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Back to SearchEpisode 272. Lenora Lafayette (Listeners’ Favorites)
Every so often I discover a singer who had previously not come under my radar, but who simply blows me away with their voice, artistry, and communica…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 271. Muriel Smith (Listeners’ Favorites)
As I embark on several weeks of vacation, I bring you the first of several episodes from the early years of the podcast in between the new episodes t…
2 years ago
Episode 270. Eleanor Steber Revisited
I sat in my apartment in Berlin on the Fourth of July wondering how, after the events of this past Monday, I can possibly pay tribute to our nation a…
2 years ago
Episode 269. Alberta Hunter
Please join me today for this overview of the roller coaster career of Alberta Hunter (01 April 1895 – 17 October 1984), a jazz legend whose surprisi…
2 years ago
Episode 268. Will Parker Redux
Today I revisit the life and legacy of lyric baritone William Parker (05 August 1943 – 29 March 1993), to whom I devoted an episode exactly a year ag…
2 years ago
A Cavalcade of Pop Contraltos
Season 5 Episode 267
My intention this week to produce a joyous new episode further celebrating contraltos, was undermined by multiple deaths this past week in the musica…
2 years ago
Episode 266. Sisters in Sapho (Listeners’ Favorites)
It’s been a whirlwind of a week chez Gundlach and I find myself at the end of it without a new episode ready to post. In addition to that, we are alr…
2 years ago
Meet Hana Janků
Season 5 Episode 265
Have you ever encountered a singer that no one has apparently heard of, yet once you have discovered them, you feel compelled to introduce them to pr…
2 years, 1 month ago
Rescue Mission (Forgotten Divas Edition)
Season 5 Episode 264
During Black History Month this year I featured a group of five exceptional singers I dubbed, for lack of a better term, “Forgotten Divas.” Each of t…
2 years, 1 month ago
Contralto Central
Season 5 Episode 263
Finally, the first in my long-promised series on the contralto voice! The contralto is a rara avis in the today’s opera and classical music scene, an…
2 years, 1 month ago