Episode 389. Rescue Mission (Operatic Duets Edition)

Episode 389. Rescue Mission (Operatic Duets Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I have spent the past week planning forthcoming episodes…

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Episode 379. Stuart Burrows in Duet

Episode 379. Stuart Burrows in Duet SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM So many great singing artists lost to the world of…

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Episode 336. Scotto Sings Rossini

Episode 336. Scotto Sings Rossini SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today would have been the 91st birthday of our beloved Renata…

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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 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 242. Damon Evans Introduces George Shirley (BHM 2024)

Episode 242. Damon Evans Introduces George Shirley (BHM 2024) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week I present a Countermelody mini-series…

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Episode 230. Brian Castles-Onion Introduces Ira Siff (Listeners’ Favorites I)

Episode 230. Brian Castles-Onion Introduces Ira Siff: La Gran Scena and Beyond (Listeners’ Favorites I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Welcome…

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Episode 229. John Wustman

Episode 229. Happy Birthday, John Wustman SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today, Christmas Day 2023, is also the 93rd birthday of…

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Episode 217. Patricia Neway Revisited

Episode 217. Patricia Neway Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I revisit the artistry of the great Patricia Neway (1919-2012),…

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Episode 211. Janet Baker @ 90

Episode 211. Janet Baker @ 90 SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This past week the opera world was plunged into mourning…

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Episode 197. Theatre Dreams

Episode 197. Theatre Dreams SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Ernestine Schumann-Heink and Annie Krull in the original production of Elektra, 1908.…

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Episode 166. Dan’s Picks

Episode 166. Dan’s Picks SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week I celebrated my birthday, so today is the second of…

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Episode 125. Jon Vickers

Episode 125. Jon Vickers (Great Canadian Singers) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Our series saluting great Canadian singers continues with a…

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Episode 121. Auld Acquaintance I

Episode 121. Auld Acquaintance I SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This special episode, the first of two year-end celebrations, presents artists…

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Episode 91. Unforgotten (In Memoriam II)

Episode 91. Unforgotten (In Memoriam II) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM We continue our memorial tributes this week with the second…

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Episode 85. George Shirley @ 87

Episode 85. George Shirley @ 87 SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I finally get to pay tribute to one of…

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Episode 42. Battle Hymn of the Scotto

Episode 42. Battle Hymn of the Scotto SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM On the weekend that my benighted nation celebrates its…

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Episode 41. Ira Siff

Episode 41. Ira Siff: La Gran Scena and Beyond SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Episode 41 – Ira Siff: La Gran…

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Episode 24. Freni in Duet (Mirella In Memoriam I)

Episode 24. Freni in Duet (Mirella in Memoriam I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today, in the first of two consecutive…

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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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