Podcasts about Jessye Norman

EPISODE 133: Beth Lane is a multi-hyphenate artist based in Los Angeles and Ojai. She most recently produced, directed, and wrote the award-winning feature documentary UnBroken. A trained actor and coach, she has performed on both coasts—from dancing at the Metropolitan Opera House with the legendary Jessye Norman and Samuel Ramey, to starring in acclaimed LA theater productions like West Coast Ensemble's Assassins and Francis Ford Coppola's Distant Vision. Beth narrates over 40 voices in the audiobook, The Bride Price, and wowed the owners of New York City's famous Iridium Jazz Club where she debuted and released her CD, Lies of Handsome Men. A graduate of the University of Michigan and UCLA's MFA program, Beth coaches actors for film, TV, theater, musicals and voice-over as well as non-actors in public speaking. bethlane.comContact us: makingsoundpodcast.comFollow on Instagram: @makingsoundpodcastFollow on Threads: @jannkloseJoin our Facebook GroupPlease support the show with a donation, thank you for listening!

K. 505 “Ch'io mi scordi di te” (Margaret Price—1987) K. 512 “Alcandro, Io confesso” (Kurt Moll—1972) K. 513 “Mentre ti lascio” (Samuel Ramey—1992) K. 528 “Bella mia fiamma” (Jessye Norman—1974) K. 538 “Ah se in ciel” (Mariella Devia—2006) K. 541 “Un bacio di mano” (Benjamin Appl—2024)

Here is the official trailer of TPP Season 5 Episode 5, "Dances, Improvisations, and Song: Exploring Mark Markham's Legacy and Journey of Passion, Artistry, and Deep Collaborations," feat. Mark Markham.

durée : 00:17:50 - Disques de légende du lundi 28 octobre 2024 - Née à Augusta en Géorgie, en 1945, la chanteuse lyrique Jessye Norman vient d'un Etat du Sud, où la ségrégation et le racisme étaient assez implantés.

durée : 00:17:50 - Disques de légende du lundi 28 octobre 2024 - Née à Augusta en Géorgie, en 1945, la chanteuse lyrique Jessye Norman vient d'un Etat du Sud, où la ségrégation et le racisme étaient assez implantés.

Meet Rufus Wainwright, praised by the New York Times for his “genuine originality,” Rufus Wainwright has established himself as one of the great male vocalists, songwriters, and composers of his generation. The New York-born, Montreal-raised singer-songwriter has released ten studio albums to date, three DVDs, and three live albums including the Grammy-nominated Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall. He has collaborated with artists such as Elton John, Burt Bacharach, Miley Cyrus, David Byrne, Boy George, Joni Mitchell, Pet Shop Boys, Heart, Carly Rae Jepsen, Robbie Williams, Jessye Norman, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Sting, and producer Mark Ronson, among many others. He has written two operas, numerous songs for movies and TV, and is currently working on his first musical for the West End and a Requiem. His latest GRAMMY® and JUNO nominated album of original songs, Unfollow the Rules, finds Wainwright at the peak of his powers, entering artistic maturity with passion, honesty, and a new-found fearlessness. His newly-released studio album Folkocracy features reinvented folk duets with artists like Chaka Khan, Brandi Carlile, John Legend and Anohni and many more. Catch Rufus on tour, dates available here: https://rufuswainwright.com/tour/. EnJOY! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Season 8 of The Witch Wave!Cécile McLorin Salvant is a three-time Grammy-winning singer and composer, considered by many to be the Ella Fitzgerald/Sarah Vaughan/Billie Holiday/choose-your-own-iconic-vocalist of our time. The late opera legend Jessye Norman described Salvant as “a unique voice supported by an intelligence and full-fledged musicality, which light up every note she sings.” Salvant's style and repertoire are extensive and expansive connecting vaudeville, blues, theater, jazz, baroque, pop, and folkloric music. She's known as an eclectic curator, unearthing rarely recorded, forgotten songs with strong narratives, interesting power dynamics, unexpected twists, and humor. Salvant is widely admired and decorated with such awards as being the winner of the Thelonious Monk competition in 2010, the MacArthur fellowship (known in shorthand as the MacArthur Genius Award), and the Doris Duke Artist Award, in addition to the aforementioned multiple Grammys for Best Jazz Vocal Album. In addition to her stunning singing, Cécile is beloved for her visionary visual style, as well as for the tropes of mythology, magic, and monstresses which often show up in her original songs and her interpretations of existing ones. Her two most recent albums, Ghost Song (Nonesuch Records, 2022) and Mélusine (Nonesuch Records, 2023) include songs about supernatural love and mythic transformations, and her forthcoming album and animated feature, Ogresse, is a musical fable she describes as both a biomythography and an homage to the loa Erzulie.Born and raised in Miami, Florida of a French mother and Haitian father, she started classical piano studies at 5, sang in a children's choir at 8, and started classical voice lessons as a teenager. Salvant received a bachelor's in French law from the Université Pierre-Mendes France in Grenoble while also studying baroque music and jazz at the Darius Milhaud Music Conservatory in Aix-en-Provence, France.Salvant is also an accomplished visual artist, and her fantastical drawings, embroideries, and papercuttings can currently be seen up at Picture Room in Brooklyn through Nov 3, 2024. She is also on tour now, and will be performing at Carnegie Hall multiple times over the coming months.On this episode, Cécile discusses how she learned to embrace her “weird” in her music and other work, her love of hybrid creatures and mystical monstresses, and her burgeoning interest in ancestral magic.Pam also talks about voting as a means of counteracting tired old tropes about “diabolical” outsiders, and answers a listener question about getting to know the goddess Athena.Cécile McLorin Salvant songs featured in this episode:“Ghost Song” from Ghost Song (Nonesuch Records, 2022)“Wuthering Heights” cover from Ghost Song (Nonesuch Records, 2022)“Fenestra” from Mélusine(Nonesuch Records, 2023)Our sponsors for this episode are Ritual + Shelter, The Vintage Storyteller, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, BetterHelp, Blackthorn's Book of Sacred Plant Magic out now from Weiser Books, Mithras Candle, and The Missing Witches Deck of Oracles out now from North Atlantic Books.We also have print-on-demand merch like Witch Wave shirts, sweatshirts, totes, stickers, and mugs available now here.And if you want more Witch Wave, please consider supporting us on Patreon to get access to detailed show notes, bonus Witch Wave Plus episodes, Pam's monthly online rituals, and more! That's patreon.com/witchwave

Philanthropist Salah Bachir talks about his memoir "First to leave the party: My life with ordinary people .... who happen to be famous." The book recounts his encounters with a wide array of celebrities, including Liza Minnelli, Stephen Sondheim, Jessye Norman, Marlon Brando, Orson Welles, and many others.

