Episode 333. Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss Lieder

Episode 333. Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss Lieder SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM On February 10th, our beloved diva Leontyne Price…

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Episode 329. Lois Marshall @ 100

Episode 329. Lois Marshall @ 100 SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Yesterday was the 100th birthday of the sublime Canadian singer,…

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Episode 328. Mezzos in Extremis

Episode 328. Mezzos in Extremis SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Right after the disastrous US election of November 2024, I published…

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Episode 327. Eileen Farrell’s High Standards

Episode 327. Eileen Farrell’s High Standards SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM It’s been a tough week all around, not just nationally…

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Episode 325. Marni Nixon Revisited

Episode 325. Marni Nixon Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I present to you the extraordinarily versatile, even chameleon-like singer…

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Episode 324. Margaret Price in Trauer und Trost

Episode 324. Margaret Price in Trauer und Trost SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM These days I find myself in a pensive,…

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Episode 321. Anna Moffo und die leichte Muse

Episode 321. Anna Moffo und die leichte Muse SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode, “Anna Moffo und die leichte Muse,”…

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Episode 320. Hadley in Wien

Episode 320. Hadley in Wien SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I can think of no better way to end this difficult…

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Episode 319. Leslie Uggams 1965–1975

Episode 319. Leslie Uggams 1965–1975 SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Leslie Uggams’ long-standing place in American pop culture matches that of…

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Episode 318. Christmas (Art) Songs, Part Deux

Episode 318. Christmas (Art) Songs, Part Deux SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A final offering of Christmas music on Countermelody this…

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Episode 316. Christmas with Elly Ameling

Episode 316. Christmas with Elly Ameling SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM In February our beloved Elly Ameling turns 92. I cannot…

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Episode 314. Yi-Kwei Sze Revisited

Episode 314. Yi-Kwei Sze Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM One of the great personal revelations for me in the early…

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Episode 313. Get to Know Gilbert Price

Episode 313. Get to Know Gilbert Price SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM If you have never heard of Gilbert Price, this…

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Episode 312. John Reardon Revisited (World AIDS Day 2024)

Episode 312. John Reardon Revisited (World AIDS Day 2024) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Yesterday was World AIDS Day and many…

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Episode 310. Giving Thanks with Roberta Alexander

Episode 310. Giving Thanks with Roberta Alexander SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM If you, like many of us, are struggling to…

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Episode 309. Get to Know Věra Soukupová

Episode 309. Get to Know Věra Soukupová SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As a supplement to my ongoing series on great…

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Episode 307. Francisco Araiza in Song

Episode 307. Francisco Araiza in Song SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM In the first year of Countermelody I posted a tribute…

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Episode 303. Everything Must Change

Episode 303. Everything Must Change SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Something a little outside of the normal scope of Countermelody for…

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Episode 302. The Haunted Opera House, 2024 Edition

Episode 302. The Haunted Opera House, 2024 Edition SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Two years ago for Halloween, I presented the…

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Episode 297. In Pace

Episode 297. In Pace SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I present part two of my “In Memoriam” series, honoring treasured…

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Episode 296. Dan’s Operatic Picks

Episode 296. Dan’s Operatic Picks SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’m still under the weather, but I can’t let that keep…

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Episode 295. Requiescat

Episode 295. Requiescat SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today on Countermelody is the first of two memorial episodes paying tribute to…

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Episode 294. Dusty Springfield Revisited

Episode 294. Dusty Springfield Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Armed with happy memories of our sojourn to London, which just…

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Episode 293. The Mysterious Mara Coleva

Episode 293. The Mysterious Mara Coleva SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The Bulgarian soprano Mara Coleva (12 March 1922 – 22…

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Episode 292. Ian Partridge Revisited

Episode 292. Ian Partridge Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM David and I leave tomorrow on a short jaunt to London,…

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