Lanza's Recordings

Mario Lanza: LPs and Selected CDs, by Derek McGovern
Mario Lanza's recorded legacy is a vast and confusing one, abounding with multiple versions of many songs and arias. <read more> 

Mario Lanza: The Final Years, by Derek McGovern
What Lanza thought of the increasingly baritonal quality to his voice is unclear, and I've always wished that a musically endowed reporter could have interviewed him on the subject.  <read more>

Musings on the Mario! Album, by Mike McAdam
First off, I must admit I feel doubly silly now for putting this LP back on the shelf all those years ago instead of buying it! <read more>

Musings on Caruso Favorites, by Mike McAdam
There are some noticeable differences between the LP and CD versions. <read more>

Lanza recording the Sextet from Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" with conductor Peter Herman Adler for the soundtrack of "The Great Caruso." The other five singers are (from left to right) tenor Gilbert Russell, soprano Dorothy Kirsten (partially obscured), mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom, baritone Giuseppe Valdengo, and bass Nicola Moscona. Location: MGM studios, Hollywood, 23 August 1950.