« Je suis née un 13. Un chiffre qui porte malheur, pour une grande partie de mes compatriotes qui n'en sont pas à une contradiction près lorsque, ce même jour, ils se ruent dans les bureaux de tabac pour jouer au loto. Le 13 mars 1939, quatre mois et demi avant l'entrée de la France en guerrecontre l'Allemagne, je fais plus discrètement la mienne dans ce monde où je vais grandir au rythme mesuré d'une famille d'artistes musiciens du côté de mes parents et d'artisans du côté de mes grands-parents. » Pour la première fois, Ève Ruggieri se raconte dans une autobiographie foisonnante où elle revient sur son parcours, ses émissions à la radio et à la télévision, comme Ève raconte ou Musiques au coœur, et ses plus belles rencontres (Vladimir Horowitz, Herbert von Karajan, Nina Simone, Luciano Pavarotti, François Mitterrand, Jessye Norman, Roberto Alagna…), avec le talent de conteuse qu'on lui connaît. Ève Ruggieri est notre invité pour les interviews Histoire de Timeline

Seattle Opera presents the world premiere of JUBILEE, a new opera celebrating spirituals. Created by Tazewell Thompson, librettist of BLUE, JUBILEE tells the story of how a group of African American singers toured America and Europe in the 1870s, using this wonderful music—America's first great contribution to the world of music—to raise money to build Fisk University. Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean introduces JUBILEE, whose score consists of newly orchestrated arrangements of over 40 beloved spirituals, sung by thirteen singers. Musical examples in this podcast include spirituals sung by Paul Robeson and Marian Anderson; The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music; The Trouble I've Seen (Moses Hogan Chorale); Negro Spirituals (Derek Lee Ragin and the Moses Hogan Chorale); Spirituals in Concert (Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman); Gospel Songs (The Missionary Quartet); and Mary Elizabeth Williams singing La forza del destino.

durée : 01:00:08 - Denis Jeambar, journaliste et écrivain - par : Priscille Lafitte - Par sa carrière de patron de presse, du Point à L'Express en passant par les revues Musiques et Classica, puis au détour de sa vie d'écrivain, Denis Jeambar a pu approcher des monuments des univers classique et jazz : Mstislav Rostropovitch, Jessye Norman, Leonard Bernstein et Michel Petrucciani. - réalisé par : Claire Lagarde

Today on The Rough Draft, we're joined by Mark Watters, a six-time Emmy Award-winning composer and conductor renowned for his work in film, television, video games, global tours such as Star Wars in Concert, and major events like the Olympics. Mark's career spans iconic Disney classics and collaborations with artists like John Legend, Mary Jo Blige, and Beyoncé. In addition, Mark serves as the Associate Professor of Contemporary Media & Film Composition and Director of the Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media at the prestigious Eastman University in New York. Join us today as we discuss his creative process, how to embrace technology while guarding authenticity, and the deeply emotional resonance of music across all content mediums. Guest BioMark Watters is a six-time Emmy Award winning composer and conductor whose diverse career spans over 400 television episodes, feature films, DVDs, video games, concert works and music for the theater. He holds the distinct honor of having served as music director and featured composer for two Olympics. First, in 1996 for the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta and again in 2002 for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. For the '96 games, Mark composed the Emmy nominated song, "Faster, Higher, Stronger." Performed by opera legend, Jessye Norman and featuring lyrics by Grammy-nominated lyricist, Lorraine Feather, the song was the triumphant finale to the Opening Ceremonies. He has served as guest conductor for such orchestras as The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Tokyo Philharmonic, The London Symphony, The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, The Detroit Symphony, The New York City Pops, The Baltimore Symphony and The Atlanta Symphony. In 2002, film score legend John Williams asked Mark to co-conduct the 74th Academy Awards. He has worked with such artists as Beyonce, Sting, Carrie Underwood, John Legend, Mary J. Blige, Trisha Yearwood, Yo Yo Ma and Broadway star, Brian Stokes Mitchell.In addition to his composing and conducting career, Mark is an associate professor at the famed Eastman School of Music where he heads the Media Composition curriculum and is the director of the Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media.Additional Resourcesmarkwatters.comesm.rochester.edu/directory/watters-mark/Rate & SubscribeBe sure to subscribe to Rev's YouTube Channel in order to stay up to date with the latest episodes and to watch our video production of The Rough Draft.Follow Rev and The Rough Draft on Instagram, LinkedIn, and XThe Rough Draft is produced by Rev, and releases a new episode every two weeks on Thursday. Subscribe now to stay up to date with the newest episodes, and be sure to check out rev.com/podcast for more content.

We're concluding our celebration of Women's History Month with Grammy Award-winning American mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges who has been lighting up opera houses with her voice. J'Nai discusses her debut at The Metropolitan Opera and her performance at Jessye Norman's memorial service, why crying and singing don't mix well, and how she channels her emotions to propel her artistry. Reflecting on her athletic background, J'Nai shares how this prepared her for a life on the stage, why she believes a good coach (vocal or athletic) is vital, and how a traumatic basketball experience in high school shaped her future as a professional singer. To close it out David and J'Nai talk shooting hoops with Wynton Marsalis and the biggest gift of her musical career. Check out J'Nai Bridges on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Spotify, Apple Music, or the web.Follow Speaking Soundly on Instagram.Follow David on Instagram.You can find out more about Artful Narratives Media on Instagram and the web.Photograph of J'Nai Bridges by Dario Acosta.The Speaking Soundly theme song is composed by Joseph Saba/Stewart Winter and used by permission of Videohelper.Speaking Soundly was co-created by David Krauss and Jessica Handelman. This interview has been edited and condensed to fit the time format.Episode copyright © 2024 Artful Narratives Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Valentine's Day special—with music by the likes of Strauss, Poulenc, and Barber, sung by the likes of Jessye Norman, Arleen Auger, and Leontyne Price. A bouquet, a box of candies—a musical present for you. Trad., arr. Quilter, “Over the Mountains” Strauss, “Traum durch die Dämmerung” Strauss, “Amor” Poulenc, “Fleurs” Koechlin, “Si tu le veux” Prokofiev, Amoroso, from “Cinderella” Fusté, “Háblame de amores” Donaudy, “O del mio amato ben” Leoncavallo, “Mattinata” Barber, “Nocturne” Wild, Étude on Gershwin's “Embraceable You” Bridge, “Love Went A-Riding”

