Listen to the 24-year-old Lanza in one of his earliest  recordings in English. This is a live radio performance of the demanding  "Ah, Moon of My Delight" from Lehmann's 1896 song cycle In a Persian Garden on CBS's "Great Moments in Music," 26 December 1945. The conductor is Georges Sébastian. 

A

Ah, Moon of My Delight

(from In A Persian Garden) (Lehmann)

• 26 December 1945 (a) CBS live radio broadcast Mario Lanza: All the Things You Are (Sepia, 2019)

Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life

(from Naughty Marietta) (Herbert-Young)

• 27 July 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: One Alone (Sepia Records, 2017)

All Alone/What'll I Do?

(Berlin)

• 23 January 1946 (c) CBS live radio broadcast, with Natalie Bodanya, soprano Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025) ["All Alone" part only]

All the Things You Are

(from Very Warm for May) (Kern-Hammerstein)

• 12 July 1951 (d) for soundtrack of Because You're Mine (cut from film) Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025) 
• 13 July 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: My Romance (BMG, 2001)
• 19 October 1951 (d) remake for soundtrack of Because You're Mine (also cut from film) 
• 31 October 1956 (e) RCA Mario Lanza: Golden Days (Sepia, 2024) 
• June 1957 (f) (partial take) for soundtrack of Seven Hills of Rome

Alone Together

(Schwartz-Dietz)

• 15 April 1952 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: When Day Is Done (BMG, 1998) and (with Lanza's spoken introduction) Mario Lanza: The Toast of Hollywood (Sony/TCM 2-CD set, 2013)

America the Beautiful

(Ward-Bates)

• 7 November 1945 (j) CBS live radio broadcast, with Robert Weede, baritone, and Vivian Bauer, soprano

Among My Souvenirs

(Wright-Leslie)

• 1 February 1952 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: The Toast of Hollywood (Sony/TCM 2-CD set, 2013)

And Here You Are

(Iovello-Levin)

• 31 March 1952 (b) Coca-Cola radio show The Mario Lanza Collection (BMG 3-CD set, 1991)

And This Is My Beloved

(from Kismet) (adapted from Borodin/Wright-Forrest)

• 17 May 1956 (e) RCA Mario Lanza: The Legendary Tenor (BMG, 1987)

April in Paris

(from Walk A Little Faster) (Duke-Harburg)

• 25 March 1952 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: When Day Is Done (BMG, 1998)

Arrivederci Roma

(Rascel-Garinei-Giovannini-Sigman)

• 7 Nov 1957 (g) RCA  (Note: This version was recorded with the intro in Italian and the remainder of the song in English; see our Italian Songs Discography for Lanza's separate all-Italian version)  Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025) [In DES stereo / Without the Italian intro] / Mario Lanza: The Best of Everything (Sony 2-CD set, 2017)  [In mono / With the Italian intro]

Away in a Manger

(Kirkpatrick)

• 28 September 1951 (h) RCA O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025)
• May 1959 (i) RCA  Lanza Sings Christmas Carols (BMG, 1998)

Azuri's Dance

(from The Desert Song) (Romberg-Harbach-Hammerstein-Mandel)

• September 1959 (g) RCA Mario Lanza: The Student Prince and The Desert Song (BMG, 1989)

B

The Bayou Lullaby

(Brodszky-Cahn)

• 15 December 1949 (k) The Toast of New Orleans soundtrack, with Kathryn Grayson, soprano
• 29 June 1950 (h) RCA (with the Jeff Alexander Choir)  The Mario Lanza Collection (BMG 3-CD set, 1991) or Mario Lanza in Hollywood (BMG/Soundies, 1999) The exciting "raw" acetate version of this recording can also be heard on Mario Lanza: The Quintessential Tenor (Sepia, 2023)

Be My Love

(Brodszky-Cahn)

• 15 December 1949 (k) 2 duet versions with Kathryn Grayson for The Toast of New Orleans soundtrack, one of which can be heard on Be My Love: Mario Lanza's Greatest Performances as MGM (Rhino, 1998) Click here to watch this version, as it appears in the film.
• 28 December 1949 (k) partial version (Lanza only) for The Toast of New Orleans soundtrack
• 27 June 1950 (h) RCA (with the Jeff Alexander Choir) Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025) [DES Stereo reproduction]
• 19 November (l) radio performance
• 8 June 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: The Best of Everything (Sony 2-CD set, 2017) 
• June 1957 (f) spoof partial version (imitation of a fourth-rate tenor) for Seven Hills of Rome 

