Studs Terkel interviews soprano Rosa Raisa about her career in Opera.

Renowned soprano, Madame Rosa Raisa discusses her career, early training, Chicago debuts, travels, teaching, and hobbies post opera.

Studs interviews Rolf Liebermann, director and composer, at the Hamburische Staatsoper in Hamburg, Germany. Liebermann explains some history of previous directors and performances. Many artists and operas are mentioned, but only a few were focused on in detail. Liebermann explains details about the operation of the opera highlighting the budget and the functions of the opera house. The recording stops short toward the end of the interview.

Composer and Pulitzer prize winner for music Roger Sessions discusses his music and its reception by the Russian people. Sessions is known for his admiration for music genres such as modern music and its influence in his compositions.

While their works and forte is classical music, Roger Detmer and Virgil Thomson talk about tape and electronic music. Detmer points out that in some eastern European countries, tape is considered pasee, and yet it's used often to recreate a sound to be used with their orchestras. Both men talk about electronic music and how it's sometimes used to make hand-made music sound artificial.

Robertson Davies, Canadian writer and professor, discusses his newest book, "Lyre of Orpheus," the third book in the "Cornish Trilogy." The summary of the book and its ties to the King Arthur legend are explained.

Studs Terkel and Robert Altman discuss the opera "McTeague" based on Frank Norri's novel of the same name.

Studs Terkel interviews Rita Streich about her recital coming up. He also plays selections from her work for viewers to listen to. She also talks about music during World War II.

Studs Terkel interviews Rita Streich about her recital coming up. He also plays selections from her work for viewers to listen to. She also talks about music during World War II.

Studs Terkel interviews Rita Streich about her recital coming up. He also plays selections from her work for viewers to listen to. She also talks about music during World War II. This interview is conducted in three parts.

Studs interviews Rita Streich, and they discuss the meaning of some of her operas and lieds. Streich names Erna Berger and Maria Ivogun as her best teachers, and she speaks a little about her family. Studs and Streich read part of the poem, "The Nut Tree" by Robert Schuman. Streich reads a part of "Brahms Lullaby" and "Shepherd On the Rock" by Franz Schubert. She also discusses the difference between opera in her day compared to opera at the time of the interview. The musical pieces are removed from this edited version of the original recording.

Rita Streich discusses her career as a soprano singer, Mozart, composers, and classical music. Includes some speech in German.

Richard Vikstrom discusses his farewell performance. Richard Vikstrom also discusses classical music, religious music, and his early life. Includes an earlier interview with Richard Vikstrom.

Choir directors Richard Garrin and Catherine Roma of the Windy City Gay Chorus and the Cincinnati Women’s Chorus discuss the evolution of choral music within the gay, transgender and lesbian (LGBTQ) community.

Renee Fleming discusses her musical upbringing, her repertoire, her relationship to performance, and more.