SynopsisOn today's date in 1840, a new opera by Gaetano Donizetti debuted at the Opéra Comique in Paris. This was La Fille du Régiment, or The Daughter of the Regiment. Other operas by the popular Italian composer were already playing in Paris, and others were scheduled. Despite being tailor-made to Parisian tastes, The Daughter of the Regiment was not well received.Apparently, French composers, Berlioz among them, felt threatened by the Donizetti blitz. “Monsieur Donizetti seems to treat us like a conquered country,” Berlioz wrote. “It is a veritable invasion. One can no longer speak of the opera houses of Paris, but only of the opera houses of Donizetti!”Well, eventually, Donizetti did win over French hearts and minds. And it's ironic to note that 100 years after its 1840 premiere, Paris was indeed an occupied country. In 1940, German tanks rolled into Paris, and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, patriotic French soprano Lily Pons used her starring role in a revival of Donizetti's The Daughter of the Regiment to express her solidarity with the French Resistance. She added a rousing version of La Marseillaise to the finale of Donizetti's score, which brought sympathetic American audiences to their feet.Music Played in Today's ProgramGaetano Donizetti (1797-1848): La Fille du Regiment, excerpt; Joan Sutherland, soprano; Covent Garden Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, cond. London 414 520Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836) (arr. Berlioz): La Marseillaise; Jessye Norman, soprano; Paris Orchestra; Semyon Bychkov, cond. Philips 422 922

Jessye Norman, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Conductor: Claus Rößner RIAS, 15 May 1970, Broadcast

Hommage à l'une des plus belles étoiles du firmament lyrique disparue en 2019, qui fut aussi une femme de conviction, socialement engagée.Mention légales : Vos données de connexion, dont votre adresse IP, sont traités par Radio Classique, responsable de traitement, sur la base de son intérêt légitime, par l'intermédiaire de son sous-traitant Ausha, à des fins de réalisation de statistiques agréées et de lutte contre la fraude. Ces données sont supprimées en temps réel pour la finalité statistique et sous cinq mois à compter de la collecte à des fins de lutte contre la fraude. Pour plus d'informations sur les traitements réalisés par Radio Classique et exercer vos droits, consultez notre Politique de confidentialité.

durée : 01:28:53 - En pistes ! du vendredi 29 décembre 2023 - par : Emilie Munera, Rodolphe Bruneau Boulmier - Au programme de ce vendredi matin, George Petrou et l'orchestre Armonia Atenea, Martha Argerich accompagnée par l'Orchestre philharmonique d'Israël, les voix de The Gesualdo Six, la soprano Jessye Norman en duo avec John WIlliams, l'ensemble La Floridiana dirigé par Nicoleta Paraschivescu - réalisé par : Lionel Quantin

durée : 01:28:31 - En pistes ! du lundi 25 décembre 2023 - par : Emilie Munera, Rodolphe Bruneau Boulmier - Emilie et Rodolphe vous invitent à passer ce 25 décembre en compagnie de Luciano Pavarotti, du quatuor de guitares Los Romeros, de la soprano américaine Jessye Norman, du pianiste Lars Vogt, sans oublier les trois voix de La Néréide. En pistes ! - réalisé par : Lionel Quantin

“A voice type is a group of voices with similar vocal ranges, capable of singing in a similar tessitura, and with similar vocal transition points (passaggi).[1] Voice classification is most strongly associated with European classical music, though it, and the terms it utilizes, are used in other styles of music as well. A singer will choose a repertoire that suits their voice. Some singers such as Enrico Caruso, Rosa Ponselle, Joan Sutherland, Maria Callas, Jessye Norman, Ewa Podleś, and Plácido Domingo have voices that allow them to sing roles from a wide variety of types; some singers such as Shirley Verrett and Grace Bumbry change type and even voice part over their careers; and some singers such as Leonie Rysanek have voices that lower with age, causing them to cycle through types over their careers. Some roles are hard to classify, having very unusual vocal requirements; Mozart wrote many of his roles for specific singers who often had remarkable voices, and some of Verdi's early works make extreme demands on their singers.[2]” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/support

A special edition for Black History Month celebrating the lives and music of black women. Michael Berkeley revisits some of the many inspiring guests from the last few years who chose music written or performed by black women, and who have made their own important contributions to black history: artists Helen Cammock and Theaster Gates, writers Kit de Waal, Nadifa Mohamed and Isabel Wilkerson, jazz saxophonist YolanDa Brown, broadcaster Johny Pitts, and Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, mother of seven brilliant young musicians including 2023 BBC Proms stars cellist Sheku and pianist Isata. Their choices range from music by Florence Price to performances by Nina Simone and soprano Jessye Norman. Producer: Graham Rogers

Rachel Yakar, Jessye Norman, Jennifer Smith, Enid Hartle, Nancy Argenta, Edwige Bourdy, Elisabeth Priday, Nancy Argenta, John Aler, Jose van Dam, Jules Bastin, Jean-Claude Orliac, Jules Bastin,  Leonard Pezzino, Ashley Stafford, Leonard Pezzino, Ashley Stafford, Gilles Cachemaille, Jean-Claude Orliac English Baroque Soloists - Monteverdi Choir - John Eliot Gardiner 27 July 1983, Aix-en-Provence -- Broadcast

durée : 01:58:44 - France Musique est à vous du samedi 23 septembre 2023 - par : Gabrielle Oliveira-Guyon - Un nouveau samedi rempli de belles suggestions musicales grâce à vous : du Mozart par Jessye Norman, la musique de Pauline Viardot, David Kadouch... et même une touche de rugby avec le guitariste de blues de Nouvelle-Zélande Grant Haua ! Le reste ? ... c'est à vous de décider ! - réalisé par : Emmanuel Benito

