Episode 346. Olive Middleton and La Puma (Alternate Universe Bel Canto)

Episode 346. Olive Middleton and La Puma (Alternate Universe Bel Canto) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Hello, Campers! Once again it…

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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 315. Gilda Cruz-Romo

Episode 315. Gilda Cruz-Romo SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM While I was growing up, Gilda Cruz-Romo was a fixture on the…

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Episode 281. La Scottissima

Episode 281. La Scottissima SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I began work on this episode on the one-year anniversary of the…

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Episode 265. Meet Hana Janků

Episode 265. Meet Hana Janků SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Have you ever encountered a singer that no one has apparently…

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Episode 226. Maria Callas

Episode 226. Maria Callas: The Singer of the Century SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM What is there to say about today’s…

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Episode 210. Anita Cerquetti

Episode 210. The Mystery of Anita Cerquetti SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Anita Cerquetti (13 April 1931 – 11 October 2014),…

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Episode 169. Grace Bumbry

Episode 169. Grace Bumbry SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Though the great diva Grace Bumbry has often been featured on Countermelody,…

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Episode 53. Justice (In Memoriam RBG)

Episode 53. Justice (In Memoriam RBG) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I awoke Saturday morning in Berlin to the apocalyptic news…

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Episode 32. Fedora Barbieri (Mezzo Madness III)

Episode 32. Fedora Barbieri (Mezzo Madness III) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The Italian mezzo-soprano Fedora Barbieri (1920-2003) was never a…

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