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Back to SearchEpisode 12. Gérard Souzay @ 101: A modern-day troubadour
The French baritone Gérard Souzay was born Gérard Tisserand on 8 December 1918 and died in Antibes on 17 August 2004. This episode celebrates his 101…
6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 11. Janet Williams Interview III: Der ganze Unterschied
In the third and final part of our interview, recorded in July 2019, Janet Williams and I discuss how we reunited in 2004 (several years after our Me…
6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 10. Régine Crespin: Un doux privilège
Régine Crespin, whose Metropolitan Opera debut as the Marschallin in Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier occurred exactly 57 years ago this week, is …
6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 9. Janet Williams Interview Part II: Serendipity @ Merola
In this episode, Janet relives her early career experiences, including time that both she and Daniel spent at the Merola Opera Program of the San Fra…
6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 8. Williams and Williams
As a supplement to the first part of my interview last week with Janet Williams, I offer a cache of rare studio recordings by Camilla Williams, suppl…
6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 7: Janet Williams, Part I. No Accidents
I am particularly excited to present the first of a three-part interview with the distinguished American soprano and pedagogue Janet Williams, who al…
6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 6. Shirley Verrett II: La Regina del Bel Canto
In this episode in my Shirley Verrett miniseries, I explore a wide range of the artist’s bel canto roles, including the roles of Neocle in Rossini’s …
6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 5: Shirley Verrett I. La Nera Callas
This episode is the first of two on one of my favorite singers, the Zwischenfachsängerin Shirley Verrett. Renowned in the United States for her perfo…
6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 4. Jessye and Her Forebears
Due to a last minute change of plans, I have decided to bring you the first in what I hope will be a series of episodes devoted to excerpts from LP r…
6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 3. Creating Magic, Interview with Nicholas Tamagna, Part 2
In the second part of our interview Nicholas discusses his early experiences with music, names three of his favorite singers, and riffs further on th…
6 years, 9 months ago