The music of Antonín Dvořák has brought into my singing life perhaps the most pure joy. Dvořák’s blend of sophistication and rustic folk traditions yields melodies that are like rivers; you start floating among that beauty and you never want it to stop. One of the most inspiring and heart wrenchingly beautiful performances I ever had the honor to be […]
Read MoreHandel, simply put, is a wonderful composer. Dramatic, crisp, complex, emotional — his music maintains such freshness that my spirit and my senses light up every time I hear it. Handel was not in my repertorial “comfort zone,” but I was lucky to sing the title role in Rodelinda in three productions, and the biggest […]
Read MoreFor my third Song of the Day we are again turning to Russia, and inching towards classical music (without quite getting there). In turn of the 20th century Russia, classical art song (“Russian Romance”) coexisted and intertwined with Romani music (“Gypsy Romance”). Romani music in Russia has a long and incredibly popular tradition. Starting with […]
Read MoreFor my second installment, I continue with singer-songwriters, but move to Canada. Ever since I got introduced to his singing in the 1990s, Canadian bard Stan Rogers has been close to my heart. His deeply soulful voice, full of so many colors, and his lyrics, detailed and imaginative, never fail to move me. By the […]
Read MoreIt is with deep love and gratitude I return to NYFOS Song for the Day. As we sit in our homes and think of so many beloved familiar things with melancholy, my mind turns back to the songs I grew up with in Moscow. My first selection is written by a famous Russian singer-songwriter, […]
Read MoreThis week’s Song of the Day curator is Russian soprano and international star Dina Kuznetsova. You can hear Dina in NYFOS’s upcoming show From Russia to Riverside Drive on November 8 (Boston) and November 10 (New York), performing songs by Rachmaninoff, alongside some of the Jazz Age music that Rachmaninoff heard during his time living in New York. […]
Read MoreThis week’s Song of the Day curator is Russian soprano and international star Dina Kuznetsova. You can hear Dina in NYFOS’s upcoming show From Russia to Riverside Drive on November 8 (Boston) and November 10 (New York), performing songs by Rachmaninoff, alongside some of the Jazz Age music that Rachmaninoff heard during his time living in New York. […]
Read MoreThis week’s Song of the Day curator is Russian soprano and international star Dina Kuznetsova. You can hear Dina in NYFOS’s upcoming show From Russia to Riverside Drive on November 8 (Boston) and November 10 (New York), performing songs by Rachmaninoff, alongside some of the Jazz Age music that Rachmaninoff heard during his time living in New York. […]
Read MoreThis week’s Song of the Day curator is Russian soprano and international star Dina Kuznetsova. You can hear Dina in NYFOS’s upcoming show From Russia to Riverside Drive on November 8 (Boston) and November 10 (New York), performing songs by Rachmaninoff, alongside some of the Jazz Age music that Rachmaninoff heard during his time living in New York. […]
Read MoreThis week’s Song of the Day curator is Russian soprano and international star Dina Kuznetsova. You can hear Dina in NYFOS’s upcoming show From Russia to Riverside Drive on November 8 (Boston) and November 10 (New York), performing songs by Rachmaninoff, alongside some of the Jazz Age music that Rachmaninoff heard during his time living in New […]
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