| Joseph Pulitzer
(1847-1911) bequeathed $2 million in his will to establish a graduate School
of Journalism at Columbia University (currently the site where the Pulitzer
announcements are made each April). The Pulitzer Prizes were created with
part of this money and were first awarded in 1917. The first Pulitzer Prize in music was awarded in 1943. Although he had a passion for music, his will did not call for a prize in that area, but only a scholarship for a music student. Instead, he bequeathed $500,000 to the New York Philharmonic Society--an amount equal to the entire Pulitzer Prize bequest. In 1943 the Pulitzer Board converted the scholarship to a prize. The requirements were stated: "For distinguished musical composition in the larger forms of chamber, orchestral, or choral work, or for an operatic work (including ballet), first performed or published by a composer of established residence in the United States, Five hundred dollars ($500)." The first recipient was William Schuman for his "Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song" for full chorus of mixed voices, with accompaniment of orchestra. Beginning in 1980, the list of Finalists for each year was also made public. |
Composer Joan
Tower (Spring, 2001) [Pulitzer Finalist, 1993]
Composer/Pianist Easley Blackwood
(Summer, 2001)
Composer Brian
Fennelly (Fall, 2001)
Composer Karel
Husa (Winter, 2001) [Second
of Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 1969]
Composer Robert
Carl (Spring, 2002)
Composer/Critic
Virgil Thomson (Summer,
2002) [Pulitzer Prize, 1949]
Composer Elizabeth
Austin (Fall, 2002)
Pianist David
Holzman (Summer, 2003)
Composer Ruth
Schonthal (Fall/Winter,
2003)
Composer/Pianist George Walker
(Spring, 2004) [Pulitzer Prize, 1996]
Composer Alan
Hovhaness (Spring/Summer, 2005)
Composer William
Mayer (Summer/Fall, 2006)
Soprano Elsa
Charlston (Fall/Winter,
2006)
Composer Leo
Kraft (Spring/Summer, 2008)
Composer Elliott
Carter (Winter/Spring, 2008-09) [Pulitzer Prize, 1960 & 1973]
[Pulitzer Finalist, 1996 &
2005]
Composer George
Flynn
Violinist Jennifer
Koh
Composer Aaron
Jay Kernis [Pulitzer Prize, 1998] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1994, 2013]
Pianist Jorge
Federico Osorio
Composer
Lowell Liebermann
Oboist Alex Klein
[Principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra]
Conductor Carlos
Kalmar
Pianist Ursula
Oppens
Composer John
Corigliano [Two Interviews]
[Pulitzer Prize, 2001]
Conductor Sir
Georg Solti [Two
Interviews] [October, 1993]
Composer Pozzi
Escot
Composer/Author Paul Bowles
Composer Arnold
Rosner
Composer/Pianist John La Montaine
[Pulitzer
Prize, 1959]
Composer Eric
Ewazen
Composer Lou
Harrison [Second of Two Interviews]
Composer/Conductor/Pianist/Administrator Morton Gould
[Second of Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 1995]
Composer/Pianist Robert Helps
Composer/Pianist/Technician David Tudor
Composer Chou
Wen-Chung
Composer/Conductor Carlos Surinach
Composer Johan
Franco
Composer Conlon
Nancarrow
Composer Romeo
Cascarino
Composer Hayden
Wayne
Composer Gian
Carlo Menotti [Three Interviews]
[Pulitzer Prize, 1950 & 1955]
Composer Elie Siegmeister
Composer David
Raksin
Composer/Conductor Alfred Reed
Composer/Pianist Frederic Rzewski
Composer Irwin
Bazelon
Composer Morten
Lauridsen
Composer Marga
Richter
Composer Otto
Luening
Composer George
Crumb [Pulitzer Prize, 1968]
Composer Andrew
Imbrie [Pulitzer Finalist, 1995]
Composer Stephen
Albert [Pulitzer Prize, 1985]
[Pulitzer Finalist, 1987]
Composer Miriam
Gideon
Composer Richard
Wernick [Pulitzer Prize, 1977]
Composer Ursula
Mamlok
Composer
Vincent Persichetti
Composer Robert
Starer
Composer Ulysses
Kay
Composer/Administrator Francis Thorne
Composer Leslie
Bassett [Pulitzer Prize, 1966]
Composer John
Lessard
Composer Donald
Martino [Pulitzer Prize, 1974]
[Pulitzer Finalist, 2000]
Composer Christopher
Rouse [Pulitzer Prize, 1993]
Composer Louise
Talma
Composer Alexei
Haieff
Composer/Percussionist William Kraft
Composer Gardner
Read
Composer Benjamin
Lees
Microtonal Composer Ezra Sims
Composer Roger
Reynolds [Pulitzer Prize, 1989]
Composer Gloria
Coates
Composer James
Cohn
Composer Steve
Reich [Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 2009] [Pulitzer Finalist, 2003, 2004, 2005]
Composer Wayne
Barlow
Composer Maurice
Wright
Composer/Conductor Lalo Schifrin
[Two Interviews]
Composer John
Harbison [Pulitzer Prize, 1987]
Composer/Inventor Cecil Effinger
[Inventor of the Musicwriter and
the Tempowatch]
Composer Robert
Erickson
Composer/Conductor Lukas Foss [Pulitzer Scholarship Award, 1942] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1980]
Composer/Pianist David Del Tredici
[Pulitzer
Prize, 1980]
Composer Norman
Dello Joio [Pulitzer Prize, 1957]
Composer/Conductor Gunther Schuller
[Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 1994] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1988]
Composer/Pianist Yehudi Wyner [Pulitzer Prize, 2006] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1998]
Composer Vaclav
Nelhybel
Composer/Administrator William Schuman
[*First Pulitzer Prize in Music*, 1943;
Pulitzer Special Citation, 1985]
Composer Vivian
