Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla [Sevilla 03.XI.1991]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Regal.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Regal.png 601w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Regal-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Claudio Monteverdi, realized Carl Orff, Doroth\u00e9e G\u00fcnther (translated and adapted from Ottavio Rinuccini): Klage der Ariadne. Maria Ewing, Kurt Masur, New York Philharmonic [New York 03.IV.97]<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Voix-Humaine-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Voix-Humaine-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Voix-Humaine-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Voix-Humaine-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Voix-Humaine.png 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Francis Poulenc, Jean Cocteau: Oh! moi, tu sais, il est possible que je reste (<em>La voix humaine<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Orchestra conducted by Patrick Devin [Nederlandse Reisoper, 01.2011]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-at-Home2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-at-Home2.jpg 634w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-at-Home2-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler: When the Sun Comes Out. Maria Ewing, Richard Rodney Bennett [1990]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Maria-with-Mic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Maria-with-Mic.png 674w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Maria-with-Mic-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II: All the Things You Are (<em>Very Warm for May<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Simon James, Shane Hill [live London 2001]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Maria-at-Piano.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Maria-at-Piano.png 824w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Maria-at-Piano-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Maria-at-Piano-768x481.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: Bali Hai (<em>South Pacific<\/em>). Maria Ewing, John Wilson, The John Wilson Orchestra, Maida Vale Singers [2012]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1012\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mahler-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mahler-4.png 1012w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mahler-4-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Mahler-4-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler, folk text collected by Clemens Brentano, Achim von Arnim: Kein\u2019 Musik ist ja nicht auf Erden (excerpt from \u201cDas himmlische Leben,\u201d final movement of <em>Symphony No. 4<\/em>). Maria Ewing, Bernard Haitink, Concertgebouw Orchestra [Amsterdam 25.XII.1982]<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-2001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9111\" style=\"width:366px;height:552px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-2001.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ewing-2001-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 127. Maria Ewing in Memoriam (Black History Month 2022) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The exceptional, distinctive Maria Ewing died&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[420,1626,1701,2109,1076,3273,2261,2476,2314,1072,1263,2260,808,1470,2257,3272,2806,427],"tags":[3171,3263,2150,1873,2672,351,1484,2143,501,368,33,3681,3682,2794,2955,1068,3674,3684,544,3679,697,1772,94,114,1297,1531,3672,255,2938,3690,1613,115,98,1683,911,3675,1389,1621,3663,1872,433,3668,2786,1403,1738,3670,871,3689,870,3673,3676,497,3601,545,3671,3686,927,3372,3667,546,691,3687,928,3666,329,3669,3683,3369,3665,2305,3688,3664,3678,929,3685,2823,453,3677,3680,34],"class_list":["post-8963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-american-opera-singers","category-african-american-singers","category-bel-canto","category-broadway-and-musicals","category-crossover","category-french-opera","category-full-figured-baroque","category-giacomo-puccini","category-gustav-mahler","category-in-memoriam","category-mezzo-madness","category-music-for-a-world-in-crisis","category-needle-drop","category-operetta","category-richard-strauss","category-singers-of-color","category-twentieth-century-music","category-verismo","tag-andrew-davis","tag-antonio-de-almeida","tag-bernard-haitink","tag-bob-merrill","tag-carl-orff","tag-carmen","tag-carol-neblett","tag-christiane-eda-pierre","tag-claude-debussy","tag-claudio-abbado","tag-claudio-monteverdi","tag-dale-duesing","tag-dennis-bailey","tag-dido-and-aeneas","tag-dmitri-shostakovich","tag-don-giovanni","tag-elizabeth-collier","tag-eric-tappy","tag-francis-poulenc","tag-francois-le-roux","tag-funny-girl","tag-george-bizet","tag-giacomo-puccini","tag-gioacchino-rossini","tag-gustav-mahler","tag-harold-arlen","tag-henri-meilhac","tag-henry-purcell","tag-horst-stein","tag-iain-sutherland","tag-idomeneo","tag-il-barbiere-di-siviglia","tag-jacques-offenbach","tag-james-levine","tag-jean-cocteau","tag-jean-rigby","tag-jerome-kern","tag-john-pritchard","tag-john-wilson","tag-jule-styne","tag-jules-massenet","tag-kurt-masur","tag-lincoronazione-di-poppea-2","tag-la-perichole","tag-la-voix-humaine","tag-lady-macbeth-of-mtsensk","tag-le-nozze-di-figaro","tag-leonard-slatkin","tag-lorenzo-da-ponte","tag-ludovic-halevy","tag-marc-soustrot","tag-maria-ewing","tag-maurice-maeterlinck","tag-maurice-ravel","tag-myung-whun-chung","tag-nahum-tate","tag-oscar-hammerstein-ii","tag-oscar-wilde","tag-patrick-devin","tag-pelleas-et-melisande","tag-raymond-leppard","tag-richard-hickox","tag-richard-rodgers","tag-richard-rodney-bennett","tag-richard-strauss","tag-romano-gandolfi","tag-ruggero-raimondi","tag-salome","tag-shane-hill","tag-sheherazade","tag-siegmund-nimsgern","tag-simon-james","tag-simon-rattle","tag-south-pacific","tag-sylvain-cambreling","tag-ted-koehler","tag-tosca","tag-tristan-klingsor","tag-werther","tag-wolfgang-amadeus-mozart"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Veiled-Ewing-TRIMMED-300x208.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a 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class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Christiane Eda-Pierre<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Claude Debussy<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Claudio Abbado<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Claudio Monteverdi<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Dale Duesing<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Dennis Bailey<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Dido and Aeneas<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Dmitri Shostakovich<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Don Giovanni<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Elizabeth Collier<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eric Tappy<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francis Poulenc<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Fran\u00e7ois Le Roux<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Funny Girl<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">George Bizet<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Puccini<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gioacchino Rossini<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gustav Mahler<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Harold Arlen<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Henri Meilhac<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Henry Purcell<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Horst Stein<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Iain Sutherland<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Idomeneo<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Il barbiere di Siviglia<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jacques Offenbach<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">James Levine<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jean Cocteau<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jean Rigby<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jerome Kern<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Pritchard<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Wilson<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jule Styne<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jules Massenet<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Kurt Masur<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">L\u2019incoronazione di Poppea<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La P\u00e9richole<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La voix humaine<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Le nozze di Figaro<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leonard Slatkin<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lorenzo da Ponte<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ludovic Hal\u00e9vy<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Marc Soustrot<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Maria Ewing<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Maurice Maeterlinck<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Maurice Ravel<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Myung-Whun Chung<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nahum Tate<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Oscar Hammerstein II<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Oscar Wilde<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Patrick Devin<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pelleas et Melisande<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Raymond Leppard<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Hickox<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Rodgers<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Rodney Bennett<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Strauss<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Romano Gandolfi<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ruggero Raimondi<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Salome<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Shane Hill<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razade<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Siegmund Nimsgern<\/span>","<span 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