Podcast Episodes

Episode 491. Bubbles on the Nile, Verdi Edition

Here’s another edition of what has beocme one of my (and my listeners’) favorite series of episodes, one that I have entitled “Bubbles on the Nile.” …

19 hours ago

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Episode 490. José van Dam chante l’éternité

Today we commemorate the quarter century since 9/11, an event that sent shockwaves throughout the world as it was transpiring (and who can forget whe…

1 week, 1 day ago

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Episode 489. The Infinite Variety of Regina Resnik

Season 7 Episode 489

On August 30 we observed (posthumously) the 104th birthday of the unique, the phenomenal Regina Resnik, who died in 2013 just a few short days before…

1 week, 6 days ago

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Episode 488. Ileana Cotrubaș In Memoriam

Season 3 Episode 488

Ileana Cotrubaș, the exquisite Romanian soprano, departed this earthly plane last week at the age of 87. She was one of the operatic artists I most r…

2 weeks, 6 days ago

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Episode 487. Jill Gomez In Memoriam

Season 7 Episode 487

Jill Gomez, the brilliant, intrepid Trinidadian-British soprano, known for the last fifteen years of her life as Jill Carnegy, Countess of Northesk, …

4 weeks ago

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Episode 486. The Other Maureen Forrester

Season 7 Episode 486

This episode celebrates one of the twentieth century’s great contraltos, Canadian icon, Maureen Forrester, an exceptionally versatile, profoundly com…

1 month ago

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Episode 485. Anneliese Rothenberger singt Stolz und Lehár

Season 7 Episode 485

The theme of today’s episode is “escapism,” a valuable and even necessary pursuit in the world in which we find ourselves currently existing. What mo…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Episode 484. Bubbles on the Nile, Handel Edition

Season 7 Episode 484

Today’s episode is the second of my so-called “Bubbles on the Nile” series, performances by Beverly Sills (and a host of other divas) in unexpected r…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Episode 483. Adele Addison @ 101

Season 7 Episode 483

Today beloved African American soprano Adele Addison, still “sharp as a tack” according to one of her close friends, celebrates her 101st birthday. A…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Episode 482. Georges Thill: French Twist

Season 7 Episode 482

A further celebration of great French singers today, featuring one of the greatest of them all, tenor Georges Thill (1897 – 1984). But as always with…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

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