There are 285 recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini on file

Order by conductor

(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )

1 1917(STU) - Sabajno Carlo - Teatro alla Scala*

2 1928(STU) - Molajoli Lorenzo - Teatro alla Scala*

3 1928(STU) - Sabajno Carlo - Teatro alla Scala*

4 1930(SE) - Weigert Hermann - Berliner Staatsoper*

5 1930?(SE) - Wolff Albert - L'Opéra Comique de Paris*

6 1932-34(SE) - Ruhlmann François - Orchestre Symphonique*

7 1935(ACTS 1&3;LE) - Bellezza Vincenzo - Metropolitan Opera*

8 1935(Act 4;SE) - Beecham Thomas - London Philharmonic Orchestra*

9 1937(RE) - Steiner Heinrich - Orchester des Reichssenders Berlin*

10 1938(LI) - Papi Gennaro - Metropolitan Opera*

11 1938(STU) - Berrettoni Umberto - Teatro alla Scala*

12 1940(Act 1;LE) - Grevillius Nils - Royal Opera House (Stockholm)*

13 1940(LI) - Papi Gennaro - Metropolitan Opera*

14 1940(RA) - Krauss Clemens - Bayerische Staatsoper*

15 1940(SE) - Pelletier Wilfred (Wilfrid) - Metropolitan Opera*

16 1942(LI) - Sodero Cesare - Metropolitan Opera*

17 1944(LI) - Sodero Cesare - Metropolitan Opera*

18 1944(RE) - Steinkopf Hanns - Berliner Funk Orchester*

19 1946(LE) - Guarnieri Antonio - Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro*

20 1946(LI) - Sodero Cesare - Metropolitan Opera*

21 1946(RC) - Toscanini Arturo - NBC Symphony Orchestra*

22 1947(STU) - Antonicelli Giuseppe - Metropolitan Opera*

23 1948(LE) - Lenaerts Hugo - Royal Flemish Opera*

24 1948(LI) - Antonicelli Giuseppe - Metropolitan Opera*

25 1948(LI) - Antonicelli Giuseppe - Metropolitan Opera*

26 1948(LI;31/1/48) - Antonicelli Giuseppe - Metropolitan Opera*

27 1949(LE) - Sabata Victor de - Teatro alla Scala*

28 1950(LE) - Hye-Knudsen Johann - Danish Royal Opera*

29 1950(LI) - Antonicelli Giuseppe - Metropolitan Opera*

30 1950(LI) - Patanè Franco - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

31 1950(STU) - Erede Alberto - Santa Cecilia*

32 1950?(STU) - Samosud Samuil A - Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra*

33 1951(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

34 1951(LI) - Santini Gabriele - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

35 1951(RA) - Krauss Clemens - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*

36 1951(SE) - Cellini Renato - RCA Victor Orchestra*

37 1951(STU) - Loibner Wilhelm - Wiener Volksoper*

38 1952(LI;15/3/52) - Erede Alberto - Metropolitan Opera*

39 1952(LI;27/12/52) - Erede Alberto - Metropolitan Opera*

40 1952(RA) - Santini Gabriele - RAI Torino*

41 1952(STU) - Paoletti Alberto - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*

42 1953(FI) - Erede Alberto - Metropolitan Opera**

43 1953(LI;19/12/53) - Erede Alberto - Metropolitan Opera*

44 1953(LI;21/2/53) - Erede Alberto - Metropolitan Opera*

45 1953(RA) - Szenkár Eugen - Orchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)*

46 1954(LI) - Rápalo Ugo - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

47 1954(RA) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - RAI Milano*

48 1954(SE) - Schüchter Wilhelm - Städtische Oper Berlin*

49 1954(STU) - Samosud Samuil A - Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra*

50 1955(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

51 1955(STU) - Bamberger Carl - ORCHESTRA*

52 1955(STU) - Tzipine Georges - L'Opéra Comique de Paris*

53 1956(SE) - Kraus Richard - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

54 1956(STU) - Beecham Thomas - RCA Victor Orchestra*

55 1956(STU) - Votto Antonino - Teatro alla Scala*

56 1956?(SE) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

57 1957(LI) - Kozma Tibor - Metropolitan Opera*

58 1957(STU) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

59 1958(LI) - Schippers Thomas - Metropolitan Opera*

60 1958(SE) - Strasfogel Ignace - PIANO*

61 1958(STU) - Serafin Tullio - Santa Cecilia*

62 1958 - Rigacci Bruno - RIAS*

63 1959(LI) - Cellini Renato - New Orleans Opera*

64 1959(LI) - Questa Angelo - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

65 195?(SE) - Kerekes János - Orchestra*

66 1960(SE) - Ghiglia Erasmo - Orchestre*

67 1960(SE) - Marszalek Franz - Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Köln*

68 1961(FI) - Ehrling Sixten - Orchestra**

69 1961(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Teatro Municipale di Reggio Emilia*

70 1961(LI) - Schick George - Metropolitan Opera*

71 1961(SE) - Klobucar Berislav - Berliner Symphoniker*

72 1961(STU) - Erede Alberto - Staatskapelle Berlin*

73 1961(STU) - Leinsdorf Erich - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*

74 1961(STU) - Votto Antonino - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*

75 1962(LE) - Basile Arturo - Teatro Regio di Parma*

76 1962(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - San Francisco Opera*

77 1962-63(STU) - Schippers Thomas - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*

78 1962?(SE) - Bauer-Theussl Franz - Wiener Volksoper*

79 1963(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Staatsoper*

80 1963(LI) - Martini Juan Emilio - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

81 1964(LI) - Annovazzi Napoleone - Radio Telefis Eireann Symphony Orchestra*

82 1964(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

83 1964(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Teatro alla Scala*

84 1964(LI) - Moresco Carlo - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company*

85 1965(FI) - Karajan Herbert von - Teatro alla Scala**

86 1965(LI) - Cillario Carlo Felice - Lyric Opera of Chicago*

87 1965(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

88 1965(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

89 1965(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*

90 1965(LI) - Rescigno Nicola - Palacio de las Bellas Artes*

91 1966(LI) - Fabritiis Oliviero De - Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania**

92 1966(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*

93 1966(LI) - Hager Leopold - Wiener Staatsoper*

94 1966(LI) - Märzendorfer Ernst - New York City Opera*

95 1966(LI) - Schick George - Metropolitan Opera*

96 1966(LI) - Schick George - Metropolitan Opera*

97 1966(LI) - Selva Vincent La - Boston Opera*

98 1966(LI) - Varviso Silvio - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*

99 1967(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

100 1967(LI) - Magiera Leone - Teatro Comunale di Modena*

101 1967(LI) - Rigacci Bruno - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

