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:…
Episode 428. Alfreda Hodgson Sings Brahms SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The English contralto Alfreda Hodgson (07 June 1940 – 16…
Episode 426. Teresa Stratas [Season Seven Premiere] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I wanted to start off the year (and the…
Episode 425. Mady Mesplé chante l’Opérette viennoise SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM For the final episode of 2025, and of Season…
Episode 422. Christmas with the Tenors [2019 Throwback] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM This week…
Episode 421. Elly sings Schubert [Jane’s Divas III] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today, December 19, would have been my late…
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 417. Hail, Queens! SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Okay, I confess that the title of this week’s episode is intentionally…