# 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

| Year | Cast (Mimì, Musetta, Rodolfo, Marcello, Colline, Schaunard) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 VHS/DVD: Deutsche Grammophon |
| 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 27$^1$ and 30$^2$ March 1979) | DVD: Encore Cat: 2144$^1$ CD: Myto Cat: 011 240$^2$ |
| 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 Blu-ray/DVD: Opera Australia |
| 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 |
| 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 Reference: 0000702SIGCD |