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Season 3 Episode 116
This week I feature nearly a century’s worth of recordings of pop music by singers who also, and in some cases primarily, were great singers of art s…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 115. Jules Bledsoe
This week I present an important African American artist who has been nearly forgotten by history: the bass-baritone Jules Bledsoe (1897-1943). He is…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 114. James King
This week I turn my attention once again to the tenors, who have been getting rather short shrift of late. This week I feature the US-American jugend…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 113. Edda Moser
On 27 October the great German dramatic coloratura Edda Moser celebrated her 83rd birthday. Celebrated as the greatest Queen of the Night ever, Edda …
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 112. Barry McDaniel
This past week would have been the 91st birthday of Barry McDaniel (1930-2018), the great US-American Berlin-based lyric baritone whose artistry enco…
4 years, 11 months ago
Verdi auf Deutsch I
Season 3 Episode 111
Today’s is a mammoth episode on a mammoth topic: historical performances of Verdi’s operas in German translation. I trace the historical and ongoing …
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 110. Black Crooners
Season Three of Countermelody begins with a potpourri episode of some of my favorite crooners of color. I begin with an example of Bert Williams, the…
4 years, 11 months ago
Bernard Kruysen: Baryton Martin Extraordinaire
Season 2 Episode 109
Today I celebrate the life and artistry of Bernard Kruysen (1933-2000), the Dutch singer whose voice exemplified that now nearly extinct vocal catego…
5 years ago
Episode 108. Christiane Eda-Pierre
Today’s episode is a memorial tribute to the great Martinique-born French soprano Christiane Eda-Pierre on the first anniversary of her death. When t…
5 years ago
Episode 107. Norman Bailey and Friends
Death has had a busy month in the music world, especially this past week, when we lost the great British Heldenbariton Norman Bailey and the delectab…
5 years ago