Episode 393. George London in Song SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Even before the continuing acts of gun violence in the…
Episode 386. David Rendall in Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM On 21 July, the opera world lost one of its…
Episode 378. Rescue Mission III (Friends Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Even after I publish a Countermelody episode on a…
Episode 362. No More Slavery Chains SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Five years ago, I awoke in Berlin to the horrifying…
Episode 360. Ben Luxon: King of Crossover SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Benjamin Luxon, the esteemed Cornish baritone who died at…
Episode 358. Elisabeth Söderström Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM There are very few singers that mean more to me than…
Episode 352. Faboo Young Singers, Part Two SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This is the second part of an episode begun…
Episode 348. Rescue Mission II SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM After I post a Countermelody episode on a cherished singer, my…
Episode 327. Eileen Farrell’s High Standards SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM It’s been a tough week all around, not just nationally…
Episode 325. Marni Nixon Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I present to you the extraordinarily versatile, even chameleon-like singer…
Episode 321. Anna Moffo und die leichte Muse SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode, “Anna Moffo und die leichte Muse,”…
Episode 320. Hadley in Wien SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I can think of no better way to end this difficult…
Episode 312. John Reardon Revisited (World AIDS Day 2024) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Yesterday was World AIDS Day and many…
Episode 301. Christa Ludwig Sings Lieder SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Since Christa Ludwig’s death more than three and a half…
Episode 299. Rogue Tenors SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Remember the summer of 2020? The good old days of lockdown? That…
Episode 296. Dan’s Operatic Picks SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’m still under the weather, but I can’t let that keep…
Episode 294. Dusty Springfield Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Armed with happy memories of our sojourn to London, which just…
Episode 284. Claudia Muzio Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Claudia Muzio was known as “the Duse of Song,” a title…
Episode 277. Benjamin Luxon In Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last week on July 25th, the music world was saddened…
Episode 275. Margaret Tynes (Listeners’ Favorites) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM On March 7, 2024, the legendary African American soprano Margaret…
Episode 273. Paul Robeson (Listeners’ Favorites) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I am here visiting my family in Milwaukee this week,…
Episode 271. Muriel Smith (Listeners’ Favorites) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM As I embark on…
Episode 270. Eleanor Steber Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I sat in my apartment in Berlin on the Fourth of…
Episode 267. A Cavalcade of Pop Contraltos SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM My intention this week to produce a joyous new…
Episode 262. Sylvia Sass Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Several summers ago I published my first episode celebrating the artistry…
Episode 260. Robert McFerrin Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As a companion to my Lawrence Winters episode last week, I…
Episode 253. Randall Scarlata Introduces Gérard Souzay SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The French baritone Gérard Souzay was born Gérard Tisserand on 8…
Episode 251. Jeremy Osborne Introduces Igor Gorin SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s segment in the Great Baritones division of my…
Episode 247. Sarah Pillow Introduces Eileen Farrell SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The American dramatic soprano Eileen Farrell (1920–2002) was one…
Episode 234. Carol Brice (Black History Month 2021 – V) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This Listeners’ Favorites episode serves a…
Episode 233. Dusty Pörn Introduces Eleanor Steber SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s subject is Eleanor Steber, certainly one of the…
Episode 232. Janet Williams and Paul Padillo Introduce Maria Ewing (Listeners’ Favorites III) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM January 9 is…
Episode 222. Shirley Verrett, Falcon Sfogatissima SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM It is hard to believe that it’s already been 13…
Episode 219. Chants d’Auvergne SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Another episode featuring orchestral songs, these arrangements by the French composer Joseph…
Episode 217. Patricia Neway Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I revisit the artistry of the great Patricia Neway (1919-2012),…
Episode 206. Jerry Hadley SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Jerry Hadley (16 June 1952 – 18 July 2007) is regarded by…
Episode 205. Eileen Farrell: Bach/Pop SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Eileen Farrell (13 February 1920 – 23 March 2002) was one…
Episode 204. Roberta Alexander Sings America SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Posting a few days early in celebration of the Fourth…
Episode 197. Theatre Dreams SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Ernestine Schumann-Heink and Annie Krull in the original production of Elektra, 1908.…
Episode 195. Forgotten Broadway III SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last summer, I produced a miniseries of episodes on Countermelody entitled…
Episode 189. Marni Nixon SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today, in another of my Women’s History Month episodes, I present to…
Episode 180. Anna Moffo Reappraised SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The Italian-American lyric coloratura soprano Anna Moffo (1932-2006) is, for many,…
Episode 179. The Pop Stylings of Maria Ewing SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A year ago, as I prepared a memorial…
Episode 178. Andrzej Hiolski SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week I have been tantalizing my followers with the promise of…
Episode 177. Great Singers at Twilight SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM For the last episode of 2022, I begin a series…
Episode 175. The Young Fritz Wunderlich SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’ve heard and enjoyed many a German lyric tenor, but…
