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Back to SearchEpisode 195. Forgotten Broadway III
Last summer, I produced a miniseries of episodes on Countermelody entitled “Forgotten Broadway,” the third and final segment of which was originally …
3 years, 4 months ago
Great Mozart Tenors
Season 4 Episode 194
Today’s is a mammoth episode, one of my longest ever, so I suggest you listen to it in easily digestible segments. It’s mammoth because it’s a gigant…
3 years, 5 months ago
Episode 193. Alexander Kipnis
If I were to indulge in the foolish task of dubbing certain artists the “Greatest Ever,” I would have little hesitation in naming Ukrainian-American …
3 years, 5 months ago
Episode 192. Virginia Zeani: The Soul of the Voice
A number of significant classical and opera singers have died in this calendar year, and this episode pays tribute to three of them. First, James Bow…
3 years, 5 months ago
Episode 191. Music for Holy Week
Welcome to all listeners both old and new to the podcast! This week I am focusing on music related to the Christian observation of Holy Week: oratori…
3 years, 5 months ago
Make Your Own Kind of Music: Verdi Edition
Season 4 Episode 190
It’s time for my fourth annual April Fools Day episode! The first one that I published exactly four years ago, entitled Alternate Universe Bel Canto,…
3 years, 5 months ago
Marni Nixon
Season 4 Episode 189
Today, in another of my Women’s History Month episodes, I present to you the extraordinarily versatile, even chameleon-like singer and actor Marni Ni…
3 years, 6 months ago
Sarah Reese
Season 4 Episode 188
Greatness expresses itself in different ways. Sometimes in indisputable artistic talents, and other times in profound displays of humanity. And somet…
3 years, 6 months ago
Elly Ameling Sings Bach
Season 4 Episode 187
An artist whose singing has been with me throughout my entire life journey is Dutch soprano Elly Ameling, who on February 8 celebrated her 90th birth…
3 years, 6 months ago
Roberta Alexander in Opera
Season 4 Episode 186
Today it is with the utmost excitement that I bring you an episode devoted to one of my favorite singers of all time, soprano Roberta Alexander, who …
3 years, 6 months ago