Episode 125. Jon Vickers (Great Canadian Singers) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Our series saluting great Canadian singers continues with a…
Episode 123. Lois Marshall (Great Canadian Singers) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today is my first episode of the New Year,…
Episode 119. Christmas Art Songs SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM It’s time for my third annual Christmas show! Can you believe…
Episode 114. James King SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week I turn my attention once again to the tenors, who…
Episode 113. Edda Moser SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM On 27 October the great German dramatic coloratura Edda Moser celebrated her…
Episode 112. Barry McDaniel SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This past week would have been the 91st birthday of Barry McDaniel…
Episode 107. Norman Bailey and Friends SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Death has had a busy month in the music world,…
Episode 105. Teresa Żylis-Gara (In Memoriam) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM One of my very favorite singers, the Polish soprano Teresa…
Episode 87. Christa Ludwig I (In Memoriam) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The world of singing sustained an enormous loss a…
Episode 85. George Shirley @ 87 SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I finally get to pay tribute to one of…
Episode 81. Happy Songs (straight up) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week I offset the gloom of last week’s music…
Episode 77. Margaret Tynes (Black History Month 2021 V) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM For a special bonus episode this week…
Episode 68. Margaret Marshall, Songbird SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Welcome to 2021 chez Countermelody! Today’s episode is a birthday tribute…
Episode 67. Goodbye 2020 (and Good Riddance!) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Is there anyone out there who will not be…
Episode 64. Jorma Hynninen in Opera (Great Baritones I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This is the first of two episodes…
Episode 58. Richard Strauss’s Vier letzte Lieder (Music for a World in Crisis IV) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As the…
Episode 57. Francisco Araiza @ 70 SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM On October 4, the great Mexican tenor Francisco Araiza celebrated…
Episode 53. Justice (In Memoriam RBG) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I awoke Saturday morning in Berlin to the apocalyptic news…
Episode 47. Sylvia Sass: Nézz körül (Crossover Classics III) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The Hungarian soprano Sylvia Sass was a…
Episode 46. Julia Migenes (Crossover Classics II) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s featured artist, the cosmopolitan yet earthy Julia Migenes,…
Episode 40. Sisters in Sappho SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The first of my two Queer Pride episodes is devoted to…
Episode 36. Glamour (I Put a Spell on You) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The Oxford English Dictionary defines “glamour” as…
Episode 25. Freni on the Fringe (Mirella in Memoriam I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode continues last week’s homage…
Episode 18. Elisabeth Söderström Sings Everything (Needle Drop IV) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Elisabeth Söderström, the elegant, vibrant, vulnerable, musically…
Episode 15. Hail and Farewell: 2019 Departures SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM We set our sights on the New Year, at…