Podcast Episodes

Episode 312. John Reardon Revisited (World AIDS Day 2024)

Yesterday was World AIDS Day and many of the people I admire and follow on various social media platforms made beautiful and heartfelt posts in comme…

1 year, 7 months ago

Episode 311. Ina Souez

Because we American expats in Germany often celebrate Thanksgiving on the weekend after our compatriots in the US, I offer you today a second Thanksg…

1 year, 7 months ago

Episode 310. Giving Thanks with Roberta Alexander

If you, like many of us, are struggling to find things to be grateful for this Thanksgiving, I have put together an episode featuring a national (and…

1 year, 7 months ago

Episode 309. Get to Know Věra Soukupová

As a supplement to my ongoing series on great contraltos, and as a contrast to another outstanding Czech singer, soprano Hana Janků, recently feature…

1 year, 7 months ago

Episode 308. Mezzos on the Verge

I am taking a short break before posting the final in my Mexican Opera Singers miniseries to bring you a compilation episode that is sure to get your…

1 year, 7 months ago

Episode 307. Francisco Araiza in Song

In the first year of Countermelody I posted a tribute to to the Mexican tenor Francisco Araiza on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Four years later…

1 year, 7 months ago

Episode 306. Oralia Domínguez Revisited

Today (for what I hope are obvious reasons) begins a short Countermelody series on a few of the greatest singers that Mexico, our neighbor to the sou…

1 year, 8 months ago

Episode 305. Rage and Despair

Before I traveled to my home state of Wisconsin this week, I had prepared an episode to post this weekend, but in my naïveté, I had not anticipated t…

1 year, 8 months ago

Episode 304. Portia White, Canadian Icon

As the United States faces its most momentous and contentious election since at least 1968, let’s turn for today to our neighbors to the North to bec…

1 year, 8 months ago

Episode 303. Everything Must Change

Something a little outside of the normal scope of Countermelody for today’s episode:

Earlier this year I published a bonus episode on the fascinating…

1 year, 8 months ago