Fine [Pulitzer Finalist, 1983]
Composer/Conductor David Van Vactor
Composer Daniel
Pinkham
Composer Julia
Smith
Composer Charles
Wuorinen [Pulitzer Prize, 1970] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1994]
Composer Samuel
Adler
Microtonal Composer Ben Johnston
Composer Pauline
Oliveros
Composer Ernst
Krenek
Composer/Humorist Peter Schickele
[P.D.Q. Bach]
Composer Ned
Rorem [Pulitzer Prize, 1976]
Composer John
Cage
Composer Ron
Nelson
Composer
Richard Wilson
Composer Normand
Lockwood
Composer Paul
Fetler
Composer Earl Kim
Composer David
Diamond [Second of Two Interviews]
Composer Olly
Wilson
Composer Chen
Yi [Pulitzer Finalist, 2006]
Composer Mel
Powell [Pulitzer Prize, 1990]
Composer Monroe
Couper
Composer Dika
Newlin
Composer Bernard
Rands [Pulitzer Prize, 1984]
Composer/Pianist Sam Raphling
Composer/Pianist Leo Smit [Includes
letter to BD from Dmitri Kabalevsky]
Composer Milton
Babbitt [Pulitzer Special Citation,
1982]
Composer Bernhard
Heiden
Composer/Pianist Robert Muczynski
Composer Carlisle
Floyd
Composer
Frank Wigglesworth
Composer Paul
Pisk
Composer Ellen
Taaffe Zwilich [Pulitzer Prize, 1983]
Composer/Conductor David Amram
Composer Jacob
Druckman [Pulitzer Prize, 1972]
Composer Mary
Jeanne van Appledorn
Composer Harold
Shapero
Composer/Bassist Frank Proto
Composer/Critic Lester Trimble
Composer Jennifer
Higdon [Pulitzer Prize, 2010]
Composer Alan
Stout
Composer/Musicologist George Perle [Pulitzer Prize, 1986]
Composer Kenneth
Gaburo
Composer Leonardo
Balada
Composer Miklós
Rózsa
Composer Joseph
Schwantner [Pulitzer Prize, 1979]
Composer Kamran
Ince
Composer
C. Curtis-Smith
Composer/Flutist/Conductor Harvey Sollberger
Composer William
Bergsma [Two Interviews]
Composer Earle
Brown
Composer/Conductor Ray Luke
Composer Juli
Nunlist
Composer/Pianist Richard Cumming
Composer/Educator Hunter Johnson
Composer/Psychotherapist Paul Ramsier
Composer/Clarinetist William O. Smith
Composer Emma
Lou Diemer
Composer Robert
Moffat Palmer
Composer Jean
Berger
Composer Burrill Phillips
Composer Leonard
Kastle
Composer/Performer Philip Glass [Two
Interviews]
Composer Jack
Gallagher
Composer/Pianist Joseph Fennimore
Composer/Pianist Ernst Bacon [Pulitzer Scholarship Award, 1932]
Composer/Publisher Ray Green
Composer/Author George Heussenstamm
Composer/Author Marilyn J. Ziffrin
Composer/Pianist Leo Ornstein
Composer/Teacher Ross Lee Finney
[Pulitzer Scholarship Award, 1937]
Composer Frank
Campo
Composer George
Rochberg [Pulitzer Finalist, 1986]
Composer Robert
Linn
Composer/Pianist Lee Hoiby [Two
Interviews; the first also includes the participation
of conductor Robert Frisbie]
Composer and Mezzo-Soprano William Bolcom and Joan
Morris [Two Interviews with
Bolcom] [Pulitzer Prize, 1988]
Composer John
Downey
Composer/Pianist Elinor Remick Warren
Composer Marcel
Dick
Composer Nancy
Laird Chance
Composer/Pianist John Verrall
Composers
Hale Smith and T.J. Anderson
Composer/Pianist Leon Kirchner
[Pulitzer Prize, 1967] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1993]
Composer Roger
Goeb
Composer Joseph
Goodman
Composer/Conductor Edwin London
Composer/Educator Donald Harris
Composer Rolv
Yttrehus
'Tape Music' Composer Vladimir Ussachevsky
Composer/Pianist Robert Parris
Composer Harold
Blumenfeld
Composer
Melinda Wagner [Two
Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize,
1999]
Composer Robert
Moevs
Composer/Conductor Jacob Avshalomov
Composer/Author Elliott Schwartz
Composer Jean
Eichelberger Ivey
Composer Vittorio
Rieti
Composer/Pianist Josef Alexander
Microtonal Composer John Eaton
Composer/Author Kent Kennan
Composer Robert
Hall Lewis
Composer Grant
Fletcher
Composer/Critic Arthur Berger
Composer Dominick
Argento [Pulitzer Prize, 1975]
Composer Donald
Grantham
Composer Kirke
Mechem
Composer/Pianist Max Lifchitz
Composer Phillip
Rhodes
Composer Dorothy
Rudd Moore
Composer/Cellist Seymour Barab
Composer Steven
R. Gerber
Composer William
Schmidt
Composer/Conductor Anthony Iannaccone
Composer
Juan Orrego-Salas
Composer Jerré
Tanner
Composer/Teacher/Administrator Stanley Wolfe
Composer Richard
Moryl
Composer/Professor Robert Stern
Composer/Conductor Gerhard Samuel
Composer Paul
Lansky
Composer Robert
Beaser
Composer/Conductor David Stock
Composer Ezra
Laderman
Composer David
Hollister
Composer Stephen
Paulus
Composer
Shulamit Ran [Two Interviews]
[Pulitzer Prize, 1991]
Composer Steven
Stucky [Pulitzer Finalist,
1989] [Pulitzer Prize, 2005]
Composer Judith
Shatin
Computer Music Composer James Dashow
Composer/Clarinetist Meyer Kupferman
Composer Roger
Nixon
Composer/Administrator John Duffy
Composer/Organist Rayner Brown
Composer Carter
Pann [Pulitzer Finalist, 2016]
Composer Robert
Kelly
Composer/Administrator Leon Stein
Composer John
Luther Adams [Pulitzer Prize, 2014]
Composer/Pianist Douglas Allanbrook
Composer Paul
Cooper
Composer/Clarinetist Evan Ziporyn
[Two Interviews]
Composer/Pianist/Quiz Kid Lawson Lunde
Composer/Conductor William Ferris
[Two Interviews]
Composer Charmian
Tashjian
Composer Augusta
Read Thomas [Pulitzer Finalist, 2007]
Composer Jan
Bach
Composer Aurelio
de la Vega [Two Interviews]
Composer/Organist Frank Ferko
Composer Dan
Tucker
Composer/Author Ellis B. Kohs
Composer M.