On the 11th June 1988 Jessye Norman performed a spine-tingling rendition of 'Amazing Grace' to a packed Wembley Stadium, bringing to a close a concert marking the seventieth birthday of Nelson Mandela. By this point her career Jessye Norman was a global icon of opera, best-known for her performances in works by Wagner, Verdi and Mozart. She refused to take the parts traditionally offered to Black singers and once said that pigeonholes were only for pigeons. She would sing, in fact, whatever she liked. Double-bassist and founder of the Chineke! Orchestra Chi-chi Nwanoku was driving back from a concert when she first heard Jessye Norman singing on the radio. She remembers being so struck by her voice that she had to pull over and wait until the performance had finished before continuing her journey. Chi-chi and presenter Matthew Parris explore some of Jessye Norman's work and recordings, and her views on what it means to be a Black woman in classical music. Chi-chi and Matthew are joined by Kira Thurman, Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Michigan to help map out the key moments and decisions in Jessye Norman's extraordinary life. Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Toby Field

This week's episode offers music of both mourning and consolation performed by treasured artists, many of whom celebrate significant anniversaries this fall, and all of whom died before their time. Thus we hear singers Maria Callas, Jessye Norman, Fritz Wunderlich, Kathleen Ferrier, Judith Raskin, Arleen Augér, and Lucia Popp, and pianist Dinu Lipatti performing music of Bach, Schubert, Fauré, Bellini, and others. This episode may conform to my new streamlined format, but it packs an emotional wallop nonetheless. A bonus episode to be published later in the week will feature Tatiana Troyanos, Judy Garland, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Dusty Springfield, Renata Scotto and others in music designed, as in this episode, to console and comfort. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

One Blood: A Novel New York Times best-selling author DENENE MILLNER is a highly respected and sought after award-winning journalist whose captivating books, columns and essays have secured her foothold in the entertainment, parenting, book publishing and social media industries. The veteran author has written and collaborated on 31 critically acclaimed and bestselling books, penning tomes with Taraji P. Henson, Will Smith, Charlie Wilson and Jessye Norman, among other celebrities, and co-authoring “The Vow,” the novel on which the hit Lifetime movie, “With This Ring” was based. She also has been a frequent contributing entertainment, parenting and relationships writer for some of the nation's most well-read and respected magazines, penning high-profile cover stories on everyone from hit filmmaker Tyler Perry and Scandal's Kerry Washington to super star George Clooney and The Walking Dead's Lauren Cohan, for Essence, Women's Health, Ebony and other top publications. Denene also is vice president and publisher of Denene Millner Books, a Simon & Schuster imprint that publishes books featuring African American children. In its debut year, "Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut," won Newbery and Caldecott honors and the Kirkus Prize for Children's Literature. She has since gone on to publish a plethora of critically-acclaimed picture books and young adult novels, all with a singular focus: to celebrate the everyday humanity of Black children. As the sole African American woman with her own children's book imprint at a Big 5 publishing house, Denene acquires, conceives and edits books for the imprint, oversees their artistic development, and helps conceptualize and execute all aspects of the publishing process, including marketing, publicity and sales, with a focus on creating opportunities for marginalized writers, artists and their stories. In addition to running her imprint and penning books and magazine cover stories, Millner spent a decade working as a columnist, contributing editor, and blogger for Parenting, a national magazine for which she provided witty, engaging, mom-to-mom advice on everything from childrearing and marriage to work and friendship. Denene is also the founder and editor of MyBrownBaby.com, an oft celebrated, award-winning website that examines parenting and motherhood through a distinctive multicultural lens. Her work as a parenting and relationships expert has been covered extensively on national television, earning Millner regular appearances on the Today show, The Meredith Vieira Show and HLN, and guest appearances on CBS's The Early Show, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, VH-1, The Nate Berkus Show and The Rachel Ray Show. In 2018, she became a founding co-host on Georgia Public Broadcasting's "A Seat at the Table," a talk show about black women, which led to her founding of the critically-acclaimed NPR podcast "Speakeasy with Denene," a celebration of the beauty of the African American experience. Denene's upcoming novel, "One Blood," an epic triptych on Black motherhood, publishes on September 5, 2023 from Forge Books. Denene lives is a graduate of Hofstra University and lives in Atlanta with her two daughters and their adorable Goldendoodle, Franklin. www.denenemillner.com Instagram Facebook When you click a link on our site, it might just be a magical portal (aka an affiliate link). We're passionate about only sharing the treasures we truly believe in. Every purchase made from our links not only supports Dabble but also the marvelous authors and creators we showcase, at no additional cost to you.  

One Blood: A Novel New York Times best-selling author DENENE MILLNER is a highly respected and sought after award-winning journalist whose captivating books, columns and essays have secured her foothold in the entertainment, parenting, book publishing and social media industries. The veteran author has written and collaborated on 31 critically acclaimed and bestselling books, penning tomes with Taraji P. Henson, Will Smith, Charlie Wilson and Jessye Norman, among other celebrities, and co-authoring “The Vow,” the novel on which the hit Lifetime movie, “With This Ring” was based. She also has been a frequent contributing entertainment, parenting and relationships writer for some of the nation's most well-read and respected magazines, penning high-profile cover stories on everyone from hit filmmaker Tyler Perry and Scandal's Kerry Washington to super star George Clooney and The Walking Dead's Lauren Cohan, for Essence, Women's Health, Ebony and other top publications. Denene also is vice president and publisher of Denene Millner Books, a Simon & Schuster imprint that publishes books featuring African American children. In its debut year, "Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut," won Newbery and Caldecott honors and the Kirkus Prize for Children's Literature. She has since gone on to publish a plethora of critically-acclaimed picture books and young adult novels, all with a singular focus: to celebrate the everyday humanity of Black children. As the sole African American woman with her own children's book imprint at a Big 5 publishing house, Denene acquires, conceives and edits books for the imprint, oversees their artistic development, and helps conceptualize and execute all aspects of the publishing process, including marketing, publicity and sales, with a focus on creating opportunities for marginalized writers, artists and their stories. In addition to running her imprint and penning books and magazine cover stories, Millner spent a decade working as a columnist, contributing editor, and blogger for Parenting, a national magazine for which she provided witty, engaging, mom-to-mom advice on everything from childrearing and marriage to work and friendship. Denene is also the founder and editor of MyBrownBaby.com, an oft celebrated, award-winning website that examines parenting and motherhood through a distinctive multicultural lens. Her work as a parenting and relationships expert has been covered extensively on national television, earning Millner regular appearances on the Today show, The Meredith Vieira Show and HLN, and guest appearances on CBS's The Early Show, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, VH-1, The Nate Berkus Show and The Rachel Ray Show. In 2018, she became a founding co-host on Georgia Public Broadcasting's "A Seat at the Table," a talk show about black women, which led to her founding of the critically-acclaimed NPR podcast "Speakeasy with Denene," a celebration of the beauty of the African American experience. Denene's upcoming novel, "One Blood," an epic triptych on Black motherhood, publishes on September 5, 2023 from Forge Books. Denene lives is a graduate of Hofstra University and lives in Atlanta with her two daughters and their adorable Goldendoodle, Franklin. www.denenemillner.com Instagram Facebook When you click a link on our site, it might just be a magical portal (aka an affiliate link). We're passionate about only sharing the treasures we truly believe in. Every purchase made from our links not only supports Dabble but also the marvelous authors and creators we showcase, at no additional cost to you.  

