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Today's guest is a force. Leo Oliva is an actor, writer, producer and former ER nurse whose career has taken him from Hollywood sets to Shakespearean stages.You've seen him in NCIS: LA, The Last Ship, Scorpion, I Love Dick and most recently The Gentlemen on Netflix. He's worked alongside Danny Glover, collaborated with Morena Baccarin and John Noble, and holds an MFA from LAMDA where he tackled classical giants like Falstaff and Capulet.Now? He's rewriting the rules. His new play Patria o Muerte just premiered at Riverside Studios, a fierce, bilingual reimagining of Macbeth through the eyes of Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution.We talk about:– His journey from ER nurse to screen actor– The hustle behind building a career in Hollywood– The transition to UK theatre and classical training at LAMDA– Writing and starring in Patria o Muerte at Riverside Studios– Reimagining Macbeth through the lens of the Cuban Revolution– Why telling stories from a Latinx perspective is more urgent than ever

Ever since her triumphant debut in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath, arguably the first ordinary and recognisably real woman in English literature, has obsessed readers--from Shakespeare to James Joyce, Voltaire to Pasolini, Dryden to Zadie Smith. Few literary characters have led such colourful lives or matched her influence or capacity for reinvention in poetry, drama, fiction, and film. In The Wife of Bath: A Biography (Princeton UP, 2023), Marion Turner tells the fascinating story of where Chaucer's favourite character came from, how she related to real medieval women, and where her many travels have taken her since the fourteenth century, from Falstaff and Molly Bloom to #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. A sexually active and funny working woman, the Wife of Bath, also known as Alison, talks explicitly about sexual pleasure. She is also a victim of domestic abuse who tells a story of rape and redemption. Formed from misogynist sources, she plays with stereotypes. Turner sets Alison's fictional story alongside the lives of real medieval women--from a maid who travelled around Europe, abandoned her employer, and forged a new career in Rome to a duchess who married her fourth husband, a teenager, when she was sixty-five. Turner also tells the incredible story of Alison's post-medieval life, from seventeenth-century ballads and Polish communist pop art to her reclamation by postcolonial Black British women writers. Entertaining and enlightening, funny and provocative, The Wife of Bath is a one-of-a-kind history of a literary and feminist icon who continues to capture the imagination of readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Ever since her triumphant debut in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath, arguably the first ordinary and recognisably real woman in English literature, has obsessed readers--from Shakespeare to James Joyce, Voltaire to Pasolini, Dryden to Zadie Smith. Few literary characters have led such colourful lives or matched her influence or capacity for reinvention in poetry, drama, fiction, and film. In The Wife of Bath: A Biography (Princeton UP, 2023), Marion Turner tells the fascinating story of where Chaucer's favourite character came from, how she related to real medieval women, and where her many travels have taken her since the fourteenth century, from Falstaff and Molly Bloom to #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. A sexually active and funny working woman, the Wife of Bath, also known as Alison, talks explicitly about sexual pleasure. She is also a victim of domestic abuse who tells a story of rape and redemption. Formed from misogynist sources, she plays with stereotypes. Turner sets Alison's fictional story alongside the lives of real medieval women--from a maid who travelled around Europe, abandoned her employer, and forged a new career in Rome to a duchess who married her fourth husband, a teenager, when she was sixty-five. Turner also tells the incredible story of Alison's post-medieval life, from seventeenth-century ballads and Polish communist pop art to her reclamation by postcolonial Black British women writers. Entertaining and enlightening, funny and provocative, The Wife of Bath is a one-of-a-kind history of a literary and feminist icon who continues to capture the imagination of readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Ever since her triumphant debut in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath, arguably the first ordinary and recognisably real woman in English literature, has obsessed readers--from Shakespeare to James Joyce, Voltaire to Pasolini, Dryden to Zadie Smith. Few literary characters have led such colourful lives or matched her influence or capacity for reinvention in poetry, drama, fiction, and film. In The Wife of Bath: A Biography (Princeton UP, 2023), Marion Turner tells the fascinating story of where Chaucer's favourite character came from, how she related to real medieval women, and where her many travels have taken her since the fourteenth century, from Falstaff and Molly Bloom to #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. A sexually active and funny working woman, the Wife of Bath, also known as Alison, talks explicitly about sexual pleasure. She is also a victim of domestic abuse who tells a story of rape and redemption. Formed from misogynist sources, she plays with stereotypes. Turner sets Alison's fictional story alongside the lives of real medieval women--from a maid who travelled around Europe, abandoned her employer, and forged a new career in Rome to a duchess who married her fourth husband, a teenager, when she was sixty-five. Turner also tells the incredible story of Alison's post-medieval life, from seventeenth-century ballads and Polish communist pop art to her reclamation by postcolonial Black British women writers. Entertaining and enlightening, funny and provocative, The Wife of Bath is a one-of-a-kind history of a literary and feminist icon who continues to capture the imagination of readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Ever since her triumphant debut in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath, arguably the first ordinary and recognisably real woman in English literature, has obsessed readers--from Shakespeare to James Joyce, Voltaire to Pasolini, Dryden to Zadie Smith. Few literary characters have led such colourful lives or matched her influence or capacity for reinvention in poetry, drama, fiction, and film. In The Wife of Bath: A Biography (Princeton UP, 2023), Marion Turner tells the fascinating story of where Chaucer's favourite character came from, how she related to real medieval women, and where her many travels have taken her since the fourteenth century, from Falstaff and Molly Bloom to #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. A sexually active and funny working woman, the Wife of Bath, also known as Alison, talks explicitly about sexual pleasure. She is also a victim of domestic abuse who tells a story of rape and redemption. Formed from misogynist sources, she plays with stereotypes. Turner sets Alison's fictional story alongside the lives of real medieval women--from a maid who travelled around Europe, abandoned her employer, and forged a new career in Rome to a duchess who married her fourth husband, a teenager, when she was sixty-five. Turner also tells the incredible story of Alison's post-medieval life, from seventeenth-century ballads and Polish communist pop art to her reclamation by postcolonial Black British women writers. Entertaining and enlightening, funny and provocative, The Wife of Bath is a one-of-a-kind history of a literary and feminist icon who continues to capture the imagination of readers.

