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.

Recordings

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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 [it]
Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
LP: Società Nazionale del Grammofono
Cat: S 5018-42
1928 Rosetta Pampanini
Luba Mirella
Luigi Marini
Gino Vanelli
Tancredi Pasero
Aristide Baracchi
Lorenzo Molajoli
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
CD: Arkadia
Cat: 78047
1928 Rosina Torri
Thea Vitulli
Aristodemo Giorgini
Ernesto Badini
Luigi Manfrini
Aristide Baracchi
Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla 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
Teatro alla 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
Nicola Moscona
George Cehanovsky
Arturo Toscanini
NBC Symphony orchestra and chorus
LP: RCA Victrola
Cat: VIC-6019

CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 60288

1947 Bidu Sayão
Mimi Benzell
Richard Tucker
Francesco Valentino
Nicola Moscona
George Cehanovsky
Giuseppe Antonicelli
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Arkadia
Cat: 78068
1951 Renata Tebaldi
Hilde Güden
Giacinto Prandelli
Giovanni Inghilleri [it]
Raffaele Arié
Fernando Corena
Alberto Erede
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus
CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.110252-53
1952 Rosanna Carteri
Elvina Ramella
Ferruccio Tagliavini
Giuseppe Taddei
Cesare Siepi
Pier Luigi Latinucci
Gabriele Santini
RAI Orchestra Sinfonica and chorus
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 Symphony Orchestra and chorus
LP: RCA Victor
Cat: LM-6042
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
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.111332-33
1958 Licia Albanese
Laurel Hurley
Carlo Bergonzi
Mario Sereni
Clifford Harvuot
Norman Scott
Thomas Schippers
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(Recorded on 15 February 1958)
CD: Sony Classical
Cat: 88697804632
1958 Renata Tebaldi
Gianna D'Angelo
Carlo Bergonzi
Ettore Bastianini
Cesare Siepi
Renato Cesari [es]
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
New Orleans Opera Association orchestra and chorus
CD: VAI
Cat: VAIA 1119-2
1960 Léna Pastor [fr]
Irène Gromova
Alain Vanzo
Willy Clément
Xavier Depraz
Jean-Pierre Laffage
Georges Derveaux
Orchestre radio-lyrique [fr], RTF
DVD: Fra Musica (sung in French, translation by Paul Ferrier)
Cat: INA FRA010[3]
1961 Anna Moffo
Mary Costa
Richard Tucker
Robert Merrill
Giorgio Tozzi
Philip Maero
Erich Leinsdorf
Rome Opera orchestra and chorus
LP: RCA Victor
Cat: LSC-6095
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–
1963
Mirella Freni
Mariella Adani
Nicolai Gedda
Mario Sereni
Ferruccio Mazzoli
Mario Basiola, Jr.
Thomas Schippers
Rome Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 91998
1963 Mirella Freni
Hilde Güden
Gianni Raimondi
Rolando Panerai
Ivo Vinco
Giuseppe Taddei
Herbert von Karajan
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
ORF live recording
CD: RCA Red Seal
Cat: 74321 57736 2[4]
1965 Mirella Freni
Adriana Martino
Gianni Raimondi
Rolando Panerai
Ivo Vinco
Gianni Maffeo
Herbert von Karajan
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
(A 1965 film designed and directed by Franco Zeffirelli; cinematographer: Wilhelm Semmelroth [de])
Film: Cosmotel[5][6]
VHS/DVD: Deutsche Grammophon[7]
1972 Mirella Freni
Elizabeth Harwood
Luciano Pavarotti
Rolando Panerai
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Gianni Maffeo
Herbert von Karajan
Berlin Philharmonic orchestra
Deutsche Oper Berlin chorus
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
LP: RCA Red Seal
Cat: ARL2-0371
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 74321 39496-2
1979 Katia Ricciarelli
Ashley Putnam
José Carreras
Francis Egerton
Håkan Hagegård
Robert Lloyd
Colin Davis
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
CD: Philips Records
Cat: 4422602
1979 Ileana Cotrubaș
Lucia Popp
Luciano Pavarotti
Lorenzo Saccomani
Yevgeny Nesterenko
Giorgio Giorgetti
Carlos Kleiber
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
(Recorded on 271 and 302 March 1979)
DVD: Encore
Cat: 21441
CD: Myto
Cat: 011 2402
1983 Mirella Freni
Margherita Guglielmi
Luciano Pavarotti
Wolfgang Brendel
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
John Janssen
Carlos Kleiber
Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus
(Recorded on 16 July 1983 at National Theatre Munich)
CD: Audio Encyclopedia
Cat: AE204
1987 Angelina Reaux
Barbara Daniels
Jerry Hadley
Thomas Hampson
James Busterud
Paul Plishka
Leonard Bernstein
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 423 601-2
1990 Daniela Dessì
Adelina Scarabelli
Giuseppe Sabbatini
Paolo Gavanelli
Carlo Colombara
Alfonso Antoniozzi [it]
Gianluigi Gelmetti
Teatro Comunale di Bologna orchestra and chorus
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 74321 39496-2
1993 Cheryl Barker
Christine Douglas
David Hobson
Roger Lemke
Gary Rowley
David Lemke
Julian Smith
The Australian Opera orchestra and chorus, Sydney Opera House live
Richard Gill (choir master), sound production by Christopher Lawrence
directed by Baz Luhrmann, design by Catherine Martin
DVD: Arthaus Musik
Cat: 100954
1995 Kiri Te Kanawa
Nancy Gustafson
Richard Leech
Alan Titus
Roberto Scanduzzi
Gino Quilico
Kent Nagano
London Symphony Orchestra
Ambrosian Singers, St Clement Danes School Choir
CD: Erato Records
Cat: 0630-1-10699-2
1998 Angela Gheorghiu
Elisabetta Scano [it]
Roberto Alagna
Simon Keenlyside
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
Roberto De Candia
Riccardo Chailly
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
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
(Recorded at Bregenzer Festspiele in 2002)
DVD: Capriccio Digital
Cat: 93 515
2006 Inva Mula
Laura Giordano
Aquiles Machado [es]
Fabio Capitanucci
Felipe Bou
David Menéndez
Jesús López-Cobos
Teatro Real orchestra and chorus
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
(Recorded at Münchner Philharmonie in April 2007)
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 477 6600
DVD: Kultur International Films
Cat: KUL D4601
2011 Takesha Meshé Kizart
Taryn Fiebig
Ji-Min Park
José Carbó
David Parkin
Shane Lowrencev
Shao-Chia Lü
Opera Australia orchestra and chorus
(Directed by Gale Edwards; recorded live at the Sidney Opera House on 25 and 28 July)
DVD: ABC Classics, Cat: 762470[8]
Blu-ray/DVD: Opera Australia[9]
2022 Yaritza Véliz
Vuvu Mpofu
Long Long
Daniel Scofield
Ivo Stanchev
Luthando Qave
Jordan de Souza
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Glyndebourne Chorus
(Directed by Floris Visser; recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House)
HD video: Glyndebourne Encore[10][11]
2022 Celine Byrne
Anna Devin
Merūnas Vitulskis
David Bizic
John Molloy
Ben McAteer
Sergio Alapont
Irish National Opera
Irish National Opera Chorus
CD: Signum Classics [12]
Reference: 0000702SIGCD

