Countermelody

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Episode 350. Young Singers I Admire

Posted April 14, 2025 • 01:11:42

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...

Episode 349. Lenten Melody

Posted April 10, 2025 • 01:39:03

I’ve already done a Lententide episode devoted to contraltos singing the music of Bach, but it seemed to me that in the upheaval of today’s vengeful...

Episode 348. Rescue Mission II

Posted April 8, 2025 • 01:46:26

After I post a Countermelody episode on a cherished singer, my relationship with these artists continues: one of those manifestataions is that...

Episode 347. Will the Real Eleanor Steber Please St/And Up?

Posted April 4, 2025 • 01:44:34

Because there is no such thing as too much Eleanor Steber, today’s episode once again features the prodigiously gifted singer, in my opinion the greatest...

Episode 346. Olive Middleton and La Puma (Alternate Universe Bel Canto)

Posted March 30, 2025 • 01:35:19

Hello, Campers! Once again it is April Fool’s Day, which means that here at Countermelody, we’re doing another in my “Alternate Universe...