Beautiful Love

(King-Young-Van Alstyne-Gillespie)

• 24 April 1952 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Poetry and Passion (Sepia, 2018)

Because

(d'Hardelot-Teschemacher)

• 9 August 1950 (n) for the soundtrack of The Great Caruso  Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025)
• 26 August 1950 (h) RCA (rejected take) Serenade: A Mario Lanza Songbook (SonyBMG, 2009)   
• 19 February 1951 (o) RCA The Electrifying Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2022) 
• 8 June 1951 (b) Coca-Cola Radio Show Mario Lanza: The Definitive Collection (BMG UK, 2004)    

Because You're Mine

(Brodszky-Webster)

• 19 October 1951 (d) for Because You're Mine soundtrack, with Doretta Morrow, soprano Be My Love: Mario Lanza's Greatest Performances as MGM (Rhino, 1998)  
• 1 December 1951 (d) for Because You're Mine soundtrack, with Doretta Morrow, soprano (softer version) Mario Lanza: The Quintessential Tenor (Sepia, 2023) / Be My Love: Mario Lanza's Greatest Performances as MGM (Rhino, 1998) 
• 7 May 1952 (d) partial version for Because You're Mine soundtrack (used during the film's opening credits) 
• 24 July 1952 (p) RCA with the Jeff Alexander Choir Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025)
• 31 October 1957 (q) TV performance [Watch it here]
• 24 November 1957 (r) concert performance        [Watch it here] 
• 16 January 1958 (s) recital Mario Lanza: Live from London (RCA/BMG, 1994) or (with Lanza's amusing spoken introduction included) Mario Lanza: Never Till Now (Sepia, 2016)

Begin the Beguine

(Porter)

• 16 January 1952 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Golden Days (Sepia, 2024)

Behold!

(Moore-Reed)

• 15 April 1957 (e) RCA with the Jeff Alexander Choir Mario Lanza: One Alone (Sepia, 2017)

Beloved

(Brodszky-Webster)

• 29 July 1952 (t) Rejected take for The Student Prince soundtrack Be My Love: Mario Lanza's Greatest Performances as MGM (Rhino, 1998) 
• 20 May 1953 (t) The Student Prince soundtrack Mario Lanza: The Definitive Student Prince (Sepia, 2026) Note: The original acetate, with a slightly different take comprising just four bars, can be heard on The Undiscovered Mario Lanza: Rare Recordings and Hidden Gems (Sepia, 2022)   
• April 1959 (i) RCA

Besame Mucho (in English)

(Velazquez-Skylar)

• 18 April 1952 (b) Coca-Cola radio show        Serenade: A Mario Lanza Songbook (Sony, 2009) or Mario Lanza: All the Things You Are (Sepia, 2019)

The Best Things in Life Are Free

(DeSylva-Henderson-Brown)

• 20 November 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show   When Day Is Done (BMG, 1998) and Mario Lanza: The Toast of Hollywood (Sony/TCM 2-CD set, 2013)

Blue Skies

(Berlin)

• 23 January 1946 (c) CBS live radio broadcast, with Natalie Bodanya, soprano Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025)

Bonjour, Ma Belle

(Behrend-Eden)

• 16 January 1958 (s) recital Mario Lanza: Live From London (BMG, 1994)

Boom Biddy Boom

(featured in The Toast of New Orleans) (Brodszky-Cahn)

• 17 February 1950 (k) soundtrack for The Toast of New Orleans
• 29 June 1950 (h) RCA (with the Jeff Alexander Choir) Mario Lanza in Hollywood (BMG/Soundies, 1999) and The Mario Lanza Collection (BMG 3-CD set, 1991)
• 14 June 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show 

Call Me Fool

(Kauderer) 

• 17 June 1953 (p) RCA (with chorus)  The Electrifying Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2022) Note: The RCA recording logs for this session simply state "Orchestra," but I assume that it was the RCA Victor Orchestra (as usual). 

