Podcast Episodes
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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, 6 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, 6 months ago
Gloria Davy (Black History Month III)
Season 1 Episode 22
Today we examine the fascinating and somewhat frustrating career of Gloria Davy (1931-2012). Yet another African American singer who found greater op…
6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 21. Charles Holland (Black History Month II)
Today’s episode, the second in my Black History Month series, is a tribute to the extraordinary African American tenor Charles Holland (1909-1987) wh…
6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 20. Muriel Smith (Black History Month I)
This week kicks off my series of Black History Month episodes, in which I pay homage to some less well-remembered African American singers who noneth…
6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 19. Jennie Tourel Sings Rossini and Poulenc
The wondrous Russian-French mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel (1900-1973) had a storied career that lasted more than four decades and encompassed both oper…
6 years, 7 months ago
Episode 18. Elisabeth Söderström Sings Everything
Elisabeth Söderström, the elegant, vibrant, vulnerable, musically scrupulous, dramatically committed, Swedish soprano (7 May 1927 – 20 November 2009)…
6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 17. O Sole Mio – Peter Schreier
The highly-regarded German tenor Peter Schreier, who died in Dresden on Christmas Day after a lingering illness at the age of 84, was particularly ce…
6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 16. Souvenirs – Elly Ameling and Dalton Baldwin
We begin 2020 with a new series of episodes. For the next eight weeks, I will present selections dubbed exclusively from LPs, few if any of which hav…
6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 15. Hail and Farewell
We set our sights on the New Year, at the same time giving a backward glance, in mostly reverse chronological order, to those singers and other music…
6 years, 8 months ago