Ever since her triumphant debut in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath, arguably the first ordinary and recognisably real woman in English literature, has obsessed readers--from Shakespeare to James Joyce, Voltaire to Pasolini, Dryden to Zadie Smith. Few literary characters have led such colourful lives or matched her influence or capacity for reinvention in poetry, drama, fiction, and film. In The Wife of Bath: A Biography (Princeton UP, 2023), Marion Turner tells the fascinating story of where Chaucer's favourite character came from, how she related to real medieval women, and where her many travels have taken her since the fourteenth century, from Falstaff and Molly Bloom to #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. A sexually active and funny working woman, the Wife of Bath, also known as Alison, talks explicitly about sexual pleasure. She is also a victim of domestic abuse who tells a story of rape and redemption. Formed from misogynist sources, she plays with stereotypes. Turner sets Alison's fictional story alongside the lives of real medieval women--from a maid who travelled around Europe, abandoned her employer, and forged a new career in Rome to a duchess who married her fourth husband, a teenager, when she was sixty-five. Turner also tells the incredible story of Alison's post-medieval life, from seventeenth-century ballads and Polish communist pop art to her reclamation by postcolonial Black British women writers. Entertaining and enlightening, funny and provocative, The Wife of Bath is a one-of-a-kind history of a literary and feminist icon who continues to capture the imagination of readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SALIERI: Sinfonía en Re Mayor “Il giorno onomastico” (19.54). Orq. Sinf. de Londres. Dir.: Z. Pesko. BEETHOVEN/SALIERI: 10 Variaciones para piano en Si bemol Mayor sobre “La stessa, La stessissima” de la ópera de Salieri “Falstaff” Woo 73 (9.52). P. Mangova (p.). SALIERI: Quinteto para dos oboes, dos cornos y continuo en Si bemol Mayor (14.02). P. Pollastri (ob.), C. Tenan (ob.), F. Fava (corno), M. Campagnini (corno), Ensemble Italiano Di Fiati.Escuchar audio

Ever since her triumphant debut in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath, arguably the first ordinary and recognisably real woman in English literature, has obsessed readers--from Shakespeare to James Joyce, Voltaire to Pasolini, Dryden to Zadie Smith. Few literary characters have led such colourful lives or matched her influence or capacity for reinvention in poetry, drama, fiction, and film. In The Wife of Bath: A Biography (Princeton UP, 2023), Marion Turner tells the fascinating story of where Chaucer's favourite character came from, how she related to real medieval women, and where her many travels have taken her since the fourteenth century, from Falstaff and Molly Bloom to #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. A sexually active and funny working woman, the Wife of Bath, also known as Alison, talks explicitly about sexual pleasure. She is also a victim of domestic abuse who tells a story of rape and redemption. Formed from misogynist sources, she plays with stereotypes. Turner sets Alison's fictional story alongside the lives of real medieval women--from a maid who travelled around Europe, abandoned her employer, and forged a new career in Rome to a duchess who married her fourth husband, a teenager, when she was sixty-five. Turner also tells the incredible story of Alison's post-medieval life, from seventeenth-century ballads and Polish communist pop art to her reclamation by postcolonial Black British women writers. Entertaining and enlightening, funny and provocative, The Wife of Bath is a one-of-a-kind history of a literary and feminist icon who continues to capture the imagination of readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever since her triumphant debut in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath, arguably the first ordinary and recognisably real woman in English literature, has obsessed readers--from Shakespeare to James Joyce, Voltaire to Pasolini, Dryden to Zadie Smith. Few literary characters have led such colourful lives or matched her influence or capacity for reinvention in poetry, drama, fiction, and film. In The Wife of Bath: A Biography (Princeton UP, 2023), Marion Turner tells the fascinating story of where Chaucer's favourite character came from, how she related to real medieval women, and where her many travels have taken her since the fourteenth century, from Falstaff and Molly Bloom to #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. A sexually active and funny working woman, the Wife of Bath, also known as Alison, talks explicitly about sexual pleasure. She is also a victim of domestic abuse who tells a story of rape and redemption. Formed from misogynist sources, she plays with stereotypes. Turner sets Alison's fictional story alongside the lives of real medieval women--from a maid who travelled around Europe, abandoned her employer, and forged a new career in Rome to a duchess who married her fourth husband, a teenager, when she was sixty-five. Turner also tells the incredible story of Alison's post-medieval life, from seventeenth-century ballads and Polish communist pop art to her reclamation by postcolonial Black British women writers. Entertaining and enlightening, funny and provocative, The Wife of Bath is a one-of-a-kind history of a literary and feminist icon who continues to capture the imagination of readers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

