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Season 3 Episode 162
Today is the final regular episode of Season Three of Countermelody, as well as the last of my summer series documenting musical life in New York Cit…
3 years, 9 months ago
Janet Baker: Subject of the Queen
Season 3 Episode 161
The world changed yesterday with the death of Queen Elizabeth II, whose subjects in the United Kingdom just this summer celebrated the 70th year of h…
3 years, 10 months ago
Donald Gramm
Season 3 Episode 160
Dear ones, I present to you today the extraordinarily versatile bass-baritone and my fellow native Milwaukeean Donald Gramm (1927-1983), one of the c…
3 years, 10 months ago
Forgotten Broadway II
Season 3 Episode 159
The follow-up episode to my previous Forgotten Broadway episode is an epic one, chock full of fascinating composers, lyricists, performers and shows.…
3 years, 10 months ago
Russell Oberlin
Season 3 Episode 158
Hearing the voice of countertenor Russell Oberlin (1928 – 2016) as a soloist with the Robert Shaw Chorale was one of the formative experiences of my …
3 years, 10 months ago
Episode 157. Forgotten Broadway I
Today I begin Forgotten Broadway, a new miniseries within my summer series “Musical Life in New York City 1950-1975.” This wildly eclectic (some migh…
3 years, 10 months ago
Episode 156. Barely Sang at the Met II
This week is the conclusion of my presentation on world-class singers who made a minimal number of appearances at the Metropolitan Opera. My arbitrar…
3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 155. Barely Sang at the Met I
Today’s brain teaser: What do world-class singers Irmgard Seefried, Virginia Zeani, Piero Cappuccilli, birthday girl Gundula Janowitz, Galina Vishnev…
3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 154. Adele Addison @ 97
This Sunday, 24 July 2022, the great African American lyric soprano Adele Addison observes her 97th birthday. This Countermelody tribute presents thi…
3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 153. Eleanor Steber I
July 17 is the 108th birthday of Eleanor Steber, surely one of the all-time greatest singers that the United States has ever produced (as well as one…
3 years, 11 months ago