A podcast where we share sixty seconds of inspiration to help you create a kinder, gentler world faster than the speed of heartbreak. We believe that kindness needs to be the number one cherished idea in the world today. So, we created a show that adds one sweet droplet of goodness into the ocean of your life - every day.  #onekindmoment #kindness #kindnessquotes #kind Yesterday by John Hobart - Music Design by Jason Inc. https://brucewaynemclellan.com/    

In this episode, Hunter Sigona discovers Hanif Lawrence's Top 12 Playlist. In That Great Getting Up Morning (Kathleen Battle & Jessye Norman) https://youtu.be/2ZzCB6fEph Walk Together Children (Moses Hogan Chorale) https://youtu.be/0AlSYZpPBPg Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Combined Choirs of BYU) https://youtu.be/nq-Q22Pf1W Blow, Gabriel, Blow (New Cast Recording w/ Patti LuPone - 1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H81OvAcD90k Star of Bethlehem (Jamaica Youth Chorale) https://youtu.be/jGMY6Qj-8k8 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musicspeaks-podcast/support

Justin Hopkins is an opera singer and musical theatre performer from Philadelphia, and currently based in Antwerp.Justin is the first guest to take me on a particularly classical journey, and I was thrilled to dive into his selections. We discuss pieces by Tchaikovsky, Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman, and Elton John.You can follow Justin on Instagram here.Tracks of Our Queers is produced, presented and edited by Andy Gott.You can listen to our Spotify playlist, Selections from Tracks of Our Queers, and find Aural Fixation in your favourite podcast provider. Support the showHelp keep Tracks of Our Queers ad-free by shouting me a coffee right here. Thank you for your support.

Synopsis The German composer Richard Strauss wrote his first song at age 6, and his last at age 84, a year before his death in 1949. Four of his last songs were for soprano and orchestra. These Four Last Songs, as they came to be known, were premiered in London, at the Royal Albert Hall, on today's date in 1950. Strauss had written to the great Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad, suggesting "I would like to make it possible that [the songs] should be at your disposal for a world premiere ... with a first-class conductor and orchestra.” Flagstad did sing the premiere performances, with the first-rate Philharmonia Orchestra of London conducted by the legendary German conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler. In addition to those famous performers, credit for the realization of Strauss's request is also due to an unlikely and exotic patron of the arts, namely the Maharaja of Mysore, who put up a cash guarantee for the Strauss premiere. And since he could not be present himself, the Maharaja asked that the premiere be recorded and the discs shipped to him in Mysore. The Maharaja had wanted to be concert pianist, but the deaths of both his father and his uncle forced him to succeed to the throne in 1940 at the age of 21. In addition to underwriting the Strauss premiere, the young Maharaja championed the music of the Russian composer Nikolas Medtner, and, in 1945, the creation of the Philharmonia Orchestra of London as a recording ensemble for the enterprising EMI producer Walter Legge. In addition to Western classical music, the Maharaja was passionate about the court music of his native land, and, under the pen name of Shri Vidya, himself composed almost 100 works in the South Indian tradition. Music Played in Today's Program Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) "Im Abendrot (At Twlight)," from "Four Last Songs" Jessye Norman, s; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch; Kurt Masur, conductor. Philips CD 464 742

Decca Classics is proud to present Jessye Norman – The Unreleased Masters, showcasing never-before-heard recordings of one of the greatest classical singers of all time. The set includes Wagner and Strauss song cycles, and a live recording of an eclectic program of cantatas by Haydn, Berlioz, and Britten. CD2 (live recording)R. STRAUSS: Vier letzte Lieder TrV 2961       I Frühling (Hesse)2       II September (Hesse)3       III Beim Schlafengehen (Hesse)4       IV Im Abendrot (Eichendorff)WAGNER: Wesendonck-Lieder (orch. Felix Mottl 1-4; Wagner 5)5       No.1 Der Engel6       No.2 Stehe still!7       No.3 Im Treibhaus8       No.4 Schmerzen9       No.5 TräumeJessye NormanJames Levine / Berliner PhilharmonikerCD3 (live recording)HAYDN: Scena di Berenice Hob. XXIVa:101       Recitativo: “Berenice, che fai?”2       Cavatina: “Non partir, bell'idol mio”3       Recitativo: “Me infelice!”4       Aria: “Perché, se tanti siete”BERLIOZ: Cléopâtre H.365       Allegro vivace con impeto – Récitatif: “C'en est donc fait!”6       Lento cantabile: “Ah! qu'ils sont loin ces jours, tourment de ma mémoire”7       Méditation: Largo misterioso: “Grands Pharaons, nobles Lagides”8       Allegro assai agitato: “Non! … non, de vos demeures funèbres”9       Allegro non troppo – Recitativo misurato: “Dieux du Nil”BRITTEN: Phaedra Op.9310     Prologue: “In May, in brilliant Athens”11     Recitative: “My lost and dazzled eyes saw only night”12     Presto: “You monster! You understood me too well”13     Recitative: “Oh Gods of wrath”14     Adagio: “My time's too short, your highness”Jessye NormanBoston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji OzawaHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.comThis album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

Decca Classics is proud to present Jessye Norman – The Unreleased Masters, showcasing never-before-heard recordings of one of the greatest classical singers of all time. The set includes Wagner and Strauss song cycles, and a live recording of an eclectic programme of cantatas by Haydn, Berlioz and Britten. TRACKLISTINGCD1 (studio recording)WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde WWV 90 (excerpts)Prelude: Langsam und schmactendAct IScene 12       “Westwärts schweift der Blick” (Seemann · Isolde · Brangäne)Scene 23       “Frisch weht der Wind der Heimat zu” (Seemann · Isolde · Brangäne)Scene 3 4       “Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden” (Brangäne · Isolde)5       “Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen” (Isolde · Brangäne)Act II, Scene 26       “Isolde! Geliebte! – Tristan! Geliebter!” (Tristan · Isolde)7       “Doch es rächte sich der verscheuchte Tag” (Isolde · Tristan)8       “O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe” (Tristan · Isolde)9       “Einsam wachend in der Nacht” (Brangäne · Isolde · Tristan)10     “Unsre Liebe? Tristans Liebe? Dein' und mein'” (Tristan · Isolde)11     “So starben wir, um ungetrennt” (Tristan · Isolde · Brangäne)Act III, Scene 3H12     “Mild und leise wie er lächelt” (Isoldes Liebestod) (Isolde)IsoldeJessye Norman (Isolde,)Hanna Schwarz (Brangäne)Thomas Moser (Tristan)Ian Bostridge (Seemann)Kurt Masur / Leipzig Gewandhaus OrchestraHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