William Karlins [Two
Interviews; the second is recollections of his teacher,
Stefan Wolpe]
Composer Simon
Sargon
Composer Gene
Gutchë
Composer Robert
Lombardo
Composer Lawrence
Moss
Composer Howard
Sandroff
Composer/Pianist Gardner Jencks
Composer/Pianist Marilyn Shrude
Composer Jeffrey
Mumford
Composer William
Neil
Composer/Conductor Ralph Shapey [Pulitzer Finalist, 1990, 1992]
Composer/Flutist/Conductor Stephen Dembski
Composer Mario
Davidovsky [Pulitzer Prize, 1971]
Composer Paul
Moravec [Pulitzer Prize, 2004]
Composer/Conductor Bright Sheng
[Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1989, 1991]
Composer/Pianist Anthony Davis
[Pulitzer Prize, 2020]
Electronic Composer Morton Subotnick
[Pulitzer Finalist, 1980]
Composer Peter
Lieberson [Pulitzer Finalist, 1984, 1996, 2002,
2004, 2006]
Composer/Conductor John Adams
[Two Interviews] [Pulitzer Prize, 2003] [Pulitzer Finalist, 1998, 2014]
Composer/Conductor Tania León
[Pulitzer
Prize, 2021]
Composer Bruce
Saylor
Composer Michael
Torke [Pulitzer Finalist,
2020]
Composer/Theorist Fred Lerdahl
[Pulitzer Finalist, 2001, 2010, 2011]
Spatial Music Composer Henry Brant [Pulitzer Prize, 2002]
Composer David
Rakowski [Pulitzer Finalist,
1999]
Composer Jon
Polifrone
Composer Maurice
Weddington
Composer Janice Misurell-Mitchell
Composer Stephen
Syverud
Composer Frank
Abbinanti
Composer/Conductor Coleridge-Taylor
Perkinson
Composer Charles
Dodge
Composer
Frank E. Warren
Composer Amnon
Wolman
Composer Katherine
Hoover
Composer/Record Producer Nancy Van de Vate
[Two Interviews]
Composer/Administrator John Donald Robb
Composer/Pianist Amy Williams
Composer Gordon
Binkerd
Composer Richard
Hervig
Composer Henri
Lazarof
Composer Jay Alan
Yim
Composer Walter
Mourant
Composer David
Baker
Composer Paul
Chihara
Composer Tobias
Picker
Composer Daron
Aric Hagen
Composer Alva
Henderson
Composer/Pianist James Primosch
Composer/Conductor/Administrator Michael Ching
Composer/Arranger Ed Bland
Composer Ruth
Shaw Wylie
Composer
Charles Jones
Composer Mark
Adamo
Composer Lora
Aborn
Composer/Pianist Lionel Nowak
Composer/Jazz Trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe
Composer Kenton
Coe
Composer/Conductor John Bavicchi
Composer/Performer James "Kimo" Williams
Composer Ivana
Themmen
Composer David Ward-Steinman
Composer
David DeBoor Canfield
Composer
Robert Kritz
Composer Barney Childs
Composer Rober Xavier Rodríguez
Composer Philip Hagemann
Composer Martin Bresnick
Composer Daniel Asia
Composer Irwin Swack
Composer Forrest Goodenough
Composer Homer
Keller
Composer Albert
Tepper
Composer/Organist Herbert
Fromm
Composer/Pianist Diane
Thome
Composer/Administrator Allen Sapp
Composer/Author Bruce Adolphe
Composer for the "Bowed Piano" Stephen Scott
Composer/Piano Technician Leon Levitch
Composer/Conductor/Master of the Queen's Music
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Composer Isang
Yun
Composer/Radio Producer Robert Simpson
Composer Henryk-Mikołaj
Górecki
Composer Karlheinz
Essl
Composer Krzysztof
Penderecki
Composer/Master of the Queen's Music Malcolm Williamson
Composer Arne
Nordheim
Composer Rodion
Shchedrin
Composer William
Mathias
Composer Sir
Malcolm Arnold
Composer Giya
Kancheli
Composer Iain
Hamilton
Composer/Conductor Leif Segerstam
Composer Betsy
Jolas
Composer Antanas
Rekašius
Composer Iannis
Xenakis
Composer Geoffrey
Bush
Composer Peter
Sculthorpe
Composer Alun
Hoddinott
Composer
Sofia Gubaidulina
Composer Luciano
Berio
Composer Thea
Musgrave
Composer Edison
Denisov
Composer György
Ránki
Composer Einojuhani
Rautavaara
Composer Mauricio
Kagel
Composer Tera
de Marez Oyens
Composer
George Lloyd
Composer
Mikis Theodorakis
Composer/Trombonist Vinko Globokar
Composer/Pianist Sir Richard Rodney
Bennett
Composer Michael
Colgrass [Pulitzer Prize, 1978]
Composer Ruth
Lomon
Composer Hans
Werner Henze
Composer Joanna
Bruzdowicz
Composer/Conductor Pierre Boulez
[Two Interviews]
Composer Ulf
Grahn
Composer/Pianist John McCabe [Two
Interviews]
Composer/Conductor Oliver Knussen
[Two Interviews]
Composer Nicholas
Maw
Composer/Percussionist Marta Ptaszyńska
[Two interviews]
Composer/Pianist Aribert Reimann
Composer Anders
Hillborg
Composer Harrison
Birtwistle
Composer Gerhard
Stäbler
Composer Carl
Vine
Composer/Conductor John Rutter
Composer/Conductor/Pianist George Benjamin
Composer Roque
Cordero
Composer Tōru
Takemitsu
Composer Anthony
Payne
Composer Wilfred
Josephs
Composer Tzvi
Avni
Composer/Record Producer Colin Matthews
Conductor James
DePreist
Conductor Charles
Dutoit
Conductor Antal
Doráti
Conductor
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Conductor Leonard
Slatkin [Two Interviews]
Conductor Raymond
Leppard
Conductor Frederick
Fennell
Conductor Jane
Glover
Conductor Bernard
Haitink
Conductor Jorge
Mester
Conductor
Capt. William J. Phillips [Director
of the Navy Band]
Conductor JoAnn
Falletta
Conductor Robert
Spano
Conductor John
Nelson
Conductor Nicholas
McGegan
Conductor Neeme
Järvi
Conductor Margaret
Hillis [Founder of the
Chicago Symphony Chorus]
Conductor Kurt
Masur
Conductor
Jesús López-Cobos
Conductor Maxim Shostakovich
Conductor
Christian Thielemann
Conductor/Composer Stanisław Skrowaczewski
[Pulitzer
Finalist, 1997]
Conductor Zubin
Mehta [Two Interviews]
Conductor
Herbert Blomstedt
Conductor
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Conductor Vittorio
Negri
Conductor
Sir Charles Mackerras
Conductor Andrew
Schenck
Conductor Kenneth
Jennings [Director of
the St. Olaf Choir, 1968-1990]
Conductor Marin
Alsop
Conductor Eduardo
Mata
Conductor Donato
Renzetti
Conductor Günter
Wand
Conductor Leopold
Hager
Conductor
John Pritchard [First
of three interviews; links to the others are included]
Conductor Fiora
Contino
Conductor William
Revelli [Director of
Bands, University of Michigan, 1935-1971]
Conductor Matthias
Bamert
Conductor George
