Episode 446. Christiane Eda-Pierre and Teresa Żylis-Gara: Hyphenated Rarities SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Two of the greatest and most versatile…
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 429. A Smattering of Sopranos SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode reveals and celebrates the opera queen in me:…
Episode 419. Wunderlich in Duet SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Anytime I do an episode on Fritz Wunderlich, the sun breaks…
Episode 417. Hail, Queens! SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Okay, I confess that the title of this week’s episode is intentionally…
Episode 411. Orchestral Song [International Edition] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM An old LP of Tōru Takemitsu’s Coral Island and a…
Episode 405. Rescue Mission (Belated Birthday Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode is the latest installment in my series…
Episode 404. Dan’s Belated Birthday Boys (Baritone Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A brand-new episode today inaugurating a series of…
Episode 396. Meet Shannon Bolin SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode celebrates a prime example of that rara avis, the…
Episode 389. Rescue Mission (Operatic Duets Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I have spent the past week planning forthcoming episodes…
Episode 381. I Got a Name (Pride Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM At first blush, this episode may look a…
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 371. Margherita Roberti @ 100 (with August Ventura) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM One hundred years ago today, Margaret Jean…
Episode 348. Rescue Mission II SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM After I post a Countermelody episode on a cherished singer, my…
Episode 343. Over-the-Top Sopranos, French Edition SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As a follow-up to my Mezzos on the Verge series,…
Episode 342. Norman Bailey Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The British bass-baritone Norman Bailey (23 March 1933 – 15 September…
Episode 340. Roberta Alexander: Dutch Treat SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Nothing brings me greater joy than when a deep exploration…
Episode 339. Todd Duncan SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I present the male lead creator of Gershwin’s towering masterpiece, Porgy…
Episode 337. Anne Wiggins Brown SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today on Countermelody the first of two (for now) episodes celebrating…
Episode 328. Mezzos in Extremis SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Right after the disastrous US election of November 2024, I published…
Episode 326. Paul Robeson Unchained SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today, Martin Luther King Day and the day before the reinauguration…
Episode 325. Marni Nixon Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I present to you the extraordinarily versatile, even chameleon-like singer…
Episode 319. Leslie Uggams 1965–1975 SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Leslie Uggams’ long-standing place in American pop culture matches that of…