Episode 471. Joan Caplan In Recital

Episode 471. Joan Caplan In Recital SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today we revisit the rare recorded output of my beloved…

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Episode 470. Peter Pears Plays Around

Episode 470. Peter Pears Plays Around A year ago, I published as my final Pride 2025 episode, Pears Sings Not-Britten,…

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Episode 469. Muriel and Angela: Together Again for the First Time

Episode 469. Muriel and Angela: Together Again for the First Time SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s Pride episode foregrounds trans…

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Episode 468. Deutsche Orchesterlieder: Beyond Mahler and Strauss

Episode 468. Deutsche Orchesterlieder: Beyond Mahler and Strauss SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode is another devoted to orchestral song,…

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Episode 467. Eidé Noréna Sings Gounod

Episode 467. Eidé Noréna Sings Gounod SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I revisit one of my favorite singers of all…

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Episode 466. Baritones Both Butch and Bonnie

Episode 466. Baritones Both Butch and Bonnie SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode features baritones of all stripes (with the…

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Episode 465. Black Bach I

Episode 465. Black Bach I SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Here is an episode I have been dreaming of putting together…

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Episode 464. Moffo and Gedda: Together Yet Separate

Episode 464. Moffo and Gedda: Together Yet Separate SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode goes back three and a half…

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Episode 463. Arie Antiche, Gigli Edition

Episode 463. Arie Antiche, Gigli Edition SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’ve decided to make it Tenor Week here on Countermelody.…

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Episode 462. Get to Know Charles Kullman

Episode 462. Get to Know Charles Kullman SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’ve had a real urge lately to revisit the…

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Episode 460. A Countermelody Nosegay (Mostly Mezzos Edition)

Episode 460. A Countermelody Nosegay (Mostly Mezzos Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM One of my favorite kinds of episodes to…

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Episode 459. The Art of Steven Blier

Episode 459. The Art of Steven Blier SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM There was only one way to follow up my…

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Episode 458. From Ear to Ear: A Conversation with Steven Blier

Episode 458. From Ear to Ear: A Conversation with Steven Blier SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today a new segment of…

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Episode 457. Ein Opernabend mit… Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Episode 457. Ein Opernabend mit… Anna Tomowa-Sintow SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode serves two purposes: First, I introduce my…

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Episode 456. John Wustman In Memoriam

Episode 456. John Wustman In Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I had hoped not to be bringing this episode to…

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Episode 455. Back in the Saddle

Episode 455. Back in the Saddle SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Greetings to all from your recently Venetianized podcaster, now (as…

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Episode 454. Gone Fishing

Episode 454. Gone Fishing SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM David and I are still on holiday in the magical city of…

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Episode 453. Out of Commission

Episode 453. Out of Commission SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Next up in my series of Countermelody “vacation episodes,” here’s the…

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Episode 452. Out of the Office

Episode 452. Out of the Office SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Hello, fans and listeners! I am “Óut of the Office”…

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Episode 451. Norman Bailey Sings Three Song Cycles

Episode 451. Norman Bailey Sings Three Song Cycles SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I have twice featured the great British bass-baritone…

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Episode 450. Onelia Fineschi Sings the Undoing of Women

Episode 450. Onelia Fineschi Sings the Undoing of Women SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Onelia Fineschi (1921 – 2004) was one…

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Episode 449. Adele Stolte and Margot Guilleaume Sing Handel

Episode 449. Adele Stolte and Margot Guilleaume Sing Handel SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM On my recent Edith Mathis episode, I…

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Episode 448. Get to Know Germaine Cernay

Episode 448. Get to Know Germaine Cernay SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s featured artist is, I hope, a name that…

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Episode 447. Júlia Hamari in Song

Episode 447. Júlia Hamari in Song SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The rich-voiced and expressive Hungarian mezzo-soprano Júlia Hamari celebrated her…

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Episode 446. Christiane Eda-Pierre and Teresa Żylis-Gara: Hyphenated Rarities

Episode 446. Christiane Eda-Pierre and Teresa Żylis-Gara: Hyphenated Rarities SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Two of the greatest and most versatile…

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