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Back to SearchEpisode 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…
4 years, 2 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…
4 years, 2 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…
4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 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, 2 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 4 months ago