Guest [Director, Choir of
St. John's College, Cambridge, 1951-1991]
Conductor/Harpsichordist William Christie
[Founder of Les Arts Florissants]
Conductor
Sir David Willcocks [Director
of Music, King's College, Cambridge, 1957-1974;
Conductor/Trumpeter Gerard Schwarz
Conductor Robert
Shaw
Conductor Zdenek
Macal
Conductor
Paul Strauss
Conductor/Composer Jack Stamp [Founder
of the Keystone Wind Ensemble]
Conductor
Sergiu Comissiona
Conductor Gary
Bertini
Conductor Helmuth
Rilling
Conductor Sian
Edwards
Conductor/Pianist Dennis Russell Davies
[Two Interviews]
Conductor Claudio
Abbado
Conductor Carlo
Felice Cillario
Conductor Andrew
Parrott
Conductor/Arranger John P. Paynter
[Director of Bands, Northwestern
University, 1951-1996]
Conductor/Pianist Mario Bernardi
Conductor/Composer Werner Janssen
Conductor/Composer/Pianist André Previn
Conductor Robert
Frisbie [Participant during first interview with
composer Lee Hoiby]
Conductor Richard Buckley
Conductor Miguel A. Gómez-Martínez
Conductor John
Mauceri
Conductor Edmond
de Stoutz [Founder of
the Zurich Chamber Orchestra]
Conductor Sir
Mark Elder [Two Interviews]
Conductor Markus
Stenz
Conductor Martin
Pearlman [Founder of
Boston Baroque (originally called Banchetto Musicale)]
Conductor James
Conlon
Conductor
Donald Runnicles
Conductor David
Atherton
Conductor Gary
Garner [Director of Bands,
West Texas State University, 1963-2002]
Conductor Jeffrey
Tate
Conductor Christoph
von Dohnányi
Conductor/Composer Michael Gielen
Conductor/Composer José Serebrier
Conductor Geoffrey
Simon
Conductor Peter
Maag
Conductor Steven
Richman
Conductor Mariss
Jansons
Conductor/Pianist Andrew Litton
Conductor
Sylvain Cambreling
Conductor Hugh
Wolff
Conductor
Yuri Temirkanov
Conductor Sir
Andrew Davis [Two Interviews]
Conductor
Sir Roger Norrington
Conductor Henry
Holt [Two Interviews]
Conductor Paolo
Olmi
Conductor Ádám
Fischer
Conductor/Organist/Harpsichordist Ton Koopman
Conductor James
Judd
Conductor Catherine
Comet
Conductor Gordon
Wright
Conductor Laszlo
Halasz
Conductor David
Zinman
Conductor Yoel
Levi
Conductor Semyon
Bychkov
Conductor
David Robertson
Conductor Kate
Tamarkin
Conductor Steven Larsen
Conductor Michael
Tilson Thomas [Second of
two interviews; link to the first is included]
Conductor George
Manahan
Conductor Paul
Freeman [Three Interviews]
Conductor/Composer Harold Bauer
[Founder of the New Philharmonic, and the
DuPage Opera Theatre]
Conductor/Composer David Epstein
Conductor Dieter
Kober [Founder of the Chicago
Chamber Orchestra]
Conductor Michael
Morgan
Conductor Kenneth
Jean
Conductor/Organist Thomas Wikman
[Founder of Music of the Baroque]
Conductor John
Fiore
Conductor/Organist James O'Donnell
[Master of the Choristers, Westminster
Cathedral]
Conductor Eve
Queler [Founder of the Opera
Orchestra of New York]
Conductor
Kay George Roberts
Conductor Lawrence
Leighton Smith
Conductor/Pianist William Eddins
Conductor
Franz Welser-Möst
Conductor Alexander
Platt
Conductor Carlo
Rizzi
Conductor Pier
Giorgio Calabria
Conductor Hal
France
Conductor Gustav
Kuhn
Conductor Robert Carter
Austin
Conductor John
DeMain
Conductor
Duain Wolfe [Chicago Symphony Chorus]
Conductor
Stuart Challender
Conductor
James Paul
Conductor
Christof Perick
Conductor Lawrence Foster
Conductor David Stahl
Conductor James Sedares
Conductor Edo de Waart
Conductor Paul Anthony
McRae
Conductor/Pianist Joshua Rifkin
Conductor/Pianist Richard Woitach
Conductor/Pianist/Composer Rudolph Palmer
Conductor/Violinist/Composer Frederic Balazs
Conductor/Producer/Translator Walter Ducloux
Conductor and Director Ted Taylor and Carl
Ratner [Second of three
interviews with Ratner; links to the others are
included]
Conductor and Director Mark Flint and David
Gately [Two Interviews
with Gately]
Conductor/Composer and Director Lawrence Rapchak and
Carl Ratner
Pianist Maurizio
Pollini
Pianist John
Browning
Pianist/Composer
Noël Lee
Pianist/Conductor Mikhail Pletnev
Pianist Alfred
Brendel
Pianist Rudolf
Firkušný
Pianist Gilbert
Kalish
Pianist
Paul Badura-Skoda
Pianist György
Sándor
Pianist Leif
Ove Andsnes
Pianist Murray
Perahia
Pianist Cristina
Ortiz
Pianist Ruth
Laredo
Pianist Abbey
Simon
Pianist Stephen
Hough
Pianist Richard
Goode
Pianist Tatiana
Nikolayeva
Pianist Misha
Dichter
Pianist Janina
Fialkowska
Pianist/Conductor/Composer Ralf Gothóni
Pianist/Composer/Conductor Olli Mustonen
Pianist Jean-Yves
Thibaudet
Pianist Earl Wild
Pianist/Conductor Justus Frantz
Pianist/Conductor Christoph Eschenbach
Pianist Menahem
Pressler
Pianist Tzimon
Barto
Pianist David
Owen Norris
Pianist Till
Fellner
Pianist/Conductor/Teacher Leon Fleisher
Pianist Van
Cliburn
Pianist Ivo
Pogorelich
Pianist Peter
Donohoe
Pianist Pierre-Laurent
Aimard
Pianist Barbara
Nissman
Pianist Maria
João Pires
Pianist Mūza Rubackytė
Pianist/Conductor Philippe Entremont
Pianist Emanuel
Ax
Pianist Lang
Lang
Pianist Leonard
Hokanson
Pianist Ramon
Salvatore
Pianist Helge
Antoni
Pianist Dmitry
Paperno
Pianist Gail
Quillman [Includes material about her teacher, Leo Sowerby
(Pulitzer Prize, 1946)]
Pianist Leon
Bates
Pianist Philip
Sabransky
Pianist Mitsuko
Uchida
Pianist Alan
Feinberg
Pianist
Alan Mandel
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson
Pianist Justin Kolb
Pianist Pascal Rogé
Pianist Santiago Rodriguez
Pianist/Conductor Ian Hobson
Pianist and Cellist Carol Honigberg and
Steven Honigberg
Harpsichordist Igor Kipnis
Harpsichordist/Organist David Schrader
Organist Peter
Hurford
Organist/Conductor Simon Preston
Organist/Conductor Richard Webster
Keyboardist/Composer Anthony Newman
Piano Technician Franz Mohr [Chief
Concert Technician, Steinway & Sons,
1968-1992]
Violinist Isaac
Stern
Violinist Gidon
Kremer
Violinist Anne-Sophie
Mutter
Violinist Sergiu
Luca
Violinist Midori
Violinist Rachel
Barton Pine
Violinist Robert
McDuffie
Violinist
