In 1987, he appeared on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. I play a clip. To almost everyone, Frederica von Stade is known as “Flicka.” She has had that nickname since childhood. She is an ...

Last month, I did a podcast with Frederica von Stade, the great American mezzo-soprano — a Q&A. It was only natural to follow that up with a music podcast, a Music for a While, which is here.