par Benoit Basirico Cinezik Radio sur Cinezik.fr A l'occasion de la rétrospective que lui consacre la Cinémathèque Française du 8 octobre 2025 au 11 janvier 2026, voici notre plongée dans l'univers sonore d'Orson Welles, un véritable architecte du son, au fil d'une carrière faite de génie et de conflits avec les studios, autour de chefs-d'œuvre comme “Citizen Kane”, “La Soif du Mal” et “Falstaff”. Des partitions conçues autour de motifs récurrents et d'orchestrations sombres (Bernard Herrmann), d'ambiances jazz vénéneuses émanant des juke-box (Henry Mancini), de thèmes mélancoliques remixés et fragmentés par le réalisateur lui-même (Paul Misraki), de musiques torturées pour exprimer l'oppression (Jean Ledrut dans Le Procès), de nappes sonores vibrantes et nerveuses (Angelo Francesco Lavagnino) et de jazz espiègle ou atonal (Michel Legrand). Se croisent la révolution du film noir (Citizen Kane, La Dame de Shanghai), l'adaptation radicale des tragédies shakespeariennes (Macbeth, Othello, Falstaff), le cauchemar bureaucratique kafkaïen (Le Procès) et les essais-documentaires vertigineux (Vérités et Mensonges), témoignant de la quête perpétuelle de contrôle artistique de ce géant du cinéma. Programme des B.O : De l'autre côté du vent (Orson Welles, 2018) - Michel Legrand Vérités et Mensonges (Orson Welles, 1973) - Michel Legrand La Soif du Mal (Orson Welles, 1958) - Henry Mancini Le Procès (Orson Welles, 1962) - Jean Ledrut Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) - Bernard Herrmann La Splendeur des Amberson (Orson Welles, 1942) - Bernard Herrmann Le Criminel (Orson Welles, 1946) - Bronisław Kaper La Dame de Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947) - Heinz Roemheld Macbeth (Orson Welles, 1948) - Jacques Ibert Othello (Orson Welles, 1951) - Angelo Francesco Lavagnino & Alberto Barberis Dossier Secret (Orson Welles, 1955) - Paul Misraki Falstaff (Orson Welles, 1965) - Angelo Francesco Lavagnino Le Troisième Homme (Carol Reed, 1949) - Anton Karas It's All True (Orson Welles (reconstruit), 1993) - Jorge Arriagada Too Much Johnson (Orson Welles, 1938) - Paul Bowles

Es wird cozy: Lou und Jonas zeigen Dir zusammen mit Johannes Schellhorn & Willi Schlögl aus der Bar Freundschaft, wie Du Wein im Winter clever kombinierst – von Raclette und Gänsebraten über Gulasch und Rinderroulade bis zum Eintopf. Du bekommst einfache Hacks für Temperatur, Menge & Gläser und erfährst, welche Stile bei deftigen Saucen, Schärfe oder viel Umami funktionieren. Zum Dessert gibt's natürlich noch einen Lieblingsklassiker aus dem Ofen und den passenden Wein-Tipp gleich dazu. Piccini Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG https://bit.ly/4pjYkQV Kirsch- und Pflaumenfrucht trifft auf würzige Noten (Pfeffer, mediterrane Kräuter), dazu dezente Röst- und Vanilleanklänge aus dem Holz. Am Gaumen ausgewogen, mit reifen, griffigen Tanninen und frischer Säure – genau die Kombi, die Schmorgerichte, Braten & Ragù liebt. Ein vielseitiger Winterbegleiter zu Gänsekeule, Rinderroulade oder gereiftem Hartkäse. Quellenhinweis: Händler- und Kritikerprofile zu Stil & Aromatik (u. a. Falstaff, Vivino/Händlerangaben, wein-schaepers). Lous Weinlexikon: S wie Salzburger Nockerln Die Salzburger Nockerln sind ein österreichischer Klassiker: luftig-leichte Süßspeise aus aufgeschlagenem Eischnee, Zucker und Vanille, die im Ofen goldbraun gebacken wird. Außen knusprig, innen fluffig wie Soufflé, werden sie traditionell warm serviert – meistens mit Staubzucker bestäubt und einer Beerensauce oder Kompott. Die drei Nockerln symbolisieren die verschneiten Salzburger Hausberge Mönchsberg, Kapuzinerberg und Gaisberg. Genau das Richtige für Deine Weinprobe und zum Üben von Verkostungen: Das Cheers! Aromarad https://www.edeka.de/services/edeka-medien/cheers-podcast/index.jsp Lust auf den perfekten Weinmoment? Mit den Cheers! Weinplaylisten findest Du tolle Musik zu jeder Flasche Wein https://open.spotify.com/user/31umv65e2qkqtw3xamou2qwcoska Möchtest Du uns eine Frage stellen, etwas loswerden oder ein Thema vorschlagen? Dann schreib uns gerne an cheers@edeka.de. Wir freuen uns, von Dir zu hören – Cheers! Weitere Infos zu unserem Podcast findest Du unter edeka.de/cheers. Besuche uns auch gerne auf Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cheers_weinpodcast/. Altershinweis: Dieser Podcast beschäftigt sich mit Wein und hat einen Bezug zu Alkohol. Der Inhalt ist ausschließlich an Personen ab 16 Jahren gerichtet.

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This past September 19th, we observed the anniversary of the death in 1992 of the great Welsh bass-baritone Geraint Evans at the age of 70. A vivid actor and a skilled singer, he both began and ended his career at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, but was a treasured guest at opera houses all over the globe. In 1966, London/Decca records released a recording designed to give full display to his musical, stylistic, and dramatic versatility. In its US issue it was entitled, appropriately enough, Three Centuries of Baritone Art, and in it many of his greatest roles are highlighted, as well as a number of parts, unusual or uncharacteristic for him, which he never performed onstage.  Needless to say, his Mozart roles are in the forefront, as is his exceptional characterization of Verdi's Falstaff, to which he brought a light buffo touch while still retaining a full vocal palette bolstered by a vivid characterization. On this episode, I supplement this album with a delightful recording of Evans singing from Mahler's Knaben Wunderhorn, a wrenching one of his legendary Wozzeck, and a monumental one of Elegy for a Prince, a work for voice and orchestra by William Mathias, written for and dedicated to Evans, who sang the premiere in 1972 and subsequently recorded it in 1977. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and author yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly or yearly support at whatever level you can afford.