Vincent P. Skowronski
Violinist Victor
Aitay [Concertmaster, Chicago Symphony
Orchestra]
Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Violinists Irvine
Arditti and David Alberman [Arditti Quartet]
Violinist/Conductor Yehudi Menuhin
Violinist/Conductor Jeanne Lamon
[Tafelmusik]
Violinist/Conductor Lawrence Golan
Violinist/Composer Rubén D’Artagnan
González [Co-concertmaster,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra]
Violinist/Violist Irving Ilmer [Fine
Arts Quartet]
Violinist and Violist Shmuel Ashkenasi and
Richard Young [Vermeer
Quartet]
Violinist and Bassoonist Adrian Da Prato and Wilbur
Simpson [Senior members
of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Violist Kim
Kashkashian
Violist Marcus
Thompson
Violist/Conductor Yuri Bashmet
Violist/Violinist Charles Pikler
[Principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra]
Cellist János
Starker
Cellist Anner
Bylsma
Cellist
Julian Lloyd Webber
Cellist Lynn
Harrell
Cellist Steven
Isserlis
Cellist/Conductor Mstislav Rostropovich
[Includes letter to BD
from Herbert von Karajan]
Cellist/Conductor Heinrich Schiff
Gambist Mary
Springfels
Contrabassist Bertram Turetzky
Double Bassist
Gary Karr
Double Bassist/Composer François Rabbath
Performer and Scholar of the Double Bass and Violone
Jerry Fuller
Harpist Yolanda
Kondonassis
Harpist Sarah
Bullen [Principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra]
Guitarist Angel
Romero
Guitarist David
Russell
Guitarist Oscar
Ghiglia
Lutenist Paul
O'Dette
Lutenist Hopkinson Smith
Flutist Samuel
Baron
Flutist Carol
Wincenc
Flutist James
Galway
Flutist Mary
Stolper [Principal, Grant Park Symphony]
Flutist Donald
Peck [Principal, Chicago Symphony
Orchestra]
Recorder Player Michala Petri
Oboist Ingo
Goritzki
Oboist Ray
Still [Principal, Chicago Symphony
Orchestra]
Clarinetist
Richard Stoltzman
Clarinetists Sabine Meyer and
Reiner Wehle
Clarinetist John
Bruce Yeh [Assistant Principal,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra] [Two interviews
-- #1 is about the basset horn]
Clarinetist Larry
Combs [Principal, Chicago
Symphony Orchestra]
Saxophonist
David Pituch
Saxophonist Frederick
Hemke
Saxophonist Alina
Mleczko
Bassoonist
Milan Turkovic
Bassoonist/Conductor/Composer Arthur Weisberg
Contrabassoonist Susan Nigro
Trumpeter
Crispian Steele-Perkins
Trumpeter Timofei
Dokshizer
Trumpeter Rolf
Smedvig [Empire Brass]
Trumpeter Ross
Beacraft [Chicago Brass Quintet]
Trumpeter/Conductor Stephen Burns [Founder,
Fulcrum Point New Music Project]
Horn Player
Dale Clevenger [Principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra]
Trombonist Christian
Lindberg
Trombonist Charles
Vernon [Bass Trombone, Chicago Symphony Orchestra]
Trombonist/Conductor Jay Friedman [Principal,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra]
Tubist Harvey
Phillips
Tubist Samuel
Pilafian [Empire Brass]
Tubist Gene
Pokorny [Principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra]
Percussionist Evelyn Glennie
Accordionist Robert
Davine
Concert Manager Henry Fogel
[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]
Soprano Evelyn
Lear
Soprano Phyllis
Curtin
Soprano Phyllis
Bryn-Julson
Soprano Kari
Lövaas
Soprano Neva
Pilgrim
Soprano Cristina
Deutekom
Soprano Dame
Margaret Price
Soprano Helen
Donath
Soprano Dame
Eva Turner
Soprano Martina
Arroyo
Soprano Isobel
Buchanan
Soprano Dame Felicity
Lott
Soprano Bethany
Beardslee
Soprano Marni
Nixon
Soprano Ileana
Cotrubaș
Soprano Roberta
Peters [Two Interviews]
Soprano Lorna
Haywood
Soprano Norma
Burrowes
Soprano Judith
Blegen
Soprano Elly
Ameling
Soprano Benita
Valente
Soprano Eleanor
Steber
Soprano Carol
Vaness
Soprano
Gwyneth Jones
Soprano Elisabeth
Söderström
Soprano Cecilia
Gasdia
Soprano Eva Mei
Soprano Ghena
Dimitrova
Soprano Arleen
Augér
Soprano Karita
Mattila
Soprano Mariella
Devia
Soprano Renée
Fleming
Soprano Nadine
Secunde
Soprano Tina
Kiberg
Soprano Susan
Dunn
Soprano
Judith Nelson
Soprano Marie
McLaughlin
Soprano
Brenda Roberts
Soprano Lucy
Shelton
Soprano Anna
Moffo
Soprano Barbara
Ann Martin
Soprano Linda
Zoghby
Soprano Lella
Cuberli
Soprano Christine
Brandes
Soprano Ellen
Hargis
Soprano Edith
Mathis
Soprano Reri
Grist
Soprano Wilhelmenia
Fernandez
Soprano Deborah
Voigt
Soprano Mary Beth
Peil
Soprano Sylvia
McNair
Soprano Nancy
Gustafson
Soprano Helen
Boatwright
Soprano Angelina
Réaux
Soprano Julianne
Baird
Soprano Elizabeth
Hynes
Soprano Emily
Magee
Soprano Constance
Hauman
Soprano Jane
Eaglen
Soprano Daniela
Dessì
Soprano Ashley
Putnam
Soprano Luciana
Serra
Soprano
Carol Neblett
Soprano
Barbara Daniels
Soprano Carole Farley
Soprano Sharon Sweet
Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano Regina Resnik
Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano Anja Silja
Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano Felicity Palmer
Soprano/Composer Joan La Barbara
Soprano/Conductor Anne Marie Ketchum
Soprano/Conductor
Susan Davenny Wyner
Soprano/Director Graziella Sciutti
Soprano and Conductor Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir
John Pritchard
Soprano and Tenor Judith Raddue and
Carl Tanner
Mezzo-Soprano Risë Stevens
Mezzo-Soprano Dolora Zajick
Mezzo-Soprano Brigitte Fassbaender
Mezzo-Soprano
Herta Glaz
Mezzo-Soprano
Anna Reynolds
Mezzo-Soprano Tatiana Troyanos
Mezzo-Soprano
Patricia Kern
Mezzo-Soprano Sonia Sharnova
Mezzo-Soprano Giulietta Simionato
Mezzo-Soprano
Elena Zilio
Mezzo-Soprano Florence Quivar
Mezzo-Soprano Ann Murray
Mezzo-Soprano Sandra Warfield
Mezzo-Soprano Janice Taylor
Mezzo-Soprano Martha Lipton
Mezzo-Soprano Jennifer Larmore
[Two Interviews]
Mezzo-Soprano Nancy Maultsby
Mezzo-Soprano Hilda Harris
Mezzo-Soprano Denyce Graves
Mezzo-Soprano
Diane Curry
Mezzo-Soprano Robynne Redmon
Mezzo-Soprano Anita Berry
Mezzo-Soprano Cynthia Munzer
Mezzo-Soprano Constance Beavon
