Please take a listen to this 30-minute podcast with mezzo Joyce DiDonato and stage director John Copley.
It’s chock full of amusing anecdotes, historical facts, and their opinions of what makes good music matches yours truly’s.
Also mentioned, amongst others, are Victoria de los Angeles, Maria Jeretza, Beverly Sills, Dame Janet Baker, Monserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, and others.
If you’re a singer and don’t know these names, you need to learn!
All of them have clips on YouTube.
Happy listening!
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