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Back to SearchEpisode 363. Orchestral Song of Latin America, Part 1
A few weeks ago I had the idea of doing a program devoted to American orchestral song. It did not take me long to realize that once again “American […
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 362. No More Slavery Chains
Five years ago, I awoke to the horrifying news of the murder of George Floyd by a member of the Minneapolis Police Department. I had been working on …
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 361. Russell Oberlin Revisited
I’ve been so lucky this week to cross paths with several beloved friends and colleagues, in some cases for the first time in ages. One of those frien…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 360. Ben Luxon: King of Crossover
Benjamin Luxon, the esteemed Cornish baritone who died at the age of 87 last July, had one of the most wide-ranging repertoires of any singer of the …
1 year, 4 months ago
Get to Know Hugo Hasslo
Season 6 Episode 359
The earliest selection on last week’s Elisabeth Söderström episode featured the soprano at 24 singing the title role of Madama Butterfly. In that liv…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 359. Get to Know Hugo Hasslo
The earliest selection on last week’s Elisabeth Söderström episode featured the soprano at 24 singing the title role of Madama Butterfly. In that liv…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 358. Elisabeth Söderström Revisited
There are very few singers that mean more to me than does Elisabeth Söderström. I was first made aware of her at the tender age of ten, when I became…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 357. Faust auf Deutsch
Today I offer three different recordings of excerpts, sung in German, from Charles Gounod’s opera Faust, which was known in the day in Germany as Mar…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 356. Get to Know Irina Arkhipova
Directly after the disastrous November election in the United States, I compiled a setlist for two episodes self-explanitorially entitled “Mezzos on …
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 355. John Wustman (Honor Your Mentors I)
I have been reminded over and over again in recent weeks of the preciousness of life as numerous dear friends and family members face loss of loved o…
1 year, 4 months ago