102 1968(LI) - Franci Carlo - Teatro Comunale di Bologna*

103 1968(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*

104 1969(LI) - Adler Kurt - Metropolitan Opera*

105 1969(LI) - Coppola Anton - San Francisco Opera*

106 1969(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*

107 1969(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*

108 1969(LI) - Moresco Carlo - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company*

109 1969(LI) - Wolf-Ferrari Manno - Teatro Comunale «Carlo Felice» di Genova*

110 1969(RA) - Schippers Thomas - RAI Roma*

111 1969(STU) - Rápalo Ugo - Orchestra Filarmonica Napoli*

112 196?(SE) - Erdélyi Miklós - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra*

113 196?(SE) - Ghiglia Erasmo - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*

114 1970(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

115 1970(LI) - Fabritiis Oliviero De - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia*

116 1970(LI) - Santi Nello - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg*

117 1970(LI) - Sanzogno Nino - Orquesta Sinfónica de la RTVE*

118 1971(LI) - Cillario Carlo Felice - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

119 1971(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

120 1971(LI) - Mannino Franco - Orchestra*

121 1971(LI) - Morelli Giuseppe - New York City Opera*

122 1972(LI) - Bonavolantà Nino - Teatro Regio di Parma*

123 1972(LI) - Buckley Emerson - Greater Miami Opera*

124 1972(LI;24/10/72) - Morelli Giuseppe - New York City Opera*

125 1972(LI;30/9/72) - Morelli Giuseppe - New York City Opera*

126 1972(STU) - Karajan Herbert von - Berliner Philharmoniker*

127 1973(LI) - Lewis Henry - Metropolitan Opera*

128 1973(LI) - Lewis Henry - Metropolitan Opera*

129 1973(LI) - Périsson Jean - San Francisco Opera*

130 1973(LI;13/10/73) - Guadagno Anton - Wiener Staatsoper*

131 1973(LI;29/12/73) - Guadagno Anton - Wiener Staatsoper*

132 1973(STU) - Solti Georg - London Philharmonic Orchestra*

133 1974(LE) - Varviso Silvio - Covent Garden*

134 1974(LI) - Segerstam Leif - Metropolitan Opera*

135 1974(LI) - Segerstam Leif - Metropolitan Opera*

136 1975(LI) - Pallo Imre - New York City Opera*

137 1975(LI) - Prêtre Georges - Teatro alla Scala*

138 1975(LI) - Pérez Busquier Gerard - Orquesta*

139 1976(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*

140 1976(LI) - Patanè Giuseppe - Covent Garden*

141 1976(LI) - Prêtre Georges - Teatro alla Scala*

142 1976(LI) - Sanzogno Nino - Orchestra*

143 1976(LI) - Stapleton Robin - Covent Garden*

144 1977(LI) - Behr Jan - Metropolitan Opera*

145 1977(LI) - Conlon James - Metropolitan Opera*

146 1977(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Staatsoper*

147 1977(LI) - Morelli Giuseppe - Gran Teatro del Liceo**

148 1977(LI) - Morelli Giuseppe - New York City Opera*

149 1977(LI) - Patanè Giuseppe - L'Opéra de Paris*

150 1977(LI) - Santi Nello - Bayerische Staatsoper*

151 1977(LI;15/3) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera**

152 1977(LI;19/3) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*

153 1978(LI) - Rescigno Nicola - London Philharmonic Orchestra*

154 1978(LI) - Varviso Silvio - San Francisco Opera*

155 1978(STU) - Davis Colin - Covent Garden*

156 1979(LI) - Brott Boris - Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra**

157 1979(LI) - García-Navarro Luis Antonio - Covent Garden*

158 1979(LI) - Holt Henry - New York City Opera*

159 1979(LI) - Kleiber Carlos - Covent Garden*

160 1979(LI) - Kleiber Carlos - Teatro alla Scala***

161 1979(LI) - Kleiber Carlos - Teatro alla Scala*

162 1979(STU) - Levine James - National Philharmonic Orchestra*

163 1980(LI) - Bernardi Mario - National Arts Centre Orchestra*

164 1980(LI) - Ferrara Franco - Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaría*

165 1980(LI) - Marco Eugenio Mario - Gran Teatro del Liceo**

166 1980(LI) - Masini Gian-Franco - Orquesta*

167 1980(LI) - Rigacci Bruno - San Diego Opera*

168 1980(LI) - Rudel Julius - Hamburgische Staatsoper*

169 1980(LI) - Santi Nello - Bayerische Staatsoper*

170 1980(LI) - Santi Nello - L'Opéra de Paris***

171 1980(STU;FI) - Lenárd Ondrej - Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra***

172 1981(LI) - Kleiber Carlos - Teatro alla Scala**

173 1982(LI) - Gardelli Lamberto - Covent Garden***

174 1982(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera***

175 1982(LI) - Marco Eugenio Mario - Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaría*

176 1982(LI) - Neuhold Günter - L'Opéra de Marseille**

177 1982(STU) - Petrovici Constantin - National Opera of Bucharest*

178 1983(LI) - Binder Erich - Wiener Staatsoper*

179 1983(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

180 1983(LI) - Kleiber Carlos - Bayerische Staatsoper*

181 1983(LI) - Lombard Alain - L'Opéra de Paris*

182 1983(LI) - Rivoli Gianfranco - Orquesta**

183 1984(LI) - Alonso Odón - Orquesta**

184 1984(LI) - Kohn Eugene - Metropolitan Opera*

185 1984(LI) - Patanè Giuseppe - Hamburgische Staatsoper*

186 1985(LI) - Domingo Plácido - Metropolitan Opera*

187 1985(LI) - Gielen Michael - Frankfurter Oper*

188 1985(LI) - Tchakarov Emil - Orchestra*

189 1985(STU) - Soltesz Stefan - Münchner Rundfunkorchester*

190 1986(LI) - Bergeson Scott - New York City Opera*

191 1986(LI) - García-Navarro Luis Antonio - Orquesta*

192 1986(LI) - Magiera Leone - Teatro Municipale dell'Opera di Genova**

193 1986(LI) - Saccani Rico - Opera Company of Philadelphia*

194 1986(LI) - Tilson Thomas Michael - Chicago Lyric Opera*

195 1987(LC) - Bernstein Leonard - Santa Cecilia*

196 1987(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Teatro Comunale di Firenze*