For women's history month, we are rerunning a podcast that was initially shared in the fall of 2019, shortly after the unexpected death of Jessye Norman, one of the most celebrated classical singers of her generation. The interview was done in 2014 after the publication of her memoir "Stand Up Straight and Sing." Part one of the podcast was shared yesterday.

For women's history month, we're rerunning a podcast that was initially shared in 2019, shortly after the unexpected death of Jessye Norman, one of the most celebrated singers of her generation. The interview was recorded in 2014, shortly after the publication of her memoir "Stand Up Straight and Sing."

What is meditation? Are we doing enough in the black community to raise awareness for mental health? And why aren't we supporting our gospel artists enough? During the 2022 Stellar Awards weekend Da Fixx sat down with 3 members of the CHH community to discuss faith, music, community and more. CEO and Founder of Indie Go Inspire; Patrice Delisser drops in to talk the importance of investing in our youth, learning to connect with them in a genuine way and providing them with the tools needed to grow mentally, emotionally and spiritually. She opens up about growing up in Philadelphia and having a “cultural awakening” in high school when she was given a ticket to an Academy of Music event and witnessed Jessye Norman, a black opera singer on stage for the first time.  Listen as Ms. Delisser shares the inspiration behind her production company and why she's championing for mental health awareness in our communities. Producer and Songwriter Jabari Johnson drops in to talk growing up in the church but developing his actual relationship with Christ as an adult, his lifelong love with music, making the decision to pursue music professionally, the importance of authenticity, support in gospel music, wanting to work with Tamala Mann and Raphael Saadiq and his new project.  Author and Pastor Dr. Jamal Bryant stops by with a word! Discussing the art of meditation and the importance of silence, solitude and introspection in our personal walk with Christ outside of corporate worship; Dr. Bryant stresses the need for believers to spend one on one time with God to strengthen our faith and to understand what God is doing in our lives. He also touches on politics and the church, understanding the difference between personalities and principles and the impact of capitalism and prosperity gospel on the church.  Tune in to Da Fixx weekday mornings at 6 est. on Holy Culture Radio, Sirius XM, Channel 154 for your daily dose of spiritual detox. And be sure to follow on social media to join the conversation.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

durée : 00:58:31 - Jessye Norman, pureté vocale et spiritualité - par : Aurélie Moreau - Comment Jessye Norman travaillait une partition ? "Je m'installe au piano et je joue les Sherlock Homes. J'observe l'architecture de l'œuvre, je regarde de près les rapports entre les mots et les notes… Je préfère travailler seule, sans répétiteur". - réalisé par : Françoise Cordey

Angela and Joshua welcome dramatic soprano and Artistic Director of the Fort Worth Opera, Afton Battle. Known for her tenacity, vision, and unapologetic commitment to programming operatic works that are a true reflection of the communities they serve, Ms. Battle outlines the importance of intentionality in a field that continues to push Black and brown artists to the margins. Featured Music:"Fruhling," by Richard Strauss, feat. Jessye Norman"Agnus Dei," from An African-American Requiem by Damien Geter"Triumphal March," from Aida by Verdi Statement from Ms. Battle:"The most disrespected person in America, is the Black woman. The most un-protected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman." - Malcolm XOn July 5, 2022, I made the difficult decision to resign from Fort Worth Opera. I did not step into this lightly. However, when respect is no longer being served, I must protect myself, and leave the table."Support the show

New host Khadija Mbowe is joined by esteemed soprano Karen Slack for a no-holds-barred conversation about excellence, expectations, and self-esteem. In this episode, you'll hear:[00:00] MUSIC: Hannibal, Healing Tones, Karen Slack with The Philadelphia Orchestra [03:25] Fairytale love story[05:19] Music in the household[07:29] Veterinary dreams[8:27] Journey into classical through CAPA (Creative and Performing Arts High School)[13:14] MUSIC: Bizet, Habanera, Denyce Graves [14:11] Undiagnosed learning challenges[15:07] The double-edged sword of winning the Rosa Ponselle scholarship [18:45] Approach to mentorship[25:49] MUSIC: Price, Bewilderment  (with text from Langston Hughes), Michelle Cann and Karen Slack[27:09] See the need, fill the need [29:03] #KikiKonversations[33:14] Who heals the healers; unrealistic expectations placed on black women[36:49] The struggle for self-care MUSIC: Barnes, Taking Names,  Karen SlackLinks from this episode: BANFF Opera in the 21st Century ProgramBellini, "Casta Diva," Maria CallasWagner, "Tristan Und Isolde" - Prelude & Leibestod,  Jessye Norman and Herbert von Karajan Opera Philadelphia Sounds of Learning Rehearsal Program  La Forza Del Destino (Ponselle's debut)  Michelle Cann on the HearTOGETHER podcast#SayTheirNames#KikiKonversationsKhadija MboweKaren Slack

Season 3 of the HearTOGETHER podcast opens with a passing of the torch as Executive Producer Tori Marchiony interviews incoming host, Khadija Mbowe. Khadija is a socio-cultural content creator, classically trained soprano, and self-described loving provocateur. In this episode, you'll hear about Khadija's cross-continental upbringing, musical evolution, why they made a sharp turn away from the opera world, and much more. [07:03] Khadija's cross-continental upbringing[08:48] Khadija's journey into music[16:57] Facing impossible comparisons[23:46] Marigold Music Program[28:13] The messiness of newnessMusic from this episode:Owens, A Complaint, performed by Khadija MboweKhadija Mbowe, Deff Bem toupBrahms, Alto Rhapsody, performed by Jessye Norman with The Philadelphia Orchestra Links from this episode: Delusion and ALL Its Remixes by Fab Socialism Khadija's Youtube channelKhadija's websiteMarigold Music ProgramTerrance Real, How Can I Get Through To You?Thanks to Teng Chen, Sound Engineer, and the HearTOGETHER Editorial Council, Noel Dior, Tim German, Tori Marchiony, and Khadija Mbowe. 

