La bohème discography

This is a partial discography of Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème, which premiered on 1 February 1896, at the Teatro Regio in Turin, conducted by Arturo Toscanini.

Year	Cast: Mimì, Musetta, Rodolfo, Marcello, Colline, Schaunard	Conductor, Opera house and orchestra	Label[1]
1917	Gemma Bosini, Adalgisa Giana, Reno Andreini, Ernesto Badini, Vincenzo Bettoni, Aristide Baracchi	Carlo Sabajno, La Scala Orchestra and Chorus	78rpm: Società Nazionale del Grammofono "La Voce del Padrone" Cat: S 5018-42 (even numbers, 12 discs)
1928	Rosetta Pampanini, Luba Mirella, Luigi Marini, Gino Vanelli, Tancredi Pasero, Aristide Baracchi	Lorenzo Molajoli, La Scala Orchestra and Chorus	CD: Arkadia Cat: 78047
1928	Rosina Torri, Thea Vitulli, Aristodemo Giorgini, Ernesto Badini, Luigi Manfrini, Aristide Baracchi	Carlo Sabajno, La Scala Orchestra and Chorus	CD: VAI Audio Cat: VAIA 1078-2
1938	Licia Albanese, Tatiana Menotti, Beniamino Gigli, Afro Poli, Duilio Baronti, Aristide Baracchi	Umberto Berrettoni, La Scala Orchestra and Chorus	CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110072-73
1942	Grace Moore, Frances Greer, Frederick Jagel, Francesco Valentino, Ezio Pinza, Wilfred Engelman	Cesare Sodero, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus	CD: Line Music Cat: 5.00284
1946	Licia Albanese, Anne McKnight, Jan Peerce, Francesco Valentino, George Cehanovsky, Nicola Moscona	Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus	CD: RCA Victor Cat: 60288
1951	Renata Tebaldi, Hilde Güden, Giacinto Prandelli, Giovanni Inghilleri, Raffaele Arié, Fernando Corena	Alberto Erede, Coro e Orchestra dell Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia	CD: Naxos Cat: 8.110252-53
1952	Rosanna Carteri, Elvina Ramella, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Giuseppe Taddei, Cesare Siepi Pier Luigi Latinucci	Orchestra Sinfonica and Chorus of RAI Torino	CD: Warner Fonit Cat: 8573 87270-2
1956	Victoria de los Ángeles, Lucine Amara, Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill, Giorgio Tozzi, John Reardon	Thomas Beecham, RCA Victor Orchestra and Chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 7243-5-67753-2-9 CD: Naxos Cat:8.111249-50[2]
1956	Maria Callas, Anna Moffo Giuseppe Di Stefano Rolando Panerai Nicola Zaccaria Manuel Spatafora	Antonino Votto, La Scala Chorus and Orchestra	CD: Naxos Cat: 8.111332-33
1958	Renata Tebaldi, Gianna D'Angelo, Carlo Bergonzi, Ettore Bastianini, Cesare Siepi, Renato Cesari	Tullio Serafin, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Chorus	CD: Decca Cat: 470 431-2
1959	Licia Albanese, Audrey Schuh Giuseppe Di Stefano Giuseppe Valdengo Norman Treigle Arthur Cosenza	Renato Cellini, "Live" performance of the New Orleans Opera Association	CD: VAI Cat: VAIA 1119-2
1960	Léna Pastor, Irène Gromova, Alain Vanzo, Willy Clément, Xavier Depraz, Jean-Pierre Laffage	Georges Derveaux, Orchestre Radio Lyrique de la RTF	DVD: Fra Musica (sung in the French translation by Paul Ferrier)[3]
1961	Anna Moffo, Mary Costa, Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Giorgio Tozzi, Philip Maero	Erich Leinsdorf, Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus	CD: RCA Victor Cat: 09026-63179-2
1961	Renata Scotto, Jolanda Meneguzzer, Gianni Poggi, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe Modesti, Giorgio Giorgetti	Antonino Votto, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Chorus	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 435 715-2
1962–63	Mirella Freni, Mariella Adani, Nicolai Gedda, Mario Sereni, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Mario Basiola, Jr.	Thomas Schippers, Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 91998
1972	Mirella Freni, Elizabeth Harwood, Luciano Pavarotti, Rolando Panerai, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Gianni Maffeo	Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker and Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin	CD: Decca Cat: 421245