durée : 00:28:38 - La musique symphonique britannique I - Sir Edward Elgar (4/4) : de Falstaff à la Symphonie n°3 - par : Christian Merlin - L'un des fils rouges de cette saison sera une exploration de la musique orchestrale britannique, trop méconnue sur le continent. D'Elgar, on connaît le Concerto pour violoncelle et la Marche "Pomp and Circumstance", mais qui sait qu'il a composé trois symphonies et des poèmes symphoniques ? - réalisé par : Marie Grout Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

durée : 01:57:56 - Musique matin du vendredi 07 novembre 2025 - par : Gabrielle Oliveira-Guyon - Comme tous les vendredis, place à nos chroniqueurs. Cap sur Marseille avec Roselyne Bachelot qui nous parle du baryton Victor Maurel, le créateur de "Falstaff" de Verdi, quand Hippolyte Pérès nous initie à la technique de la chorégraphe Martha Graham, à l'honneur au Théâtre du Châtelet. - réalisé par : Yassine Bouzar Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

My guest on The British Food History Podcast today food historian and friend of the show Sam Bilton, podcaster and author of Much Ado About Cooking Delicious Shakespearean Feasts for Every Occasion, published by Headline and commissioned by Shakespeare's Globe. It was, of course, a great opportunity to talk about the food of Shakespearean England as well as the food and drink references in Shakespeare's plays, and what they meant to those watching the plays at the time they were first performed.We talked about lots of cookery manuscripts, the importance of keeping historical recipes relevant, capons, Early Modern bread and greedy Falstaff's sack, amongst many other things.Those listening to the secret podcast can hear about horrible, sweet spinach tarts, Early Modern cakes, possets and more!Much Ado About Cooking by Sam BiltonSam's websiteFollow Sam on BlueSky, Insta and Threads @mrssbiltonComfortably HungryAis for Apple: An Encyclopaedia of Food & DrinkRemember: Fruit Pig are sponsoring the 9th season of the podcast. Visit their website www.fruitpig.co.uk to learn more about them, their journey, to find your local stockist and access their online shop.If you can, support the podcast and blogs by becoming a £3 monthly subscriber, and unlock lots of premium content, including bonus blog posts and recipes, access to the easter eggs and the secret podcast, or treat me to a one-off virtual pint or coffee: click here.This episode was mixed and engineered by Thomas Ntinas of the Delicious Legacy podcast.Things mentioned in today's episodeThe Globe TheatreWho is Falstaff?Books discussed or mentioned and further readingFirst Catch Your Gingerbread by Sam BiltonKnead to Know: A History of Baking by Neil ButteryA Dark History of Sugar by Neil ButteryEnglish Bread & Yeast Cookery by Elizabeth DavidThe Good Housewife's Jewel by Thomas Dawson

Welcome back to Behind the Curtain's mini series, 20 Years with Maestro Conlon, in which Classical KUSC's Gail Eichenthal sits down with Maestro James Conlon to discuss his legacy here at LA Opera. In this episode, we explore Italian opera—Rossini, Puccini, Verdi, and beyond—touching on bel canto and what makes a 'perfect opera.' Get your tickets now for Puccini's "La Bohème" and Verdi's "Falstaff" at LAOpera.org.

Det var en gång en elak häxa som förtrollade alla som kom nära henne. Och varje gång hon trollade växte hennes långa näsa. En dag gick en liten prins och prinsessa förbi Pomperipossas hus. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssningslov i Barnradion 2025: Artister läser klassiska sagorSagan om Pomperipossa är en del av Barnradions special under läslovet – där fem artister läser varsin klassisk saga. Genom dessa röster och sagor hoppas vi kunna inspirera fler familjer att lyssna, och läsa, tillsammans. Petter är en av Sveriges mest framstående hiphopartister. Han slog igenom på 90-talet med låten “Vinden har vänt” och har sedan dess belönats med flera priser för sin musik. Utöver musiken är han bland annat även författare och föreläsare.Sagans ursprungSagan om Pomperipossa är en folksaga från 1800-talet som skrevs av Axel Wallengren, även känd under signaturen Falstaff, fakir. MedverkandeBerättare: Petter Alexis Askergren Radiobearbetning: Linda JonesMusik: Ludvig JanssonSlutmix: Bjarne JohanssonFoto: Patrycja GajewskaIllustrationer: Johanna KristianssonProducenter: Dinah Ahl och Linda Jones, Barnradion

a cura di Paolo PellegriniG. Verdi - FalstaffSir John Falstaff - Giuseppe ValdengoFord - Frank GuarreraDottor Cajus - Gabor CarelliFenton - Antonio MadasiBardolfo - John Carmen RossiPistola - Norman ScottMrs. Alice Ford - Herva NelliNannetta - Teresa Stich-RandallMrs. Quickly - Cloë ElmoMrs. Meg Page - Nan MerrimanDirettore:Arturo ToscaniniOrchestra e Coro:NBC Symphony Orchestra e Robert Shaw Chorale 