197 1987(LI) - Bergeson Scott - New York City Opera*

198 1987(LI) - Foster Lawrence - Music Center Opera Los Angeles*

199 1987(LI) - Lenárd Ondrej - Orquesta*

200 1987(LI) - Patanè Giuseppe - Covent Garden*

201 1987(STU) - Conlon James - Orchestre National de France (Paris)*

202 1988(LI) - Cillario Carlo Felice - Australian Opera**

203 1988(LI) - Gibson Mark - Teatro Principal de Mahon, Menorca*

204 1988(LI) - Ivanov Borislav - Sofia Symphony Orchestra*

205 1988(LI) - Kleiber Carlos - Metropolitan Opera*

206 1988(LI) - Severini Tiziano - San Francisco Opera***

207 1988(LI;Cupido) - Severini Tiziano - Teatro alla Scala*

208 1988(LI;Sabbatini)) - Severini Tiziano - Teatro alla Scala*

209 1989(LI) - Magiera Leone - Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi*

210 1989(LI) - Müller Edoardo - Orquesta*

211 1989(LI) - Rigacci Bruno - Canadian Opera Company**

212 1990(LC) - Gelmetti Gianluigi - Teatro Comunale di Bologna*

213 1990(LI) - Dutoit Charles - Philadelphia Orchestra*

214 1990(LI) - Herrera Elena - Orquesta**

215 1990(LI) - López Cobos Jesús - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

216 1990(LI) - Renzi Victor de - Saraosta Opera*

217 1990(STU) - Humburg Will - Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra*

218 1991(LI) - Abbado Roberto - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

219 1991(LI) - Guingal Alain - Orchestre*

220 1991(LI;4/6/91) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - Teatro alla Scala*

221 1991(LI;6/6/91) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - Teatro alla Scala*

222 1992(LI) - Armiliato Marco - Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi*

223 1992(LI) - Severini Tommaso - Arena di Verona*

224 1993(LI) - Fiore John - Metropolitan Opera*

225 1993(LI) - Oren Daniel - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*

226 1993(LI) - Rubio Jorge - Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaría**

227 1993(LI) - Smith Julian - Australian Opera**

228 1993(LI) - Sutej Vlekoslav - Wiener Staatsoper*

229 1993(STU) - Rahbari Alexander - Belgian Radio and TV Philharmonic Orchestra*

230 1994(LI) - Bychkov Semyon - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*

231 1994(LI) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - Teatro alla Scala*

232 1994(LI) - Tolomelli Roberto - Arena di Verona*

233 1994(STU) - Nagano Kent - London Symphony Orchestra*

234 1995(LC) - Guadagno Anton - Verona Arena*

235 1995(LI) - Colaneri Joseph - New York City Opera*

236 1995(LI) - Conlon James - L'Opéra National de Paris***

237 1995(LI) - Hager Leopold - Wiener Staatsoper*

238 1995(LI) - Latham-Koenig Jan - Covent Garden*

239 1995(LI) - Renzetti Donato - Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse*

240 1995(LI) - Renzetti Donato - Teatro Massimo di Palermo**

241 1995(LI) - Rudel Julius - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)**

242 1995(STU) - Pappano Antonio - Philharmonia Orchestra*

243 1996(LI) - Mark Peter - Moscow State Symphony Orchestra**

244 1996(LI) - Oren Daniel - Teatro Regio di Torino**

245 1996(LI) - Tolomelli Roberto - Teatro Comunale dell'Opera di Genova*

246 1997(LI) - Manahan George - New York City Opera**

247 1997(LI) - Santi Nello - Metropolitan Opera*

248 1997(LI) - Waters Willie - Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra*

249 1998(LI) - Mercurio Steven - Teatro Lirico di Cagliari**

250 1998(LI) - Varviso Silvio - Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid*

251 1998(STU) - Chailly Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala*

252 1998(STU) - Parry David - Philharmonia Orchestra*

253 1999(LI) - Armiliato Marco - Metropolitan Opera*

254 1999(LI) - Bugaj Tomasz - Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa*

255 1999(LI) - Märkl Jun - Wiener Staatsoper*

256 1999(STU) - Mehta Zubin - Israel Philharmonic Orchestra*

257 199?(SE) - Abell David - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*

258 2000(LI) - Bernart Massimo de - Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana*

259 2000(LI) - Langrée Louis - Glyndebourne Touring Opera**

260 2001(LI) - Jordan Philippe - Berliner Staatsoper**

261 2001(LI) - Larsen Robert - Des Moines Metro Opera*

262 2001(LI) - Oren Daniel - L'Opéra National de Paris*

263 2001(LI) - Oren Daniel - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*

264 2002(LI) - Armiliato Marco - Metropolitan Opera*

265 2002(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Chicago Lyric Opera*

266 2002(LI) - Schirmer Ulf - Wiener Symphoniker**

267 2002(SCE) - NOT KNOWN - Orchestra*

268 2003(LI) - Bartoletti Bruno - Teatro alla Scala**

269 2003(LI) - Bellincampi Giordano - Aahrus Symfoniorkester*

270 2003(LI) - Mauceri John - Pittsburgh Opera*

271 2003(LI) - Viotti Marcello - Metropolitan Opera*

272 2005(LC) - Welser-Möst Franz - Opernhaus Zürich**

273 2005(LI) - López Cobos Jesús - L'Orchestre National de France***

274 2005(LI) - Oren Daniel - Arena di Verona**

275 2006(LI) - Domingo Plácido - Metropolitan Opera*

276 2006(LI) - Domingo Plácido - Metropolitan Opera*

277 2006(LI) - Gergiev Valery - Kirov Opera*

278 2006(LI) - López Cobos Jesús - Teatro Real de Madrid**

279 2006(LI) - Manahan George - New York City Opera*

280 2007(LC) (FI) - Billy Bertrand De - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks***

281 2007(LC) - Spano Robert - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra*

282 2007(LI) - Billy Bertrand De - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*

283 2008(LC) - Luisotti Nicola - Metropolitan Opera**

284 2008(LC) - Robertson Stewart - Orchestra del Festival Puccini**

285 2009(LI) - Harth-Bedoya Miguel - English National Opera*

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Sabajno - 1917(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Remo Andreini

Schaunard - Aristide Baracchi

Marcello - Ernesto Badini

Colline - Vincenzo Bettoni

Mimi - Gemma Bosini

Musetta - Adalgisa Giana

Benoit - Ubaldo Ceccarelli

Alcindoro - Ubaldo Ceccarelli

Parpignol - C. Maestri

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Black Disc; - Società Nazionale del Grammofono «La Voce del Padrone» S 5018, ; S 5020, S 5024, S 5026, S 5028, S 5030, S 5032 S 5034, S 5036, S 5038, S 5040,; S 5042 {12x12in-78s}, R 5021, R 5023, R 5033 {3x10in-78s} (1919)ª

Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia AE 301 - From Which We Came - The First Opera Recordings (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (1999)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- The 78s are listed in the catalogue of the Società Nazionale del Grammofono dated giugno 1919. Most of the sides were recorded between 7 and 23 February 1917. «Che gelida manina» was recorded with Remo Andreini on 27 February 1917 but was not used when the set was released when a recording by Luigi Bolis was substituted. According to Kelly (His Master's Voice/La Voce del Padrone - The Italian Catalogue) this was also recorded on 27 February 1917. Side 24 (Che ora sia?... with Andreini, Badini, Baracchi, Bettoni) was recorded on 9 August 1917.More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel. The recording on the Mike Richter CD-ROM is incomplete and starts with Schaunard's entry in Act 1

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Lorenzo Molajoli - 1928(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Luigi Marini

Schaunard - Aristide Baracchi

Marcello - Gino Vanelli

Colline - Tancredi Pasero

Mimi - Rosetta Pampanini

Musetta - Luba Mirella

Benoit - Salvatore Baccaloni

Alcindoro - Salvatore Baccaloni

Parpignol - Giuseppe Nessi

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Black Disc - Columbia 9846-9858 (13x78s); Columbia D 14515-14527 (13x78s) Columbia Set OP 5 (67711 D - 66723 D) (13x78s) (USA) Columbia DX 604-609 (Highlights)

Compact Disc - Bongiovanni GB 1125/26-2 {2CDS}; ARKADIA 78047 {2CDS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1929 p.190 (Klein p.278); December 1934 p.265 (Highlights)

Fanfare - Vol.19 No.4 March/April 1996 p.251

Orpheus - Februar 1997 S.56

Opera Quarterly - Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.138

Opéra International - février 1998 No.221 p.56 [SS]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.86 marzo 1996 p.51

Opernwelt - März 3/1996 S.53

L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.95 - Marzo 1996 p.81

The Record Collector - Vol.41 No.1 March 1996 p.67

Musica (Milano) - No.96 Anno 20 febbraio-marzo 1996 p.114

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.115 noviembre 1998 p.39 [SV]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.30 noviembre-diciembre 1998 p.77 [VJ]

Comments:- This recording was made between 17 November and 3 December 1928. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Sabajno - 1928(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Aristodemo Giorgini

Schaunard - Aristide Baracchi

Marcello - Ernesto Badini

Colline - Luigi Manfrini

Mimi - Rosina Torri

Musetta - Thea Vitulli

Benoit - Salvatore Baccaloni

Alcindoro - Salvatore Baccaloni

Parpignol - Giuseppe Nessi

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Black Disc; - Società Anonima Nazionale del Grammofono «La Voce del Padrone» ; S 9530-9554 (even numbers) {13x78s} (1928)ª; HMV C 1513-25 {13x78s} (1928)ª; La Voz de su Amo AF 224-236 {13x78s} (1928)ª; Victor Musical Masterpiece Set 35 (9512-9524) {13x78s}; Bongiovanni GB 1033-1034 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - In Sync C 4131/2

Compact Disc; - VAI Audio VAIA 1078-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª;; Arkadia 2CD 78029

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1928 p.153; March 1995 p.34 p.122 [JBS]

Opera News - May 1995 p.47

Opéra International - février 1998 No.221 p.56 [SS]

Diapason - No.424 mars 1996 p.120

ARSC Journal - 1985 Vol.17 No.1-3 p.157 [JWNF]

The Record Collector - Vol.39 No.4 1994 p.261 p.272

Classical Express - Issue No.87 June 1997 p.4

American Record Guide - November/December 1997 Vol.60 No.6 p.276 [RVL]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.103 octubre 1997 p.41 (mention) [MC]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.91 [CC]

Comments:- The 78s issued by the Società Anonima del Grammofono are listed in their catalogue dated 15 settembre 1928. The recording was made between 23 February and 11 April 1928. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Hermann Weigert - 1930(SE)

Orchestra - Berliner Staatsoper

Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Helge Roswaenge

Schaunard - Edwin Heyer

Marcello - Armin Weltner

Colline - Gerald Kasenow

Mimi - Felicie Hüni-Mihacsek

Musetta - Hedwig Jungkurth

Alcindoro - Waldemar Henke

Parpignol - Josef Hattemer

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Black Disc - Polydor 95362-95366 (5x78s); Polydor 27357-27361 (5x78s) Polydor 15254-15258 (5x78s); Eterna 730 {1LP}

Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia AE 301 - From Which We Came - The First Opera Sets (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (1999)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1930 p.281 (Klein p.489)

American Record Guide - December 1959 Vol.26 No.4 p.268 [GLM]

Comments:- A Polydor «Abridged Opera»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in French

Conductor Albert Wolff - 1930?(SE)

Orchestra - L'Opéra Comique de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra Comique de Paris

Rodolfo - M Claudel

Schaunard - Paul Léon Payen

Marcello - André Gaudin

Colline - José Beckmans

Mimi - Germaine Corney

Musetta - Madeleine Sibille

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Black Disc - Polydor 27362-6 {5x10in-78s} (Germany) Polydor 566077-81 {5x10in-78s) (France)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- A Polydor «Abridged Opera»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in French

Conductor François Ruhlmann - 1932-34(SE)

Orchestra - Orchestre Symphonique

Rodolfo - Miguel Villabella

Marcello - André Baugé

Mimi - Ninon Vallin

Musetta - Madeleine Sibille

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Black Disc - Pathé X-90027 X-90056 PGT-14 (78s); Pathé PCX-5001 (+Carmen -extracts) {1LP}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.68 novembre 1954 p.726 [JB]

Luister - Oktober 1956 p.19 [LR]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1935(ACTS 1&3;LE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Frederick Jagel

Schaunard - Millo Picco

Marcello - Giuseppe De Luca

Colline - Ezio Pinza

Mimi - Elisabeth Rethberg

Musetta - Nina Morgana

Benoit - Paolo Ananian

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 114 {1LP} (1957)ª

Compact Disc; - Walhall WHL 13 (+excerpts 1940 - Papi) {2CDS} (1995)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.58

Comments:- Recording of Acts 1 & 3 of a performance at the MET (23 March 1935)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in English

Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1935(Act 4;SE)

Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Rodolfo - Heddle Nash

Schaunard - Robert Alva

Marcello - John Brownlee

Colline - Robert Easton

Mimi - Lisa Perli

Musetta - Stella Andreva

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Black Disc - Columbia LX 523-526 {4x78s} (UK) Columbia LX 8266-8269 (4x78s;AC} (UK); Columbia Masterworks 274 {3x78s) (USA) HMV HQM 1234 (Heddle Nash Recital) {1LP}

Compact Disc; - Pearl GEMM 9473 {1CD} (1991)ª;; Dutton CDLX 7012 {1CD} (1995)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 103 «Sir Thomas Beecham» {1xCD-ROM} (2004)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1936 p.202 [HFVL]; October 1970 p.666-p.673; January 1971 p.1130 (mention); September 1991 p. [AB]; February 1995 p.115

