I've just got to feature a piece I'm obsessed with, not a "song" per se, but an opera duet, one of my favorite moments in all of opera, one that I occasionally find myself listening to over and over again because I can't get enough of it: "Mira, o Norma" from...
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Sarah Nelson Craft
Al Carmines: Capricious and Fickle
A composer that loomed large in my childhood, and one I'd love to introduce to those of you who may not have heard of him, is Al Carmines. He was a key figure in the Off-Off-Broadway scene of the 60s -- as Associate Minister of Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich...
de Falla: Jota
Of course I have to feature my #1 favorite singer, Teresa Berganza! Although she is absolutely stunning on any repertoire, when she sings Spanish music it is just perfection. One of the song cycles that I love the most (both to sing and to hear), one which Berganza...
Mahler: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
When I started thinking about picking five songs for the blog, at least twice as many songs came to mind right away (and more followed) - I've left off so many favorites! I even left off my very favorite song cycle to sing, which is Debussy's Chansons de Bilitis,...