This week on Crack the Book, I'm still in awe of Shakespeare — and not ready to leave him behind. Somewhere between Falstaff's jokes and Othello's heartbreak, I realized just how much I've climbed the Shakespeare learning curve. The language that once felt impossible now feels like music, and these plays — Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2, and Othello — have been my favorite week yet.To start, though, I covered a little of Shakespeare's own history, so that we can better understand what was happening around him as he wrote his plays.The Henry IV plays are part of Shakespeare's “Henriad,” tracing Prince Hal's transformation from tavern-dwelling prankster to King Henry V. Part 1 sets up the tension between fathers and sons — King Henry and Hal, Northumberland and Hotspur — while Falstaff brings both comedy and chaos. I was surprised by how much I loved the histories: the mix of battle and banter, the political drama, and the emotional depth. By Part 2, the story turns elegiac. Henry IV is aging, Hal is ready to lead, and Falstaff's charm finally wears thin. The final father–son scenes left me sobbing under a tree outside our hotel — Shakespeare reached across 400 years and hit me right in the heart.Then comes Othello, which could not be more different. Where Falstaff is funny, Iago is chilling. He's not a misunderstood fool — he's pure manipulation, the “honest” man who deceives everyone. I was struck by how quickly Shakespeare draws each character: Desdemona's sweetness, Emilia's courage, Othello's nobility. The tragedy lands hard because we believe them all. And even here, amid jealousy and death, Shakespeare finds humor — like a quick, ridiculous debate about national drinking habits.I watched the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Henry IV with Anthony Sher's Falstaff, and they were brilliant — vivid sword fights, excellent pacing, and real warmth. By Othello, I'd developed my ear enough to read without watching.This project keeps surprising me — and this week, it reminded me why Shakespeare endures. His plays aren't ancient; they're alive, human, and heartbreakingly funny.This is a year-long challenge! Join me next week for Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists and Benvenuto Cellini's Autobiography.LINKTed Gioia/The Honest Broker's 12-Month Immersive Humanities Course (paywalled!)My Amazon Book List (NOT an affiliate link)CONNECTThe complete list of Crack the Book Episodes: https://cheryldrury.substack.com/p/crack-the-book-start-here?r=u3t2rTo read more of my writing, visit my Substack - https://www.cheryldrury.substack.com.Follow me on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cldrury/ LISTENSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5GpySInw1e8IqNQvXow7Lv?si=9ebd5508daa245bdApple Podcasts -

durée : 01:31:16 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Albane Penaranda - Dès son plus jeune âge, Orson Welles adorait Shakespeare. Il l'adapte plusieurs fois à la radio et lui consacre trois longs métrages : Macbeth, Othello, Falstaff. Ce numéro des Mardis du cinéma évoque avec plusieurs spécialistes les nombreuses similitudes entre les univers de Welles et Shakespeare. - réalisation : Emily Vallat - invités : Jean-Pierre Berthomé Critique, historien et enseignant (cinéma); François Thomas Historien du cinéma, collaborateur de la revue Positif et professeur à la Sorbonne Nouvelle

I had a delightful discussion with Hank Neimark, one of the Directors and Eric Hefler, who plays Falstaff, in The Bird-On-A-Ciff's Woodstock Shakespeare Festival production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor”,  Shakespeare's light heartened, and raucous, comedy, truly a farce, which focuses on middle class domestic issues and the agency of its female characters.            The Merry Wives of Windsor is Shakespeare's only contemporaneous play, and features two very clever and able women who turn the tables on the bumptious, raucous, drunken rogue and scoundrel, womanizing, egotistical, deceitful, epicure and glutton, the fragile and fearful, morbidly obese and impoverished knight, Sir John Falstaff.     “Tell Me What You're Reading” wherever you listen to podcasts. #Shakespeare #Bird-On-A-CliffTheatreCompany #WoodstockShakespeareFestival #communitytheater #summerstock  #woodstock #bookwormsinthewild

Falstaff's Fables 5xxxxx 50 The Brave Little Tailor

Steven concludes his fascinating conversation about Orson Welles with noted film critic, historian, and film institute educator Robert Horton as they dive deeper into "Chimes at Midnight," Falstaff, Freud, Gielgud, Olivier, and more. Support the show by picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger merchandise at www.dontquillthepodcast.com and becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/dontquillthemessenger  Made possible by Patrons: Clare Jaget, Courtney L, David Neufer, Deduce, Earl Showerman, Edward Henke, Ellen Swanson, Eva Varelas, Frank Lawler, James Warren,  Jen Swan, John Creider, John Eddings, Kara Elizabeth Martin, Michael Hannigan, Neal Riesterer, Patricia Carrelli, Richard Wood, Romola, Sandi Boney, Sandi Paulus, Sheila Kethley, Tim Norman, Tim Price, Vanessa Lops, Yvonne Don't Quill the Messenger is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. For more great podcasts visit www.dragonwagonradio.com

Our August Special Subject is Literature vs. Welles vs. Moreau: we discuss the three finished films that Orson Welles made with Jeanne Moreau, whom he considered "the greatest actress in the world." The Trial (1962) stars Anthony Perkins in an adaptation of the Kafka novel; Chimes at Midnight (1965) stars Welles as Falstaff in an adaptation of Shakespeare's Henriad focused on the Prince Hal/Falstaff relationship; and The Immortal Story (1968) stars Welles and Moreau in an adaptation of a Karen Blixen story. Come for Welles' handling of these immortal stories, stay to find out how Moreau assisted the magician.  Time Codes: 0h 00m 25s:    THE TRIAL (1962) [dir. Orson Welles] 0h 35m 24s:    CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (1965) [dir. Orson Welles] 0h 52m 19s:    THE IMMORTAL STORY (1968) [dir. Orson Welles] +++   * Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project – a discussion of Late Spring * Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s * Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive) * Read Elise's piece on Gangs of New York – “Making America Strange Again” * Check out Dave's Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist's 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!  Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com We now have a Discord server - just drop us a line if you'd like to join! 

