Episode 490. José van Dam chante l’éternité SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today we commemorate the quarter century since 9/11, an…
Episode 489. The Infinite Variety of Regina Resnik SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM On August 30 we observed (posthumously) the 104th…
Episode 479. Get to Know Alain Vanzo I return to the Countermelody Salut à la France miniseries with a tribute…
Episode 478. Martial Singher: Un recueil de mélodies SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today is the first in a series of…
Episode 467. Eidé Noréna Sings Gounod SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I revisit one of my favorite singers of all…
Episode 453. Out of Commission SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Next up in my series of Countermelody “vacation episodes,” here’s the…
Episode 437. Get to Know Faye Robinson SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s Black History Month episode serves also as a…
Episode 429. A Smattering of Sopranos SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode reveals and celebrates the opera queen in me:…
Episode 415. Our Feathered Friends (Stage Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As I sat yesterday pondering all my friends, family,…
Episode 414. Sass Returns! SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Every hundred or so episodes, I feel compelled to pay a return…
Episode 410. Magda Olivero Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM If we have to live in a world of extremes, I…
Episode 407. Get to Know Eric Tappy SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Swiss tenor Eric Tappy (19 May 1931 – 11…
Episode 388. Sopranos en détresse, Part Deux SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A few months ago I published the first of…
Episode 386. David Rendall in Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM On 21 July, the opera world lost one of its…
Episode 376. Bacquier en Récital [Bastille Day 2025] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today in honor of Bastille Day, I present…
Episode 367. Bernac Sings Not-Poulenc SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Continuing our exploration of queer pride in classical music, I bring…
Episode 357. Faust auf Deutsch SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I offer three different recordings of excerpts, sung in German,…
Episode 349. Lenten Melody SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’ve already done a Lententide episode devoted to contraltos singing the music…
Episode 344. Mady Mesplé Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This past March 7 would have been the 94th birthday of…
Episode 343. Over-the-Top Sopranos, French Edition SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As a follow-up to my Mezzos on the Verge series,…
Episode 314. Yi-Kwei Sze Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM One of the great personal revelations for me in the early…
Episode 308. Mezzos on the Verge SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I am taking a short break before posting the final…
Episode 296. Dan’s Operatic Picks SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’m still under the weather, but I can’t let that keep…
Episode 263. Contralto Central SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Finally, the first in my long-promised series on the contralto voice! The…
Episode 262. Sylvia Sass Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Several summers ago I published my first episode celebrating the artistry…