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Recent Episodes

Episode 240. Annabelle Bernard (BHM 2024)

Posted February 15, 2024 • 01:02:30

Last week we celebrated the 97th birthday of our Ur-Diva, Leontyne Price. And today, continuing my Black History Month 2024 theme of “Forgotten Divas,”...

Episode 239. Gwendolyn Killebrew (BHM 2024)

Posted February 8, 2024 • 01:19:56

This week’s “Forgotten Diva” is the mezzo-soprano / contralto Gwendolyn Killebrew (26 August 1941 – 24 December 2021), who made an indelible...

Episode 238. Delcina Stevenson (BHM2024)

Posted February 2, 2024 • 01:12:02

I am so grateful to all the listeners who did introductions to their favorite episodes last month. It provided me with a little bit of needed breathing...

Episode 237. Paul Kirby Introduces Charles Ives (Listeners’ Favorites VIII)

Posted January 27, 2024 • 01:26:45

My friend Paul Kirby is a musical polymath: a tenor of excellence who performs throughout the world as both a soloist and as a valued member in small...

Episode 236. Howard Hart Introduces Christa Ludwig (Listeners’ Favorites VII)

Posted January 23, 2024 • 01:47:22

My friend and fellow opera podcaster Howard Hart introduces the first of this week’s Listeners’ Favorites episodes, my 2021 tribute to the superb...