Episode 392. Ernst Kozub Revisited [Verdi Edition]

Episode 392. Ernst Kozub Revisited [Verdi Edition] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Since posting a tribute to German heldentenor Ernst Kozub…

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Episode 341. Robert Massard Revisited

Episode 341. Robert Massard Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A year and a half ago, I posted an episode on…

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Episode 312. John Reardon Revisited (World AIDS Day 2024)

Episode 312. John Reardon Revisited (World AIDS Day 2024) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Yesterday was World AIDS Day and many…

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Episode 298. Verdi Duets

Episode 298. Verdi Duets SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last week, absorbed in preparations for my own birthday, I passed over…

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Episode 286. Julia Varady Revisited

Episode 286. Julia Varady Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week, the sublime Julia Varady celebrated her 83rd birthday, and…

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Episode 284. Claudia Muzio Revisited

Episode 284. Claudia Muzio Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Claudia Muzio was known as “the Duse of Song,” a title…

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Episode 281. La Scottissima

Episode 281. La Scottissima SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I began work on this episode on the one-year anniversary of the…

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Episode 279. Ernst Kozub Reappraised

Episode 279. Ernst Kozub Reappraised SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Have you heard of the remarkable German Heldentenor Ernst Kozub? If…

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Episode 230. Brian Castles-Onion Introduces Ira Siff (Listeners’ Favorites I)

Episode 230. Brian Castles-Onion Introduces Ira Siff: La Gran Scena and Beyond (Listeners’ Favorites I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Welcome…

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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 192. Virginia Zeani

Episode 192. Virginia Zeani: The Soul of the Voice SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Virginia Zeani (21 October 1925 – 20…

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Episode 165. Giuseppe Verdi: A Libran Birthday Tribute

Episode 165. Giuseppe Verdi: A Birthday Tribute from Fellow Librans SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The great Giuseppe Verdi was born…

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Episode 156. Barely Sang at the Met II

Episode 156. Barely Sang at the Met II SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week is the conclusion of my presentation…

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Episode 125. Jon Vickers

Episode 125. Jon Vickers (Great Canadian Singers) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Our series saluting great Canadian singers continues with a…

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Episode 114. James King

Episode 114. James King SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week I turn my attention once again to the tenors, who…

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Episode 111. Verdi auf Deutsch

Episode 111. Verdi auf Deutsch SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s is a mammoth episode on a mammoth topic: historical performances…

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Episode 105. Teresa Żylis-Gara

Episode 105. Teresa Żylis-Gara (In Memoriam) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM One of my very favorite singers, the Polish soprano Teresa…

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Episode 61. Margaret Price: The Voice of Consolation

Episode 61. Margaret Price I: The Voice of Consolation (Music for a World in Crisis V) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM…

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Episode 41. Ira Siff

Episode 41. Ira Siff: La Gran Scena and Beyond SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Episode 41 – Ira Siff: La Gran…

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Episode 24. Freni in Duet (Mirella In Memoriam I)

Episode 24. Freni in Duet (Mirella in Memoriam I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today, in the first of two consecutive…

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