Charmaine

(Rapee-Pollack) 

• 29 January 1952 (b) Coca-Cola radio show ❌  The Very Best of Mario Lanza (Reader's Digest 3-CD set, 1994)

Come Dance With Me

(Blake-Leibert)

• 15 April 1957 (e) RCA with the Jeff Alexander Choir  The Electrifying Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2022) 
• June 1957 (u) with chorus / soundtrack to Seven Hills of Rome  Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (Sony 5-CD set, 2009) 

Come Prima (For The First Time)

(Di Paola-Taccani-Ram)

• September 1958 (v) soundtrack to For the First Time  O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025)  Note: In the film there is also a brief and very softly sung reprise version, the raw acetate of which can be heard on Mario Lanza: The Quintessential Tenor (Sepia, 2023) 

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

(Alford)

• 25 November 1948 (w) live NBC radio performance Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025)

Cosi Cosa

(Kaper-Jurmann-Washington)

• 25 November 1948 (w) live NBC radio performance Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025)
• 17 July 1951 (b)  Not yet released on any mainstream CD. 

D

Danny Boy

(Weatherley)

• 11 March 1952 (b)  Mario Lanza: The Best of Everything (Sony 2-CD set, 2017) There is also a dynamic transcription version on Mario Lanza: The Quintessential Tenor (Sepia, 2023)  Both reproductions include Lanza's spoken introduction. 

Day In, Day Out

(Bloom-Mercer)

• 4 March 1952 (b) "official" take Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (Sony 5-CD set, 2009)
• 4 March 1952 (b) alternate take Mario Lanza: The Toast of Hollywood (Sony/TCM 2-CD set, 2013)

Deck the Halls

(Trad-Oliphant)

• 10 August 1956 (e) RCA (with Jeff Alexander Choir) O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025)
• May 1959 (i) RCA (with chorus added in New York City on 16-17 September 1959) Lanza Sings Christmas Carols (BMG, 1998)

Deep in My Heart, Dear

(Romberg-Donnelly) Note: the 1952 MGM version includes new lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

• 20 February 1946 (c) live CBS radio performance (with Winifred Smith, soprano) Mario Lanza: The Definitive Student Prince (Sepia, 2026)
• 31 March 1952 (b) two takes for Coca-Cola radio show, one of which was released on Mario Lanza: Don't Forget Me (BMG/RCA, 1993)     
• 12 August 1952 (t) film take for the soundtrack of The Student Prince (with Ann Blyth, soprano) Mario Lanza: The Definitive Student Prince (Sepia, 2026) [in DES stereo]
• 12 August 1952 (t) two outtakes from The Student Prince sessions (with Ann Blyth, soprano), one of which can be heard on Be My Love: Mario Lanza's Greatest Performances as MGM (Rhino, 1998) and the other on The Undiscovered Mario Lanza: Rare Recordings and Hidden Gems (Sepia, 2022). Apart from a mis-pitched ending, the latter outtake is a beautifully rendered version that mostly rivals the film take.  
• Note: When RCA released the 1952 MGM recording on its best-selling so-called soundtrack LP in 1954, it replaced Ann Blyth with an overdubbed Elizabeth Doubleday in a most unsatisfactory hybrid version that retained only Lanza's opening lines (which it then repeated at the end).  
• April 1959 (i) RCA (with Norma Giusti, soprano, added later in 1959) Mario Lanza: The Student Prince with Norma Giusti (Sepia, 2012)

The Desert Song

(from The Desert Song) (Romberg-Harbach-Hammerstein-Mandel)

• 14 August 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show ❌  Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (Sony/RCA 5-CD set, 2009) 
• August 1959 (g) RCA (with Judith Raskin, soprano, whose contribution was recorded in New York City in March 1960) Mario Lanza: The Student Prince / The Desert Song (RCA/BMG, 1989) 

Diane

(Rapee-Pollack)

• 17 July 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show ❌ Mario Lanza: Don't Forget Me (BMG/RCA, 1993) 

Do You Wonder?

(Ray-Hill)

• 15 August 1956 (e) RCA  O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025) 

The Donkey Serenade

(Friml-Forrest-Stothart-Wright)

• 29 November 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show  Mario Lanza: Don't Forget Me (BMG/RCA, 1993)    
• 31 August 1956 (e) RCA (with the Jeff Alexander Choir) Mario Lanza: The Quintessential Tenor (Sepia, 2023)

Drink! Drink! Drink!

