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Back to SearchEpisode 325. Marni Nixon Revisited
Today I present to you the extraordinarily versatile, even chameleon-like singer and actor Marni Nixon (22 February 1930 – 24 July 2016), who is no d…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 324. Margaret Price in Trauer und Trost
These days I find myself in a pensive, troubled state, very much in need of the kind of consolation that only music can provide. A number of years ag…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 323. Baritonal Schwanengesang
The New Year is off to a predictably challenging start. Everywhere we look (California, Canada, New Orleans, and beyond) dreadful things are happenin…
1 year, 8 months ago
Margaret Marshall Sings Mozart
Season 6 Episode 322
Yesterday was the birthday of Countermelody favorite, the ravishing Scottish soprano Margaret Marshall. What better way to kick off Season Six of the…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 321. Anna Moffo und die leichte Muse
Today’s episode, “Anna Moffo und die leichte Muse,” continues the delicious theme of opera singers “letting down their hair” begun with “Hadley in Wi…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 320. Hadley in Wien
I can think of no more appropriate way to end this difficult year than with another episode lauding my late friend, the sublime American lyric tenor …
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 319. Leslie Uggams 1966–1975
Leslie Uggams’ long-standing place in American pop culture matches that of any pop diva of similar longevity, going back all the way to her days as a…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 318. Christmas (Art) Songs, Part Deux
A final offering of Christmas music on Countermelody this year, but far be it from me to rehash the usual Christmas carols! Absolutely not! In this e…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 317. Big Baroque Christmas
Sometimes when I look back on past episodes of Countermelody, I surprise myself with how good they were, even in the early days when I was still tryi…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 316. Christmas with Elly Ameling
In February our beloved Elly Ameling turns 92. I cannot think of another classical singer who recorded more Christmas albums over the course of her c…
1 year, 9 months ago