Mario del Monaco sings arias by Puccini, Giordano and Meyerbeer recorded in the late 1940's; Mirella Freni sings Mimi from a 1963 performance of La Boheme; Lucianno Pavarotti sings Edgardo in the final scene of Lucia di Lammemoor, a role he did often early in his career, and Maria Callas recorded Isolde when she was 26, included in her "first official recordings."
Mike Harrah is host of The Lyric Stage, which airs Sundays at 8 pm.