(from The Student Prince) (Romberg-Donnelly)

• 5 August 1952 (t) for the soundtrack of The Student Prince (with MGM Chorus) Mario Lanza: The Definitive Student Prince (Sepia, 2026)
• April 1959 (i) RCA (with chorus added on September 24, 1959, in New York City) Mario Lanza: The Student Prince with Norma Giusti (Sepia, 2012) 

Drinking Song

from The Vagabond King) (Friml-Hooker)

• July 1959 (g) RCA The Immortal Voice of Mario Lanza: A Centennial Celebration (Sepia, 2021)

E

Earthbound

(Taylor-Richardson-Musel)

• 10 August 1956 (e) RCA O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025)

Ergo Bibamus

(Eberwein; lyrics adapted and translated from Goethe)

• 7 August 1952 (x) MGM for the soundtrack of The Student Prince  (with MGM Chorus overdubbed on 14 August) The Immortal Voice of Mario Lanza: A Centennial Celebration (Sepia, 2021) or Mario Lanza: The Definitive Student Prince (Sepia, 2026)

F

Falling in Love With Love

(from The Boys from Syracuse) (Rodgers-Hart)

• 14 May 1956 (y) RCA ❌ (with Chorus added 31 May)  

The First Noel

(Trad.)

• 28 September 1951 (h) RCA (with the Jeff Alexander Choir) O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025)
• December 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show
• May 1959 (i) RCA (with Chorus added in New York City on 16-17 September 1959)  Lanza Sings Christmas Carols (BMG, 1998)

Fluffy Foam

(novelty song; composer unknown)

• Second half of 1951 (m) for the soundtrack of Because You're Mine

Fools Rush In

(Bloom-Mercer)

• 15 February 1952 (b) Coca-Cola radio show When Day Is Done (BMG, 1998)

For You Alone

(Geehl-O'Reilly)

• 26 August 1950 (h) RCA (unreleased commercially)
• 19 February 1951 (o) RCA Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia, 2025)
• 23 June 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: The Toast of Hollywood (Sony/TCM 2-CD set, 2013)

Funiculì Funiculà (in English)

(Denza, composer-English lyricist unknown)

• 27 June 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Don't Forget Me (BMG, 1993)

G

Giannina Mia

(from The Firefly) (Friml-Harbach)

• 6 September 1956 (e) RCA (with the Jeff Alexander Choir) Mario Lanza: Serenade/A Cavalcade of Show Tunes (BMG UK, 2004)

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

(Trad.)

• 10 August 1956 (e) RCA O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025)
• May 1959 (i) RCA Lanza Sings Christmas Carols (BMG, 1998)

Golden Days

(from The Student Prince) (Romberg-Donnelly)

• 20 February 1946 (c) live CBS radio performance (with Robert Weede, baritone) Mario Lanza: The Definitive Student Prince (Sepia, 2026)
• 31 July 1952 soundtrack for The Student Prince Mario Lanza: The Definitive Student Prince (Sepia, 2026)
• April 1959 (i) RCA Mario Lanza: The Student Prince with Norma Giusti (Sepia, 2012)

Guardian Angels

(Marx-Beilenson)

• 28 September 1951 (h) RCA (with the Jeff Alexander Choir) O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025)
• 8 Nov 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: The Best of Everything (Sony 2-CD set, 2017)   
• May 1959 (i) RCA Lanza Sings Christmas Carols (BMG, 1998)

Gypsy Love Song

(from The Fortune Teller) (Herbert-Smith)

• 31 August 1956 (e) RCA Mario Lanza: All the Things You Are (Sepia, 2019) and (in DES stereo) Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025)

H

Halloween Suite

(Barrymore)

• 24 July 1948 (z) concert (with Kathryn Grayson, soprano; Lee Wintner, bass-baritone; Lionel Barrymore, narrator; and the Roger Wagner Chorale) Mario Lanza Live (Recorded 1940-1950) (Andromeda, 2014)

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

(Mendelssohn adapt.-Wesley-Cummings-Whitefield)

• 10 August 1956 (e) RCA (with the Jeff Alexander Choir)  O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025)
• May 1959 (i) RCA  (with chorus added in New York City on 16-17 September 1959)  Lanza Sings Christmas Carols (BMG, 1998) 

