As the United States faces its most momentous and contentious election since at least 1968, lets turn for today to our neighbors to the North to become acquainted with one of their cultural icons: th

Something a little outside of the normal scope of Countermelody for todays episode: - Earlier this year I published a bonus episode on the fascinating singer/songwriter Benard Ighner (1945-2017) and

Two years ago for Halloween, I presented the first of my Haunted Opera House episodes. At the time, I had such a plethora of creepy musical material that I produced a bonus episode of material that

Since Christa Ludwigs death more than three and a half years ago, her reputation has only increased. A significant portion of that reputation rests on her prowess as a singer of Lieder, a repertoire

Episode 300 of Countermelody is upon us, and I have chosen today to bring you the German-American soprano Helen Donath in all her glory, performing Lieder of both Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Sch

Remember the summer of 2020? The good old days of lockdown? That was the first summer that I was producing Countermelody, and during that time I tried to inject a little levity into the podcast by doi

Last week, absorbed in preparations for my own birthday, I passed over the birthday of the great Giuseppe Verdi, born 10 October 1813. Two years ago I produced a pair of Verdi episodes, and today I fe

Today I present part two of my In Memoriam series, honoring treasured singers who have recently died. This week I focus on male singers, covering the gamut from opera singers (Dominic Cossa, Lando B

Im still under the weather, but I cant let that keep me from posting my usual Tuesday episode! Here is another recycled bonus episode, this one posted two years ago in honor of my birthday, which fe

Today on Countermelody is the first of two memorial episodes paying tribute to singers that weve lost just in the past few months. Applying the completely arbitrary rubric of gender, today I am focus