Mezzo-Soprano Frederica von Stade
[Two Interviews]
Mezzo-Soprano Sandra Walker
Mezzo-Soprano Delores Ziegler
Mezzo-Soprano Stefania Toczyska
Mezzo-Soprano Carol Madalin
Mezzo-Soprano Janice Felty
Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano Shirley Verrett
Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano Kay Griffel
Mezzo-Soprano and Bass-Baritone Mimi Lerner and
Monte Jaffe
Mezzo-Soprano and Bass Fiorenza Cossotto
and Ivo Vinco
Mezzo-Soprano and Conductor Melanie Sonnenberg and
Bradley Vieth
Contralto Bernadette
Manca di Nissa
Counter-tenor Christopher Robson
Counter-tenor
Derek Lee Ragin
Tenor Carlo
Bergonzi
Tenor Rockwell
Blake
Tenor Wiesław
Ochman
Tenor Graham
Clark
Tenor Ryland
Davies
Tenor Ragnar
Ulfung
Tenor Anthony
Rolfe Johnson
Tenor Émile
Belcourt
Tenor Gösta
Winbergh [Two Interviews]
Tenor Neil Shicoff
Tenor Peter
Dvorský
Tenor Michael
Schade
Tenor Paul Sperry
Tenor Ernst
Haefliger
Tenor Poul Elming
Tenor Kurt Streit
Tenor Vyacheslav
Polozov
Tenor Vladimir
Galouzine
Tenor Chris
Merritt [Two Interviews]
Tenor Bruce Ford
Tenor Thomas
Young
Tenor Vinson Cole
Tenor Richard
Leech [Two Interviews]
Tenor Jonathan
Welch
Tenor Gregory
Kunde
Tenor Michael
Ballam
Tenor Michael
Sylvester
Tenor Kenneth
Riegel
Tenor Frank
Lopardo
Tenor Robert
White
Comprimario Tenor Piero De Palma
Tenor/Administrator Frank Little
Tenor/Administrator John Vorrasi
Tenor/Administrator David Lloyd
Tenor/Conductor Peter Schreier
Tenor/Director
Laurence Dale
Baritone Hermann
Prey
Baritone Nikolai
Putilin
Baritone Richard
Stilwell
Baritone Frank
Guarrera
Baritone Sir
Thomas Allen
Baritone Renato
Capecchi
Baritone Thomas
Hampson
Baritone and Oboist John Shirley-Quirk and
Sara Watkins
Baritone Pablo
Elvira
Baritone
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Baritone/Author Marko Rothmüller
Baritone Rolando
Panerai
Baritone Donnie
Ray Albert
Baritone Max
van Egmond
Baritone David
Pittman-Jennings
Baritone Robert
Merrill
Baritone Brent
Ellis
Baritone Robert
Orth
Baritone William
Stone
Baritone William
Sharp
Baritone Brian
Davis
Baritone Norman
Mittelmann
Baritone Jubilant
Sykes
Baritone
Claudio Desderi
Baritone Wolfgang Schöne
Baritone Alessandro Corbelli
Baritone Timothy Nolen
Baritone Ingvar Wixell
Baritone Roberto Scaltriti
Baritone Lucio Gallo
Baritone Alan Titus
Baritone Jean-Philippe
Lafont
Heldenbariton Hartmut Welker
Baritone/Director/Administrator Philip Kraus
Bass-Baritone
Walter Berry
Bass-Baritone Norman Bailey
Bass-Baritone Heinz Rehfuss
Bass-Baritone José van
Dam
Bass-Baritone Arnold Voketaitis
[Two Interviews]
Bass-Baritone Ruggero Raimondi
Bass-Baritone William Powers
Bass-Baritone
James Morris
Bass Nicola
Zaccaria
Bass Robert Lloyd
Bass Michael
Langdon
Bass John Macurdy
Bass Martti
Talvela
Bass Nicola
Rossi-Lemeni
Bass Sir John
Tomlinson
Bass Gwynne Howell
Bass Richard
Van Allan
Bass Lorenzo
Alvary
Bass Spiro Malas
Bass Samuel Ramey
Bass Jan-Hendrik
Rootering
Bass Nicola Ghiuselev
Bass Ferruccio Furlanetto
Bass Bonaldo Giaiotti
Bass Andrea Silvestrelli
Bass Roberto Scandiuzzi
Bass Carlo Colombara
Bass/Director
Italo Tajo
Bass and Mezzo-Soprano Stafford Dean and Anne
Howells
Chorus Master
Michael Lepore [Lyric Opera of
Chicago, 1954-74]
Actor/Narrator Werner Klemperer
Actor/Director Sam Wanamaker
Actor/Director Frank Galati
Director Sir Peter
Hall
Director John
Copley
Director
Harry Silverstein
Director Dominic
Missimi
Director Arthur
Masella
Director Robert
Tannenbaum
Director
Rhoda Levine
Director Giulio Chazalettes
Director Elijah Moshinsky
Director/Translator Richard Pearlman
Director and Soprano Patrick Bakman and
Gloria Capone
Director and Conductor Marc Verzatt and Lawrence
Rapchak [Third of four
interviews with Rapchak; links to the others
are included]
Director and Conductor Linda Brovsky and Joseph
De Rugeriis [Second interview
with De Rugeriis; link to the first is included]
Director and Designer David Alden and Charles
Edwards
Director and Administrator Mary Zimmerman and
Carl Ratner [Third of three interviews
with Ratner; links to the others are included]
Designer/Director Pier Luigi Samaritani
Designer/Director John Pascoe
Technical Director (later Deputy General Director
and COO) Drew
Landmesser [Lyric Opera
of Chicago, 1987-2006, 2010-2024]
Costume Director (Wardrobe Master) Hugh Pruett
[Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1959-2000]
Wigmaster and Makeup Designer Stan Dufford
[San Francisco Opera, 1956-1968; Lyric
Opera of Chicago, 1972-2000]
Stage Managers Caroline Moores and
John Coleman [Lyric Opera of Chicago,
1994-2015 (Moores);
Production Administrator and
Artistic Services Coordinator Marina Vecci and
Josie Campbell
Boy Soprano, later Administrator, and General Director
William Mason
[Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1954-2011]
Publicist
Danny Newman [Second
of Two Interviews]
Critic/Professor Thomas Willis
[Chicago Tribune]
Critic/Author
Robert C. Marsh [Chicago
Sun-Times]
Critic/Author Bernard Jacobson
[Chicago Daily News]
Critic/Translator Andrew Porter
[The New Yorker, and various
British publications]
Radio Host Karl
Haas [Host of Adventures
in Good Music]
Musicologist
Stanley Sadie [Editor of
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]
Publisher
Hans Heinsheimer [Universal
Edition; Boosey & Hawkes; G. Schirmer]
Lexicographer Nicolas Slonimsky
[Editor of Baker's Biographical
Dictionary of Musicians]
Editor/Broadcaster/Soporano Ruby Mercer
[Founder and Editor of Opera Canada]
Radio Commentator/Author George Jellinek
[Host of The Vocal Scene]
[Two Interviews]
Recording Producer Wilma Cozart Fine
[Mercury Records]
Recording Producer Edward (Ted) Perry
[Hyperion Records]
Recording Producer James Ginsburg
[Cedille Records]
Recording Producer Robert von Bahr
[BIS Records]
Replica Builder J. Paul Barnett
[Cannons and mechanism used
