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Back to SearchEpisode 106. A Baritonal Schubertiade
On the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, I am at a loss for meaningful words. Thus I have turned, as I have often done in my own life, an…
5 years ago
Episode 105. Teresa Żylis-Gara In Memoriam
One of my very favorite singers, the Polish soprano Teresa Żylis-Gara, died on Saturday 28 August at the age of 91. I had been planning a birthday ep…
5 years, 1 month ago
Episode 104. Nicolae Herlea
Yesterday, August 28, would have been the 94th birthday of the great Romanian baritone Nicolae Herlea (1927 – 2014). I continue my great baritone ser…
5 years, 1 month ago
Episode 103. Gilbert Price
Never heard of Gilbert Price? This episode will remedy that situation. With a voice that was easily produced, full-ranged, tonally refulgent, technic…
5 years, 1 month ago
Episode 102. John Reardon
Here’s another great baritone to help get us through another week: the extraordinarily versatile and talented John Reardon (1930-1988). Possessed of …
5 years, 1 month ago
Episode 101. Heinrich Rehkemper
I continue my salute to Great Baritones with an examination of the recorded legacy of one of my favorite German baritones, the nearly-forgotten Heinr…
5 years, 1 month ago
Episode 100. Claudia Muzio
Countermelody celebrates its landmark 100th episode with a tribute to the artist that is my ne plus ultra, the Italian soprano Claudia Muzio (1889-19…
5 years, 2 months ago
Episode 99. Yi-Kwei Sze (斯義桂)
The Chinese-American bass Yi-Kwei Sze (1915-1994) was the first Chinese singer to achieve worldwide prominence in the world of Western classical musi…
5 years, 2 months ago
Episode 98. John Raitt
Today I feature as part of my summer series on Great Baritones, one of the greatest Broadway baritones of all time, John Raitt (1917-2005). Wait: did…
5 years, 2 months ago
Episode 97. Owen Williams and Leslie Scott: Two Forgotten Black Pop Baritones
Today I present to you two Black baritones who made their mark in Europe and the United States over the course of several decades. Leslie Scott (ca. …
5 years, 2 months ago