Opera Now - July 1995 p.57

American Record Guide - 1995 Vol.58 No.3 p.250

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Heinrich Steiner - 1937(RE)

Orchestra - Orchester des Reichssenders Berlin

Chorus - Chor des Reichssenders Berlin - Knabenchor

Rodolfo - Helge Roswaenge

Schaunard - Wolfgang Wolff

Marcello - Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender

Colline - Wilhelm Strienz

Mimi - Margarete Teschenmacher

Musetta - Tresi Rudolph

Benoit - Erich Rauch

Alcindoro - Karl Wagner

Parpignol - Rio Kube

Sergente dei doganieri - Karl Muth

Un doganiere - Rudolf Hofbauer

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Compact Disc; - Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv Audio CD Nr. mu02 {1CD} (2004)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance given in a German translation by Ludwig Hartmann broadcast on 14 February 1937. See

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gennaro Papi - 1938(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Bruno Landi

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - Carlo Tagliabue

Colline - Ezio Pinza

Mimi - Grace Moore

Musetta - Muriel Dickson

Benoit - Louis D' Angelo

Alcindoro - Louis D' Angelo

Parpignol - Max Altglass

Sergente dei doganieri - Carlo Coscia

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera EJS 508 (highlights) {1LP} (1938)ª

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 499 (& 1709)

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (15 January 1938). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Umberto Berrettoni - 1938(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Beniamino Gigli

Schaunard - Aristide Baracchi

Marcello - Afro Poli

Colline - Duilio Baronti

Mimi - Licia Albanese

Musetta - Tatiana Menotti

Benoit - Carlo Scattola

Alcindoro - Carlo Scattola

Parpignol - Nello Palai

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Black Disc; - HMV DB 3448-3460 {13x78s} (1938)ª; HMV DB 8452-8464 {13x78s;AC} (1938)ª; Victor «Masterworks» 518/519 (12385-12397) {13x78s}; RCA Victor LCT 6004 {2LPS} HMV QALP 10777/78 {2LPS} (Italy); HMV RLS-10 {2LPS} (USA); *EMI «Music for Pleasure» MFP 2076/2077; Seraphim IB-6038 {2LPS} EMI «Gigli Edition» 100673-3 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - EMI «Gigli Edition» 100673-5

Compact Disc; - *EMI CHS 7 63335-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Angel 63335 {2CDS}; Nimbus «Prima Voce» NI 7862/7863 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Arkadia 2CD 78009 {2CDS}; Phonograph PH 5071/72;; Grammofono 2000 AB 78794/78795 {2CDS} Naxos «Historical» 8.110072-73 (+Albanese recital) {2CDS} (2001)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1938 p.16 [HFVL]: March 1958 p.398 (mention); November 1967 p.281; May 1990 p. [JBS]; March 1995 p.122 [JBS]; July (published May) 2001 p.96 [MEO]

Opera - February 1968 p.136, p.138 [HDR]

Opera Now - February 1995 p.52

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.5 May/June 1995 p.296

Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.55; Oktober 2001 S.57 [SL]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.161; Vol.8 No.2 Summer 1991 pp.183-185 [LG]

Diapason - No.492 mai 2002 pp.114-115 [MP]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.153

The Absolute Sound - Issue 71 May/June 1995 p.148

Classic CD - January 1995 p.72

BBC Music Magazine - March 1995 p.81

American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.156 [LM]: November/ December 1995 Vol.58 No.6 p.286: January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 p.238

International Record Review - September 2001 p.80 [MP}

ARSC Journal - Vol.33 No.1 Spring 2002 pp.127-128 [EAM]

Répertoire - No.77 février 1995 p.59: No.115 juillet/aoüt 1998 p.87 (mention)

International Classical Record Collector - No.2 (September 1995) p.118

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.93 noviembre 1996 p.58(mention): No.115 noviembre 1998 p.38 (mention) [SV]: julio/agosto 2001 No.145 pp.45-46 [SV]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.30 noviembre-diciembre 1998 p.77 [MH]: No.47 septiembre-octubre 2001 p.93 [VJ]

Comments:- Recorded in March 1938. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Swedish

Conductor Nils Grevillius - 1940(Act 1;LE)

Orchestra - Royal Opera House (Stockholm)

Rodolfo - Jussi Björling

Schaunard - Karl Richter

Marcello - Sven Herdenberg

Colline - Leon Björker

Mimi - Hjördis Schymberg

Benoit - Folke Cembracus

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 384 (+Le canzone dei ricordi) {1LP} (1967)ª; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 281-2 (+other live performances from ;; Sweden) {2LPS}

Compact Disc - Bluebell ABCD 013 (+Roméo et Juliette - highlights 1940) {1CD}

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of Act 1 of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Stockholm (21 March 1940). The CD issued by Bluebell is listed in their catalogue dated 1991, p.3.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gennaro Papi - 1940(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Armand Tokatyan

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - Giuseppe De Luca

Colline - Ezio Pinza

Mimi - Bidù Sayão

Musetta - Annamary Dickey (Laue)

Benoit - Louis D' Angelo

Alcindoro - Louis D' Angelo

Parpignol - Lodovico Oliviero

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 248 (1962)ª

Compact Disc; - Walhall WHL 13 (+Acts 1 & 3 - Bellezza 1935) {2CDS} (1995)ª; Music & Arts «West Hill Radio Archives» WHRA 6009 (+another recording 1948) (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.58

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.16 junio-agosto 1995 p.59

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 February 1940)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Clemens Krauss - 1940(RA)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Alfons Fügel

Schaunard - Georg Hann

Marcello - Carl Kronenberg

Colline - Georg Wieter

Mimi - Trude Eipperle

Musetta - Hildegarde Ranczac

Benoit - Karl Schmidt

Alcindoro - Emil Graf

Parpignol - Otto Hillebrandt

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Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 90275 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Cantus Classics 51001 {2CDS} *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 208 «Opera auf Deutsch» {1CD-ROM} (2002)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera - January 1996 p.24

Opera Now - May/June 1996 p.107

Orpheus - Oktober 1996 p.60

Opéra International - février 1998 No.221 p.56 [SS]

Diapason - No.429 septembre 1996 p.134

Répertoire - No.91 mai 1996 p.85

Comments:- Recording of a broadcast (4 December 1940). There is a break in Act 3 of the recording issued by Preiser. It is not known if there is also one in the recording issued by Cantus Classics which is listed on their online catalogue.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in French

Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1940(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Armand Tokatyan

Schaunard - Arthur Kent

Marcello - George Cehanovsky

Colline - Lorenzo Alvary

Mimi - Eleanor Steber

Musetta - Annamary Dickey (Laue)

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Black Disc; - World's Greatest Operas SR 61/63 {3x78s}; RCA «Camden» CAL 222 {1LP} (USA) (1955)ª

Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recorded on 30 May, 25 and 26 June 1940.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1942(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Frederick Jagel

Schaunard - Wilfred Engelman

Marcello - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Colline - Ezio Pinza

Mimi - Grace Moore

Musetta - Frances Greer

Benoit - Salvatore Baccaloni

Alcindoro - Salvatore Baccaloni

Parpignol - Lodovico Oliviero

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Compact Disc; - Helikon 3519 {2CDS}; Walhall WHL 5 {2CDS} ;; Arkadia «Golden Age» 2CD GA 2013 {2CDS} (2000)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Dezember 1994 S.59

Opéra International - janvier 1995 No.187 p.68

Classical Express - Issue No.125 August 2000 p.1 (mention) [MT]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.58

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (12 December 1942)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1944(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Nino Martini

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - John Brownlee

Colline - Virgilio Lazzari

Mimi - Bidù Sayão

Musetta - Christina Carroll

Benoit - Louis D' Angelo

Alcindoro - Louis D' Angelo

Parpignol - Lodovico Oliviero

Sergente dei doganieri - Carlo Coscia

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 140 (highlights) {1LP} (1973)ª

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 827 (& 592); Omega Opera Archive 500 (excerpts)

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (4 March 1944). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Hanns Steinkopf - 1944(RE)

Orchestra - Berliner Funk Orchester

Chorus - Berliner Funk Chor

Rodolfo - Peter Anders

Marcello - Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender

Colline - Ludwig Windisch

Mimi - Trude Eipperle

Musetta - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

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Black Disc - BASF 10 21 496-6 {1LP}; Acanta BB 21496 {1LP}

Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 0027 {1CD} (2001)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9004 (+Act 1 finale - Cebotai - Anders) {1CD} (2006)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide - July/August 2001 Vol.64 No.4 p.268 [MM]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.96 diciembre 2006 p.86 [JC]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonio Guarnieri - 1946(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro

Chorus - Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro

Rodolfo - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Schaunard - Roberto Galeno

Marcello - John Brownlee

Colline - Giacomo Vaghi

Mimi - Bidù Sayão

Musetta - Ghita Taghi

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2566-2 (1991)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of part of part of a performance in the Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro (10 September 1946).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1946(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Jan Peerce

Schaunard - Arthur Kent

Marcello - John Brownlee

Colline - Giacomo Vaghi

Mimi - Stella Roman

Musetta - Frances Greer

Benoit - Louis D' Angelo

Alcindoro - Louis D' Angelo

Parpignol - Lodovico Oliviero

Sergente dei doganieri - John Baker

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 497 (& 1063)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (2 March 1946). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Toscanini - 1946(RC)

Orchestra - NBC Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - NBC Symphony Chorus

Rodolfo - Jan Peerce

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Colline - Nicola Moscona

Mimi - Licia Albanese

Musetta - Anne McKnight

Benoit - Salvatore Baccaloni

Alcindoro - Salvatore Baccaloni

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6006 {2LPS} (USA); RCA Victor WDM 1646 {EPS} (USA);;; HMV ALP 1081-2 {2LPS} (1953)ª; RCA «Victrola» VICS-6019/1-2 {2LPS} (Electronic Stereo) {2LPS} (UK) (1967)ª; RCA AT 203/1-2 {2LPS} (UK) (1974)ª

Compact Disc; - RCA «Gold Seal» GD 60288 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Arkadia 2CD 78036 {2CDS}; Grammofono 2000 78854/5 {2CDS} Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6530/31 (+Manon Lescaut - excerpts) {2CDS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1953 p.201 [AR]; April 1954 pp.418-419 [DST]; December 1968 p.901 [EG]; January 1969 p.986 [DST]; January 1974 p.1421 [RO]; April 1974 p.1969 (letter); July 1974 p.184 [JBS]; September 1991 p. [AB]

Opera - January 1954 pp.40-41 [HDR]

Orpheus - Dezember 1973/Januar 1974 S.33-S.36 [CK]; August + September 1999 S.83 [DN]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.161

American Record Guide - March 1952 Vol.18 No.7 p.235 [PHR]

Gramophone Record Review - January 1954 p.130

Classical Express - Issue 93 December 1997 p.3 (mention) [NL]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XXII N.222 gennaio 2008 p.93 [GL]

Comments:- Recorded at NBC broadcasts (3, 10 February 1946). See «The Bluebird of Happiness - The Memoirs of Jan Peerce» by Alan Levy p.189

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1947(STU)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Richard Tucker

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Colline - Nicola Moscona

Mimi - Bidù Sayão

Musetta - Mimi Benzell

Benoit - Salvatore Baccaloni

Alcindoro - Salvatore Baccaloni

Parpignol - Lodovico Oliviero

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Black Disc; - Columbia OP 27 (12810 D - 12822 D) {13x78s} (USA) ;; Columbia MOP 27 (12823 D - 12835 D) {13x78s;AC) (USA) ; Columbia ML 4076-4077 {2LPS} (1949)ª; Columbia SL 101 {2LPS}; Columbia «Odyssey» Y2 32364 {2LPS} CBS 78243 {2LPS} (UK)

Compact Disc; - Sony «Masterworks Heritage» MH2K 62762 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Arkadia 78068 {2CDS} (1999)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1948 p.8 (mention) [HCS]; August 1974 p.394 [EG]; January 1998 p.95 [MEO]

Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.96 [GH]

Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.215 [MM]

Orpheus - Januar 1998 S.58 (mention) [GH]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.161

Opéra International - février 1998 No.221 p.56 [SS]

Diapason - No.443 décembre 1997 p.95 [CC]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.184 p.114 [JC-1]

American Record Guide - March/April 1998 Vol.61 No.2 p.283 [LM]

Classic CD - Christmas 1997 p.76 [MSR]

Classical Express - Issue 93 December 1997 p.3 [RB]

International Opera Collector - Spring 1998 No.7 p.78 [PO'C]

Stereophile - May 1998 (Vol.21 No.5) p.83 (mention) [MHF]

Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.55 [PT]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.108 marzo 1998 p.51 [JPS]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.100 [JV]

Das Opernglas - Februar 1998 S.72 [NE]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.140 maggio 2000 p.105 [MG]

Comments:- Recorded between 7 and 21 December 1947. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian and Flemish

Conductor Hugo Lenaerts - 1948(LE)

Orchestra - Royal Flemish Opera

Chorus - Royal Flemish Opera

Rodolfo - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi

Marcello - Jules De Mudler

Colline - Alberto le Roy

Mimi - Germaine De Jonghe Chistie

Musetta - Christine Nachtergaele

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Compact Disc - TIMA CLUB CLAM CD 24/1-2 (+arias) {2CDS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - février 1998 No.221 p.56 [SS]