in the 1812 Overture]
Patron Paul Fromm
[Fromm Music Foundation]
CSO Brass Buddies
Concert
COT Good Soldier
Schweik
Interview with Conductor
Nicholas Cleobury
Woodstock Mozart
Festival
Interview with
Violinist Maxim Vengerov
Interview with
Pianist Alexander Toradze
Interview with
Mezzo-Soprano Vesselina Kasarova
Interview with
Tenor Ramón Vargas
Mezzo-Soprano Teresa Berganza
[September, 1985]
Bass Terry Cook
[December, 1985]
Soprano Marilyn
Zschau [March, 1986]
Director Nathaniel
Merrill [June, 1986]*
Quizmaster Edward
Downes [September, 1986]
Mezzo-Soprano Sharon Graham
[December, 1986]
Tenor Vasile
Moldoveanu [March, 1987]*
Conductor Max
Rudolf [June, 1987]*
Prompter Jane
Klaviter [December, 1987]*
Opera Manager/Author The Earl of Harewood
[March, 1988]
Opera Producer Boris Goldovsky
[June, 1988]
Soprano Ellen
Shade [September, 1988]
Opera Producer
Robert Gay [December,
1988]
Baritone
Lenus Carlson [March,
1989]*
Opera Manager Marc Belfort
[June, 1989]
Opera Manager Ardis Krainik
[September, 1989]
Opera Manager
Glynn Ross [December,
1989]
Bass William
Warfield [March, 1990]
Composer and Librettist/Director Lee Goldstein and
Charles Kondek [June, 1990]
Chorus Master David Stivender
[September, 1990]
Director Frank
Corsaro [December, 1990]
Opera Manager Martin Feinstein
[March, 1991]
Conductor Emerson
Buckley [June, 1991]
Historian/Scholar Philip Gossett
[September, 1991]
Director Robert
Wilson [December, 1991]
Mezzo-Soprano Jean Kraft
[March, 1992]*
Director Peter
Sellars [June, 1992]*
Composer Marvin
David Levy [September,
1992]
Soprano Sheri
Greenawald [December,
1992]
Tenor Neil
Rosenshein [March, 1993]
Baritone Peter
Glossop [June, 1993]*
Soprano Alpha
Floyd [September, 1993]
Director Sandro
Sequi [December, 1993]
Conductor/Director Sarah Caldwell
[March, 1994]
Librettist Harvey
Hess [June, 1994]*
Bass Jerome Hines
[September, 1994]
Captain of Supers Ken Recu
[December, 1994]
Director Bodo
Igesz [March, 1995]
Soprano Gianna
Rolandi [June, 1995]
Countertenor Jeffrey
Gall [September, 1995]
Soprano Kathryn
Harries [March, 1996]
Bass Eric Halfvarson
[September, 1996]
Tenor Paul
Groves [June/September, 1998]
Lighting Designer Duane Schuler
[December, 1998]
Soprano Laura Aikin
[March, 1999]
Bass Mark S. Doss
[June, 1999]
Tenor Thomas
Moser [September, 2000]
Composer Robert
Ward [December, 2000] [Pulitzer Prize, 1962]
Soprano Patricia
Racette [March, 2001]
Mezzo-Soprano
Susan Graham [June, 2001]
Chorus Master Donald Palumbo
[September, 2001]
Baritone Alexandru
Agache [December, 2001]
Tenor George
Shirley [March, 2002]
Conductor
Yakov Kreizberg [June,
2002]
Soprano Leontina
Vaduva [September, 2002]
Baritone Rodney
Gilfry [June, 2003]
Tenor David
Cangelosi [September/December,
2003]
Soprano Sheryl
Woods [March, 2004]
Mezzo-Soprano Gillian Knight
[June, 2004]
Bass-Baritone John Del Carlo
[December, 2005]
Tenor Robin
Leggate [June, 2006]
Ballet Master Maria Tallchief
[September, 2006]
Soprano Andrea
Gruber [March, 2007]
Conductor Emmanuel
Villaume [June, 2007]
Designer John
Conklin [September, 2007]
Bass Franz Hawlata
[March, 2008]
Conductor Antonio
Pappano [June, 2008]
Director Harold
Prince [September, 2008]
Mezzo-Soprano Michelle DeYoung
[December, 2008]
Soprano June
Anderson [2010 #1 & #2 (Double Issue)]
Tenor Donald
Kaasch [2010 #3 & #4 (Double Issue)]
Soprano Barbara
Bonney [2011 #1 & #2 (Double Issue)]
Soprano Régine
Crespin (Also in 2011 #1
& #2)
Basso Buffo Paolo Montarsolo
(Also in 2011 #1 & #2)
Conductor Lorin
Maazel [2011 #3 & #4
(Double Issue)]
Baritone/Director Tito Gobbi
[2012 #1]
Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano Margaret Harshaw
[2012 #2]
Composer Hugo
Weisgall [2012 #3]
Soprano Leonie
Rysanek [2012 #4]
Baritone Theodor
Uppman [2013 #1]
Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano Grace Bumbry
(Also Opera Scene March, 1983)
[2013 #2]
Tenor James King
[2013 #3]
Tenor James
McCracken [2013 #4]
Mezzo-Soprano
Marilyn Horne [2014 #1]
Soprano Licia
Albanese (Also Massenet Newsletter July,
1989) [2014 #2]
Soprano and Tenor Pierrette Alarie
and Léopold Simoneau [Two Interviews
with both singers together]
Actor/Director Sir Peter Ustinov
[2015 #1]
Tenor John Aler
[2015 #2]
Bass-Baritone
Donald Gramm (Also Massenet
Newsletter July, 1985) [2015 #3]
Composer Jack
Beeson [2015 #4]
Conductor
Stewart Robertson [2016
#1]
Soprano Mattiwilda
Dobbs [2016 #2]
Director John
Cox [2016 #3]
Baritone Cornell
MacNeil [2016 #4]
Composer Libby
Larsen [2017 #1]
Tenor Ian
Bostridge [2017 #2]
Conductor Riccardo
Chailly [2017 #3]
Baritone
Piero Cappuccilli [2017
#4]
Contralto
Maureen Forrester [2018
#1]
Vocal Coach Janine
Reiss [2018 #2]
Actor/Director Charles Nelson Reilly
[2019 #1]
Soprano Dawn
Upshaw [2019 #2]
Conductor/Composer Esa-Pekka Salonen
[2020 #1]
Tenor William
Brown [2020 #2]
Property Master Thomas Gilbert
[Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1973-2011]
[2021 #1]
Bass-Baritone/Director Andrew Foldi
[2021 #2]
All Mozart, All
the Time (January 26, 2001)
The Heifetz Centennial
(February 2, 2001)
The Trojans at Orchestra
Hall (February 9, 2001)
Love & Music
(February 16, 2001)
Schubert Celebration
on WFMT (February 23, 2001)
Presenting Lawrence
Rapchak (March 2, 2001)
The Death of WNIB
(March 9, 2001)
Alfred Brendel
at Orchestra Hall (April 13, 2001)
Verdi Requiem at Orchestra
Hall (April 20, 2001)
Boulez and Uchida
at Orchestra Hall (April 27, 2001)
Bach Week in Evanston
(May 4, 2001)
Heldenbariton Noel Tyl
[October, 1980]
Mezzo-Soprano Ruža Baldani
[December, 1980]
Conductor
Marek Janowski [Two
Interviews] [January & March,
1981 (Two Parts)]
Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano Janis Martin
[April, 1981] (Also Opera
Scene, October, 1982)
Bass Hans Sotin
[June, 1981] (Also
Opera Scene, October, 1982)
Mezzo-Contralto Geraldine Decker
[Summer, 1981]
