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Recent Episodes

Episode 236. Howard Hart Introduces Christa Ludwig (Listeners’ Favorites VII)

Posted January 23, 2024 • 01:47:22

My friend and fellow opera podcaster Howard Hart introduces the first of this week’s Listeners’ Favorites episodes, my 2021 tribute to the superb...

Episode 235. Anna Tonna Introduces Teresa Berganza (Listeners’ Favorites VI)

Posted January 17, 2024 • 01:13:56

Today’s Listeners’ Favorites episode of Countermelody is introduced by my good friend (and Countermelody fan) the marvelous mezzo-soprano...

Episode 234. David Savran Introduces Carol Brice (Listeners’ Favorites V)

Posted January 14, 2024 • 01:23:54

This Listeners’ Favorites episode serves a dual purpose: first it is a celebration the publication this week of my partner David Savran’s new book,...

Episode 233 – Dusty Pörn Introduces Eleanor Steber (Listeners’ Favorites IV)

Posted January 10, 2024 • 01:19:49

Today’s subject is Eleanor Steber, certainly one of the greatest and most versatile of American sopranos. She is introduced by one of the most recent...

Episode 232. Janet Williams and Paul Padillo Introduce Maria Ewing (Listeners’ Favorites III)

Posted January 7, 2024 • 01:58:48

January 9 is already the second anniversary of the death of the iconoclastic (and iconic) Maria Ewing, who died of cancer in her home outside of her...