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Season 1 Episode 32
The Italian mezzo-soprano Fedora Barbieri (1920-2003) was never a great favorite of mine. That is, until I recently came across her rare 1953 recordi…
6 years, 2 months ago
Janet Baker (Mezzo Madness II)
Season 1 Episode 31
Few singers have more affected my life in a more fundamental way than the great Janet Baker. This episode seeks to pay humble tribute to that excepti…
6 years, 2 months ago
Giulietta Simionato (Mezzo Madness I)
Season 1 Episode 30
Today’s episode, a celebration of the delicious and versatile Italian mezzo-soprano Giulietta Simionato (1910-2010), kicks off a miniseries in celebr…
6 years, 2 months ago
A Social Isolation Schubertiade
Season 1 Episode 29
Franz Schubert is the composer who speaks to me like no other. His insight into the human condition is profound: in particular, he explores that narr…
6 years, 3 months ago
Alternate Universe Bel Canto
Season 1 Episode 28
We need a laugh right now. At least I did, and that was the inspiration for today’s episode. I have long cherished the art of truly terrible singing,…
6 years, 3 months ago
That Time of Evening (Music for a World in Crisis II)
Season 1 Episode 27
Today’s episode, spontaneously crafted over the course of a few hours, features live performances of three longer works that, each in its own way, ha…
6 years, 3 months ago
Calling You
Season 1 Episode 26
The world is in chaos. We don’t know from one day to the next, or one hour to the next, what is going to happen. I am currently halfway around the wo…
6 years, 3 months ago
Freni on the Fringe (Mirella in Memoriam II)
Season 1 Episode 25
Episode 25 – Freni on the Fringe (Mirella in Memoriam II)
Today’s episode continues last week’s homage to the late, great Mirella Freni. This time ar…
6 years, 4 months ago
Freni in Duet (In Memoriam)
Season 1 Episode 24
Today, in the first of two consecutive episodes. I pay tribute to the great Mirella Freni, who died on February 7 and who would have celebrated her 8…
6 years, 4 months ago
Lawrence Winters and Robert McFerrin (Black History Month IV)
Season 1 Episode 23
Episode 23 – Winters and McFerrin: A Tale of Two Baritones (Black History Month IV)
Today’s episode, the fourth in a sequence honoring African Americ…
6 years, 4 months ago