There are some voices that must not be forgotten. This program explores the art of Croatian soprano Zinka Milanov whose artistic home was the Metropolitan Opera from 1937 to 1965. Hear superb recordings from Aida, Il Trovatore, La Gioconda and more.

Berlin in the 20s with its new music that was raucous and crude. New York’s Broadway in the 1930s and 40s with music that was sensuous, melodic and lyrical. Such are the two worlds of Kurt Weill.

Let’s remember Mom with a duet from Carmen sung by Mirella Freni and Franco Corelli as well as songs by Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Nan Merriman, Jeremy Northam and Robert White.

Let’s take a ride on Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Carousel. Today’s program offers such perennial favorites as “You’ll Never Walk Alone” sung by Christine Brewer or “If I Loved You” by Alyn Perez and Stephen Costello. Also featured are Roberta Peters, The Robert Shaw Chorale and more.

It’s spring and Arias and Songs has a green thumb. Cultivating our musical garden are Cathy Berberian who discovers that “There are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden.” There is a Victorian song, “Come In to the Garden, Maude” and the cast of Candide wants us to “Make Our Garden Grow.”

Through music let us observe this week with the Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana, Kathleen Ferrier and the Bach St. Matthew Passion, Jessye Norman singing The Holy City and one of Barber’s Hermit songs sung by Leontyne Price.

Larry is the postman today delivering some musical notes . . . pun intended. Letter writers or receivers include Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Tefel, Lotte Lehmann, Susan Graham, Anna Moffo, Elizabeth Schwarzkopf and Claudia Muzio.

Today we go on a musical cruise down various rivers with fellow passengers Leontyne Price, Jon Vickers, Feodor Chaliapin, Paul Robeson, Josephine Baker, Judy Garland and Julie London among others.

“It’s good to be King” it is said. Or is it? The title for this program comes from Shakespeare whose sage observation rings all too true for Julius Caesar, King Philip II of Spain, Tsar Boris Godunov, 10th century British King Eadgar and King Arthur of Camelot.

Today’s program is about saying goodbye be it to love, one’s country, a lover or even life itself. Among those bidding farewell are Franco Corelli, Marilyn Horne, Maria Callas, Montserrat Caballe, Dimitri Hvorostovsky and Carol Channing.