Episode 257. The Marvelous Marvis Martin

Episode 257. The Marvelous Marvis Martin SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I have been juggling a number of brand new episode…

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Episode 256. Mari Lyn’s Golden Treasury of Chutzpah (Alternate Universe Bel Canto III)

Episode 256. Mari Lyn’s Golden Treasury of Chutzpah (Alternate Universe Bel Canto III) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Many of my…

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Episode 255. Art Songs for Holy Week

Episode 255. Art Songs for Holy Week SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I return to you with one final episode for…

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Episode 254. Holy Week with the Romantics

Episode 254. Holy Week with the Romantics SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Once again we have reached the climax of the…

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Episode 253. Randall Scarlata Introduces Gérard Souzay

Episode 253. Randall Scarlata Introduces Gérard Souzay SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The French baritone Gérard Souzay was born Gérard Tisserand on 8…

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Episode 252. Zsolt Bognár Introduces A Baritonal Schubertiade

Episode 252. Zsolt Bognár Introduces A Baritonal Schubertiade SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I was thrilled to discover a while back…

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Episode 251. Jeremy Osborne Introduces Igor Gorin

Episode 251. Jeremy Osborne Introduces Igor Gorin SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s segment in the Great Baritones division of my…

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Episode 250. Julian Long Introduces Jorma Hynninen

Episode 250. Julian Long Introduces Jorma Hynninen SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM It is a wonderful thing when friends share a…

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Episode 249. Gavin Carr Introduces Heinrich Rehkemper

Episode 349. Gavin Carr Introduces Heinrich Rehkemper SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This month’s series of Listeners’ Favorites continues with the…

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Episode 248. Thomas Bagwell Introduces Bernard Kruysen

Episode 109. Thomas Bagwell Introduces Bernard Kruysen SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM One of my best and truest friends in the…

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Episode 247. Sarah Pillow Introduces Eileen Farrell

Episode 247. Sarah Pillow Introduces Eileen Farrell SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The American dramatic soprano Eileen Farrell (1920–2002) was one…

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Episode 246. Previn Moore Introduces Camilla Williams & Janet Williams (BHM 2024)

Episode 246. Previn Moore Introduces Camilla Williams & Janet Williams (BHM 2024) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As the final entry…

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Episode 245. Tell It to the World: Germany

Episode 245. Tell It to the World : Germany SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Here is the second of a two…

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Episode 244. Veronica Tyler (BHM 2024)

Episode 244. Veronica Tyler (BHM 2024) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This Countermelody episode is the last in my miniseries featuring…

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Episode 243. Ethel Ennis (BHM 2024)

Episode 243. Ethel Ennis (BHM 2024) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s “Forgotten Diva” takes us outside of the realm of…

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Episode 242. Damon Evans Introduces George Shirley (BHM 2024)

Episode 242. Damon Evans Introduces George Shirley (BHM 2024) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week I present a Countermelody mini-series…

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Episode 241. Tell It to the World: Korea

Episode 241. Tell It to the World: Korea SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last month Oxford University Press published my dear…

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Episode 240. Annabelle Bernard (BHM 2024)

Episode 240. Annabelle Bernard (BHM 2024) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last week we celebrated the 97th birthday of our Ur-Diva,…

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Episode 239. Gwendolyn Killebrew (BHM 2024)

Episode 239. Gwendolyn Killebrew (BHM 2024) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week’s “Forgotten Diva” is the mezzo-soprano / contralto Gwendolyn…

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Episode 238. Delcina Stevenson (BHM2024)

Episode 238. Delcina Stevenson (BHM 2024) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I am so grateful to all the listeners who did…

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Episode 237. Paul Kirby Introduces Charles Ives (Listeners’ Favorites VIII)

Episode 237. Paul Kirby Introduces Charles Ives (Listeners’ Favorites VIII) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM My friend Paul Kirby is a…

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Episode 236. Howard Hart Introduces Christa Ludwig (Listeners’ Favorites VII)

Episode 236. Howard Hart Introduces Christa Ludwig (Listeners’ Favorites VII) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM My friend and fellow opera podcaster…

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Episode 235. Anna Tonna Introduces Teresa Berganza  (Listeners’ Favorites VI)

Episode 235. Anna Tonna Introduces Teresa Berganza (Listeners’ Favorites VI) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s Listeners’ Favorites episode of Countermelody is…

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Episode 234. David Savran Introduces Carol Brice (Listeners’ Favorites V)

Episode 234. Carol Brice (Black History Month 2021 – V) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This Listeners’ Favorites episode serves a…

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Episode 233. Dusty Pörn Introduces Eleanor Steber (Listeners’ Favorites IV)

Episode 233. Dusty Pörn Introduces Eleanor Steber SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s subject is Eleanor Steber, certainly one of the…

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