Episode 325. Marni Nixon Revisited

Episode 325. Marni Nixon Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I present to you the extraordinarily versatile, even chameleon-like singer…

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Episode 324. Margaret Price in Trauer und Trost

Episode 324. Margaret Price in Trauer und Trost SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM These days I find myself in a pensive,…

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Episode 323. Baritonal Schwanengesang

Episode 323. Baritonal Schwanengesang SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The New Year is off to a predictably challenging start. Everywhere we…

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Episode 322. Margaret Marshall Sings Mozart

Episode 322. Margaret Marshall Sings Mozart SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Yesterday was the birthday of Countermelody favorite, the ravishing Scottish…

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Episode 321. Anna Moffo und die leichte Muse

Episode 321. Anna Moffo und die leichte Muse SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode, “Anna Moffo und die leichte Muse,”…

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Episode 320. Hadley in Wien

Episode 320. Hadley in Wien SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I can think of no better way to end this difficult…

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Episode 319. Leslie Uggams 1965–1975

Episode 319. Leslie Uggams 1965–1975 SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Leslie Uggams’ long-standing place in American pop culture matches that of…

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Episode 318. Christmas (Art) Songs, Part Deux

Episode 318. Christmas (Art) Songs, Part Deux SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A final offering of Christmas music on Countermelody this…

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Episode 317. Big Baroque Christmas

Episode 317. Big Baroque Christmas SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Sometimes when I look back on past episodes of Countermelody, I…

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Episode 316. Christmas with Elly Ameling

Episode 316. Christmas with Elly Ameling SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM In February our beloved Elly Ameling turns 92. I cannot…

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Episode 315. Gilda Cruz-Romo

Episode 315. Gilda Cruz-Romo SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM While I was growing up, Gilda Cruz-Romo was a fixture on the…

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Episode 314. Yi-Kwei Sze Revisited

Episode 314. Yi-Kwei Sze Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM One of the great personal revelations for me in the early…

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Episode 313. Get to Know Gilbert Price

Episode 313. Get to Know Gilbert Price SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM If you have never heard of Gilbert Price, this…

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Episode 312. John Reardon Revisited (World AIDS Day 2024)

Episode 312. John Reardon Revisited (World AIDS Day 2024) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Yesterday was World AIDS Day and many…

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Episode 311. Ina Souez

Episode 311. Ina Souez SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Because we American expats in Germany often celebrate Thanksgiving on the weekend…

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Episode 310. Giving Thanks with Roberta Alexander

Episode 310. Giving Thanks with Roberta Alexander SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM If you, like many of us, are struggling to…

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Episode 309. Get to Know Věra Soukupová

Episode 309. Get to Know Věra Soukupová SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As a supplement to my ongoing series on great…

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Episode 308. Mezzos on the Verge

Episode 308. Mezzos on the Verge SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I am taking a short break before posting the final…

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Episode 307. Francisco Araiza in Song

Episode 307. Francisco Araiza in Song SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM In the first year of Countermelody I posted a tribute…

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Episode 306. Oralia Domínguez Revisited

Episode 306. Oralia Domínguez Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today (for what I hope are obvious reasons) begins a short…

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Episode 305. Rage and Despair

Episode 305. Rage and Despair SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Before I traveled to my home state of Wisconsin this week,…

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Episode 304. Portia White, Canadian Icon

Episode 304. Portia White, Canadian Icon SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As the United States faces its most momentous and contentious…

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Episode 303. Everything Must Change

Episode 303. Everything Must Change SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Something a little outside of the normal scope of Countermelody for…

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Episode 302. The Haunted Opera House, 2024 Edition

Episode 302. The Haunted Opera House, 2024 Edition SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Two years ago for Halloween, I presented the…

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Episode 301. Christa Ludwig Sings Lieder

Episode 301. Christa Ludwig Sings Lieder SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Since Christa Ludwig’s death more than three and a half…

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