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Tuesday, December 02, 2003
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  • Soprano Deborah Voight
    Soprano Deborah Voight

    Divas and Pipas

    American soprano Deborah Voigt is a regular guest at the world's top opera companies, where she sings the vocally demanding roles of Strauss and Wagner. This month, she’s starring at the Metropolitan Opera in one of her signature roles, the Empress in Strauss's mystical fable “Die Frau ohne Schatten” ("The Woman Without a Shadow"). But today on Soundcheck, she offers a glimpse at the more intimate side of her artistry, when she performs a selection of holiday favorites. Speaking of the Met, the vaunted company made headlines last week when it announced that, for the first time in its 120-year history, it will take a break in the middle of its season. New York Times cultural reporter Robin Pogrebin brings us up to speed on the announcement. And Chinese pipa virtuoso Min Xiao-Fen stops by to discuss her activities honoring jazz legend Thelonious Monk.

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    • Irma Thomas

    Irma Thomas

    Soundcheck

    August 22, 2008
    New Orleans singer Irma Thomas has survived 50 years in the music business - and at least two hurricanes. She joins us to talk about her record, Simply Grand.

    Bon Iver

    Soundcheck

    July 30, 2008
    Singer-songwriter Justin Vernon spent a winter holed up in his father's hunting cabin in remote Wisconsin, recording songs about solitude that would be released under the name Bon Iver. He joins us to play some of them live.

    Billboard Chart

    Who's On Top and Who Should Be?

    Soundcheck

    August 14, 2008
    Soundcheck looks at the artists who are reigning atop the Billboard albums chart -- and what their rankings tell us about the state of pop music.

    Janelle Monae

    The Next Big Things

    Soundcheck

    Paste magazine editor-in-chief Josh Jackson joins us to talk about Johnny Flynn, Janelle Monae, Bon Iver, Amy MacDonald and other must-hear artists who made Paste’s list of "The Best of What’s Next: 26 Emerging Artists You Should Know."

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