Falstaff's Fables 5xxxxx 50 The Brave Little Tailor

On June 3, 2024, the Berlin Senate's Department of Culture installed a memorial plaque in honor of African American contralto and Deutsche Oper star Vera Little at her former residence. Little, who lived from 1927 to 2012, and spent the majority of her adult life in Berlin, was a dazzlingly gifted singing actress who sang everything from bel canto to Carmen to creating two roles in operas by Hans Werner Henze. This episode makes use of newly-acquired recordings of Little singing Carmen and Dame Quickly in Falstaff. We also sample the work of Little's extraordinarily gifted brother, the tragically short-lived jazz trumpeter Booker Little, as well as several excerpts (read by your host) from Tears in My Eyes, published in 1978, the first of Vera Little's several published books of memoirs and poetry. The episode concludes with the majority of Little's 1957 single solo recording, Twelve Spirituals, on Decca Records, containing arrangements by Harry Burleigh, William Dawson, and Hall Johnson accompanied by Domincan-French pianist Andrès Wheatley. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly or yearly support at whatever level you can afford.

Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 2 Act 5 The king is dead. Henry V now rules England, and word is spreading across the country. When news reaches Falstaff, he gathers his followers and heads back to London, certain that Hal will have honours for him... CAST Falstaff - Andrew Faber Henry V - Harry Lock Warwick - Karim Kronfli Chief Justice - Helen Maltby Shallow - Brian Murray Silence - Sandie King Lancaster - Laike Twiss Gloucester - Lou Sutcliffe Clarence - Hannah Rogers Bardolph - Alan Curtis Mistress Quickly - Mary Hall Doll Tearsheet - Zoe Barke Pistol - Patrick Cline Davy - Benjamin Chandler Beadle - Erika Sanderson CREW Writer - William Shakespeare Producer / Director - Dario Knight Sound Engineers - Stephan Medhurst & Gareth Johnson Title Music - Bonnie Grace Additional Music - John Bjork & Epidemic Sound

Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 2 Act 3 King Henry musters his forces in readiness for further war, but his health is beginning to fail him. Falstaff too reckons with mortality, when a visit to Gloucester reunites him with an old friend. CAST King Henry - Philip Donnelly Falstaff / Mowbray - Andrew Faber Warwick - Karim Kronfli Shallow - Brian Murray Silence - Sandie King Bardolph - Alan Curtis Westmoreland / Feeble - David Ault Archbishop - Amy Holmes Hastings - Janinne Taylor Mouldy - Benjamin Chandler Shadow - Erika Sanderson Wart - Lou Sutcliffe Bullcalf - Matthew Schwarz CREW Writer - William Shakespeare Producer / Director - Dario Knight Sound Engineers - Stephan Medhurst & Gareth Johnson Title Music - Bonnie Grace Additional Music - John Bjork & Epidemic Sound

Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 2 Act 1 News of Hotspur's failed rebellion reaches his father Northumberland. Another uprising emerges from the ashes of the first, led by the Archbishop of York, whilst Falstaff incurs the wrath of the Chief Justice... CAST Falstaff / Mowbray - Andrew Faber Northumberland - Kati Herbert Archbishop - Amy Holmes Hastings - Janinne Taylor Lord Bardolph - Benjamin Chandler Morton - Matthew Schwarz Page - Tori Cline Chief Justice - Helen Maltby Servant - Allison Cossitt Rumor - Luke Martin CREW Writer - William Shakespeare Producer / Director - Dario Knight Sound Engineer - Stephan Medhurst Title Music - Bonnie Grace Additional Music - John Bjork & Epidemic Sound

Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 1 Act 5 King Henry fights to keep his crown, Falstaff questions the honour of war, and soon the conflict reaches a turning point when the sons of the men who once usurped a king meet at last in battle... CAST King Henry - Philip Donnelly Falstaff / Vernon - Andrew Faber Prince Hal - Harry Lock Hostspur - Luke Martin Worcester - Theresa Ross Douglas - Lou Sutcliffe Walter Blunt - Haydn Davies Lancaster - Laike Twiss CREW Writer - William Shakespeare Producer / Director - Dario Knight Sound Engineer - Stephan Medhurst Title Music - Bonnie Grace Additional Music - John Bjork & Epidemic Sound

Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 1 Act 2 Whilst Harry Hotspur - son of the Earl of Northumberland - readies himself to strike against the man his father once helped become, Prince Hal and Poins embark on a mission to get the better of Falstaff. CAST Falstaff - Andrew Faber Prince Hal - Harry Lock Hostspur - Luke Martin Poins - TJ Lea Mistress Quickly - Mary Hall Bardolph - Alan Curtis Gadshill - Matthew Schwarz Peto - Hannah Rogers Traveller - Erika Sanderson Sheriff - Niki Lewarne CREW Writer - William Shakespeare Producer / Director - Dario Knight Sound Engineer - Stephan Medhurst Title Music - Bonnie Grace Additional Music - John Bjork & Epidemic Sound

Sounds effects, Jonathan is activist famous, white women are..., Trump has a new gold phone, the new features are wild, owning the libs, Falstaff and Shakespeare, old cell phones, smoking weed with family, Sumthin Good Soul Food in Charleston, WV, stop saying urban rooms, quiet joy audience members, Looney Tunes holds up, Dixieland Jazz and an epic Would You Rather. Jason Allen King @ Goodnights 861 Roomhttps://www.goodnightscomedy.com/shows/316750 Three's Comedy Tour @ Copper Fox Distillery in Sperryville, VA https://www.eventbrite.com/e/threes-comedy-tour-at-copper-fox-distillery-tickets-1337312119549?aff=erelpanelorg

