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Recent Episodes

Episode 116. Pop Songs by Lieder Singers

Posted November 19, 2021 • 01:47:17

This week I feature nearly a century’s worth of recordings of pop music by singers who also, and in some cases primarily, were great singers of art...

Episode 115. Jules Bledsoe

Posted November 12, 2021 • 01:37:54

This week I present an important African American artist who has been nearly forgotten by history: the bass-baritone Jules Bledsoe (1897-1943). He is...

Episode 114. James King

Posted November 7, 2021 • 01:22:34

This week I turn my attention once again to the tenors, who have been getting rather short shrift of late. This week I feature the US-American jugendlicher...

Episode 113. Edda Moser

Posted October 31, 2021 • 01:57:05

On 27 October the great German dramatic coloratura Edda Moser celebrated her 83rd birthday. Celebrated as the greatest Queen of the Night ever, Edda...

Episode 112. Barry McDaniel

Posted October 24, 2021 • 01:49:07

This past week would have been the 91st birthday of Barry McDaniel (1930-2018), the great US-American Berlin-based lyric baritone whose artistry encompassed...