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Meet Hana Janků
Season 5 Episode 265
Have you ever encountered a singer that no one has apparently heard of, yet once you have discovered them, you feel compelled to introduce them to pr…
2 years, 3 months ago
Rescue Mission (Forgotten Divas Edition)
Season 5 Episode 264
During Black History Month this year I featured a group of five exceptional singers I dubbed, for lack of a better term, “Forgotten Divas.” Each of t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Contralto Central
Season 5 Episode 263
Finally, the first in my long-promised series on the contralto voice! The contralto is a rara avis in the today’s opera and classical music scene, an…
2 years, 4 months ago
Sylvia Sass Revisited
Season 5 Episode 262
Several summers ago I published my first episode celebrating the artistry of Sylvia Sass which primarily featured her 1984 album of pop songs sung in…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 261. Thom Baker Introduces Rosanna Carteri (Listeners’ Favorites)
Today’s episode is one of my Listeners’ Favorites episodes, this one introduced by my wonderful friend Thom Baker. He had just written me about his e…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 260. Robert McFerrin Revisited
In the very first season of Countermelody I presented an episode which featured both Lawrence Winters and Robert McFerrin, two of the most significan…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 259. Lawrence Winters Revisited
During the first season of Countermelody I presented the great African American baritone Lawrence Winters in an episode which paired him with his con…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 258. (Frank) Lopardopalooza
Today I present to you the American lyric tenor Frank Lopardo, who from 1984 through 2014 appeared in all the major opera houses of the world, celebr…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 257. The Marvelous Marvis Martin
I have been juggling a number of brand new episode ideas for the coming weeks, but when I discovered that Sunday April 7 was the birthday of Marvis M…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 256. Mari Lyn’s Golden Treasury of Chutzpah (Alternate Universe Bel Canto III)
Many of my listeners look forward with eager anticipation to my annual April Fool’s episodes, and today’s packs a particularly powerful punch! A few …
2 years, 5 months ago