Year
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Cast (Mimì, Musetta, Rodolfo, Marcello, Colline, Schaunard)
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Conductor, Opera house and orchestra
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Label[1]
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1917
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Gemma Bosini Adalgisa Giana Reno Andreini Ernesto Badini Vincenzo Bettoni Aristide Baracchi
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Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus
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LP: Società Nazionale del Grammofono Cat: S 5018-42
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1928
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Rosetta Pampanini Luba Mirella Luigi Marini Gino Vanelli Tancredi Pasero Aristide Baracchi
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Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus
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CD: Arkadia Cat: 78047
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Rosina Torri Thea Vitulli Aristodemo Giorgini Ernesto Badini Luigi Manfrini Aristide Baracchi
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Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus
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CD: VAI Audio Cat: VAIA 1078-2
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1938
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Licia Albanese Tatiana Menotti Beniamino Gigli Afro Poli Duilio Baronti Aristide Baracchi
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Umberto Berrettoni Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus
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CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110072-73
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1942
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Grace Moore Frances Greer Frederick Jagel Francesco Valentino Ezio Pinza Wilfred Engelman
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Cesare Sodero Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
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CD: Line Music Cat: 5.00284
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1946
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Licia Albanese Anne McKnight Jan Peerce Francesco Valentino Nicola Moscona George Cehanovsky
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Arturo Toscanini NBC Symphony orchestra & chorus
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CD: RCA Victor Cat: 60288
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1947
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Bidu Sayão Mimi Benzell Richard Tucker Francesco Valentino Nicola Moscona George Cehanovsky
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Giuseppe Antonicelli Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
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CD: Arkadia Cat: 78068
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1951
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Renata Tebaldi Hilde Güden Giacinto Prandelli Giovanni Inghilleri Raffaele Arié Fernando Corena
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Alberto Erede Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchectra & chorus
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CD: Naxos Cat: 8.110252-53
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1952
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Rosanna Carteri Elvina Ramella Ferruccio Tagliavini Giuseppe Taddei Cesare Siepi Pier Luigi Latinucci
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Gabriele Santini Orchestra Sinfonica and Chorus of RAI
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CD: Warner Fonit Cat: 8573 87270-2
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1956
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Victoria de los Ángeles Lucine Amara Jussi Björling Robert Merrill Giorgio Tozzi John Reardon
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Thomas Beecham RCA Victor orchestra & chorus
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CD: EMI Classics Cat: 7243-5-67753-2-9 CD: Naxos Cat:8.111249-50[2]
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Maria Callas Anna Moffo Giuseppe Di Stefano Rolando Panerai Nicola Zaccaria Manuel Spatafora
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Antonino Votto Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus
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CD: Naxos Cat: 8.111332-33
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1958
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Licia Albanese Laurel Hurley Carlo Bergonzi Mario Sereni Clifford Harvuot Norman Scott
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Thomas Schippers Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus (Recorded on 15 Feb 1958)
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CD: Sony Classical Cat: 88697804632
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Renata Tebaldi Gianna D'Angelo Carlo Bergonzi Ettore Bastianini Cesare Siepi Renato Cesari
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Tullio Serafin Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchectra & chorus
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CD: Decca Cat: 470 431-2
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1959
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Licia Albanese Audrey Schuh Giuseppe Di Stefano Giuseppe Valdengo Norman Treigle Arthur Cosenza
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Renato Cellini New Orleans Opera Association orchectra & chorus
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CD: VAI Cat: VAIA 1119-2
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1960
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Léna Pastor Irène Gromova Alain Vanzo Willy Clément Xavier Depraz Jean-Pierre Laffage
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Georges Derveaux Orchestre Radio Lyrique de la RTF
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DVD: Fra Musica Cat:
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1961
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Anna Moffo Mary Costa Richard Tucker Robert Merrill Giorgio Tozzi Philip Maero
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Erich Leinsdorf Rome Opera orchectra & chorus
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CD: RCA Victor Cat: 09026-63179-2
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Renata Scotto Jolanda Meneguzzer Gianni Poggi Tito Gobbi Giuseppe Modesti Giorgio Giorgetti
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Antonino Votto Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchectra & chorus
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CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 435 715-2
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1962–1963
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Mirella Freni Mariella Adani Nicolai Gedda Mario Sereni Ferruccio Mazzoli Mario Basiola, Jr.
