Episode 227. A Golden Age Christmas

Episode 227. A Golden Age Christmas SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM In the midst of our recent move, I came across…

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Episode 222. Shirley Verrett, Falcon Sfogatissima

Episode 222. Shirley Verrett, Falcon Sfogatissima SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM It is hard to believe that it’s already been 13…

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Episode 221. Robert Massard

Episode 221. Robert Massard SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This is an episode I have been planning for years now! This…

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Episode 220. La Fiamma

Episode 220. La Fiamma (The Haunted Opera House II) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A year ago, I posted an episode…

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Episode 219. Chants d’Auvergne

Episode 219. Chants d’Auvergne SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Another episode featuring orchestral songs, these arrangements by the French composer Joseph…

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Episode 216. The Lieder of Joseph Marx

Episode 216. The Lieder of Joseph Marx SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week (inspired by an 10-inch LP in my…

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Episode 215. Trauer und Trost

Episode 215. Trauer und Trost SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week’s episode offers music of both mourning and consolation performed…

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Episode 214. Ellabelle Davis

Episode 214. Ellabelle Davis SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I begin a series of interim episodes which will lead up…

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Episode 204. Roberta Alexander Sings America

Episode 204. Roberta Alexander Sings America SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Posting a few days early in celebration of the Fourth…

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Episode 199. Tina and the Expats

Episode 199. Tina and the Expats SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM If you’re like me (and I hope that, at least…

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Episode 197. Theatre Dreams

Episode 197. Theatre Dreams SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Ernestine Schumann-Heink and Annie Krull in the original production of Elektra, 1908.…

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Episode 196. Grace Bumbry In Memoriam

Episode 196. Grace Bumbry In Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This past week the world of opera was plunged in…

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Episode 194. Great Mozart Tenors

Episode 194. Great Mozart Tenors SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s is a mammoth episode, one of my longest ever, so…

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Episode 191. Music for Holy Week

Episode 191. Music for Holy Week SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Diana Montague (born April 8… Happy Birthday!) Welcome to all…

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Episode 188. Sarah Reese

Episode 188. Sarah Reese SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Greatness expresses itself in different ways. Sometimes in indisputable artistic talents, and…

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Episode 186. Roberta Alexander I

Episode 186. Roberta Alexander in Opera SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today it is with the utmost excitement that I bring…

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Episode 184. Eugene Holmes

Episode 184. Eugene Holmes SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Eugene Holmes (1932 – 2007), baritone supreme, should be remembered as one…

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Episode 183. Martina Arroyo

Episode 183. Martina Arroyo SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last week on Feburary 2, the beloved African American soprano Martina Arroyo…

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Episode 182. Dorothy Maynor

Episode 182. Dorothy Maynor SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I lead off my new episodes for Black History Month 2023 with…

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Episode 179. The Pop Stylings of Maria Ewing

Episode 179. The Pop Stylings of Maria Ewing SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A year ago, as I prepared a memorial…

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Episode 177. Great Singers at Twilight

Episode 177. Great Singers at Twilight SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM For the last episode of 2022, I begin a series…

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Episode 174. Song of Songs

Episode 174. Song of Songs SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week is a continuation of my memorial tribute to my…

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Episode 172. Ned Rorem In Memoriam

Episode 172. Ned Rorem In Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Greetings to all from my former home of Manhattan! Upon…

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Episode 171. November Birthday Gals

Episode 171. November Birthday Gals SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Tomorrow morning I leave for three weeks and I’ve been desperately…

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Episode 170. Oralia Domínguez

Episode 170. Oralia Domínguez SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Earlier this year, in an episode entitled “Women of Color Sing Mahler,”…

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