Episode 349. Lenten Melody

Episode 349. Lenten Melody SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’ve already done a Lententide episode devoted to contraltos singing the music…

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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 253. Randall Scarlata Introduces Gérard Souzay

Episode 253. Randall Scarlata Introduces Gérard Souzay SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The French baritone Gérard Souzay was born Gérard Tisserand on 8…

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Episode 227. A Golden Age Christmas

Episode 227. A Golden Age Christmas SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM In the midst of our recent move, I came across…

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Episode 216. The Lieder of Joseph Marx

Episode 216. The Lieder of Joseph Marx SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week (inspired by an 10-inch LP in my…

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Episode 200. Whole Lotta Lotte (Lehmann!)

Episode 200. Whole Lotta Lotte (Lehmann!) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today we observe a significant event in the history of…

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Episode 196. Grace Bumbry In Memoriam

Episode 196. Grace Bumbry In Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This past week the world of opera was plunged in…

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Episode 191. Music for Holy Week

Episode 191. Music for Holy Week SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Diana Montague (born April 8… Happy Birthday!) Welcome to all…

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Episode 189. Marni Nixon

Episode 189. Marni Nixon SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today, in another of my Women’s History Month episodes, I present to…

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Episode 140. The Universal Passion

Episode 140. The Universal Passion SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM For Christians, this week is probably the most central to the…

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Episode 135. A Woman’s Winterreise

Episode 135. A Woman’s Winterreise SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today in honor of Women’s History Month and the people of…

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Episode 126. Canadian Singers of Art Song

Episode 126. Canadian Singers of Art Song (Great Canadian Singers) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM After two weeks of so-called “deep…

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Episode 120. Bethany Beardslee

Episode 120. Bethany Beardslee SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode celebrates a pioneer in the performance of twentieth century vocal…

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Episode 119. Christmas Art Songs

Episode 119. Christmas Art Songs SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM It’s time for my third annual Christmas show! Can you believe…

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Episode 116. Pop Songs by Lieder Singers

Episode 116. Pop Songs by Lieder Singers SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week I feature nearly a century’s worth of…

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Episode 54. Transatlantic Crossover (Crossover Classics IX)

Episode 54. Transatlantic Crossover (Crossover Classics IX) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today is the final episode of the Crossover Classics…

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Episode 36. Glamour

Episode 36. Glamour (I Put a Spell on You) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The Oxford English Dictionary defines “glamour” as…

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Episode 14. Christmas Potpourri II

Episode 14. Christmas Potpourri II: Hard/Try SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Another week of Christmas music! The first part of the…

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Episode 12. Gérard Souzay @ 101

Episode 12. Gérard Souzay @ 101: A modern-day troubadour SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The French baritone Gérard Souzay was born Gérard…

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Episode 10. Régine Crespin I

Episode 10. Régine Crespin Tribute I. Un doux privilège SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Régine Crespin, whose Metropolitan Opera debut as…

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Episode 1. Welcome to Countermelody

Episode 1. Welcome to Countermelody , or Claudia and Zazà SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORMS SHOW NOTES Hi, everyone, and welcome…

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