durée : 00:29:35 - Jessye Norman (5/5) - Cette semaine, Jérémie Rousseau rend hommage à la soprano américaine Jessye Norman.

durée : 00:33:24 - Jessye Norman (4/5) - Cette semaine, Jérémie Rousseau rend hommage à la soprano américaine Jessye Norman.

durée : 00:30:42 - Jessye Norman (3/5) - Cette semaine, Jérémie Rousseau rend hommage à la soprano américaine Jessye Norman.

durée : 00:32:08 - Jessye Norman (2/5) - Toute cette semaine, Jérémie Rousseau rend hommage à la soprano américaine Jessye Norman.

durée : 00:30:20 - Jessye Norman (1/5) - Cette semaine, Jérémie Rousseau rend hommage à la soprano américaine Jessye Norman.

We welcome the mezzo Susan Platts, who has long been celebrated for her performances of Gustav Mahler's music. Toledo audiences will soon get the chance to hear Susan sing Mahler's monumental symphony in song, Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth). We hear Mahlerian tales as told by Susan, including about her "pandemic project" (hint: it's a cookbook), and the times she spent working with two legends no longer with us: Christa Ludwig and Jessye Norman. Also, taking our cue from Mahler's use of Chinese poems, we offer a Who Said It, Confucius or Li Bai? quiz!

Say their names: In Uvalde: Nevaeh Bravo, Jackie Cazares, Makenna Lee Elrod, Jose Flores, Eliana Garcia, Irma Garcia, Uziyah Garcia, Amerie Jo Garza, Xavier Lopez, Jayce Luevanos, Tess Marie Mata, Miranda Mathis, Eva Mireles, Alithia Ramirez, Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, Maite Rodriguez, Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, Layla Salazar, Jailah Nicole Silguero, Eliahana Cruz Torres, Rojelio Torres. In Buffalo: Celestine Chaney, Roberta A. Drury, Andre Mackniel, Katherine Massey, Margus D. Morrison, Heyward Patterson, Aaron Salter, Geraldine Talley, Ruth Whitfield, Pearl Young. All gunned down by young men who should have had no access to an assault weapon in the first place. I have no meaningful response to such cruel slaughter. When I am in the most profound mourning, I turn to the composers whose music directly confronts that despair. Today that composer is Gustav Mahler. Since the victims were almost exclusively people of color, today for solace I turn to the extraordinary voices of women of color singing the music of Mahler. Roberta Alexander, Marian Anderson, Carol Brice, Oralia Dominguez, Jessye Norman, Florence Quivar, Shirley Verrett, Lucretia West provide balm for the depths of despair that we are all feeling right now. They are joined on the podium by some of the greatest conductors of the twentieth century: Leonard Bernstein, Christoph von Dohnányi, Bernard Haitink, Paul Kletzki, Hans Knappertsbusch, Erich Leinsdorf, Zubin Mehta, Pierre Monteux, Fritz Reiner, and Frieder Weissmann. This episode is also offered in memory of and in gratitude for the life of the great Lucretia West, who died on 21 February 2022 at the age of 99. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

