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Back to SearchEpisode 205. Eileen Farrell: Bach/Pop
Eileen Farrell (13 February 1920 – 23 March 2002) was one of the finest and most versatile singers that the United States has ever produced. She bega…
3 years, 2 months ago
Episode 204. Roberta Alexander Sings America
Posting a few days early in celebration of the Fourth of July and in further recognition of the beloved American soprano Roberta Alexander, whose bir…
3 years, 2 months ago
Jobriath and Jackie Shane (Pride 2023)
Season 4 Episode 203
Today’s Pride 2023 episode focuses on two pathbreaking pop artists from the 1960s and 1970s, who were undervalued or even reviled at the time in whic…
3 years, 3 months ago
William Parker (Pride 2023)
Season 4 Episode 202
Today’s episode celebrates the life and legacy of lyric baritone William Parker (05 August 1943 – 29 March 1993), the finest American recitalist of t…
3 years, 3 months ago
Britten – Pears (Pride 2023)
Season 4 Episode 201
Today’s episode explores the lives and loves of two of the most significant figures in twentieth century music: Benjamin Britten, the dean of British…
3 years, 3 months ago
Whole Lotta Lotte (Lehmann!)
Season 4 Episode 200
Today we observe a significant event in the history of Countermelody, namely, our 200th episode! I decided that there was no better way to celebrate …
3 years, 3 months ago
Episode 199. Tina and the Expats
If you’re like me (and I hope that, at least in this way, you are!) you have adored Tina Turner since you first became aware of her. In my case, it w…
3 years, 3 months ago
Episode 198. Cesare Valletti
Today’s episode celebrates the Italian tenore di grazia Cesare Valletti (18 December 1923 – 13 May 2000), perhaps the last in a lineage of Italian ly…
3 years, 4 months ago
Theatre Dreams
Season 4 Episode 197
I’ve been plotting an episode on the subject of Dreams for a while. Given the profusion of music that references that altered state of consciousness,…
3 years, 4 months ago
Episode 196. Grace Bumbry In Memoriam
This past week the world of opera was plunged in mourning at the news of the death of the unique, the irreplaceable Grace Bumbry (04 January 1937 – 0…
3 years, 4 months ago