The Hills of Home

(Fox-Calhoun)

• 5 December 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: You'll Never Walk Alone (BMG, 1995) / Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (Sony 5-CD set, 2009) 
• 5 December 1951 (b) (alternate version; broadcast take) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: The Quintessential Tenor (Sepia, 2023)

The House on the Hill

(Charles)

• 7 November 1945 (j) live CBS radio performance The Undiscovered Mario Lanza: Rare Recordings and Hidden Gems (Sepia, 2022)
• 16 January 1958 (s) recital Mario Lanza: Live from London (RCA/BMG, 1994)

I

If

(Evans-Hargreaves-Damerell)

• 29 June 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Never Till Now (Sepia, 2016) and (in DES stereo) Mario Lanza: The Quintessential Tenor (Sepia, 2023) 

If I Loved You

(from Carousel) (Rodgers-Hammerstein)

• 15 February 1952 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Golden Days (Sepia, 2023)   

If You Are But a Dream

(Adapted from Rubinstein/Jaffe-Fulton-Bonx)

• 27 July 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: When Day Is Done (BMG 1998)

If You Were Mine

(Merrill)

• 17 June 1953 (p) RCA "official take" The Mario Lanza Collection  (BMG 3-CD set, 1991)
• 17 June 1953 (p) RCA outtake Mario Lanza: The Best of Everything (Sony 2-CD set, 2017) / Mario Lanza: The Quintessential Tenor (Sepia, 2023) [in DES stereo]    

I Know, I Know, I Know

(Kaper-Russell)

• 1 December 1948 soundtrack of That Midnight Kiss.  MGM Studios, Culver City. MGM Studio Orchestra; Charles Previn, conductor. (Note: A brief reprise version with piano only was also featured in the film; its recording details are unknown.) The Undiscovered Mario Lanza: Rare Recordings and Hidden Gems (Sepia, 2022)  [Acetate version of the take with orchestra]
• 23 August 1949 (h) RCA Mario Lanza in Hollywood (BMG, 1999)
• 29 September 1949 NBC radio broadcast, Los Angeles ("Screen Guild Theater"). NBC West Coast Orchestra; Henry Russell, conductor. Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025)

I’ll Be Seeing You

(Fain-Kahal)

• 15 April 1952 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025) [in DES stereo] / Mario Lanza: My Romance (BMG, 2001) [in the original mono]

I’ll Never Love You

(Brodszky-Cahn)

• 6 December 1949 (k) soundtrack of The Toast of New Orleans Be My Love: Mario Lanza's Greatest Performances as MGM (Rhino, 1998) 
• 28 December 1949 (k) soundtrack of The Toast of New Orleans [two takes, neither of which has been issued on CD]
• 29 June 1950 (h) RCA The Mario Lanza Collection (BMG 3-CD set, 1991) / Mario Lanza in Hollywood (BMG, 1999)
• 15 June 1951 (b) Coca-Cola Radio Show Mario Lanza: The Toast of Hollywood (Sony/TCM 2-CD set, 2013)

I’ll See You Again

(from Bitter Sweet) (Coward)

• 29 January 1952 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025) 

I’ll See You In My Dreams

(Jones-Kahn)

• February 1952 (b) Coca-Cola radio show The Very Best of Mario Lanza (Reader's Digest 3-CD set, 1994) 

I’ll Walk With God

(Brodszky-Webster)

• 28 July 1952 (t) soundtrack for The Student Prince Mario Lanza: The Definitive Student Prince (Sepia, 2026) (in DES stereo) / or in mono on Mario Lanza: Never Till Now (Sepia, 2016). Note (1): This was originally recorded with organ only accompaniment by Wesley Tourtelotte and later overlaid with orchestra and chorus. On the most recent (2026) reproduction noted above, Sepia has been able to bring the organ more forward in the mix to beautiful effect. Note (2): Lanza re-recorded this song for RCA on 28 December 1953, but according to conductor Constantine Callinicos, the tenor was in poor form. The recording has never been released and may no longer exist.   
• April 1959 (i) RCA Mario Lanza: The Student Prince with Norma Giusti (Sepia, 2012)

I Love Thee

(Grieg)

