Interviews and Articles by BRUCE  DUFFIE published in:
The Opera Journal The Instrumentalist New Music Connoisseur Wagner News The Massenet Newsletter CityTalk Nit & Wit Magazine Opera Scene Avenue M Magazine Opera Canada WNIB Program Guide





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These interviews have been published in The Opera Journal

#3, 1985 Mezzo-Soprano TERESA BERGANZA
#4, 1985 Bass TERRY COOK

#1, 1986 Soprano MARILYN ZSCHAU
#2, 1986 Director NATHANIEL MERRILL
#3, 1986 Quizmaster EDWARD DOWNES
#4, 1986 Mezzo-Soprano SHARON GRAHAM

#1, 1987 Tenor VASILE MODOVEANU
#2, 1987 Conductor MAX RUDOLF
#4, 1987 Prompter JANE KLAVITER

#1, 1988 Manager/Historian LORD HAREWOOD
#2, 1988 Producer/Coach BORIS GOLDOVSKY
#3, 1988 Soprano ELLEN SHADE
#4, 1988 Producer/Coach JOHN GAY

#1, 1989 Baritone LENUS CARLSON
#2, 1989 Manager MARC BELFORT
#3, 1989 Manager ARDIS KRAINIK
#4, 1989 Manager GLYNN ROSS

#1, 1990 Bass WILLIAM WARFIELD
#2, 1990 Composer LEO GOLDSTEIN & Librettist CHARLES KONDEK
#3, 1990 Chorus Master DAVID STIVENDER
#4, 1990 Director FRANK CORSARO

#1, 1991 Manager MARTIN FEINSTEIN
#2, 1991 Conductor EMERSON BUCKLEY
#3, 1991 Scholar PHILIP GOSSETT
#4, 1991 Director ROBERT WILSON

#1, 1992 Mezzo-Soprano JEAN KRAFT
#2, 1992 Director PETER SELLERS
#3, 1992 Composer MARVIN DAVID LEVY
#4, 1992 Soprano SHERI GREENAWALD

#1, 1993 Tenor NEIL ROSENSHEIN
#2, 1993 Baritone PETER GLOSSOP
#3, 1993 Soprano ALPHA FLOYD
#4, 1993 Director SANDRO SEQUI

#1, 1994 Conductor/Producer SARAH CALDWELL
#2, 1994 Librettist HARVEY HESS
#3, 1994 Bass JEROME HINES
#4, 1994 Captain of Supers KEN RECU

#1, 1995 Director BODO IGESZ
#2, 1995 Soprano GIANNA ROLANDI
#3, 1995 Counter-Tenor JEFFREY GALL

#1, 1996 Soprano KATHRYN HARRIES
#3, 1996 Bass ERIC HALFVARSON

#2, 1998 Tenor PAUL GROVES
#4, 1998 Lighting Designer DUANE SCHULER

#1, 1999 Soprano LAURA AIKIN
#2, 1999 Bass MARK S. DOSS

#3, 2000 Tenor THOMAS MOSER
#4, 2000 Composer ROBERT WARD

#1, 2001 Soprano PATRICIA RACETTE
#2, 2001 Mezzo-Soprano SUSAN GRAHAM
#3, 2001 Chorus Master DONALD PALUMBO
#4, 2001 Baritone ALEXANDRU AGACHE

#1, 2002 Tenor GEORGE SHIRLEY
#2, 2002 Conductor YAKOV KREIZBERG
#3, 2002 Soprano LEONTINA VADUVA

#3, 2003 Baritone RODNEY GILFRY
#4, 2003 Tenor DAVID CANGELOSI

#1, 2004 Soprano SHERYL WOODS
#2, 2004 Mezzo-Soprano GILLIAN KNIGHT

#4, 2005 Bass-Baritone JOHN DEL CARLO

#2, 2006 Tenor ROBIN LEGGATE
#3, 2006 Ballet Master MARIA TALLCHIEF







This interview has been published in The Instrumentalist

October, 1995 Conductor SIR GEORG SOLTI (Cover Article)






