{"id":22213,"date":"2026-10-15T18:10:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=22213"},"modified":"2026-10-15T19:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:19:09","slug":"episode-495-a-birthday-potpourri-ii-sneak-preview-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/15\/episode-495-a-birthday-potpourri-ii-sneak-preview-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 495. A Birthday Potpourri II (Sneak Preview Edition)"},"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-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-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-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 495. A Birthday Potpourri II (Sneak Preview Edition)<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=2109-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 wp-block-paragraph\"><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-8f761849 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-39697d9b 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greek-God-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greek-God-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greek-God-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greek-God-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greek-God-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greek-God-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dan-and-Greek-God.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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to the second of my birthday potpourri episodes! I recorded this the day before we left on vacation, in other words, exactly a week ago. The focus this week is on Coming Attractions for the rest of the year and the new season (Season Eight already!) of <em>Countermelody<\/em> coming in January. We begin with a tribute to Dutch bass-baritone John Br\u00f6cheler, who died on September 30 at the age of 81. I have been collecting his recordings for a couple years now and will do a full memorial tribute in the months to come. I\u2019m also planning a series on songs by important twentieth century composers, including Karol Szymanowski (sinuously represented here by Polish soprano Halina \u0141ukomska), Jean Sibelius (powerfully voiced by Finnish soprano Ritva Auvinen) and Miriam Gideon (performed here by the exceptional Greek-American tenor Constantine Cassolas, one of the composer\u2019s favorite collaborators). I\u2019m also planning a special episode on creators of Richard Strauss operas, and as a foretaste we hear an excerpt from <em>Arabella<\/em> featuring the controversial soprano Viorica Ursuleac and baritone Alfred Jerger. My series of recordings in the <em>Opernabend<\/em> series on the Eterna label also continues, and the \u201cplaceholder\u201d here is Bulgarian heldentenor Spas Wenkoff, heard in an excerpt from <em>Parsifal<\/em>. I\u2019m also putting together an episode on great German sopranos singing Verdi in German, as represented here by the great Margarete Teschemacher. This will be in tandem with an episode on international Verdi baritones, as exemplified by one of the greatest ever, the Greek Kostas Paskalis. I\u2019ll also be doing individual episodes on singers I\u2019ve been collecting for some time now, including the pathbreaking African American tenor Roland Hayes, the versatile Swedish bass-baritone Erik S\u00e6d\u00e9n, the fearless French-Italian spinto Adriana Maliponte, and two Black mezzos: the velvet-voiced Hilda Harris and the pioneering Trinidadian Sandra Browne. Finally, a pair of episodes paying tribute to the countertenor voice, one entitled \u201cOur Countertenor Forebears,\u201d represented by the heroic-voiced John Angelo Messana. The other, which has been planned and promised for years now as Episode 500, will feature yours truly, Daniel Gundlach, in an episode to be called \u201cDansplaining,\u201d which will feature sound recordings unearthed from the ashes of my own archives. So, my friends, much to look forward to on <em>Countermelody<\/em> in the seasons, months, and years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/One-Day-Everything-Will-Be-Different-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/One-Day-Everything-Will-Be-Different-2.jpg 639w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/One-Day-Everything-Will-Be-Different-2-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size wp-block-paragraph\" 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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brocheler.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brocheler.png 638w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brocheler-253x300.png 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Br\u00f6cheler (21 February 1945 &#8211; 30 September 2026)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">C\u00e9sar Franck, Jos\u00e9phine-Blanche Colomb [after the Gospel of Matthew]: Soyez heureux.&nbsp; \u00d4 justes que mon P\u00e8re envoie (<em>Les B\u00e9atitudes<\/em>). John Br\u00f6cheler, Paul Hofstede, Kenneth Montgomery, Omroeporkest [Hilversum Radio Orchestra] [live Holland Festival 14.VI.1977]<\/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=\"480\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Szymanowski.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Szymanowski.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Szymanowski-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karol Szymanowski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karol Szymanowski, Jaros\u0142aw Iwaszkiewicz: Allah, Akbar, ja wiem, ja dobrze wiem [Allah Akbar, well I know] (<em>Pie\u015bni muezina szalonego<\/em> [<em>Songs of the Lovesick Muezzin<\/em>], Op. 42\/1). Halina \u0141ukomska, Jerzy Sulikowski [1971]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Halina-Lukomska.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Halina-Lukomska.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Halina-Lukomska-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Halina-Lukomska-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Halina-Lukomska-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Halina \u0141ukomska<\/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=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Hayes-Boardman-1024x661.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Hayes-Boardman-1024x661.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Hayes-Boardman-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Hayes-Boardman-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Hayes-Boardman.png 1111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roland Hayes and Reginald Bordman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional Spiritual: Dry Bones. Roland Hayes, Reginald Boardman [recorded 16.I.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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Saeden-Portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21267\" style=\"width:803px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erik S\u00e6d\u00e9n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charles Ives, John Keats: Like a Sick Eagle. Erik S\u00e6d\u00e9n, Sten Envik [1966]<\/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=\"890\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sibelius.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sibelius.jpg 890w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sibelius-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sibelius-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean Sibelius<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jean Sibelius, Johan Ludvig Runeberg: Flickan kom ifr\u00e5n sin \u00e4lsklings m\u00f6te, Op. 37-5. Ritva Auvinen, Pentti Koskimies [1981]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ritva_Auvinen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22445\" style=\"width:598px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ritva_Auvinen.jpg 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Ritva_Auvinen-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ritva Auvinen (18 October 1932 &#8211; 02 January 2026)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sandra-browne.