Episode 163. Season Four Preview SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today Countermelody is in limbo: balanced between Seasons Three and Four.…
Episode 160. Donald Gramm SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Dear ones, I present to you today the extraordinarily versatile bass-baritone and…
Episode 159. Forgotten Broadway II SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The follow-up episode to my previous Forgotten Broadway episode is an…
Episode 157. Forgotten Broadway I SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I begin Forgotten Broadway, a new miniseries within my summer…
Episode 153. Eleanor Steber SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM July 17 is the 108th birthday of Eleanor Steber, surely one of…
Episode 152. Patricia Neway SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today begins a new summer series on Countermelody, celebrating mid-century music-making in…
Episode 151. Cole Porter [Pride 2022] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Because I’m still on the road, I’m posting an old…
Episode 138. Cabaret Risqué: Broadway Edition SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM At Countermelody, this April Fool’s Day begins with a dirty…
Episode 133. Never Forget (Black History Month 2022) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I bid a lingering farewell to Black History…
Episode 127. Maria Ewing in Memoriam (Black History Month 2022) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The exceptional, distinctive Maria Ewing died…
Episode 118. Stephen Sondheim & Joséphine Baker SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Two titans of culture were in the news this…
Episode 116. Pop Songs by Lieder Singers SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week I feature nearly a century’s worth of…
Episode 102. John Reardon: Make Someone Happy SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Here’s another great baritone to help get us through…
Episode 98. John Raitt SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I feature as part of my summer series on Great Baritones,…
Episode 97. Owen Williams and Leslie Scott: Two Forgotten Black Pop Baritones SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I present to…
Episode 93. Evelyn Lear sings Sondheim and Bernstein SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I had intended a no-holds-barred Queer Pride extravaganza…
Episode 91. Unforgotten (In Memoriam II) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM We continue our memorial tributes this week with the second…
Episode 90. Gone But Not Forgotten SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Christa Ludwig, celebrated two weeks ago, is not the only…
Episode 84. Cathy Berberian, Part I: MagnifiCathy SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This episode is the first part of a tribute…
Episode 83. Frühlingslieder [Spring Songs] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Dear listeners, it is Easter Sunday. While we are strictly non-sectarian…
Episode 82. Magda Olivero: La Verissima SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week we celebrate the recent 111th birthday of the…
Episode 77. Margaret Tynes (Black History Month 2021 V) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM For a special bonus episode this week…
Episode 73. Carol Brice (Black History Month 2021 – I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Countermelody’s Black History Month celebration for…
Episode 72. Igor Gorin (Great Baritones II) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I recently rediscovered the great Ukranian-American baritone Igor Gorin…
Episode 70. Paul Robeson: Ballad of an American SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM January 23 is the 45th anniversary of the…
Episode 56. Happy Birthday to moi! (A festive pop diva playlist) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I was born this very…
Episode 55. Season Two Teaser SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week represents the limbo between the first and second seasons…
Episode 54. Transatlantic Crossover (Crossover Classics IX) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today is the final episode of the Crossover Classics…
Episode 52. Operaish Broadway (Crossover Classics VIII) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode (in celebration of Countermelody’s first birthday!) picks…
Episode 51. Legitimate Broadway SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s topic is operetta and opera on Broadway. From the early days…
Episode 50. Rogue Tenors (Crossover Classics VI) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Our crossover series continues, this time with a full…
Episode 49. Eileen Farrell: Queen of Crossover (Crossover Classics V) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The American dramatic soprano Eileen Farrell…
Episode 48. Cesare Siepi: Easy to Love (Crossover Classics IV) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last month marked the tenth anniversary…
Episode 47. Sylvia Sass: Nézz körül (Crossover Classics III) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The Hungarian soprano Sylvia Sass was a…
Episode 46. Julia Migenes (Crossover Classics II) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s featured artist, the cosmopolitan yet earthy Julia Migenes,…
Episode 45. Muriel Smith (Crossover Classics I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM For the first of my Black History Month episodes…
Episode 44. Gl’amour, Part Deux (The Invaders) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Episode 44 – Gl’amour, Part Deux: The Invaders Aux…
Episode 43. Gl’amour I (Bastille Day 2020) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Another nation, la belle France, has a birthday right…
Episode 42. Battle Hymn of the Scotto SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM On the weekend that my benighted nation celebrates its…
Episode 37. No More Slavery Chains SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I woke up this morning intending to produce an episode…
Episode 36. Glamour (I Put a Spell on You) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The Oxford English Dictionary defines “glamour” as…
Episode 35. Charm: A Second Helping SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last week we had such an overflowing of vocal, artistic,…
Episode 34. Charm SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I have planned a series on five different artistic traits that guide a…
Episode 17. Peter Schreier O sole mio (Needle Drop III) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The highly-regarded German tenor Peter Schreier,…
Episode 15. Hail and Farewell: 2019 Departures SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM We set our sights on the New Year, at…