She needs no introduction — but in magazine history, Tina Brown is rightly deemed a legend, reviving Tatler, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, before turning to the web and The Daily Beast (where I worked for her). Her new book is The Palace Papers. We talked journalism, life and royals.You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player embedded above, or right below it you can click “Listen in podcast app,” which will connect you to the Dishcast feed. For two clips of our convo — on Meghan Markle’s epic narcissism, and why women make the best monarchs — head over to our YouTube page. Having Tina on the pod was the perfect excuse to transcribe our popular episode with Michael Moynihan, who used to work for Tina at The Daily Beast — which also hosted the Dish for a few years. So we’re all old friends. From the Moynihan chat:Andrew: I was talking to Tina Brown about this not that long ago, with the great days of the big magazines in the '80s and '90s. Really, when you look back on that time, it was an incredible festival of decadence and clearly over the top before the fall.Michael: I love Tina. I did a thing — you can look this up — an interview with her, when her Vanity Fair Diaries came out, for The Fifth Column. Just Tina and I sat down and talked for an hour and a half, and it was one of the best things I think we’ve recorded, and got one of the best responses. Because people miss those stories.Perhaps Bill Kristol should check out the clip with Moynihan on how to change your mind on stuff you get wrong:A listener looks back to last week’s episode:Wonderful interview with Douglas Murray, with the two of you riffing off each other with brilliant dialogue. Very warm and affirming as well. I particularly enjoyed your discussion of the religious dimension as one aspect of our present dilemma. I know you would want to provide variety for the Dishcast, but please consider having him on again.Another fan:This was the most memorable episode in a long time (although they are all great). Of course, your dialogue was choir-preaching, and so I need to be careful in avoiding confirmation bias. That said, I found Murray’s elegant way of encapsulating the obvious — which I fail to express myself — truly invigorating. I rewound and listened to many parts several times over. I ordered his book today.Another listener dissents:I find the armchair psychoanalysis regarding ressentiment — as the organizing principle of what is happening in our culture today — to be one of the least compelling arguments made in the episode. Why not go ahead and attribute our perpetual unwillingness in the West to recognize what is great about it to Christianity’s concept of original sin? Or maybe read psychoanalytic literature on why an individual or group of people who are objectively improving might hold onto beliefs of the self or society as rotten? These seem just as likely as Nietzsche’s argument. Ultimately, what a person speculates to be the primary motivator of another person or group reveals a lot. Your speculation that it’s mostly ressentiment suggests you want or need to demonize the CRT crowd. This is tragic given that this is precisely what you and Douglas accuse the CRT crowd of doing. Another listener differs:I don’t agree with everything you and Douglas Murray write, but thank you for talking about the resentment and bitterness that’s driving politics and culture today. It’s gone completely insane. I used to work for a small talent agency, and during the pandemic I coached some actors over Zoom. During the George Floyd protests, one of my clients was up watching the news all night, not getting any sleep. I told her, look, you want to be informed and want to help. But you have to take care of yourself first or you’re no help to anyone. Go to bed and catch up on the news tomorrow. People criticized me for this kind of advice, saying I was privileged, that I just wanted to look away and not examine myself for my own inherent racism, etc. I couldn’t understand why people were being so unreasonable.I’m also a Mormon. After George Floyd was murdered, our ward started to discuss racism. Mormonism has a checkered past when it comes to things like Black men and the priesthood. Or even language in some of the scriptures. These are important conversations that our church needs to have. There were good things that happened, like Black people in the ward shared more about their experiences during meetings. But almost immediately it became weird. The women’s group did a lesson on Robin DiAngelo’s “White Fragility,” for example. We didn’t actually ever talk about the things I was hoping we’d talk about — how Brigham Young stopped Black men receiving the priesthood, for example. We were just told we all needed to acknowledge our white privilege and feel guilty about it. There was a part about redlining. There was no acknowledgment that some of the white people in this ward lived in low-income housing, basically had nothing, and had been stressed even further by the pandemic. It just felt unnecessarily divisive. I have no idea what the Asian members made of this talk, because it basically excluded them. There were so many holes in these theories, but I wasn’t brave enough to point them out.So it was a real relief to hear you and Murray talk about the way these ideas have infiltrated churches. The Mormon thing is typically like, “God wants you to be happy. Live this structured life, show compassion, work hard, love your family, and be happy.” But the DiAngelo ideas felt like, “you can’t even be saved, at least not if you’re white. Some people don’t deserve to be happy; they should only feel guilt.” It was easier to bring in a fad book and talk about property values than to talk about the awful passage in the Book of Mormon where it says dark-skinned people are cursed, but other people are “white and delightsome.” I felt like the second the door opened to have a serious conversation about the church and race, they immediately jumped the shark instead.From a fan of opera and ballet:Douglas Murray mentioned Jessye Norman and how her obituary was racialized. Well, in January of 1961, Leontyne Price made her Metropolitan Opera debut, and she and Franco Correlli received an ovation that was around 50 minutes long ... possibly the longest in Met history, or among two or three longest. There have been so many great black singers at the Met, such as Shirley Verrett, Kathleen Battle (who was loved by James Levine but whose voice I never liked), Eric Owens, Grace Bumbry, and many others. Here’s a snip of Price’s Met debut:Balanchine choreographed Agon (music by Stravinsky), arguably his greatest dance, for Diana Adams (white) and Arthur Mitchell (black) in 1957. They danced the pas de deux, which is an erotic tangle of bodies. Balanchine wanted the black/white tension. Here is a bit of it:And to my beloved Jessye Norman, whom I saw only once, here she is at her best:Another listener rolls out some poetry:I greatly enjoyed your conversation with Douglas Murray. He is fierce! Your mention of Clive James’s “The Book of My Enemy Has Been Remaindered” reminded me of a similarly minded poem from Nina Puro. (I suspect one of them inspired the other.) I LONG TO HOLD THE POETRY EDITOR’S PENIS IN MY HANDand tell him personally,I’m sorry, but I’m goingto have to pass on this.Though your pieceheld my attention throughthe first few screenings,I don’t feel it is a good fitfor me at this time. Please know it receivedmy careful consideration.I thank you for allowingme to have a look,and I wish youthe very best of luckplacing it elsewhere.Shifting away from the Murray episode, here’s a followup from a intrepid Dishhead:I was excited to see my letter published on the violent toll homelessness takes on communities recently. I’ll be listening to the podcast with Maia Szalavitz soon, and I’ve got Johann’s book on harm reduction to read as well. (I loved the episode with Johann, bought his new book, loved it, and stopped being so online for about a week before backsliding ...)Shortly after I wrote that last letter to you, I realized that I wasn’t satisfied with just writing indignant letters about the bloody cost of complacency on homelessness. It’s really the story of Ahn Taylor — a sweet 94-year-old lady stabbed by a homeless man as she was walking in her neighborhood — that made me understand that complaining is not enough.So I’ve started a non-profit, Unsafe Streets, to take on this challenge. It’s sort of a “Take Back the Night”-style public safety crusade. It’s early days still, but we have a website, including pages for NYC and San Francisco, a Twitter feed, and a crowdfunding campaign. Next on my agenda is to create a page for Los Angeles, a detailed policy platform, and then to recruit a board and apply for 501c3 status.I’ve been keeping up with the Dish when I can (LOVING the conversation with Jonathan Haidt, and I HIGHLY recommend this complementary Rogan episode.) I’ve been busy with the kids and trying to get Unsafe Streets going in my free minutes.She follows up:I just listened to Maia’s episode, and I am pretty unsatisfied with her proposed solutions. Non-coercive acceptance and decriminalization is fine for people who are using drugs they bought with their own money in the privacy of their home. But public drug use, public intoxication, and the associated “quality of life” crimes (public defecation, indecency, etc.) make public spaces unsafe and uncomfortable for everyone else. Laws against these crimes should be enforced, which means arresting people and taking them to jail or some kind of treatment. Injecting fentanyl and passing out on the sidewalk is a very antisocial and harmful behavior, and should not be “decriminalized.”I agree with Maia that this is a complicated mix of addiction and severe mental illness. But I don’t think the cost of housing argument holds up. (A brief scan of the news will show you that there in fact ARE homeless encampments in West Virginia.) I think she was unfair in her characterization of Michael Shellenberger’s proposal, which includes tons of resources to expand access to and quality of treatment. Overall, Maia’s perspective is very focused on the benefit to the addict, but discounts the costs to the surrounding community. Thanks for keeping a focus on this subject!Another listener looks to a potential future guest:Hello! You invite your readers to submit guest ideas here. I submit Kevin D. Williamson — another nuanced “conservative,” Roman Catholic, Never Trumper, and admirer of Oakeshott. Oh, and he was fired after five minutes at The Atlantic for a previous statement about abortion.Thanks for the suggestion. Lastly, because we ran out of room this week in the main Dish for the new VFYW contest photo (otherwise the email version would get cut short), here ya go:Where do you think it’s located? Email your guess to contest@andrewsullivan.com. Please put the location — city and/or state first, then country — in subject line. Proximity counts if no one gets the exact spot. Bonus points for fun facts and stories. The winner gets the choice of a VFYW book or two annual Dish subscriptions. If you are not a subscriber, please indicate that status in your entry and we will give you a free month subscription if we select your entry for the contest results (example here if you’re new to the contest). Happy sleuthing! Get full access to The Weekly Dish at andrewsullivan.substack.com/subscribe

Gundula Janowitz, Jessye Norman, Lucia Popp, Anja Harteros, Karita Mattila, Krassimira Stoyanova and Rachel Willis-Sørensen.