{"id":16745,"date":"2025-03-08T03:18:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T02:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16745"},"modified":"2025-03-08T05:17:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T04:17:25","slug":"episode-339-todd-duncan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/08\/episode-339-todd-duncan\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 339. Todd Duncan"},"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 339.  Todd Duncan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1459-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-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Young-Duncan-Autograph.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Young-Duncan-Autograph.png 601w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Young-Duncan-Autograph-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I present the male lead creator of Gershwin\u2019s towering masterpiece, <em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>, the magnificent Todd Duncan (12 February 1903 \u2013 28 February 1998), whose other creations included work by Kurt Weill, Cole Porter, and a pop standard that might surprise you. Duncan also made extraordinarily important contributions as a teacher, a recitalist, and as a civil rights figure. All of these aspects of his life are explored in this episode, which features recordings from all corners of his artistic and musical life, including two live broadcasts of excerpts from <em>Porgy<\/em> and a number of rare recordings of art song and a treasurable (if craggily-recorded) album of spirituals. Here was a man who pursued his career and his life with a strong sense of his own self-worth, but also kindness, integrity, and humility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Randye Jones&#8217;s biographical sketch of Todd Duncan, which was of enormous help to me as I prepared this episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/afrovoices.com\/todd-duncan-biography\/\">https:\/\/afrovoices.com\/todd-duncan-biography\/<\/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=\"814\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Porgy-Window-Wave-814x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Porgy-Window-Wave-814x1024.png 814w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Porgy-Window-Wave-238x300.png 238w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Porgy-Window-Wave-768x966.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Porgy-Window-Wave.png 836w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: I Got Plenty o\u2019 Nuttin\u2019 (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Todd Duncan, William Duncan Allen [1946]<\/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=\"568\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Kumalo2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Kumalo2.png 568w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Kumalo2-252x300.png 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson [after Alan Paton]: Lost in the Stars (<em>Lost in the Stars<\/em>). Todd Duncan, Herbert Coleman, Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Maurice Levine [1949]<\/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=\"785\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Unchained-785x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Unchained-785x1024.png 785w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Unchained-230x300.png 230w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Unchained-768x1002.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Unchained.png 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alex North, Hy Zaret: Unchained Melody. Todd Duncan [<em>Unchained <\/em>soundtrack 1955]<\/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=\"552\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Military-Autograph.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Military-Autograph.png 552w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Military-Autograph-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Lawrence Brown: Didn\u2019t My Lord Deliver Daniel? Todd Duncan, Carroll Hollister [1957]<\/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=\"678\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Straw-Hat-678x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Straw-Hat-678x1024.png 678w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Straw-Hat-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Straw-Hat.png 715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II: Ol\u2019 Man River (<em>Show Boat<\/em>). Todd Duncan, Norman Duncan Allen [1946]<\/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=\"642\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Snazzy-Tie.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Snazzy-Tie.png 642w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Snazzy-Tie-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ludwig Van Beethoven, Friedrich Schiller: O Freunde, nicht diese T\u00f6ne!&#8230; Freude, sch\u00f6ner G\u00f6tterfunken (<em>Symphony No. 9, \u201cChoral\u201d<\/em>, Op. 125). Todd Duncan, Artur Rodzinski, New York Philharmonic, Westminster Choir [live Carnegie 14.IV.46]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rodzinski.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16997\" style=\"width:513px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rodzinski.jpg 351w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rodzinski-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Artur Rodzinski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Arms-Akimbo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Arms-Akimbo.png 678w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Arms-Akimbo-248x300.png 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Harry T. Burleigh: My Lord, What a Morning. Todd Duncan, Carroll Hollister [ca. 1955]<\/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=\"802\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Folded-Arms-1024x802.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Folded-Arms-1024x802.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Folded-Arms-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Folded-Arms-768x602.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Folded-Arms.png 1368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Modest Mussorgsky: \u0421\u0435\u043c\u0438\u043d\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442 [The Seminarianist] [sung in English]. Todd Duncan, Norman Duncan Allen [ca. 1954]<\/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-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"826\" data-id=\"17003\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Van-Vechten.