This is a list of audio and video recordings (discography) of Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème which premiered on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio in Turin, conducted by Arturo Toscanini.
Audio recordings YearCast(Mimì, Musetta,Rodolfo, Marcello,Colline, Schaunard)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabelRecordings of La bohème on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk1917Gemma BosiniAdalgisa GianaReno AndreiniErnesto BadiniVincenzo BettoniCarlo SabajnoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusLP: Società Nazionale del GrammofonoCat: S 5018-421928Rosetta PampaniniLuba MirellaLuigi MariniGino VanelliTancredi PaseroAristide BaracchiLorenzo MolajoliTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: ArkadiaCat: 780471928Rosina TorriThea VitulliAristodemo GiorginiErnesto BadiniLuigi ManfriniAristide BaracchiCarlo SabajnoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: VAI AudioCat: VAIA 1078-21938Licia AlbaneseTatiana MenottiBeniamino GigliAfro PoliDuilio BarontiAristide BaracchiUmberto BerrettoniTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110072-731942Grace MooreFrances GreerFrederick JagelFrancesco ValentinoEzio PinzaWilfred EngelmanCesare SoderoMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: Line MusicCat: 5.002841946Licia AlbaneseAnne McKnightJan PeerceFrancesco ValentinoNicola MosconaGeorge CehanovskyArturo ToscaniniNBC Symphony orchestra and chorusLP: RCA VictrolaCat: VIC-6019 CD: RCA VictorCat: 602881947Bidu SayãoMimi BenzellRichard TuckerFrancesco ValentinoNicola MosconaGeorge CehanovskyGiuseppe AntonicelliMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusCD: ArkadiaCat: 780681951Renata TebaldiHilde GüdenGiacinto PrandelliRaffaele AriéFernando CorenaAlberto EredeAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorusCD: NaxosCat: 8.110252-531952Rosanna CarteriElvina RamellaFerruccio TagliaviniGiuseppe TaddeiCesare SiepiPier Luigi LatinucciGabriele SantiniRAI Orchestra Sinfonica and chorusCD: Warner FonitCat: 8573 87270-21956Victoria de los ÁngelesLucine AmaraJussi BjörlingRobert MerrillGiorgio TozziJohn ReardonThomas BeechamRCA Victor Symphony Orchestra and chorusLP: RCA VictorCat: LM-6042CD: EMI ClassicsCat: 7243-5-67753-2-9CD: NaxosCat: 8.111249-501956Maria CallasAnna MoffoGiuseppe Di StefanoRolando PaneraiNicola ZaccariaManuel SpataforaAntonino VottoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: NaxosCat: 8.111332-331958Licia AlbaneseLaurel HurleyCarlo BergonziMario SereniClifford HarvuotNorman ScottThomas SchippersMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Recorded on 15 February 1958)CD: Sony ClassicalCat: 886978046321958Renata TebaldiGianna D'AngeloCarlo BergonziEttore BastianiniCesare SiepiTullio SerafinAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorusCD: DeccaCat: 470 431-21959Licia AlbaneseAudrey SchuhGiuseppe Di StefanoGiuseppe ValdengoNorman TreigleArthur CosenzaRenato CelliniNew Orleans Opera Association orchestra and chorusCD: VAICat: VAIA 1119-21961Anna MoffoMary CostaRichard TuckerRobert MerrillGiorgio TozziPhilip MaeroErich LeinsdorfRome Opera orchestra and chorusLP: RCA VictorCat: LSC-6095CD: RCA VictorCat: 09026-63179-21961Renata ScottoJolanda MeneguzzerGianni PoggiTito GobbiGiuseppe ModestiGiorgio GiorgettiAntonino VottoMaggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra and chorusCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 435 715-21962–1963Mirella FreniMariella AdaniNicolai GeddaMario SereniFerruccio MazzoliMario Basiola, Jr.Thomas SchippersRome Opera orchestra and chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 919981963Mirella FreniHilde GüdenGianni RaimondiRolando PaneraiIvo VincoGiuseppe TaddeiHerbert von KarajanVienna State Opera orchestra and chorusORF live recordingCD: RCA Red SealCat: 74321 57736 2, listing #456.1972Mirella FreniElizabeth HarwoodLuciano PavarottiRolando PaneraiNicolai GhiaurovGianni MaffeoHerbert von KarajanBerlin Philharmonic orchestraDeutsche Oper Berlin chorusCD: DeccaCat: 4212451973Montserrat CaballéJudith BlegenPlácido DomingoSherrill MilnesRuggero RaimondiVicente SardineroGeorg SoltiLondon Philharmonic OrchestraJohn Alldis ChoirLP: RCA Red Seal Cat: ARL2-0371CD: RCA VictorCat: 74321 39496-21979Katia RicciarelliAshley PutnamJosé CarrerasFrancis EgertonHåkan HagegårdRobert LloydColin DavisRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorusCD: Philips RecordsCat: 44226021979Ileana CotrubașLucia PoppLuciano PavarottiLorenzo SaccomaniYevgeny NesterenkoGiorgio GiorgettiCarlos KleiberTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus(Recorded on 27 March 1979)CD: MytoCat: 011 240(see video below)1983Mirella FreniMargherita GuglielmiLuciano PavarottiWolfgang BrendelJan-Hendrik RooteringJohn JanssenCarlos KleiberBavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus(Recorded on 16 July 1983 at National Theatre Munich)CD: Audio EncyclopediaCat: AE2041987Barbara Hendricks,Angela Maria Blasi,José Carreras,Gino Quilico,,Richard CowanJames Conlon,Orchestre National de France, Chorus of Radio France(Recorded May 1987, Grand Auditorium, Radio France; used for the soundtrack to La Bohème (1988 film))CD: Erato1988 Gaumont film: ; Erato soundtrack CD: , (cast list), ; Erato video: Apple TV, .Cat: 2292-45311-2(see 1988 video below)1987Angelina ReauxBarbara DanielsJerry HadleyThomas HampsonJames BusterudPaul PlishkaLeonard BernsteinAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorusCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 423 601-21990Daniela DessìAdelina ScarabelliGiuseppe SabbatiniPaolo GavanelliCarlo ColombaraGianluigi GelmettiTeatro Comunale di Bologna orchestra and chorusCD: EMI ClassicsCat: 74321 39496-21995Kiri Te KanawaNancy GustafsonRichard LeechAlan TitusRoberto ScanduzziGino QuilicoKent NaganoLondon Symphony OrchestraAmbrosian Singers, St Clement Danes School ChoirCD: Erato RecordsCat: 0630-1-10699-21998Angela GheorghiuRoberto AlagnaSimon KeenlysideRoberto De CandiaRiccardo ChaillyTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusCD: DeccaCat: 470 624-2 DSA1999Barbara FrittoliEva MeiAndrea BocelliPaolo GavanelliMario LuperiNatale de CarolisZubin MehtaIsrael Philharmonic OrchestraCD: DeccaCat: 470 624357822007Anna NetrebkoNicole CabellRolando VillazónBoaz DanielVitalij KowaljowStéphane DegoutBertrand de BillyBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra(Recorded in concert at Münchner Philharmonie in April 2007; used for the soundtrack to La Bohème (2008 film))CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 477 6600(see 2008 video below)2022Celine ByrneAnna DevinMerūnas VitulskisDavid BizicJohn MolloyBen McAteerSergio AlapontIrish National OperaIrish National Opera ChorusCD: Signum Classics Reference: 0000702SIGCD
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