Episode 364. Grace Bumbry, Proud Soprano (Live Edition)

Episode 364. Grace Bumbry, Proud Soprano (Live Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM It’s Pride Month, and what better time to…

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Episode 362. No More Slavery Chains

Episode 362. No More Slavery Chains SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Five years ago, I awoke in Berlin to the horrifying…

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Episode 330. Martina Arroyo in Duet

Episode 330. Martina Arroyo in Duet SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM What better way to start off this Black History Month…

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Episode 317. Big Baroque Christmas

Episode 317. Big Baroque Christmas SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Sometimes when I look back on past episodes of Countermelody, I…

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Episode 308. Mezzos on the Verge

Episode 308. Mezzos on the Verge SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I am taking a short break before posting the final…

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Episode 278. George Shirley Revisited

Episode 278. George Shirley Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This August I shall be supplementing each new episode published with…

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Episode 254. Holy Week with the Romantics

Episode 254. Holy Week with the Romantics SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Once again we have reached the climax 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 221. Robert Massard

Episode 221. Robert Massard SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This is an episode I have been planning for years now! This…

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Episode 169. Grace Bumbry

Episode 169. Grace Bumbry SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Though the great diva Grace Bumbry has often been featured on Countermelody,…

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Episode 156. Barely Sang at the Met II

Episode 156. Barely Sang at the Met II SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week is the conclusion of my presentation…

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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 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 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 52. Operaish Broadway (Crossover Classics VIII)

Episode 52. Operaish Broadway (Crossover Classics VIII) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode (in celebration of Countermelody’s first birthday!) picks…

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Episode 43. Gl’amour I (Bastille Day 2020)

Episode 43. Gl’amour I (Bastille Day 2020) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Another nation, la belle France, has a birthday right…

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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 37. No More Slavery Chains

Episode 37. No More Slavery Chains SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I woke up this morning intending to produce an episode…

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Episode 6. Shirley Verrett II

Episode 6. Shirley Verrett II: La Regina del Bel Canto SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM In this episode in my Shirley…

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Episode 5. Shirley Verrett I

Episode 5: Shirley Verrett I: La Nera Callas – Falcon or Verdi soprano? SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This episode is the…

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Episode 4. Jessye and Her Forebears (Needle Drop I)

Episode 4. Jessye and Her Forebears (Needle Drop I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Due to a last minute change of…

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