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Back to SearchThe Art of Steven Blier
Season 7 Episode 459
There was only one way to follow up my interview with the iconic, the unique Steven Blier published earlier this week: with an episode dedicated to r…
3 months, 1 week ago
Onelia Fineschi and the Undoing of Women
Season 8 Episode 450
Onelia Fineschi (1921 – 2004) was one of the finest Italian lyric sopranos of her era. Probably most famous today for having provided the singing voi…
3 months, 1 week ago
Adele Stolte and Margot Guilleaume Sing Handel
Season 7 Episode 449
On my recent Edith Mathis episode, I played her singing one of Handel’s Neun deutsche Arien, a group of religious songs set to German texts by pietis…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Get to Know Germaine Cernay
Season 7 Episode 448
Today’s featured artist is, I hope, a name that some of you will at least have heard of: the French mezzo-soprano Germaine Cernay, born Germaine Poin…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Julia Hamari in Song
Season 7 Episode 447
The rich-voiced and expressive Hungarian mezzo-soprano Júlia Hamari celebrated her 83rd birthday last November, and in honor of that event, I produce…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Christiane Eda-Pierre and Teresa Żylis-Gara: Hyphenated Rarities
Season 7 Episode 446
Two of the greatest and most versatile sopranos of the late 20th century, Christiane Eda-Pierre and Teresa Żylis-Gara, both departed within a year of…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Simply Radiant: Edith Mathis In Memoriam
Season 7 Episode 445
Today a belated memorial tribute to the beloved Swiss soprano Edith Mathis, who died in Salzburg thirteen months ago, two days before her 87th birthd…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 444. Renata Scotto: Casta Diva
Today’s episode serves numerous purposes: first, as a belated tribute to the great Renata Scotto and in particular her controversial assumption of th…
4 months ago
Meet Klesie Kelly
Season 7 Episode 443
As a pendant to, and continuation of, my Black History Month 2026 series on Countermelody, I am pleased and honored to present to you the exquisite A…
4 months ago
Henry Wright Revisited
Season 7 Episode 442
Last week I published an episode about Black Pop Singers who emigrated to Europe in the 1950s and 1960s. Most of these gentlemen settled in the Germa…
4 months, 1 week ago