References

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  1. ^ Recordings of La bohème on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. ^ "Puccini: Bohème (La)". Naxos Records. 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2020. ... ranks alongside the Callas De Sabata Tosca as one of the greatest studio recordings of an opera ever made.
  3. ^ La Vie de Bohème by Chantal Cazaux, 22 May 2015. asopera.fr. Retrieved 6 January 2020 (in French)
  4. ^ Flury, Roger (2012). Giacomo Puccini: A Discography. Scarecrow. p. 103. ISBN 9780810883291, listing #456.
  5. ^ "La Bohème in 57 Theaters: Mirella Freni Is Mimi With La Scala Opera" by Dan Sullivan, The New York Times, 20 October 1965.
  6. ^ La bohème (1965) at IMDb  .
  7. ^ Karajan, 1965: VHS (1988): OCLC 25036434; DVD (2002, 2006): OCLC 676553868, 71078755.
  8. ^ ABC, 2012, DVD: OCLC 827175218.
  9. ^ Opera Australia, 2011, Blu-ray: OCLC 816705659; DVD: OCLC 793376449.)
  10. ^ La bohème (Puccini), 2022, glyndebourne.com. Retrieved 21 August, 2023.
  11. ^ Kevin W. Ng, "Death Becomes Her: Floris Visser's new Bohème at Glyndebourne", Bachtrack, 19 June 2022.
  12. ^ OCLC 1344340065

Further reading

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