The Leonard Lopate Show: "The Welcome Shore"

"The Welcome Shore"

The Met Opera's mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke joins us to talk about her performance in "The Welcome Shore," a hymn to rivers and oceans, at Merkin Concert Hall May 19 and 21. The concert includes music by Schubert, Noel Coward, Debussy Faure, Guastavino, Pauline Viardot and Rachmaninoff. Ticket and show time info here.

Guests:

Sasha Cooke

Comments [1]

Julian from Manhattan

Leonard, you're usually so on target, and of course, it may be a matter of opinion, but please, leave your personal prejudices out. German has a natural iambic rhythm, and Russian is a glorious language to sing in. Without slighting the French, how many acknowledged masterpieces of opera are French, as opposed to German? Maybe if you spoke some of these languages you would know better. What you said is such a stereotype, which has arisen out of ignorance!

May. 15 2009 01:15 PM

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