Episode 348. Rescue Mission II SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM After I post a Countermelody episode on a cherished singer, my…
Episode 322. Margaret Marshall Sings Mozart SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Yesterday was the birthday of Countermelody favorite, the ravishing Scottish…
Episode 315. Gilda Cruz-Romo SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM While I was growing up, Gilda Cruz-Romo was a fixture on the…
Episode 295. Requiescat SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today on Countermelody is the first of two memorial episodes paying tribute to…
Episode 277. Benjamin Luxon In Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last week on July 25th, the music world was saddened…
Episode 265. Meet Hana Janků SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Have you ever encountered a singer that no one has apparently…
Episode 235. Anna Tonna Introduces Teresa Berganza (Listeners’ Favorites VI) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s Listeners’ Favorites episode of Countermelody is…
Episode 232. Janet Williams and Paul Padillo Introduce Maria Ewing (Listeners’ Favorites III) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM January 9 is…
Episode 229. Happy Birthday, John Wustman SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today, Christmas Day 2023, is also the 93rd birthday of…
Episode 194. Great Mozart Tenors SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s is a mammoth episode, one of my longest ever, so…
Episode 188. Sarah Reese SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Greatness expresses itself in different ways. Sometimes in indisputable artistic talents, and…
Episode 186. Roberta Alexander in Opera SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today it is with the utmost excitement that I bring…
Episode 147. The Young Gabriel Bacquier SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Two years ago last month, the great French (bass-)baritone Gabriel…
Episode 145. Teresa Berganza In Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A week ago today the beloved and revered Spanish mezzo-soprano…
Episode 131. Happy Birthday, Reri Grist (Black History Month 2022) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The great African American coloratura Reri…
Episode 127. Maria Ewing in Memoriam (Black History Month 2022) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The exceptional, distinctive Maria Ewing died…
Episode 124. Dave’s Picks SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s special episode is in honor of my best friend, partner-in-crime and…
Episode 64. Jorma Hynninen in Opera (Great Baritones I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This is the first of two episodes…
Episode 53. Justice (In Memoriam RBG) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I awoke Saturday morning in Berlin to the apocalyptic news…
Episode 39. Pathos à la Cotrubas SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Several weeks ago I began a series on particular vocal…
Episode 25. Freni on the Fringe (Mirella in Memoriam I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode continues last week’s homage…
Episode 24. Freni in Duet (Mirella in Memoriam I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today, in the first of two consecutive…
Episode 18. Elisabeth Söderström Sings Everything (Needle Drop IV) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Elisabeth Söderström, the elegant, vibrant, vulnerable, musically…