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Episode 106. A Baritonal Schubertiade

Posted September 12, 2021 • 01:50:57

On the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, I am at a loss for meaningful words. Thus I have turned, as I have often done in my own life, and...

Episode 105. Teresa Żylis-Gara In Memoriam

Posted September 5, 2021 • 01:31:52

One of my very favorite singers, the Polish soprano Teresa Żylis-Gara, died on Saturday 28 August at the age of 91. I had been planning a birthday...

Episode 104. Nicolae Herlea

Posted August 29, 2021 • 01:30:59

Yesterday, August 28, would have been the 94th birthday of the great Romanian baritone Nicolae Herlea (1927 – 2014). I continue my great baritone...

Episode 103. Gilbert Price

Posted August 22, 2021 • 01:41:55

Never heard of Gilbert Price? This episode will remedy that situation. With a voice that was easily produced, full-ranged, tonally refulgent, technically...

Episode 102. John Reardon

Posted August 15, 2021 • 01:41:14

Here’s another great baritone to help get us through another week: the extraordinarily versatile and talented John Reardon (1930-1988). Possessed...