Today we celebrate 350 episodes of Countermelody since the inception of the podcast in the fall of 2019. Given that this is a momentous occasion (probably mostly to me, just for sticking with this thi

Ive already done a Lententide episode devoted to contraltos singing the music of Bach, but it seemed to me that in the upheaval of todays vengeful and war-hungry world, we could use another contempl

After I post a Countermelody episode on a cherished singer, my relationship with these artists continues: one of those manifestataions is that I never stop seeking out rare and unusual recordings feat

Because there is no such thing as too much Eleanor Steber, todays episode once again features the prodigiously gifted singer, in my opinion the greatest soprano the United States has ever produced, s

Hello, Campers! Once again it is April Fools Day, which means that here at Countermelody, were doing another in my Alternate Universe Bel Canto series. This year the featured diva is Olive Middlet

Over the course of the past year, I have done a number of episodes on contraltos singing a wide range of material. Toward the end of last year, I did a program on Bach contraltos, which featured just

This past March 7 would have been the 94th birthday of the great French coloratura soprano Mady Mespl. This episode begins a new series of episodes devoted to Queens of the Night, the surprisingly

As a follow-up to my Mezzos on the Verge series, which seemed to resonate with so many of you, today I present the first in a new ongoing series, Over-the-Top Sopranos. As I first began exploring this

The British bass-baritone Norman Bailey (23 March 1933 15 September 2021) was one of the premier Wagner singers of his generation, appearing in his signature roles (Hans Sachs, the Dutchman, and Wot

A year and a half ago, I posted an episode on Robert Massard, the finest French baritone of his era, and one of the finest French baritones of all time. Today, in honor of his upcoming hundredth birth