L'opera (Milano) - - Anno XI - N.106 - marzo 1997 p.87

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at Antwerp, Belgium. Lauri-Volpi sings in Italian and the others in Flemish

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1948(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Jussi Björling

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Colline - Nicola Moscona

Mimi - Bidù Sayão

Musetta - Mimi Benzell

Benoit - Salvatore Baccaloni

Alcindoro - Salvatore Baccaloni

Parpignol - Anthony Marlowe

Sergente dei doganieri - Lawrence Davidson

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Compact Disc; - West Hill Radio Archives WHRA 6020 (+Manon Lescaut - Mitropoulos - 1948) {4CDS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (25 December 1948).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1948(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Jussi Björling

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Colline - Nicola Moscona

Mimi - Bidù Sayão

Musetta - Mimi Benzell

Benoit - Salvatore Baccaloni

Alcindoro - Salvatore Baccaloni

Parpignol - Anthony Marlowe

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Black Disc - Robin Hood Records RHR 515 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Myto 2MCD 916.47 {2CDS} (1991)ª; Myto «Historical» 2CD 991 H021 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Music & Arts «West Hill Radio Archives» WHRA 6009 (+another recording 1940) (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Classical Express - Issue No.114 September 1999 p.4 [MT]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (25 December 1948). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.451-452.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1948(LI;31/1/48)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Schaunard - Hugh Thompson

Marcello - John Brownlee

Colline - Nicola Moscona

Mimi - Bidù Sayão

Musetta - Mimi Benzell

Benoit - Salvatore Baccaloni

Alcindoro - Salvatore Baccaloni

Parpignol - Lodovico Oliviero

Sergente dei doganieri - Lawrence Davidson

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Compact Disc; - West Hill Radio Archives WHRA 6009 (+1940 recording +Don Pasquale - duet - De Luca - Albanese) {3CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Classica Répertoire - No.90 mars 2007 p.100 [AT]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (31 January 1948).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Victor de Sabata - 1949(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Gianni Poggi

Schaunard - Attilio Barbesi

Marcello - Paolo Silveri

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Margherita Carosio

Musetta - Alda Noni

Benoit - Eraldo Coda

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

Parpignol - Mario Carlin

Sergente dei doganieri - Carlo Ulivi

Un doganiere - Giuseppe Meni

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Compact Disc; - Myto 1 MCD 906.34 (+Andrea Chénier - excerpts) {1CD} (1990)ª; Myto «Historical» H047 (+Andrea Chénier - excerpts) {1CD} (2000)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at La Scala (7 December 1949). It is not certain that all the singers listed above appear in these excerpts

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Danish and Italian

Conductor Johann Hye-Knudsen - 1950(LE)

Orchestra - Danish Royal Opera

Chorus - Danish Royal Opera

Rodolfo - Stefan Islandi

Marcello - Henry Skjaer

Colline - Einar Nørby

Mimi - Victoria de los Ángeles

Musetta - Ruth Guldbaek

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Compact Disc; - Naxos 8.112010 {1CD} (Denmark);; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» {1xCD-ROM} (highlights of;; excerpts) (2003)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Classic Record Collector - Winter 2003 pp.100-101 [JTH]

Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance in Copenhagen (22 February 1950). According to the review in CRC the recording on the CD issued by Naxos is of excerpts from Act 1 and 2 and Acts 3 and 4 complete. Most of the cast sing in Danish, except Victoria de los Angeles who sings in Italian and Stefan Islandi who also sings in Italian when he is singing with her.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Richard Tucker

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - John Brownlee

Colline - Nicola Moscona

Mimi - Licia Albanese

Musetta - Lois Hunt

Benoit - Gerhard Pechner

Alcindoro - Gerhard Pechner

Parpignol - Paul Franke

Sergente dei doganieri - Lawrence Davidson

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 685

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (25 March 1950). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.484-485. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Patanè - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Rodolfo - Mario Del Monaco

Schaunard - Saturno Meletti

Marcello - Gino Bechi

Colline - Luciano Neroni

Mimi - Elena Rizzieri

Musetta - Lidia Melisci

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3203 (1993)ª

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1600

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (January 1950). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The conductor is listed as «Patane» by Omega, but according to «Mario Del Monaco - Monumentum aere perennius» p.819 it was Vittorio Gui. Both conductors are listed in «Il Teatro di San Carlo - La Cronologia 1737-1987» by Carlo Marinelli Rosconi p.623 where the role of Rodolfo is shown as being shared by Del Monaco, A. Vernetti and G.Masini. However, it is not indicated who conducted which performances. The sound is described by Omega as being «Poor to fair on this extreme rarity». The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - September 1993». Here «Ricco» is listed as a cast member. According to Marinelli Rosconi (loc.cit.) the role of Colline was shared by Luciano Neroni (listed above) and Iginio Riccò in the series of performances in January 1950.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1950(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Rodolfo - Giancinto Prandelli

Schaunard - Fernando Corena

Marcello - Giovanni Inghilleri

Colline - Raffaele Ariè

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Benoit - Melchiorre Luise

Alcindoro - Melchiorre Luise

Parpignol - Piero De Palma

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2622/2623 {2LPS} (1951)ª; Decca «Ace of Clubs» ACL 121-122 {2LPS} (1961)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 531-532 (1967)ª; London LLP 462-463 {2LPS} (1952)ª; Richmond RS 62001 {2LPS} (1963)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 440 233-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Pearl GEMS 0165 (+Tebaldi recital) {2CDS} (2002)ª; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110252-53 (+excerpts - Cellini) {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1952 pp.185-186 [LS]; May 1961 p.600 [EG]; May 1967 pp.604-605 [EG]

Opera - February 1952 p.109; July 1967 p.591; October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]

Fanfare - Vol.27 No.3 January/February 2004 pp.176-177 [JK]

Diapason - No.400 janvier 1994 p.140; No.494 juillet-aoüt 2002 p.126 [JC]

American Record Guide - January 1952 Vol.18. No.5 p.162 [PHR]: February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.466 (mention) [HG]: September/October 2002 Vol.65 No.5 p.241 [LM]:November/December 2003 Vol.66 No.6 p.160 [VAL]

High Fidelity Magazine - July 1963 Vol.13 No.7 p.60 [CLO]

E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1951 p.11

BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.84

Classic CD - March 1994 p.63

International Record Review - August 2002 pp.74-75 [JTH]: October 2003 pp.28-29 [MVA]

Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]

Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88: No.159 juillet/aoüt 2002 p.113 (mention)

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.53 septiembre 2002 p.84 [BD]: No.63 septiembre 2003 p.85 [VJ]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Russian

Conductor Samuil A Samosud - 1950?(STU)

Orchestra - Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Moscow Radio Symphony Chorus

