Countermelody

Recent Episodes

Episode 429. A Smattering of Sopranos

Posted January 16, 2026 • 01:46:12

Today’s episode reveals and celebrates the opera queen in me: it’s a program entitled “A Smattering of Sopranos” that features twenty-five different...

Episode 428. Alfreda Hodgson Sings Brahms

Posted January 12, 2026 • 01:39:21

The English contralto Alfreda Hodgson (07 June 1940 – 16 April 1992) has been featured numerous times on Countermelody and when I recently...

Episode 427. Representative Andrew Gray [AK] (Countermelody Conversations)

Posted January 9, 2026 • 01:24:53

In the past I have featured interviews with wonderful guests (including Ira Siff, Janet Williams, Nicholas Tamagna, August Ventura, David Savran, and...

Episode 426. Teresa Stratas [Season Seven Premiere]

Posted January 5, 2026 • 01:53:07

I wanted to start off the year (and the new season of the podcast) with something momentous, and who better to take us there than one of the great operatic...

Episode 425. Mady Mesplé chante l’Opérette viennoise

Posted December 29, 2025 • 01:40:50

For the final episode of 2025, and of Season Six of the podcast, I present pure frothy escapism from the delectable Mady Mesplé, the finest French...