Called “the finest actor of his generation,” Sir Simon Russell Beale has played just about everyone in Shakespeare's canon—Hamlet, Lear, Macbeth, Falstaff, Malvolio, Iago—and most recently, Titus Andronicus, for the Royal Shakespeare Company. In this episode, Beale reflects on the Shakespearean roles that have shaped his career and how his approach to them has evolved over time. He shares what drew him to Titus, and how he found surprising tenderness in Shakespeare's brutal tragedy. The actor revisits past performances, exploring grief in Hamlet, aging and dementia in King Lear, and how time has deepened his connection to the plays and the characters. Beale's memoir, A Piece of Work: Playing Shakespeare & Other Stories, is a moving and often humorous reflection on acting, Shakespeare, and the power of performance to reveal something essential about being human. Sir Simon Russell Beale studied at Cambridge before joining the RSC. Described by the Daily Telegraph as “the finest actor of his generation,” he has been lauded for both his stage and TV work, winning many awards including the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Evening Standard Best Actor Award, and the BAFTA Best Actor Award. From the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast. Published June 17, 2025. © Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This episode was produced by Matt Frassica. Garland Scott is the executive producer. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster. We had help with web production from Paola García Acuña. Leonor Fernandez edits our transcripts. Final mixing services are provided by Clean Cuts at Three Seas, Inc.

In Merry Wives of Windsor, Falstaff says “the appetite of her eye did seem to scorch me up like a burning-glass!” Burning glasses were a specific kind of lens, that allowed you to harness the sun's rays to create fire. They were a predesessor on the road to later lens construction that allowed for the convex shape which allows someone to create prescription glasses. In Shakespeare's lifetime, a specific kind of spectacles known as aphakic spectacles were prescriped as a matter of routine in post operative care for someone that underwent a cataract surgery .Paintings from this tim period show a variety of spectacles and eyewear that were used in this time period, and Shakespeare's plays themselves reveal the cultural impression of glasses and how they were perceived. Here today to explain the development of lenses form Shakespeare's lifetime, the post operative care for cataract surgery in particular, and to tell us more about special lenses like “burning glasses” and “reading stones” are our guests and ophthalmological historians, Chris Leffler and Charles Letocha.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 168:Although Shakespeare's completion of the events of Henry IV's reign is very much a continuation of the story from part one it is a play with a very different vibe. The vigour of the battle scenes and the exuberance of prince Hal and Falstaff's relationship are replaced in part two with a more sombre and elegiac tone. The effects of old age and the passing to time hang over the play and even at its ending, where the coronation of Henry V could have been treated as a big party full of hope, it is the final rejection of Falstaff that dominates as once again Shakespeare provides an ending that many would have found surprising.The dating of the playThe early publishing history of the playThe early performance history of the playShakespeare's sources for the playA Synopsis of the plotHow the play functions without much dramatic actionWas the play a hurriedly written sequel?Foreshadowing and references to historyThe presence of the king and his illness in the playThe nature of the comedy in the playThe final split with FalstaffFalstaff the dangerous conmanThe Justices Shallow and SilenceMistress Quickly and the other comic charactersThe EpilogueSupport the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.patreon.com/thoetpwww.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Giuseppe Verdi: compositore italiano dell'Ottocento, autore di capolavori come Requiem, Rigoletto e La traviata, che hanno segnato la storia dell'opera.

What makes us laugh? And why should it matter? EI's Alastair Benn and Paul Lay are joined by the critic Mathew Lyons to discuss the uses of comedy. Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. EI Talks... is hosted by Paul Lay and Alastair Benn, and produced by Caitlin Brown. The sound engineer is Gareth Jones. Image: Eduard von Grützner's Falstaff, 1873. Credit: INTERFOTO / Alamy Stock Photo 

Falstaff's Fables 5xxxxx 47 The Shooting of Pecos Percey

The British bass-baritone Norman Bailey (23 March 1933 – 15 September 2021) was one of the premier Wagner singers of his generation, appearing in his signature roles (Hans Sachs, the Dutchman, and Wotan, among others) at the most prestigious festival and with the most distinguished opera companies around the world. He was also celebrated for his Verdi and Strauss portrayals and was an skillful, intuitive, and communicative recitalist. In this refurbished bonus episode, he is heard in operatic scenes by all three of those composers, and additionally as a big-voiced miniaturist in songs by Peter Warlock, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Hugo Wolf. “Guest stars” in the operatic excerpts (from Walküre, Macbeth, Holländer, Salome, Falstaff, Die Liebe der Danae, and The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) include Galina Vishnevskaya, Margaret Curphey, Carol Neblett, Arlene Saunders, and Montserrat Caballé, conducted by Otto Klemperer, Julius Rudel, Alexander Gibson, Anton Guadagno, Reginald Goodall, and Charles Mackerras. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly or yearly support at whatever level you can afford.

A year and a half ago, I posted an episode on Robert Massard, the finest French baritone of his era, and one of the finest French baritones of all time. Today, in honor of his upcoming hundredth birthday later this year, I present him in a different repertoire (and therefore a different light). As was very much the custom of the day in French opera houses, Massard sang many of his non-French roles in translation. This was also very much the standard in German-language opera houses in the 50s and 60s. Massard's recorded legacy includes Italian operas sung in the original language as well as in French translation. No matter what language he was singing in, Massard was a master of bel canto as well as buffo patter. This episode includes arias and duets from Il barbiere di Siviglia, I Puritani, Lucie de Lammermoor, Le Comte Ory, La Traviata, Don Carlos, Un bal masque, La bohème, Cavalleria rusticana, and Andrea Chénier, as well as extended scenes from both Rigoletto (in and out of French!) and Falstaff. I also include a clip of Massard's contemporary and compatriot Gabriel Bacquier singing an excerpt of one of his greatest Verdi parts, Iago in Otello. Massard's vocal colleagues in these excerpts include Alain Vanzo, Peter Glossop, and Renée Doria. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly or yearly support at whatever level you can afford.

