Podcast Episodes

Episode 469. Muriel and Angela: Together Again for the First Time

Season 6 Episode 469

The 1950s recorded collaboration between two iconic artists: African American musical star Muriel Smith and Angela Morley: composer, conductor, arran…

1 month ago

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Episode 468. Deutsche Orchesterlieder: Beyond Mahler and Strauss

Season 7 Episode 468

Today’s lengthy episode (I probably should’ve divided it in half!) is another devoted to orchestral song, in this case Deutsche Orchesterlieder. But,…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Episode 467. Eidé Noréna Sings Gounod

Season 7 Episode 467

Today I revisit one of my favorite singers of all time, the extraordinary Norwegian lyric-coloratura soprano Eidé Noréna (1884-1968), whose voice and…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Episode 466. Baritones Both Butch and Bonnie

Season 7 Episode 466

Today’s episode features baritones of all stripes (with the occasional bass-baritone) in a program focusing primarily on song in its various manifest…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Episode 465. Black Bach, Part I

Season 7 Episode 465

Here is an episode I have been dreaming of putting together since the very early days of the podcast: Black Bach, an historical survey of the solo vo…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Episode 464. Moffo and Gedda: Together Yet Apart

Season 7 Episode 464

Today’s episode goes back three and a half years to two artists whom I had recently featured on back-to-back Countermelody episodes: Anna Moffo and N…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Episode 463. Arie antiche, Gigli Edition

Season 7 Episode 463

I’ve decided to make it Tenor Week here on Countermelody. Earlier this week, we heard Charles Kullman in a smattering of live and studio recordings. …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Episode 462. Get to Know Charles Kullman

Season 7 Episode 462

I’ve had a real urge lately to revisit the voices and careers of some of my favorite tenors. So today I bring you the exceptional American artist Cha…

2 months ago

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Episode 461. Bubbles on the Nile (Original Edition)

Season 7 Episode 461

I recently obtained a copy of the rare pirate recording entitled “Bubbles on the Nile (and Other Rare Phenomena): Familiar Divas in Unfamiliar Repert…

2 months ago

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Episode 460. A Countermelody Nosegay (Mostly Mezzos Edition)

One of my favorite kinds of Countermelody episode is a potpourri of singers, music, and recordings that charm and enchant to me at that given moment.…

2 months, 1 week ago

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