Episode 399. Eileen Farrell (Jane’s Divas II) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today, the day that we lay my beloved mother,…
Episode 398. Leontyne Price (Jane’s Divas I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I tried at the end of last week to…
Episode 386. David Rendall in Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM On 21 July, the opera world lost one of its…
Episode 385. Classical Singer-Songwriters SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM You’re all going to laugh at me, but that’s okay, cuz I’m…
Episode 382. Eine Janowitzische Geburtstagfeier SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM If you “get” Gundula Janowitz, then you really get her, and…
Episode 379. Stuart Burrows in Duet SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM So many great singing artists lost to the world of…
Episode 377. Joan Caplan Memorial Tribute SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This past April, my former voice teacher and treasured friend…
Episode 376. Bacquier en Récital [Bastille Day 2025] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today in honor of Bastille Day, I present…
Episode 373. Carol Neblett: Girl of the Golden West SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today is the day that the United…
Episode 358. Elisabeth Söderström Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM There are very few singers that mean more to me than…
Episode 356. Get to Know Irina Arkhipova SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Directly after the disastrous November election in the United…
Episode 350. Young Singers I Admire SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today we celebrate 350 episodes of Countermelody since the inception…
Episode 347. Will the Real Eleanor Steber Please St/And Up? SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Because there is no such thing…
Episode 344. Mady Mesplé Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This past March 7 would have been the 94th birthday of…
Episode 342. Norman Bailey Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The British bass-baritone Norman Bailey (23 March 1933 – 15 September…
Episode 341. Robert Massard Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A year and a half ago, I posted an episode on…
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 313. Get to Know Gilbert Price SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM If you have never heard of Gilbert Price, this…
Episode 311. Ina Souez SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Because we American expats in Germany often celebrate Thanksgiving on the weekend…
Episode 299. Rogue Tenors SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Remember the summer of 2020? The good old days of lockdown? That…
Episode 297. In Pace SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I present part two of my “In Memoriam” series, honoring treasured…
Episode 296. Dan’s Operatic Picks SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’m still under the weather, but I can’t let that keep…
Episode 285. Edda Moser Reappraised SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Lately I have been doing a series of episodes on artists…