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Back to SearchEpisode 401. Sena Jurinac, Liedersängerin
On October 24, we observe the 104th birthday of the nonpareil Croatian soprano Sena Jurinac. Like Hildegard Behrens, whose prowess as a purveyor of a…
9 months ago
Episode 400. Meet Ilse Wolf
German-British soprano Ilse Wolf (07 June 1921 – 06 September 1999) was another fine lyric soprano active primarily in Britain from the 1950s through…
9 months ago
Episode 399. Eileen Farrell (Jane’s Divas II)
Today, the day that we lay my beloved mother, Jane Elizabeth Herbst Gundlach, to rest, I offer another tribute to her memory by way of another favori…
9 months, 1 week ago
Episode 398. Leontyne Price (Jane’s Divas I)
I tried at the end of last week to do a memorial episode honoring my mother who died just a week ago. At the time I couldn’t quite manage it, but I a…
9 months, 1 week ago
Episode 397. Anna Reynolds Sings Bach and Mahler
As many of you know, my beloved mother died this past week. I’ve been trying for two days now to put together a memorial episode that would do justic…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 396. Meet Shannon Bolin
Today’s episode celebrates a prime example of that rara avis, the Broadway contralto, the fascinating and little-remembered Shannon Bolin (01 January…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 395. Hildegard Behrens, Liedersängerin
Today we celebrate the recorded legacy of Hildegard Behrens, but from an unexpected angle. Like George London and Cesare Valletti, the last two artis…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 394. Valletti Revisited (French Edition)
More than two years and nearly two hundred episodes ago, I published an episode on the great Italian tenore di grazia Cesare Valletti. Today I revisi…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 393. George London in Song
Even before the continuing acts of gun violence in the US this week, I had chosen a theme that necessitated a rather sombre setlist: the artistry of …
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 392. Ernst Kozub Revisited [Verdi Edition]
Since posting a tribute to German heldentenor Ernst Kozub last year, I have continued combing through both his live and studio output and I have conc…
10 months ago