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Episode 256. Mari Lyn’s Golden Treasury of Chutzpah (Alternate Universe Bel Canto III)

Posted April 1, 2024 • 01:12:38

Many of my listeners look forward with eager anticipation to my annual April Fool’s episodes, and today’s packs a particularly powerful punch! A...

Episode 255. Art Songs for Holy Week

Posted March 28, 2024 • 01:13:03

I return to you with one final episode for the month of March, again focusing on Holy Week. In this case, I present to you art songs on contemplative,...

Episode 254. Holy Week with the Romantics

Posted March 27, 2024 • 01:25:43

Once again we have reached the climax of the penitential season of Lent, the most theologically significant week in the Christian calendar, namely Holy...

Episode 253. Randall Scarlata Introduces Gérard Souzay (Listeners’ Favorites)

Posted March 25, 2024 • 01:32:46

The French baritone Gérard Souzay was born Gérard Tisserand on 8 December 1918 and died in Antibes on 17 August 2004. This episode was one of my first...

Episode 252. Zsolt Bognár Introduces A Baritonal Schubertiade (Listeners’ Favorites)

Posted March 20, 2024 • 01:58:09

I was thrilled to discover a while back that the pianist, interviewer, and journalist Zsolt Bognár, who produces the video series Living the Classical...