Episode 419. Wunderlich in Duet SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Anytime I do an episode on Fritz Wunderlich, the sun breaks…
Episode 418. Christmas Art Songs with Bär und Schreier SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This episode celebrates the artistic accomplishments of…
Episode 407. Get to Know Eric Tappy SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Swiss tenor Eric Tappy (19 May 1931 – 11…
Episode 406. Dan’s Belated Birthday Gals (Soprano Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The last of my festive potpourri episodes for…
Episode 405. Rescue Mission (Belated Birthday Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode is the latest installment in my series…
Episode 400. Meet Ilse Wolf SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM German-British soprano Ilse Wolf (07 June 1921 – 06 September 1999)…
Episode 399. Eileen Farrell (Jane’s Divas II) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today, the day that we lay my beloved mother,…
Episode 397. Anna Reynolds Sings Bach and Mahler SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As many of you know, my beloved mother…
Episode 383. Get to Know Carol Smith SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM If the exceptional Illinois-born contralto Carol Smith (20 February…
Episode 382. Eine Janowitzische Geburtstagfeier SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM If you “get” Gundula Janowitz, then you really get her, and…
Episode 380. Hermann Prey Sings Bach SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The esteemed, indeed beloved, German baritone Hermann Prey died seventeen…
Episode 378. Rescue Mission III (Friends Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Even after I publish a Countermelody episode on a…
Episode 374. Maureen Lehane Sings Bach SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode offers music of consolation, sung divinely. On a…
Episode 372. Pears Sings Not-Britten (Pride 2025) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today may be my final episode for Pride Month…
Episode 367. Bernac Sings Not-Poulenc SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Continuing our exploration of queer pride in classical music, I bring…
Episode 361. Russell Oberlin Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’ve been so lucky this week to cross paths with several…
Episode 349. Lenten Melody SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’ve already done a Lententide episode devoted to contraltos singing the music…
Episode 348. Rescue Mission II SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM After I post a Countermelody episode on a cherished singer, my…
Episode 347. Will the Real Eleanor Steber Please St/And Up? SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Because there is no such thing…
Episode 345. A Lenten Litany of Bach Contraltos SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Over the course of the past year, I…
Episode 338. Ameling and Friends Sing Bach SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As a belated 92nd birthday tribute to our beloved…
Episode 329. Lois Marshall @ 100 SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Yesterday was the 100th birthday of the sublime Canadian singer,…
Episode 328. Mezzos in Extremis SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Right after the disastrous US election of November 2024, I published…
Episode 317. Big Baroque Christmas SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Sometimes when I look back on past episodes of Countermelody, I…
Episode 316. Christmas with Elly Ameling SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM In February our beloved Elly Ameling turns 92. I cannot…