Podcast Episodes

Ned Rorem In Memoriam

Season 4 Episode 172

Greetings to all from my former home of Manhattan! Upon landing here a week ago, I was greeted by the news of the death of Ned Rorem, the man previou…

3 years, 7 months ago

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November Birthday Gals

Season 4 Episode 171

Tomorrow morning I leave for three weeks and I’ve been desperately trying to come up with topics that would be a bit easier to produce while I’m away…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Oralia Dominguez

Season 4 Episode 170

Earlier this year, in an episode entitled “Women of Color Sing Mahler,” I provided many of my listeners to their first exposure to the Mexican contra…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Grace Bumbry

Season 4 Episode 169

Though the great diva Grace Bumbry has often been featured on Countermelody, I have not yet done a full episode on this incomparable artist. Today’s …

3 years, 8 months ago

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The Haunted (Opera) House

Season 4 Episode 168

This week’s episode celebrates Halloween while at the same time initiating my new ongoing series on Twentieth Century Opera. From Dvořák’s Rusalka, p…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Denise Duval

Season 4 Episode 167

Denise Duval, whose 101st birthday we posthumously commemorate on October 23, will forever be associated with the music of Francis Poulenc, and speci…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Dan's Picks

Season 4 Episode 166

This week I celebrated my birthday, so today is the second of this month’s birthday celebrations. A number of my listeners have been asking me for a …

3 years, 8 months ago

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Giuseppe Verdi: A Libran Birthday Tribute

Season 4 Episode 165

The great Giuseppe Verdi was born this week in 1813. Since his birthday occurs in the same week as mine, and since I firmly believe that I was a Verd…

3 years, 9 months ago

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Mabel Mercer

Season 4 Episode 164

Welcome to Season Four of Countermelody! My long-time listeners know a few things things about the podcast. First, the most important quality in a si…

3 years, 9 months ago

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Episode 163. Season Four Preview

Today Countermelody is in limbo: balanced between Seasons Three and Four. Over the past few months I’ve been planning the course of the upcoming seas…

3 years, 9 months ago

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