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Back to SearchEpisode 222. Shirley Verrett, Falcon Sfogatissima
It is hard to believe that it’s already been 13 years since the death of Shirley Verrett on November 5, 2010. It has also already been four years sin…
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 221. Robert Massard
This is an episode I have been planning for years now! This past August 15, the great French baritone Robert Massard turned 98 years old. As many of …
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 220. La Fiamma (The Haunted Opera House II)
A year ago, I posted an episode entitled “The Haunted Opera House” that featured a wide range of spooky, witchy, Halloween-appropriate 20th century o…
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 219. Chants d’Auvergne
Another episode featuring orchestral songs, these arrangements by the French composer Joseph Canteloube AKA Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1879 …
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 218. Edith Piaf, storyteller
Today is the 60th anniversary of the death of Edith Piaf, the greatest singer in the history of French popular music. She died on the eve of my third…
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 217. Patricia Neway Revisited
Today I revisit the artistry of the great Patricia Neway (1919-2012), a singer of extraordinary versatility, dramatic power, and musical sensibility.…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Lieder of Joseph Marx
Season 4 Episode 216
This week (inspired by an 10-inch LP in my collection of his songs performed by Anton Dermota and Wilma Lipp, both stalwarts of the Wiener Staatsoper…
2 years, 9 months ago
Trauer und Trost
Season 4 Episode 215
This week’s episode offers music of both mourning and consolation performed by treasured artists, many of whom celebrate significant anniversaries th…
2 years, 9 months ago
Ellabelle Davis
Season 4 Episode 214
Today I begin a series of interim episodes which will lead up to the debut of Season Five of the podcast in January 2024. These episodes will be shor…
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode 213. Julia Varady
A week ago the extraordinary Hungarian-German soprano Julia Varady turned 82. As she is one of my favorite sopranos, I have presented her a few times…
2 years, 10 months ago