Article about Producer Gian Carlo Menotti
(with quotes from my interview) [Summer, 1981]
Tenor Hermann
Winkler [September, 1981]
Tenor William
Johns [November, 1981]
Conductor James
Levine [December, 1981]
(Also Opera Scene, July, 1982)
"The First Digital
Tristan; A Talk with the Maestro, the
Hero and the Boss" [February,
1982]
Baritone Thomas
Stewart [Two Interviews] [March,
1982]
Mezzo-Soprano Yvonne Minton
[Two Interviews] [May,
1982]
Tenor David
Gordon [May, 1982] (Also Opera Scene,
November, 1982)
Soprano Johanna
Meier [Summer, 1982]
Bass-Baritone Tom Krause
[December, 1982]
Conductor Ferdinand
Leitner [January, 1983]
Bass-Baritone
Simon Estes [April, 1983]
Bass-Baritone Siegmund Nimsgern
[July, 1983] (Also
Opera Scene, April, 1983)
Mezzo-Soprano Blanche Thebom
[August, 1983]
Conductor
Erich Leinsdorf [Two
Interviews] [June, 1984]
Soprano Eva
Marton [Two Interviews]
[November, 1984]
"Wagner in Chicago
Before Lyric -- The Resident Companies at Home and on Tour 1910-1946"
[March, 1985]
Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano Helga Dernesch
[July, 1985]
Mezzo-Soprano Nadine Denize
[October, 1985]
Bass Don Garrard
[March, 1986]
Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano Rose Bampton
[April, 1986]
"Seattle and
the New Ring" [Summer, 1986]
Tenor Jon Vickers
[October, 1986]
Conductor
Sir John Pritchard
[February, 1987] [Second of three interviews;
links to the others are included]
Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano Martha Mödl
[March, 1987]
Baritone Julian
Patrick [July, 1987]
Conductor Edwin
McArthur [September, 1987]
Soprano Anna Tomowa-Sintow
[December, 1987]
Conductor
Maurice Abravanel [January,
1988] (Also Massenet Newsletter,
July, 1986)
Bass Giorgio
Tozzi [March, 1988]
Bass Kurt Moll
[May, 1988]
Conductor Christopher
Keene [September, 1988]
Director August
Everding [October, 1988]
Baritone Roger
Roloff [February, 1989]
Soprano Birgit
Nilsson [Summer, 1989]
Bass William
Wildermann [December, 1989]
Bass-Baritone
Archie Drake [April, 1990]
Administrator/Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler
[September, 1990]
Conductor Hermann
Michael [May, 1991]
Tenor Jean Cox
[January, 1992]
Conductor Michel
Plasson [January, 1982]
Tenor Alfredo
Kraus [July, 1982] (Also Opera Scene,
August, 1982)
Conductor Jean
Fournet [January, 1983]
Conductor Julius
Rudel [July, 1983]
Massenet,
Mary Garden, and the Chicago Opera 1910-1932
[January, 1984]
Tenor André
Jobin [June, 1984]
Soprano Valerie
Masterson [January,
1985]
Mezzo-Soprano
Alicia Nafé [July, 1985]
Bass-Baritone
Donald Gramm [July, 1985]
(Also The Opera Journal, 2015,
#3)
Soprano Bidú
Sayão [January,
1986]
Baritone Martial
Singher [January, 1986]
Mezzo-Soprano Lucia Valentini
Terrani [January, 1986]
Soprano Helen
Jepson [July, 1986]
Conductor
Maurice Abravanel [July,
1986] (Also Wagner News, January,
1988)
Conductor/Composer Manuel Rosenthal
[January, 1987]
Mezzo-Soprano Kathleen Kuhlmann
[January, 1987]
Soprano Dorothy
Kirsten [July, 1987]
Tenor Barry
McCauley [July, 1987]
Historian Anne
Bessand-Massenet [January,
1988]
Mezzo-Soprano Susanne Mentzer
[Two Interviews] [January,
1988]
Tenor Jerry
Hadley [Two Interviews] [July,
1988]
Mezzo-Soprano
Wendy White [January, 1989]
Baritone William
Parker [January, 1989]
Soprano Licia
Albanese [July 1989] (Also The
Opera Journal, 2014, #2)
Baritone Sherrill
Milnes [Two Interviews]
[January, 1990]
Soprano Sunny
Joy Langton [January, 1990]
Soprano and Conductor Joan Sutherland
and Richard Bonynge
[July, 1990]
Soprano Catherine
Malfitano [January,
1991]
Soprano Renata
Scotto [July, 1991]
Baritone Dale
Duesing [January, 1992]
Soprano Jarmila
Novotná [June,
1992]
Tenor Jacque
Trussel [January, 1993]
Soprano Faith
Esham [July, 1993]
Soprano and Bass Mirella Freni and Nicolai
Ghiaurov [Two Interviews with
both singers together] [September, 1984]
Baritone J.
Patrick Raftery [November,
1984]
Baritone Benjamin
Luxon [January, 1986]
Conductor/Pianist Daniel Barenboim
[Two Interviews] [March,
1986]
Mezzo-Soprano
Mignon Dunn [May, 1986]
Composer Steve
Reich [Two Interviews] [July,
1986]
Tenor Francisco
Araiza [Two Interviews] [September,
1986]
Director/Manager Lotfi Mansouri
[November, 1986]
Conductor Michael
Tilson Thomas [First of
Two Interviews; link to the second is included]
[March, 1987]
Composer Donald
Erb [Pulitzer Finalist, 1995] [1987,
but unpublished due to the demise of this magazine]
Director Sonja
Frisell [1987, but unpublished due to the demise
of this magazine]
Soprano Ruth
Welting [May, 1982]
Conductor
Bruno Bartoletti [Three
Interivews] [May, 1982]
Tenor William
Eichorn [July, 1982]**
Conductor James
Levine [July, 1982]
(Also Wagner News, December, 1981)
Bass Paul Plishka
[Two Interviews] [August, 1982]
Tenor Alfredo
Kraus [August, 1982] (Also Massenet
Newsletter, July, 1982)
Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano Janis Martin
[October, 1982] (Also Wagner
News, April, 1981)
Bass Hans Sotin
[October, 1982]
(Also Wagner News, July, 1981)
Soprano Josephine
Barstow [November, 1982]
Tenor David
Gordon [November, 1982]** (Also Wagner
News, May, 1982)
Baritone
Sesto Bruscantini [December,
1982]
Comprimario Tenor Florindo Andreolli
[December, 1982]
Soprano Elena
Mauti-Nunziata [January,
1983]
Tenor Giuliano
Ciannella [January, 1983]
Artistic Director Alan Stone
[Founder of the Chicago Opera Theater]
[Four Interviews] [February,
1983]
Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano Grace Bumbry
[March, 1983] (Also The
Opera Journal, 2013 #2)
Tenor Gualtiero
Negrini [March, 1983]**
Bass-Baritone Siegmund Nimsgern
[April, 1983]
(Also Wagner News, July, 1983)
Conductor
Joseph De Rugeriis [April,
1983]** (First of two interviews; link
to the other is included)
Mezzo-Soprano Claudine Carlson
[May, 1983]
Soprano Michelle Harman
Gulick [May, 1983]**