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Thomas Schippers Rome Opera orchectra & chorus
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CD: EMI Classics Cat: 91998
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1972
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Mirella Freni Elizabeth Harwood Luciano Pavarotti Rolando Panerai Nicolai Ghiaurov Gianni Maffeo
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Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic orchestra Deutschen Oper Berlin chorus
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CD: Decca Cat: 421245
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1973
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Montserrat Caballé Judith Blegen Plácido Domingo Sherrill Milnes Ruggero Raimondi Vicente Sardinero
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Georg Solti London Philharmonic Orchestra John Alldis Choir
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CD: RCA Victor Cat: 74321 39496-2
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1979
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Katia Ricciarelli Ashley Putnam José Carreras Francis Egerton Håkan Hagegård Robert Lloyd
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Colin Davis Royal Opera House orchectra & chorus
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CD: Philips Cat: 4422602
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Ileana Cotrubaș Lucia Popp Luciano Pavarotti Lorenzo Saccomani Yevgeny Nesterenko Giorgio Giorgetti
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Carlos Kleiber Teatro alla Scala orchectra & chorus (Recorded on 271 and 302 March 1979)
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DVD: Encore 21441 CD Myto 011 2402
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1983
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Mirella Freni Margherita Guglielmi Luciano Pavarotti Wolfgang Brendel Jan-Hendrik Rootering John Janssen
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Carlos Kleiber, Bavarian State Opera orchectra & chorus (Recorded on 16 July 1983 at National Theatre Munich)
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CD: Audio Encyclopedia Cat: AE204
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1990
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Daniela Dessì Adelina Scarabelli Giuseppe Sabbatini Paolo Gavanelli Carlo Colombara Alfonso Antoniozzi
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Gianluigi Gelmetti Teatro Comunale di Bologna orchestra & chorus
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CD: EMI Classics Cat: 74321 39496-2
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1994
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Cheryl Barker Christine Douglas David Hobson Roger Lemke Gary Rowley David Lemke
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Richard Gill The Australian Opera orchectra & chorus Australian Opera ballet
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DVD: ABC Classics Cat: 708115
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1995
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Kiri Te Kanawa Nancy Gustafson Richard Leech Alan Titus Roberto Scanduzzi Gino Quilico
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Kent Nagano London Symphony Orchestra The Ambrosian Singers St. Clement Danes School Choir
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CD: Erato Cat: 0630-1-10699-2
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1998
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Angela Gheorghiu Elisabetta Scano Roberto Alagna Simon Keenlyside Ildebrando D'Arcangelo Roberto De Candia
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Riccardo Chailly Teatro alla Scala orchectra & chorus
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CD: Decca Cat: 470 624-2 DSA
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1999
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Barbara Frittoli Eva Mei Andrea Bocelli Paolo Gavanelli Mario Luperi Natale de Carolis
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Zubin Mehta Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
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CD: Decca Cat: 470 62435782
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2002
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Alexia Voulgaridou Elena de la Merced Rolando Villazón Ludovic Tézier Markus Marquardt Toby Stafford-Allen
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Ulf Schirmer Vienna Symphony (Recorded at Bregenzer Festspiele in 2002)
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DVD: Capriccio Digital Cat: 93 515
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2006
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Inva Mula Laura Giordano Aquiles Machado [es] Fabio Capitanucci Felipe Bou David Menéndez
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Jesús López-Cobos Teatro Real orchectra & chorus
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DVD: Opus Arte Cat: OA0961D
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2008
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Anna Netrebko Nicole Cabell Rolando Villazón Boaz Daniel Stéphane Degout Vitalij Kowaljow
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Bertrand de Billy Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Recorded at Münchner Philharmonie in April 2007)
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CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 477 6600 DVD: Kultur International Films Cat: KUL D4601
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2012
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Takesha Meshé Kizart Taryn Fiebig Ji-Min Park José Carbó David Parkin Shane Lowrencev
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Shao-Chia Lü Opera Australia orchectra & chorus
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DVD: ABC Classics Cat: 762470
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