• 26 August 1950 (h) RCA Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (Sony/RCA 5-CD set 2009)    
• 14 June 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: The Toast of Hollywood (Sony/TCM 2-CD set, 2013) 
• Late November/ early December* 1958 (g) Non-soundtrack version recorded for the official soundtrack album of For the First Time (the actual film version was only a partial take, and was presumably recorded at the same session). O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025) [in stereo] and Mario Lanza: One Alone (Sepia, 2017) [in mono] *While the exact recording date is unknown, its matrix number indicates that it was recorded at Rome's Cinecittà Studios well after the other non-operatic numbers in the film, the bulk of which were recorded in September 1958 (and with a different conductor). The final scenes for the film were reportedly shot in Rome in early December 1958, so presumably this song was a late addition. 

I’m Falling in Love With Someone

(from Naughty Marietta) (Herbert-Young) 

• 6 June 1945 RCA test record (presumably at the Lotos Club, New York City; pianist unknown)
• 19 December 1945 Red Barber Review (live radio broadcast on New York City's WEAF channel---subsequently WNBC). Conductor and orchestra unknown. Listen to this performance here.
• 23 June 1951 (b) Coca-Cola Radio Show Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (Sony/RCA 5-CD set 2009)   
• 23 June 1951 (b) (alternate take) Coca-Cola radio show
• 16 January 1958 (s) recital Mario Lanza: Live from London (RCA/BMG, 1994)
• 18 January 1958 live TV performance ATV Studios, London ("Saturday Spectacular"). Constantine Callinicos, pianist. (Only the audio of this performance has survived.) Mario Lanza: Poetry and Passion (Sepia, 2018)

I Never Knew

(Kahn-Fiorito)

• February 1952 (b) Coca-Cola radio show The Mario Lanza Collection (BMG 3-CD set, 1991) / A remastered transcription in reasonable sound quality is also available on Mario Lanza: All the Things You Are (Sepia, 2019) 

I Saw Three Ships

(Trad-Sandys)

• 15 August 1956 (e) RCA O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025)
• May 1959 (i) RCA Lanza Sings Christmas Carols (BMG, 1998)

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

(Sears-Willis)

• 15 August 1956 (e) RCA Christmas with Mario Lanza (RCA/BMG, 1987)
• May 1959 (i) RCA Lanza Sings Christmas Carols (BMG, 1998)

I’ve Got You Under My Skin

(Porter)

• 24 July 1951 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: My Romance (BMG, 2001) A remastered transcription in reasonable sound quality, and with Lanza's spoken introduction included for the first time, is also available on Mario Lanza: One Alone (Sepia, 2017).

I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star

(from Music in the Air) (Kern-Hammerstein) 

• 27 August 1956 (e) RCA Mario Lanza: Serenade/A Cavalcade of Show Tunes (BMG UK, 2004)

I Want a Kiss

(from The Desert Song) (Romberg-Harbach-Hammerstein-Mandel)

• September 1959 (g) RCA (with Raymond Murcell, baritone, and chorus---both postdubbed in New York City in March 1960). Mario Lanza: The Student Prince and the Desert Song (RCA/BMG, 1989)

J

Joy to the World

(Watts-Mason)

• 10 August 1956 (e) RCA (with the Jeff Alexander Choir) O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025)
• May 1959 (i) RCA (with chorus added in New York City on 16-17 September 1959) Lanza Sings Christmas Carols (BMG, 1998)

A Jug of Wine

(from In A Persian Garden) (Lehmann)

• 26 December 1945 (a) CBS live radio broadcast (with Frances Yeend, soprano) Mario Lanza Live (Recorded 1940-1950) (Andromeda, 2014) 

Just We Two

(from The Student Prince) (Romberg-Donnelly)

• April 1959 (i) RCA (with Norma Giusti, soprano, added later in 1959) The Immortal Voice of Mario Lanza: A Centennial Celebration (Sepia, 2021) / Mario Lanza: The Definitive Student Prince (Sepia, 2026) 

K

A Kiss

(Sinatra-Brooks)

• 29 April 1952 (b) Coca-Cola radio show My Romance (BMG, 2001) / Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025) [In DES stereo; listen to it here.]

A Kiss in the Dark

(from Orange Blossoms) (Herbert-DeSylva) 

• 6 March 1952 (b) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: The Student Prince with Norma Giusti (Sepia, 2012)