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Recent Episodes

Episode 221. Robert Massard

Posted November 1, 2023 • 01:33:08

This is an episode I have been planning for years now! This past August 15, the great French baritone Robert Massard turned 98 years old. As many of...

Episode 220. La Fiamma (The Haunted Opera House II)

Posted October 25, 2023 • 01:29:01

A year ago, I posted an episode entitled “The Haunted Opera House” that featured a wide range of spooky, witchy, Halloween-appropriate 20th century...

Episode 219. Chants d’Auvergne

Posted October 18, 2023 • 01:28:23

Another episode featuring orchestral songs, these arrangements by the French composer Joseph Canteloube AKA Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1879...

Episode 218. Edith Piaf, storyteller

Posted October 10, 2023 • 01:11:13

Today is the 60th anniversary of the death of Edith Piaf, the greatest singer in the history of French popular music. She died on the eve of my third...

Episode 217. Patricia Neway Revisited

Posted October 4, 2023 • 00:56:43

Today I revisit the artistry of the great Patricia Neway (1919-2012), a singer of extraordinary versatility, dramatic power, and musical sensibility....