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This is a partial discography of Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème, which premiered on February 1, 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, Remo 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: Line Music Cat: 5.00294
1951	Renata Tebaldi, Hilde Güden, Giacinto Prandelli, Giovanni Inghilleri, Raphaël Arié, Fernando Corena	Alberto Erede, Coro e Orchestra dell Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia	CD: Naxos Cat: 8.110252-53
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
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
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, Gianni Maffeo, Nicolai Ghiaurov	Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker and Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin	CD: Decca Cat: 421245
1973	Montserrat Caballé, Judith Blegen, Plácido Domingo, Alan Byers, Nico Castel, Sherrill Milnes	Georg Solti London Philharmonic Orchestra and John Alldis Choir with Wandworth 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
1990	Daniella 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
1995	Kiri Te Kanawa, Nancy Gustafson, Richard Leech, Alan Titus, Gino Quilico, Roberto Scanduzzi, Carlos Chausson, Barry Banks, Alan Ewing, Vernon Midgley, Oliver Broome, Leslie Fyson	Kent Nagano,conductor The Ambrosian Singers John McCarthy, chorus master St. Clement Danes School Choir, London Symphony Orchestra	CD: Erato 0630-1-10699-2
1998	Angela Gheorghiu, Elisabetta Scano, Roberto Alagna, Simon Keenlyside, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Roberto Di Candia	Riccardo Chailly, La Scala Chorus and Orchestra	CD: Decca Cat: 470 624-2 DSA
2002	Alexia Voulgaridou, Elena de la Merced, Rolando Villazón, Ludovic Tézier, Markus Marquardt, Toby Stafford-Allen	Ulf Schirmer, Vienna Symphony Direction: Richard Jones and Anthony McDonald Film director: Brian Large Bregenzer Festspiele 2002	DVD: Capriccio Digital Cat: 93 515
2008	Anna Netrebko, Nicole Cabell, Rolando Villazón, Boaz Daniel, Stéphane Degout, Vitalij Kowaljow	Bertrand de Billy, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Film directed by Robert Dornheim	CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 477 6600 DVD: Kultur International Films Cat: KUL D4601

References

Notes

^ Recordings of La bohème on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
^ "Puccini: Boheme (la)". Hong Kong: Naxos Records. 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2010.

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 9780198164685.

[1] Recordings of La bohème on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk

[2] "Puccini: Boheme (la)". Hong Kong: Naxos Records. 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2010.

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 |1990 || [[Daniella Dessì]],<br />[[Adelina Scarabelli]],<br />[[Giuseppe Sabbatini]],<br />[[Paolo Gavanelli]],<br />[[Carlo Colombara]],<br />[[Alfonso Antoniozzi]] || [[Gianluigi Gelmetti]],<br />[[Teatro Comunale di Bologna]] Orchestra and Chorus || CD: [[EMI Classics]]<br />Cat: 74321 39496-2
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+|1995 ||[[Kiri Te Kanawa]],<br />[[Nancy Gustafson]],<br />[[Richard Leech]],<br />[[Alan Titus]],<br />[[Gino Quilico]],<br />[[Roberto Scanduzzi]],<br />[[Carlos Chausson]],<br />[[Barry Banks (tenor)|Barry Banks]],<br />[[Alan Ewing]],<br />[[Vernon Midgley]],<br />[[Oliver Broome]],<br />[[Leslie Fyson]]||[[Kent Nagano]],conductor<br />[[The Ambrosian Singers]]<br />John McCarthy, chorus master<br />[[St. Clement Danes School|St. Clement Danes School Choir]],<br />[[London Symphony Orchestra]]||CD: Erato 0630-1-10699-2
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 |1998 || [[Angela Gheorghiu]],<br />Elisabetta Scano,<br />[[Roberto Alagna]],<br />[[Simon Keenlyside]],<br />[[Ildebrando D'Arcangelo]],<br />Roberto Di Candia || [[Riccardo Chailly]],<br />[[La Scala|La Scala Chorus and Orchestra]] || CD: Decca<br />Cat: 470 624-2 DSA