Hey all! Welcome to another episode of “Mr. P.'s Tales from the Road!” In this edition, we sashay on down to St. Louis, Missouri to tell a glorious tale of beer. German immigrant beer. Or in this case, the now-abandoned brewery once owned  that once produced a special family-recipe brew that saw its rise and fall in the Gateway to the West. Plenty of frothy but crisp history and tales abound, so tap a solid beer of choice, raise your frosty stein in the air, shout out a lusty "Ziggy Zaggy, Ziggy Zaggy, Oi, Oi, Oi,” eat a nice big warm, freshly baked and salted pretzel (preferably with mustard), listen in and enjoy the show! Have a great weekend, bundle up, be safe out there and we'll see you in the next episode! -Mr. P.Also now available on APPLE PODCAST!: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mr-p-s-tales-from-the-road/id1717990959Check out the new Mr. P. Explores Substack for articles and photos!: https://mrpexplores.substack.com/FOR MORE MR. P. ADVENTURES, FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM:https://www.instagram.com/mr.p_explores/ @mr.p_exploresON TWITTER:https://twitter.com/ExploresMr @ExploresMrON BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/mrpexplores.bsky.socialON FLICKR: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrpexplores/#MrPExplores

Celebrated stage and screen actor JAY O. SANDERS joins host NATHAN WINKELSTEIN, Red Bull's Associate Artistic Director, for a conversation focused on one of Shakespeare's most iconic characters. Appearing in the Henry IV's and The Merry Wives of Windsor–and also eulogized in Henry V, Falstaff is a unique study. Together they will read from Henry IV, Act 2 Scene 4: “But tell me, Hal, art not thou horrible afeard?” — discussing the rewards and challenges of playing Shakespeare's most lovable and licentious old knight. (April 5, 2021)Exciting update! Since we recorded this Podversation back in 2021, Jay O. Sanders was cast as Falstaff for Theatre for a New Audience's production of Henry IV — on stage from January 30 - March 2, 2025. At the time of publishing this remastered Podversation, audiences have 4 more opportunities to see it! 

Falstaff; Act 4, Scene 2 Henry IV, Part 2January 10, 2025 Falstaff is Shakespeare's greatest comic creation.  John Ahlin is the greatest ‘Simon Says' player in the world.   Discover how this talent helped launch a career that has seen him play the role sixteen times… and counting.   Just don't call it a bit! Click here to follow along with the text. Click here for a First Folio Version.

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A drink, as much as it was songs and a group activity, wassail has been a traditional part of the Christmas season in England, and particularly a favorite of Twelfth Night celebrations, for centuries, including before and during the life of William Shakespeare. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth talks about wine and wassail going together to muddle up the brain, Falstaff mentions a wassail candle in Henry IV Part II, and three other references in Shakespeare's plays refer to wassail as something that happened at night and existed somewhere between a greeting and something that could lead to trouble. Here today to share with us the songs from Shakespeare's lifetime that were considered wassail songs, as well as to help us unravel the complicated history of what it meant to go wassailing from the house and how that's related to Christmas and even apple trees, is our guest and musical historian, Debi Simons.   Get bonus episodes on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fibber McGee & Molly go on a search for the best Thanksgiving Turkey. November 24, 1955 Plus, Falstaff's Fables explains why we have turkey on Thanksgiving delivered in rhyme.

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Last week, absorbed in preparations for my own birthday, I passed over the birthday of the great Giuseppe Verdi, born 10 October 1813. Two years ago I produced a pair of Verdi episodes, and today I feature the one first published as a bonus episode at that time, which features duets from Luisa Miller, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Rigoletto, Otello, and Falstaff. In the spirit of my two recent episodes “Requiescat” and “In Pace,” I had the brilliant idea of highlighting great Verdi singers (and one conductor) who died in Octobers past, including: Joan Sutherland (October 10, 2010); Eleanor Steber (October 3, 1990); Montserrat Caballé (October 6, 2018); Vladislav Piavko (October 6, 2020); Rosanna Carteri (October 25, 2020); Leonard Bernstein (October 14, 1990); Walter Berry (October 27, 2000); Franco Bonisolli (October 30, 2003); Edita Gruberová (October 18, 2021); Ingvar Wixell (October 8, 2011); and Rolando Panerai (October 22, 2019). Heard alongside these musicians are the blazingly talented John Alexander, Sherrill Milnes, Leonard Warren, Irina Arkhipova, Mario del Monaco, Anselmo Colzani, Regina Resnik, Margherita Rinaldi, Giorgio Zancanaro, Luigi Alva, Judith Raskin, and Mattiwilda Dobbs. Live performances are featured alongside soundtrack recordings from three different operatic films, as well as a few rare studio recordings ensure that the great Giuseppe receives sufficient, if belated, accolades. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 4, 2024 is: ensconce • in-SKAHNSS • verb Someone or something ensconced is firmly placed or hidden. Ensconce can be a synonym of shelter and conceal, or of establish and settle. // The sculpture is safely ensconced behind glass. // He ensconced himself in the library's back room for the afternoon. See the entry > Examples: "Portraying the autocratic chancellor of an unnamed Central European country ... is Kate Winslet, whose increasingly delusional strongwoman is also a germaphobe ensconced in a luxury hotel that she's turned into her personal palace." — Andy Meek, BGR.com, 4 Mar. 2024 Did you know? You might think of a sconce (the word that when combined with the prefix en- forms ensconce) as a type of candleholder or lamp, but the word can also refer to a defensive fortification, usually one made of earth. Originally, then, a person who was ensconced was enclosed in or concealed by such a structure, out of harm's way. One of the earliest writers to apply the verb ensconce with the general sense of "hide" was William Shakespeare. In The Merry Wives of Windsor the character Falstaff, hoping to avoid detection when he is surprised during an amorous moment with Mrs. Ford, says "She shall not see me; I will ensconce me behind the arras."