Episode 267. A Cavalcade of Pop Contraltos

Episode 267. A Cavalcade of Pop Contraltos SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM My intention this week to produce a joyous new…

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Episode 263. Contralto Central

Episode 263. Contralto Central SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Finally, the first in my long-promised series on the contralto voice! The…

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Episode 262. Sylvia Sass Revisited

Episode 262. Sylvia Sass Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Several summers ago I published my first episode celebrating the artistry…

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Episode 259. Lawrence Winters Revisited

Episode 259. Lawrence Winters Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM During the first season of Countermelody I presented the great African…

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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 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 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 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 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 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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Episode 232. Janet Williams and Paul Padillo Introduce Maria Ewing (Listeners’ Favorites III)

Episode 232. Janet Williams and Paul Padillo Introduce Maria Ewing (Listeners’ Favorites III) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM January 9 is…

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Episode 217. Patricia Neway Revisited

Episode 217. Patricia Neway Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I revisit the artistry of the great Patricia Neway (1919-2012),…

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Episode 207. Henry Wright and Pals

Episode 207. Henry Wright and Pals SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode is first and foremost a tribute to a…

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Episode 206. Jerry Hadley

Episode 206. Jerry Hadley SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Jerry Hadley (16 June 1952 – 18 July 2007) is regarded by…

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Episode 204. Roberta Alexander Sings America

Episode 204. Roberta Alexander Sings America SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Posting a few days early in celebration of the Fourth…

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Episode 203. Jobriath and Jackie (Pride 2023)

Episode 203. Jobriath and Jackie (Pride 2023) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s Pride 2023 episode focuses on two pathbreaking pop…

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Episode 199. Tina and the Expats

Episode 199. Tina and the Expats SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM If you’re like me (and I hope that, at least…

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Episode 197. Theatre Dreams

Episode 197. Theatre Dreams SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Ernestine Schumann-Heink and Annie Krull in the original production of Elektra, 1908.…

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Episode 195. Forgotten Broadway III

Episode 195. Forgotten Broadway III SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last summer, I produced a miniseries of episodes on Countermelody entitled…

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Episode 189. Marni Nixon

Episode 189. Marni Nixon SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today, in another of my Women’s History Month episodes, I present to…

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Episode 182. Dorothy Maynor

Episode 182. Dorothy Maynor SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I lead off my new episodes for Black History Month 2023 with…

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Episode 180. Anna Moffo Reappraised

Episode 180. Anna Moffo Reappraised SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The Italian-American lyric coloratura soprano Anna Moffo (1932-2006) is, for many,…

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Episode 179. The Pop Stylings of Maria Ewing

Episode 179. The Pop Stylings of Maria Ewing SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A year ago, as I prepared a memorial…

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