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Van-Vechten.png 651w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Van-Vechten-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Todd Duncan photographed by Carl Van Vechten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"823\" data-id=\"17002\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Anne-Brown-Van-Vechten.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Anne-Brown-Van-Vechten.png 566w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Anne-Brown-Van-Vechten-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anne Wiggins Brown photographed by Carl Van Vechten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: <em>Porgy and Bess<\/em> excerpts [Summertime; I Got Plenty o\u2019 Nuttin; Bess, You Is My Woman Now]. Todd Duncan, Anne Brown, Abbie Mitchell, Eva Jessye Choir, Orchestra conducted by Frank Black [<em>The Magic Key<\/em>, NBC Radio 01.XII.1935]<\/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=\"849\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Porgy-Bows-Elzy-Duncan-Brown-Gershwins.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Porgy-Bows-Elzy-Duncan-Brown-Gershwins.png 849w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Porgy-Bows-Elzy-Duncan-Brown-Gershwins-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Porgy-Bows-Elzy-Duncan-Brown-Gershwins-768x628.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ruby Elzy, Todd Duncan, Anne Wiggins Brown, Rouben Mamoulian, George Gershwin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: Buzzard Song (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Todd Duncan, Alexander Steinert, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Hall Johnson Choir [live Los Angeles Gershwin Memorial Concert 08.IX.37]<\/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=\"514\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sun-Never-Sets-Program.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17005\" style=\"width:604px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sun-Never-Sets-Program.png 514w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sun-Never-Sets-Program-188x300.png 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: River God (<em>The Sun Never Sets<\/em>). Todd Duncan, Charles Prentice, Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra [1938]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Adelaide-Hall.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Adelaide-Hall.png 506w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Adelaide-Hall-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Adelaide Hall, Duncan&#8217;s co-star in <em>The Sun Never Sets<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-and-Allen-in-Recital-1024x736.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-and-Allen-in-Recital-1024x736.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-and-Allen-in-Recital-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-and-Allen-in-Recital-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-and-Allen-in-Recital.png 1380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Todd Duncan and William Duncan Allen in recital<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johannes Brahms, August Heinrich von Fallersleben: Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43\/1. Todd Duncan, William Duncan Allan [ca. 1954]<\/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=\"547\" height=\"782\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Allen-Concert-Program-April-13-1958.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Allen-Concert-Program-April-13-1958.jpg 547w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Allen-Concert-Program-April-13-1958-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns, Henri Cazalis [as Jean Lahor]: Danse macabre. Todd Duncan, William Duncan Allen [ca. 1954]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/George-Shirley-and-William-Duncan-Allen-ca.-1976.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/George-Shirley-and-William-Duncan-Allen-ca.-1976.jpg 596w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/George-Shirley-and-William-Duncan-Allen-ca.-1976-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">George Shirley and William Duncan Allen, ca. 1976<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"797\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Bulky-Jacket-797x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Bulky-Jacket-797x1024.png 797w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Bulky-Jacket-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Bulky-Jacket-768x987.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Bulky-Jacket.png 836w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Erlk\u00f6nig, D. 328. Todd Duncan, William Duncan Allen [ca. 1954]<\/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=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Escamillo-1024x774.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Escamillo-1024x774.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Escamillo-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Escamillo-768x581.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Escamillo.png 1378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Todd Duncan as Escamillo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Haitian Folk Song: Omimba. Todd Duncan, William Duncan Allen [1946]<\/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=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Todd-Duncan-Gertrude-Jeanette-1024x806.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Todd-Duncan-Gertrude-Jeanette-1024x806.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Todd-Duncan-Gertrude-Jeanette-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Todd-Duncan-Gertrude-Jeanette-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Todd-Duncan-Gertrude-Jeanette-1536x1209.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Todd-Duncan-Gertrude-Jeanette-1600x1259.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Todd-Duncan-Gertrude-Jeanette.