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22446\" style=\"width:612px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sandra-browne.jpg 378w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sandra-browne-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sandra Browne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joaqu\u00edn Rodrigo, Teodoro Llorente: Can\u00e7\u00f3 del Teulad\u00ed [Song of the Sparrow]. Sandra Browne, Michael Isador [1978]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"441\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Joaquin-Rodrigo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Joaquin-Rodrigo.jpg 441w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Joaquin-Rodrigo-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joaqu\u00edn Rodrigo<\/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=\"675\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Messana.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Messana.jpg 675w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Messana-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Angelo Messaana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agostino Steffani, Ortensio Mauro [after Virgil]: Oh grandi, oh sacri abitator&#8230; L\u00e0 tra le Furie (<em>Amor vien dal destino<\/em>). John Angelo Messana, Newell Jenkins, Frederick Hammond, Orchestra del Teatro Accademico di Castelfranco Veneto [1981]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Newell-Jenkins-795x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Newell-Jenkins-795x1024.jpg 795w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Newell-Jenkins-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Newell-Jenkins-768x989.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Newell-Jenkins.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Newell Jenkins<\/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=\"849\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dan-Beautiful-in-sHertogenbosch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dan-Beautiful-in-sHertogenbosch.jpg 849w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dan-Beautiful-in-sHertogenbosch-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dan-Beautiful-in-sHertogenbosch-768x561.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charles Gounod, Victor Hugo: S\u00e9r\u00e9nade, CG 437. Daniel Gundlach, Scott Gilmore [live New York spring 2002]<\/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=\"390\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Wenkoff-with-Bowtie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22447\" style=\"width:580px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Wenkoff-with-Bowtie.jpg 390w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Wenkoff-with-Bowtie-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sps Wenkoff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Wagner: Amfortas! Die Wunde! (<em>Parsifal<\/em>). Spas Wenkoff, Heinz Fricke, Staatskapelle Berlin [1977]<\/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=\"378\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ursuleac-jerger-arabella.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22448\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.795804560878954;width:742px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ursuleac-jerger-arabella.jpg 378w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ursuleac-jerger-arabella-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Viorica Usulec and Alfred Jerger as Arabella and Mandryka (And yes, he DID create the role!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Strauss, Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Das war sehr gut, Mandryka (<em>Arabella<\/em>). Viorica Ursuleac, Alfred Jerger, Clemens Krauss, Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin [1933]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"666\" data-id=\"22451\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ludwig-walther.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ludwig-walther.jpg 555w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ludwig-walther-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Walther Ludwig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"1020\" data-id=\"17152\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Teschemacher.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Teschemacher.png 636w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Teschemacher-187x300.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Margarete Teschemacher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after \u00c1ngel de Saavedra; German translation by Franz Werfel]: Endlich, endlich, teurer Engel [Ah, per sempre, o mio bell&#8217;angiol] (<em>Die Macht des Schicksals<\/em> [<em>La forza del destino<\/em>]). 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All&#8217;anglo contro me v&#8217;unite!&#8230; Piet\u00e0, rispetto, amore (<em>Macbeth<\/em>). Kostas Paskalis, Leonidas Zoras, Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra [1989]<\/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=\"469\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Adriana-Maliponte.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Adriana-Maliponte.png 469w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Adriana-Maliponte-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pietro Mascagni, Luigi Illica: Un d\u00ec (ero piccina) (<em>Iris<\/em>). 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Constantine Cassolas, Da Capo Chamber Players [Andr\u00e9 Emilianoff, Laura Flax, Joel Lester, Patricia Spencer, Joan Tower] [1984]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 495. 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href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Franz Werfel<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Frederick Hammond<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Halina \u0141ukomska<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hans Udo M\u00fcller<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Heinz Fricke<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hilda Harris<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Hugo von Hofmannsthal<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Iris<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jaros\u0142aw Iwaszkiewicz<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jean Sibelius<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jerzy Sulikowski<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Joan Tower<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Joaquin Rodrigo<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Joel Lester<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johan Ludvig Runeberg<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Angelo Messana<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Br\u00f6cheler<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Keats<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jos\u00e9phine-Blanche Colomb<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Karol Szymanowski<\/a>","<a 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href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ortensio Mauro<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Parsifal<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Patricia Spencer<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Paul Hofstede<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pentti Koskimies<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pie\u015bni muezina szalonego<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/women-composers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pietro Mascagni<\/a>","<a 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