Countermelody

Recent Episodes

Episode 171. November Birthday Gals

Posted November 17, 2022 • 01:24:15

Tomorrow morning I leave for three weeks and I’ve been desperately trying to come up with topics that would be a bit easier to produce while I’m...

Episode 170. Oralia Domínguez

Posted November 11, 2022 • 01:11:21

Earlier this year, in an episode entitled “Women of Color Sing Mahler,” I provided many of my listeners to their first exposure to the Mexican contralto...

Episode 169. Grace Bumbry

Posted November 4, 2022 • 01:29:02

Though the great diva Grace Bumbry has often been featured on Countermelody, I have not yet done a full episode on this incomparable artist....

Episode 168. The Haunted (Opera) House

Posted October 28, 2022 • 01:09:02

This week’s episode celebrates Halloween while at the same time initiating my new ongoing series on Twentieth Century Opera. From Dvořák’s Rusalka,...

Episode 167. Denise Duval

Posted October 21, 2022 • 01:23:31

Denise Duval, whose 101st birthday we posthumously commemorate on October 23, will forever be associated with the music of Francis Poulenc, and specifically...