These interviews have been published in New Music Connoisseur

Spring, 2001 Composer JOAN TOWER
Summer, 2001 Composer EASLEY BLACKWOOD
Fall, 2001 Composer BRIAN FENNELLY
Winter, 2001 Composer KAREL HUSA

Spring, 2002 Composer ROBERT CARL
Summer, 2002 Composer VIRGIL THOMSON
Fall, 2002 Composer ELIZABETH AUSTIN

Summer, 2003 Pianist DAVID HOLZMAN
Fall/Winter, 2003 Composer RUTH SCHONTHAL

Spring, 2004 Composer GEORGE WALKER

Spring/Summer, 2005 Composer ALAN HOVHANESS

Summer/Fall, 2006 Composer WILLIAM MAYER
Fall/Winter, 2006 Soprano ELSA CHARLSTON

Spring/Summer, 2008 Composer LEO KRAFT
Winter/Spring, 2008-2009 Composer ELLIOTT CARTER







These interviews have been published in Wagner News

October, 1980 Baritone NOEL TYL
December, 1980 Mezzo-Soprano RUZA BALDANI

January & March, 1981 Conductor MAREK JANOWSKI (Two Parts)
April, 1981 Soprano JANIS MARTIN
June, 1981 Bass HANS SOTIN
Summer, 1981 Contralto GERALDINE DECKER
     Article on Producer GIAN CARLO MENOTTI with quotes from my interview
September, 1981 Tenor HERMANN WINKLER
November, 1981 Tenor WILLIAM JOHNS
     Article on Baritone ROGER ROLOFF
Dececember, 1981 Conductor JAMES LEVINE

February, 1982 Conductor REGINALD GOODALL, Tenor JOHN MITCHINSON,
                  and Manager BRIAN McMASTER
March, 1982 Baritone THOMAS STEWART
May, 1982 Mezzo-Soprano YVONNE MINTON
     Tenor DAVID GORDON
Summer, 1982 Soprano JOHANNA MEIER
     Report on Wagner casting at the Metropolitan Opera
     (News items from conversation with James Levine)
Dececember, 1982 Baritone TOM KRAUSE

January, 1983 Conductor FERDINAND LEITNER
April, 1983 Bass-Baritone SIMON ESTES
July, 1983 Baritone SIEGMUND NIMSGERN
August, 1983 Mezzo-Soprano BLANCHE THEBOM

June, 1984 Conductor ERICH LEINSDORF
November, 1984 Soprano EVA MARTON

March, 1985 Article "Wagner in Chicago before Lyric --
                                      The Resident Companies at Home and on Tour"
July, 1985 Soprano HELGA DERNESCH
September, 1985 Review of the new production of Die Walküre in Seattle,
     with quotes from my interview with LINDA KELM
October, 1985 Mezzo-Soprano NADINE DENIZE

March, 1986 Bass DON GARRARD
April, 1986 Soprano ROSE BAMPTON
Summer, 1986 Conductor ARMIN JORDAN and Director FRANÇOIS ROCHAIX
     Designer ROBERT ISRAEL
October, 1986 Tenor JON VICKERS

February, 1987 Conductor SIR JOHN PRITCHARD
March, 1987 Mezzo-Soprano MARTHA MÖDL
July, 1987 Baritone JULIAN PATRICK
September, 1987 Conductor EDWIN McARTHUR
December, 1987 Soprano ANNA TOMOWA-SINTOW

January, 1988 Conductor MAURICE ABRAVANEL
March, 1988 Bass GIORGIO TOZZI
June, 1988 Bass KURT MOLL
September, 1988 Conductor CHRISTOPHER KEENE
October, 1988 Director AUGUST EVERDING

February, 1989 Baritone ROGER ROLOFF
Summer, 1989 Soprano BIRGIT NILSSON
December, 1989 Bass WILLIAM WILDERMANN

April, 1990 Bass ARCHIE DRAKE
September, 1990 Conductor KURT ADLER

May, 1991 Conductor HERMANN MICHAEL

January, 1992 Tenor JEAN COX






These interviews have been published in The Massenet Newsletter

January, 1982 Conductor MICHEL PLASSON
July, 1982 Tenor ALFREDO KRAUS

January, 1983 Conductor JEAN FOURNET
July, 1983 Conductor JULIUS RUDEL

January 1984 Article "Massenet, Mary Garden, and the Chicago Opera 1910-1930"
June, 1984 Tenor ANDRÉ JOBIN

