One of my best and truest friends in the business is the phenomenal pianist, coach, and conductor Thomas Bagwell. Our friendship really developed back in the days when we curated a series of recitals

My dear friend and colleague soprano Sarah Pillow introduces one of her favorite Countermelody programs, which I repost as the first of this months Listeners Favorites episodes. Since Sarah is herse

As the final entry in this years Black History Month episodes, my dear friend Previn Moore introduces his Listeners' Favorites choice, an episode I published in the early months of Countermelody back

Here is the second of a two part series in celebration of David Savrans new book, Tell It to the World: The Broadway Musical Abroad, a monumental study on transnationalism and the Broadway-style musi

This Countermelody episode is the last in my miniseries featuring artists from Baltimore. It is also the last in my new episodes for Black History Month 2024 featuring Forgotten Divas. Today I offer

Todays Forgotten Diva takes us outside of the realm of opera and into the rich musical field of jazz. I have been in musical heaven the past few days as Ive been savoring the output of the great E

This week I present a Countermelody mini-series paying tribute to three great African American artists who were born in Baltimore. First up is the eclectic, versatile, and prodigiously talented Damon

Last month Oxford University Press published my dear friend David Savrans Tell It to the World, a monumental study on transnationalism and the Broadway-style musical. The book focuses on two specific

Last week we celebrated the 97th birthday of our Ur-Diva, Leontyne Price. And today, continuing my Black History Month 2024 theme of Forgotten Divas, I present to you a Verdi soprano of similar repe

This weeks Forgotten Diva is the mezzo-soprano / contralto Gwendolyn Killebrew (26 August 1941 24 December 2021), who made an indelible contribution to opera in particular during the active years