Singer
Music: Where the money comes from
Touring, funding, streams, royalties, merch - making a living as a local musician can be a rollercoaster. Audio
Lisa Della Casa (1919-2012)
Tribute to soprano Lisa Della Casa by Roger Flury and Des Wilson. Video, Audio
George performs her debut single 'Vacant Cities'
Smokefree Rockquest winner Georgia Lines, aka George, has just released her debut single Vacant Cities. She tells Jesse Mulligan that since winning the school music competition back in 2014, she's… Audio
Ten young New Zealand women making their mark in music
The future for classical music in New Zealand looks bright if these young women are anything to go by.
Brian Kay and The King's Singers (Part 2)
Tim Dodd talks with Brian Kay, the original bass in the all-male a cappella group formed in the mid-sixties by six friends at King's College, Cambridge and still going strong. Programme two of two. Audio
Shortland Street's Jarod Rawiri on family, fame and acting
Just One Thing is a new podcast series presented and produced by Sonia Sly. In this episode she chats candidly to Shortland Street actor Jarod Rawiri about a childhood toy that's looking a little… Audio
Galina Vishnevskaya - A Tribute
Roger Flury and Des Wilson discuss the extraordinary life and career of the Russian soprano who survived childhood poverty, disease, the siege of Leningrad, political persecution and even exile to… Audio
Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943) - Part Two: Between the Wars
The Parisian salon hostess La Princesse de Polignac was an American heiress to the vast Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Winnaretta Singer married into the French nobility and became an important… Audio
Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943) - Part One: La Belle Epoque
The Parisian salon hostess La Princesse de Polignac was an American heiress to the vast Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Winnaretta Singer married into the French nobility and became an important… Audio
Old Man River
The life and songs of heroic political activist Paul Robeson, with emerging UK black actor/writer Tayo Aluko, his production Call Mr Robeson toured New Zealand earlier this year. Audio
The Sampler - Aldous Harding
A unique new voice has emerged from Lyttleton, which Nick Bollinger says 'shifts the air with rarefied grace'. Nick takes a listen to the self-titled debut from Aldous Harding. Audio
Carlo Bergonzi (1924-2014)
Roger Flury and Des Wilson look back at the career of the great Italian tenor who as a young man had to choose between cheese-making and opera. Audio
Warwick Fyfe
Versatile Australian baritone Warwick Fyfe talks about his operatic career with Des Wilson. Audio
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Part 2)
Jon Tolansky presents a tribute to the late German baritone. Audio
Oscar Natzka 100
Peter Downes reviews the life and career of the great NZ bass, born 100 years ago. Audio
Elizabeth Connell
Dramatic soprano Elizabeth Connell talked with Christine Argyle in 2007. Audio
Feature Guest - Kurt Elling
Grammy Award-winner Kurt Elling is among the world's foremost jazz vocalists. Born and bred in Chicago, he has been named "Male Vocalist of the Year" in the DownBeat critics poll 12 years in a row… Audio