1973	Montserrat Caballé, Judith Blegen, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi, Vicente Sardinero	Georg Solti London Philharmonic Orchestra John Alldis Choir with Wandsworth School Boys' Choir	CD: RCA Victor Cat: 74321 39496-2
1979	Katia Ricciarelli, Ashley Putnam, José Carreras, Francis Egerton, Håkan Hagegård, Robert Lloyd	Colin Davis, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden	CD: Philips Cat: 4422602
1979	Ileana Cotrubaș, Lucia Popp, Luciano Pavarotti, Lorenzo Saccomani, Yevgeny Nesterenko, Giorgio Giorgetti	Carlos Kleiber, Orchestra and chorus La Scala Recorded on 27^1 and 30^2 (with Piero Cappuccilli) March 1979	DVD: Encore 2144^1 CD Myto 011 240^2
1983	Mirella Freni, Margherita Guglielmi, Luciano Pavarotti, Wolfgang Brendel, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, John Janssen	Carlos Kleiber, Bavarian State Opera Recorded on 16 July 1983 at the National Theatre Munich	CD: Audio Encyclopedia AE204
1990	Daniela Dessì, Adelina Scarabelli, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Paolo Gavanelli, Carlo Colombara, Alfonso Antoniozzi	Gianluigi Gelmetti, Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra and Chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 74321 39496-2
1994	Cheryl Barker, Christine Douglas, David Hobson, Roger Lemke, Gary Rowley, David Lemke	Richard Gill The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and Chorus (Video directed by Baz Luhrmann, with design by Catherine Martin)	DVD: ABC Classics, Cat: 708115
1995	Kiri Te Kanawa, Nancy Gustafson, Richard Leech, Alan Titus, Roberto Scanduzzi, Gino Quilico	Kent Nagano, London Symphony Orchestra and The Ambrosian Singers and the St. Clement Danes School Choir	CD: Erato 0630-1-10699-2
1998	Angela Gheorghiu, Elisabetta Scano, Roberto Alagna, Simon Keenlyside, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Roberto De Candia	Riccardo Chailly, La Scala Chorus and Orchestra	CD: Decca Cat: 470 624-2 DSA
1999	Barbara Frittoli, Eva Mei, Andrea Bocelli, Paolo Gavanelli, Mario Luperi, Natale de Carolis	Zubin Mehta, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra	CD: Decca Cat: 470 62435782
2002	Alexia Voulgaridou, Elena de la Merced, Rolando Villazón, Ludovic Tézier, Markus Marquardt, Toby Stafford-Allen	Ulf Schirmer, Vienna Symphony Video recording of a performance on the Seebühne, Bregenz[1] at the Bregenzer Festspiele, stage directors: Richard Jones and Anthony McDonald; Film director: Brian Large 2002.	DVD: Capriccio Digital Cat: 93 515
2006	Inva Mula, Laura Giordano, Aquiles Machado, Fabio Capitanucci, Felipe Bou, David Menéndez	Jesús López-Cobos, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real	DVD: Opus Arte Cat: OA0961D
2008	Anna Netrebko, Nicole Cabell, Rolando Villazón, Boaz Daniel Stéphane Degout, Vitalij Kowaljow	Bertrand de Billy, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra The audio recording was made at a concert performances in the Münchner Philharmonie, Gasteig, in April 2007 and used as the soundtrack for the film[1] as directed by Robert Dornheim)	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 477 6600 DVD: Kultur International Films Cat: KUL D4601
2012	Takesha Meshé Kizart, Taryn Fiebig, Ji-Min Park, José Carbó, David Parkin, Shane Lowrencev	Shao-Chia Lü Opera Australia directed by Gale Edwards	DVD: ABC Classics Cat: 762470

References

Notes

1. Recordings of La bohème on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
2. "Puccini: Boheme (la)". Hong Kong: Naxos Records. 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
3. Review by Emmanuel Dupuy in Diapason 637 July-August 2015, p133.

Sources

• American Record Guide, September/October 2000, Vol.63 No.5 pp. 73–83
• Budden, Julian, Puccini: His Life and Works, Oxford University Press, 2002, p. 494. ISBN 978-0-19-816468-5.