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Back to SearchEpisode 242. Damon Evans Introduces George Shirley (Listeners’ Favorites IX)
This week I present a Countermelody mini-series paying tribute to three great African American artists who were born in Baltimore. First up is the ec…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 241. Tell It to the World: Korea
Last month Oxford University Press published my dear friend David Savran’s Tell It to the World, a monumental study on transnationalism and the Broad…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 240. Annabelle Bernard (BHM 2024)
Last week we celebrated the 97th birthday of our Ur-Diva, Leontyne Price. And today, continuing my Black History Month 2024 theme of “Forgotten Divas…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 239. Gwendolyn Killebrew (BHM 2024)
This week’s “Forgotten Diva” is the mezzo-soprano / contralto Gwendolyn Killebrew (26 August 1941 – 24 December 2021), who made an indelible contribu…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 238. Delcina Stevenson (BHM2024)
I am so grateful to all the listeners who did introductions to their favorite episodes last month. It provided me with a little bit of needed breathi…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 237. Paul Kirby Introduces Charles Ives (Listeners’ Favorites VIII)
My friend Paul Kirby is a musical polymath: a tenor of excellence who performs throughout the world as both a soloist and as a valued member in small…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 236. Howard Hart Introduces Christa Ludwig (Listeners’ Favorites VII)
My friend and fellow opera podcaster Howard Hart introduces the first of this week’s Listeners’ Favorites episodes, my 2021 tribute to the superb zwi…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 235. Anna Tonna Introduces Teresa Berganza (Listeners’ Favorites VI)
Today’s Listeners’ Favorites episode of Countermelody is introduced by my good friend (and Countermelody fan) the marvelous mezzo-soprano Anna Tonna.…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 234. David Savran Introduces Carol Brice (Listeners’ Favorites V)
This Listeners’ Favorites episode serves a dual purpose: first it is a celebration the publication this week of my partner David Savran’s new book, T…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 233 – Dusty Pörn Introduces Eleanor Steber (Listeners’ Favorites IV)
Today’s subject is Eleanor Steber, certainly one of the greatest and most versatile of American sopranos. She is introduced by one of the most recent…
2 years, 6 months ago