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	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 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	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 Irène Gromova Alain Vanzo Willy Clément Xavier Depraz Jean-Pierre Laffage	Georges Derveaux Orchestre radio-lyrique, 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)	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 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	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 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 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

Further reading

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