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Back to SearchEpisode 152. Patricia Neway
Today begins a new summer series on Countermelody, celebrating mid-century music-making in New York City between the years 1950 and 1975. We begin wi…
4 years ago
Episode 151. Cole Porter [Pride 2022]
Because I’m still on the road, I’m posting an old bonus episode in place of a new one this week, and I’m posting it early. This was originally publis…
4 years ago
Episode 150. Francis Poulenc and Pierre Bernac [Pride 2022]
Something about this week’s episode has really gotten to me. I guess I’m just madly in love with the melodies of Francis Poulenc, and as a result, in…
4 years ago
Episode 149. Music Black and Queer
Over the course of history, for Persons of Color who also happen to be queer, the interface between these two populations is sometimes an enormously …
4 years ago
Judy Garland @ 100
Season 3 Episode 148
On Friday 10 June 2022, Judy Garland celebrates her 100th birthday. My Pride 2022 series kicks off with a close examination of Judy’s status as gay i…
4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 147. The Young Gabriel Bacquier
Two years ago last month, the great French (bass-)baritone Gabriel Bacquier died just four days short of his 96th birthday. At that time I offered a …
4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 146. Women of Color Sing Mahler
Say their names: In Uvalde: Nevaeh Bravo, Jackie Cazares, Makenna Lee Elrod, Jose Flores, Eliana Garcia, Irma Garcia, Uziyah Garcia, Amerie Jo Garza,…
4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 145. Teresa Berganza In Memoriam
A week ago today the beloved and revered Spanish mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza, died at the age of 89. This episode pays tribute to her artistry thro…
4 years, 1 month ago
Mad about Mady Mesplé
Season 3 Episode 144
Two years ago this month, the world lost the great French soprano Mady Mesplé at the age of 89. Celebrated as the finest French coloratura of her era…
4 years, 1 month ago
Pelléas Part Deux
Season 3 Episode 143
Today I conclude my examination of my favorite opera, Claude Debussy and Maurice Maeterlinck’s Pelléas et Mélisande, with an expanded roster of singe…
4 years, 2 months ago