Episode 435. Christmas Redux 2019: Hard/Try SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Another episode of Christmas music! The first part is a…
Episode 418. Christmas Art Songs with Bär und Schreier SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This episode celebrates the artistic accomplishments of…
Episode 400. Meet Ilse Wolf SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM German-British soprano Ilse Wolf (07 June 1921 – 06 September 1999)…
Episode 395. Hildegard Behrens, Liedersängerin SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today we celebrate the recorded legacy of Hildegard Behrens, but from…
Episode 368. Gay Eccentrics (Pride 2025) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Somewhere along the line in planning my Pride 2025 episodes,…
Episode 355. John Wustman (Honor Your Mentors I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I have been reminded over and over again…
Episode 342. Norman Bailey Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The British bass-baritone Norman Bailey (23 March 1933 – 15 September…
Episode 324. Margaret Price in Trauer und Trost SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM These days I find myself in a pensive,…
Episode 318. Christmas (Art) Songs, Part Deux SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A final offering of Christmas music on Countermelody this…
Episode 316. Christmas with Elly Ameling SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM In February our beloved Elly Ameling turns 92. I cannot…
Episode 277. Benjamin Luxon In Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last week on July 25th, the music world was saddened…
Episode 270. Eleanor Steber Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I sat in my apartment in Berlin on the Fourth of…
Episode 255. Art Songs for Holy Week SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I return to you with one final episode for…
Episode 250. Julian Long Introduces Jorma Hynninen SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM It is a wonderful thing when friends share a…
Episode 245. Tell It to the World : Germany SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Here is the second of a two…
Episode 229. Happy Birthday, John Wustman SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today, Christmas Day 2023, is also the 93rd birthday of…
Episode 200. Whole Lotta Lotte (Lehmann!) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today we observe a significant event in the history of…
Episode 198. Cesare Valletti SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode celebrates the Italian tenore di grazia Cesare Valletti (18 December…
Episode 196. Grace Bumbry In Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This past week the world of opera was plunged in…
Episode 193. Alexander Kipnis in Lieder SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM If I were to indulge in the foolish task of…
Episode 191. Music for Holy Week SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Diana Montague (born April 8… Happy Birthday!) Welcome to all…
Episode 163. Season Four Preview SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today Countermelody is in limbo: balanced between Seasons Three and Four.…
Episode 158. Russell Oberlin SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Hearing the voice of countertenor Russell Oberlin (1928 – 2016) as a…
Episode 141. Chansons d’avril SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week’s episode is a musical celebration of all things spring. As…
Episode 140. The Universal Passion SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM For Christians, this week is probably the most central to the…