Episode 453. Out of Commission SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Next up in my series of Countermelody “vacation episodes,” here’s the…
Episode 452. Out of the Office SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Hello, fans and listeners! I am “Óut of the Office”…
Episode 451. Norman Bailey Sings Three Song Cycles SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I have twice featured the great British bass-baritone…
Episode 450. Onelia Fineschi Sings the Undoing of Women SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Onelia Fineschi (1921 – 2004) was one…
Episode 449. Adele Stolte and Margot Guilleaume Sing Handel SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM On my recent Edith Mathis episode, I…
Episode 448. Get to Know Germaine Cernay SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s featured artist is, I hope, a name that…
Episode 447. Júlia Hamari in Song SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The rich-voiced and expressive Hungarian mezzo-soprano Júlia Hamari celebrated her…
Episode 446. Christiane Eda-Pierre and Teresa Żylis-Gara: Hyphenated Rarities SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Two of the greatest and most versatile…
Episode 445. Simply Radiant: Edith Mathis In Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today a belated memorial tribute to the beloved…
Episode 444. Renata Scotto: Casta Diva SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode serves numerous purposes: first, as a belated tribute…
Episode 443. Meet Klesie Kelly SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As a pendant to, and continuation of, my Black History Month…
Episode 442. Henry Wright Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last week I published an episode about Black Pop Singers who…
Episode 441. A Cavalcade of Spirituals SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As the last official entry in Countermelody’s Black History Month…
Episode 440. Black Expat Baritones SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As the penultimate episode in my 2026 Black History Month series,…
Episode 439. Grace Bumbry, Proud Soprano [Studio Edition] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As we hurtle toward the third anniversary (in…
Episode 438. Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss Heroines SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last week the opera world joined in unanimous…
Episode 437. Get to Know Faye Robinson SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s Black History Month episode serves also as a…
Episode 436. Adelaide Hall, Sophisticated Lady SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Adelaide Hall (1901 – 1993), entertainer extraordinaire, really had it…
Episode 435. Tina and the Expats SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I first published this episode two and a half years…
Episode 434. Inez Matthews Sings Schubert (and More!) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM To kick off Black History Month 2026 (which,…
Episode 433. Lois Marshall Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Yesterday, January 29th, was the 101st anniversary of the birth of…
Episode 432. Dan Picks YET AGAIN! SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM One of the things about my podcast that brings me…
Episode 431. Hermann Prey singt Schubert Orchesterlieder SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’m sure many of you balked when you saw…
Episode 430. Soukupová in Song SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Here’s a rare sampling of Countermelody favorite, the refulgent Czech contralto…
Episode 429. A Smattering of Sopranos SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode reveals and celebrates the opera queen in me:…