Episode 439. Grace Bumbry, Proud Soprano [Studio Edition]

Episode 439. Grace Bumbry, Proud Soprano [Studio Edition] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As we hurtle toward the third anniversary (in…

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Episode 438. Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss Heroines

Episode 438. Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss Heroines SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last week the opera world joined in unanimous…

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Episode 437. Get to Know Faye Robinson

Episode 437. Get to Know Faye Robinson SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s Black History Month episode serves also as a…

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Episode 436. Adelaide Hall, Sophisticated Lady

Episode 436. Adelaide Hall, Sophisticated Lady SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Adelaide Hall (1901 – 1993), entertainer extraordinaire, really had it…

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Episode 435. Tina and the Expats

Episode 435. Tina and the Expats SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I first published this episode two and a half years…

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Episode 434. Inez Matthews Sings Schubert (and More!)

Episode 434. Inez Matthews Sings Schubert (and More!) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM To kick off Black History Month 2026 (which,…

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Episode 432. Dan Picks YET AGAIN!

Episode 432. Dan Picks YET AGAIN! SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM One of the things about my podcast that brings me…

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Episode 429. A Smattering of Sopranos

Episode 429. A Smattering of Sopranos SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode reveals and celebrates the opera queen in me:…

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Episode 427. Rep. Andrew Gray [AK] (Countermelody Conversations)

Episode 427. Rep. Andrew Gray [AK] (Countermelody Conversations) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM In the past I have featured interviews with…

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Episode 423. Christmas Redux 2019: Hard/Try

Episode 435. Christmas Redux 2019: Hard/Try SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Another episode of Christmas music! The first part is a…

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Episode 417. Hail, Queens!

Episode 417. Hail, Queens! SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Okay, I confess that the title of this week’s episode is intentionally…

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Episode 416. Larry Kert (World AIDS Day 2025)

Episode 416. Larry Kert (World AIDS Day 2025) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM December 1st is World AIDS Day, if anyone…

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Episode 415. Our Feathered Friends (Stage Edition)

Episode 415. Our Feathered Friends (Stage Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As I sat yesterday pondering all my friends, family,…

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Episode 409. Arie antiche [Schirmer Edition]

Episode 409. Arie antiche [Schirmer Edition] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s potpourri episode is a special one for anyone who…

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Episode 406. Dan’s Belated Birthday Gals (Soprano Edition)

Episode 406. Dan’s Belated Birthday Gals (Soprano Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The last of my festive potpourri episodes for…

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Episode 405. Rescue Mission (Belated Birthday Edition)

Episode 405. Rescue Mission (Belated Birthday Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode is the latest installment in my series…

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Episode 404. Dan’s Belated Birthday Boys (Baritone Edition)

Episode 404. Dan’s Belated Birthday Boys (Baritone Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A brand-new episode today inaugurating a series of…

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Episode 403. Roberta Alexander In Memoriam

Episode 403. Roberta Alexander In Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s is an episode I never dreamed I would have…

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Episode 402. Ina Souez Revisited

Episode 402. Ina Souez Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The extraordinary Ina Souez (1903 – 1992), was one of the…

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Episode 398. Leontyne Price (Jane’s Divas I)

Episode 398. Leontyne Price (Jane’s Divas I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I tried at the end of last week to…

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Episode 391. Ben Bagley’s Three-Dollar Bills [Porter and Hart Edition]

Episode 391. Ben Bagley’s Three-Dollar Bills [Porter and Hart Edition] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Two months ago I posted an…

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Episode 389. Rescue Mission (Operatic Duets Edition)

Episode 389. Rescue Mission (Operatic Duets Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I have spent the past week planning forthcoming episodes…

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Episode 388. Sopranos en détresse, Part Deux

Episode 388. Sopranos en détresse, Part Deux SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A few months ago I published the first of…

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Episode 387. Zauberwelt der Oper (Black Diva Edition)

Episode 387. Zauberwelt der Oper (Black Diva Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’m on holiday this week, but it would…

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Episode 384. Vera Little Revisited

Episode 384. Vera Little Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM On June 3, 2024, the Berlin Senate’s Department of Culture installed…

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