January, 1985 Soprano VALERIE MASTERSON
July, 1985 Mezzo-Soprano ALICIA NAFÉ
          Bass DONALD GRAMM

January, 1986 Soprano BIDÚ SAYÃO
          Baritone MARTIAL SINGHER
          Mezzo-Soprano LUCIA VALENTINI-TERRANI
July, 1986 Soprano HELEN JEPSON
          Conductor MAURICE ABRAVANEL

January, 1987 Conductor/Composer MANUEL ROSENTHAL
          Mezzo-Soprano KATHLEEN KUHLMANN
July, 1987 Soprano DOROTHY KIRSTIN
          Tenor BARRY McCAULY

January, 1988 Historian ANNE BESSAND-MASSENET
          Mezzo-Soprano SUSANNE MENTZER
July, 1988 Tenor JERRY HADLEY

January, 1989 Mezzo-Soprano WENDY WHITE
          Baritone WILLIAM PARKER
July 1989 Soprano LICIA ALBANESE

January 1990 Baritone SHERRILL MILNES
          Soprano SUNNY JOY LANGTON
July, 1990 Soprano JOAN SUTHERLAND and Conductor RICHARD BONYNGE

January, 1991 Soprano CATHERINE MALFITANO
July, 1991 Soprano RENATA SCOTTO

January, 1992 Baritone DALE DUESING
July, 1992 Soprano JARMILA NOVOTNA

January, 1993 Tenor JACQUE TRUSSEL
July, 1993 Soprano FAITH ESHAM

          [The Archives of the Massenet Society have been given
                    to the University of Maine, Orono, ME]







These articles have been published in CityTalk Magazine (including interviews)

January 26, 2001 All Mozart, All the Time
February 2, 2001 The Heifetz Centennial (Violinist Elizabeth Matesky)
February 9, 2001 The Trojans at Orchestra Hall
March 9, 2001 The Death of WNIB
April 20, 2001 Verdi Requiem at Orchestra Hall (Chorus Master Duain Wolfe)
April 27, 2001 Boulez and Uchida at Orchestra Hall (Pianist Mitsuko Uchida)
May 4, 2001 Bach Week in Evanston (Conductor Richard Webster)






These interviews have been published in Nit & Wit Magazine Bruce Duffie, Music Editor (1986)

Sept/Oct, 1984 Soprano MIRELLA FRENI and Bass NICOLAI GHIAUROV
Nov/Dec, 1984 Baritone J. PATRICK RAFTERY

Jan/Feb, 1986 Baritone BENJAMIN LUXON
Mar/Apr, 1986 Conductor/Pianist DANIEL BARENBOIM
May/June, 1986 Mezzo-Soprano MIGNON DUNN
July/Aug, 1986 Composer STEVE REICH
Sept/Oct, 1986 Tenor FRANCISCO ARAIZA
Nov/Dec, 1986 Director LOTFI MANSOURI

Mar/Apr, 1987 Conductor MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS












This interview has been published in Avenue M Magazine

Fall, 1985 Baritone WOLFGANG BRENDEL






This article has been published in Opera Canada

Fall, 1981 Performance Review of The Egg by Menotti (in which the composer took part)






These articles have been published in WNIB Program Guide [Articles calling attention to special programming during the month]

February, 1979 Recordings by Maria Callas (with cover caricature)
June, 1979 The Bernstein-Norton Lectures

April, 1980 Music of Frederic Chopin
May, 1980 Wagner Week in Chicago (with cover caricature)
June, 1980 Operas of Meyerbeer (with cover caricature)
                    Note on series of recordings by Robert Stolz

October, 1983 Baritone Tito Gobbi (with quote from interview)

April, 1985 Fiorenza Cossotto - a Golden Voice (interview)

April, 1986 Antal Dorati at 80 (interview)

March, 2000 Pierre Boulez at 75






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