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Season 2 Episode 86
I return to Cathy Berberian, Prima Donna of the Avant Garde (or “The Divine Miss B” as she was sometimes called in the mid-seventies) for a further e…
5 years, 5 months ago
George Shirley @ 87
Season 2 Episode 85
Today I finally get to pay tribute to one of the singers who was a formative influence on me as a budding opera and vocal aficionado. George Shirley,…
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 84. Cathy Berberian, Part I: MagnifiCathy
This episode is the first part of a tribute I have been wanting to create for quite some time. It honors the extraordinary artist and musician Cathy …
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 83: Frühlingslieder [Spring Songs]
Dear listeners, it is Easter Sunday. While we are strictly non-sectarian at Countermelody, I did want to offer a program of spring favorites to welco…
5 years, 6 months ago
Magda Olivero: La Verissima
Season 2 Episode 82
This week we celebrate the recent 111th birthday of the great Italian verista Magda Olivero. An extraordinary artist whose unusual career saw her tak…
5 years, 6 months ago
Happy Songs (straight up)
Season 2 Episode 81
This week I offset the gloom of last week’s music with straight-up joy. No gimmicks, no goofiness, no weird accents. Whether the composer is Giuseppe…
5 years, 6 months ago
Sad Songs (with a twist)
Season 2 Episode 80
It’s been a year since the pandemic sent us all into various degrees of lockdown, panic, and depression. In certain parts of the world there is no en…
5 years, 6 months ago
Dusty Springfield Sings Carole King
Season 2 Episode 79
How exciting to go straight from Black History Month to Women’s History Month! Over the course of this coming month, I am going to feature programs o…
5 years, 6 months ago
Twentieth Century Pioneers
Season 2 Episode 78
To round off #BlackHistoryMonth2021, I bring you an array of artists singing a wide range of 20th Century repertoire. Included are singers who have p…
5 years, 7 months ago
Episode 77. Margaret Tynes (Black History Month 2021 V)
For a special bonus episode this week (without the usual paywall!), I bring you the extraordinary soprano Margaret Tynes, who in September celebrated…
5 years, 7 months ago