Today's program takes a look back fifty years ago to Lyric Opera's 1964 season. The stars came out on those long ago nights and included Renata Tebaldi, Teresa Berganza, Tito Gobbi and Grace Bumby.

Soprano Licia Albanese was a part of American cultural life for seventy five years. Another truly great artist, renowned for her Verdi and Puccini interpretations, chosen by none other than Arturo Toscanini for his radio broadcasts, and friend of WFMT’s own Andy Karzas.

Women have inspired artists of every kind throughout history. Today we have some songs named for six ladies and they are Adelaide, Maria, Phidyle, Lili Marlene, Lolita and Jeannie. A varied group indeed. Listen to this program and let Larry introduce them to you.

ATTENTION!! Today’s program is a lighthearted salute to the military. Don your best military finery along with Juan Diego Florez, Joan Sutherland and others and don’t forget to salute! YES, SIR!!

Laughter is guaranteed as we sail the ocean blue on the HMS Pinafore, journey to a mythical Japan for The Mikado, row with The Gondoliers and romp with The Pirates of Penzance. Artists include Groucho Marx, Helen Traubel, Geraint Evans, The King’s Singers and more.

Love in various forms is the theme for this program. Be it true, false, blind, lost, fading, all too familiar or only just a memory we can all relate to love. Can you? Larry thinks you can.

Some music just needs to be heard not once but twice. We will hear two arias and a song performed without the words and then sung.

Artists include Fritz Kreisler, John Bayless, Morton Gould and his orchestra, Anna Moffo, Gianna D'Angelo and Piotr Beczala.

2014 observes some unusual anniversaries including the centenaries of World War I and Wrigley Field. We will also note the 75th anniversaries of World War II and that most beloved of films, The Wizard of Oz.

Whether brown or baby blue there is a considerable amount of music related to the eyes. This ocular program offers recordings by Joan Morris, Rolando Villazon, Marian Anderson, The King’s Singers, Maria Callas, Dimitri Hvorostovsky and Pilar Lorengar. PLAYLIST: Massenet   Le Cid “Pleurez mes yeux” Maria Callas with the French Radio National Radio Orchestra conducted […]

Let’s open a bottle of wine as we travel to Paris, the city of romance, the city for lovers for songs from a time long vanished. Hear the likes of Edith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Jean Sablon, Mistinguette and more.