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Todd Duncan and Gertrude Jeanette in <em>Lost in the Stars<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson: How Many Miles (<em>Lost in the Stars<\/em>). Todd Duncan, Orchestra conducted by Maurice Levine [1949]<\/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=\"658\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Snazzy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Snazzy.png 658w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Snazzy-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson: The Little Gray House (<em>Lost in the Stars<\/em>). Todd Duncan, Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Maurice Levine [1949]<\/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=\"386\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Todd-Duncan-Julian-Mayfield-Inez-Matthews.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17023\" style=\"width:569px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Todd-Duncan-Julian-Mayfield-Inez-Matthews.jpg 386w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Todd-Duncan-Julian-Mayfield-Inez-Matthews-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Todd Duncan, Julian Mayfield, and Inez Matthews in <em>Lost in the Stars<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson: O Tixo, Tixo, Help Me (<em>Lost in the Stars<\/em>). Todd Duncan, Orchestra conducted by Maurice Levine [1949]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Kumalo-1024x706.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Kumalo-1024x706.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Kumalo-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Kumalo-768x530.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Kumalo.png 1353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"931\" height=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Sepia-Photo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Sepia-Photo.png 931w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Sepia-Photo-282x300.png 282w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Sepia-Photo-768x817.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Lawrence Brown: I\u2019m Going to Tell God All My Troubles. Todd Duncan, Carroll Hollister [1957]<\/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=\"812\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Formal-Side-Eye-812x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Formal-Side-Eye-812x1024.png 812w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Formal-Side-Eye-238x300.png 238w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Formal-Side-Eye-768x969.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Formal-Side-Eye.png 856w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Hall Johnson: Witness. Todd Duncan, Carroll Hollister [1957]<\/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=\"382\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Standing-with-Cigarette.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17019\" style=\"width:536px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Standing-with-Cigarette.jpg 382w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Standing-with-Cigarette-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Hall Johnson: Roll, Jerdan Roll. Todd Duncan, Carroll Hollister [ca. 1957]<\/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=\"533\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Porgy-Program-Caricature.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Porgy-Program-Caricature.png 533w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Porgy-Program-Caricature-283x300.png 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Porgy<\/em> caricature from the original program cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: Bess, oh Where\u2019s My Bess (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Todd Duncan, Norman Duncan Allen [1946]<\/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=\"768\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Porgy-Decca-Volume-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Porgy-Decca-Volume-2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Porgy-Decca-Volume-2-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward: Oh, Lord, I\u2019m on My Way (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Todd Duncan, Alexander Smallens, Decca Symphony Orchestra, Eva Jessye Choir [1940]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Van-Vechten-Suit-and-Tie.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Van-Vechten-Suit-and-Tie.png 572w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Van-Vechten-Suit-and-Tie-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 339. Todd Duncan SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I present the male lead creator of Gershwin\u2019s towering masterpiece, Porgy&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[420,1626,1075,7295,2109,3132,2399,1074,1072,2260,808,2755,6189,3272,6119,2806,4980],"tags":[3407,7371,7007,2480,7375,2483,2290,7376,349,5580,2639,7374,4887,101,3222,1396,966,1347,7377,7008,1397,4159,1389,1137,863,1040,2596,1042,328,7372,3057,2601,927,414,2138,430,1041,7373],"class_list":["post-16745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-american-opera-singers","category-african-american-singers","category-art-song","category-black-history-month-2025","category-broadway-and-musicals","category-franz-schubert","category-great-baritones","category-happy-birthday","category-in-memoriam","category-music-for-a-world-in-crisis","category-needle-drop","category-pop-icons","category-rescue-mission","category-singers-of-color","category-spirituals","category-twentieth-century-music","category-twentieth-century-opera","tag-abbie-mitchell","tag-alan-paton","tag-alex-north","tag-alexander-smallens","tag-alexander-steinert","tag-anne-brown","tag-artur-rodzinski","tag-august-heinrich-von-fallersleben","tag-camille-saint-saens","tag-carroll-hollister","tag-dubose-heyward","tag-eva-jessye","tag-frank-black","tag-franz-schubert","tag-friedrich-schiller","tag-george-gershwin","tag-hall-johnson","tag-harry-t-burleigh","tag-henri-cazalis","tag-hy-zaret","tag-ira-gershwin","tag-jean-lahor","tag-jerome-kern","tag-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe","tag-johannes-brahms","tag-kurt-weill","tag-lawrence-brown","tag-lost-in-the-stars","tag-ludwig-van-beethoven","tag-maurice-levine","tag-maxwell-anderson","tag-modest-mussorgsky","tag-oscar-hammerstein-ii","tag-porgy-and-bess","tag-show-boat","tag-spirituals","tag-todd-duncan","tag-william-allen"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Duncan-Tipping-Hat-TRIMMED-300x160.png","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a 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