Rodolfo - Ivan Kozlovsky

Schaunard - Alexander Tichonov

Marcello - Ivan Burlak

Colline - Alexsei Korolev

Mimi - Elisabeta Shumskaya

Musetta - Alexandra Yakovenko

Benoit - Daniel Demyanov

Alcindoro - Gennady Troitzky

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Black Disc - Melodiya D 02554/9 {3LPS}; Melodiya D 9451/4 {2LPS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - Giuseppe Valdengo

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Bidù Sayão

Musetta - Lois Hunt

Benoit - Lorenzo Alvary

Alcindoro - Lawrence Davidson

Parpignol - Paul Franke

Sergente dei doganieri - Carlo Tomanelli

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Black Disc - Off the Air Record Club OTA 1; Morgan MOR 5104 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 824 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Celestial Audio CA 290 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2003)ª; Opera Fenice FNO 001-2 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66312 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Bongiovanni HOC 033/34-2 (+Madama Butterfly - duet - Tebaldi - di Stefano) ; {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Nov.+Dez. 2005 S.55 [IW]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.86 diciembre 2005 pp.87-88 [PN]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 March 1951). The «filler» on the CDs issued by Bongiovanni is a recording of the duet in the 1st Act of Madama Butterfly taken from a broadcast performance of a concert on 15 October 1950 conducted by Gaetano Merola.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Rodolfo - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi

Schaunard - Saturno Meletti

Marcello - Tito Gobbi

Colline - Giulio Neri

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Elda Ribetti

Benoit - Carlo Badioli

Alcindoro - Carlo Badioli

Parpignol - Gianni Avolanti

Sergente dei doganieri - Silvio Santarelli

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 358 {2LPS} (1966)ª; CLS AMDRL 22811 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Pro Musica «Legends» XLNC 112 (1982)ª; Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1016; House of Opera ALD 1016

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 743 {2CDS} ; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 829 {2CDS}; Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6437/8 {2CDS} (2004)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - März+April 2005 S.61 [IW]; Juli+August 2005 S.60 [IW]

Opéra International - janvier 1995 No.187 p.68

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.96 [PN]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.189 dicembre 2004 p.105 (mention)

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Naples (10 January 1951). According to the «EJS Discography» (p.330) the conductor is Tulio Serafin. The «Legends» cassettes were issued (incorrectly) as being a recording of a performance at La Scala and those issued by Lyric as being of a recording in Rome (1950)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Clemens Krauss - 1951(RA)

Orchestra - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Rodolfo - Karl Terkal

Schaunard - Carl Hoppe

Marcello - Alfred Poell

Colline - Hans Hermann Nissen

Mimi - Trude Eipperle

Musetta - Wilma Lipp

Benoit - Georg Wieter

Alcindoro - Emil Graf

Parpignol - Karl Kreile

Sergente dei doganieri - Wulf von Lochner

Un doganiere - Franz Weiss

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Black Disc - Alte Meister AM-3 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0047 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Cantus Classics 500802 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.5 No.3 January/February 1982 p.156 [HF]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1951(SE)

Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra

Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - Leonard Warren

Colline - Nicola Moscona

Mimi - Licia Albanese

Musetta - Patrice Munsel

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Black Disc - RCA Victor LM 1709 {1LP}

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera CDNO 134-1 {1CDR} (2001)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª; Naxos 8.110252 (+complete recording - Erede) {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.27 No.3 January/February 2004 pp.176-177 [JK]

American Record Guide - December 1952 Vol.19 No.4 p.111, 133 [JN]: November/ December 2003 Vol.66 No.6 p.260 (mention) [VAL]

Comments:- *The excerpts issued by Naxos are a «filler» on their re-issue of Decca's complete recording conducted by Erede. I do not know if all the excerpts that are on the RCA LP are also on the Naxos CDs. The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001» where it is stated that «additional Albanese selections» are included.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Wilhelm Loibner - 1951(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Volksoper

Chorus - Wiener Volksoper

Rodolfo - Ratko Delorko

Schaunard - Georg Oeggl

Marcello - Theo Baylé

Colline - Marjan Rus

Mimi - Daniza Ilitsch

Musetta - Ruthilde Boesch

Benoit - Emil Siegert

Alcindoro - Emil Siegert

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Black Disc - Remington 199-80 {3LPS}; Plymouth 42-3 {3LPS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

American Record Guide - October 1952 Vol.19 No.2 p.60 (mention) [FAL]

Classic Record Collector - Winter 2002 pp.30-36 [JTH]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(LI;15/3/52)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Frank Guarrera

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Licia Albanese

Musetta - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Benoit - Lorenzo Alvary

Alcindoro - Alessio De Paolis

Parpignol - Paul Franke

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Black Disc - Great Opera Performances G.F.C. 021-022 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 031 H072 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0019 {2CDS} (2004)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - No.298 février 2005 p.76 (mention)

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (15 March 1952; see «Signing-off for the Old Met» pp.56-57)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in English

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(LI;27/12/52)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Richard Tucker

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Robert Merrill

Colline - Jerome Hines

Mimi - Nadine Conner

Musetta - Patrice Munsel

Benoit - Lawrence Davidson

Alcindoro - Alessio De Paolis

Parpignol - Paul Franke

Sergente dei doganieri - Algerd Brazis

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1054

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET given in an English translation by Howard Dietz (27 December 1952). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1952(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Rodolfo - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Schaunard - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Marcello - Giuseppe Taddei

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Rosanna Carteri

Musetta - Elvina Ramella(-Pralungo)

Benoit - Mario Zorgniotti

Alcindoro - Mario Zorgniotti

Parpignol - Armando Benzi

Sergente dei doganieri - Piero Poldi

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Black Disc - Cetra OLPC 1237 1-2 {2LPS}; D.G.G. 18107/08 LPM {2LPS} Cetra Soria 1237 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDO 30 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Warner Fonit 8573 87270-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Urania DS 037500 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Preiser Records 20039 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1961 p.600 [EG]

Opera - June 1961 p.406; January 1996 p.20

Opera Now - January/February 2002 pp.92-93 [ST]

Fanfare - Vol.19 No.1 September/October 1995 p.280

Orpheus - Mai 1995 S.61; 11+F November 2001 S.89 [GH]; Nov.+Dez. 2005 S.55 [IW]

Opéra International - février 1998 No.221 p.56 [SS]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.153

American Record Guide - December 1952 Vol.19 No.4 p.110 [MDS]

Gramophone Record Review - March 1961 p. [JC]

Opernwelt - Januar 1/1996 S.55

International Record Review - November 2001 pp.85-86 [RP]

Répertoire - No.80 mai 1995 p.79

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.154 luglio-agosto 2001 pp.114-115 (mention)

Comments:- *Recording of a performance broadcast on 12 July 1952.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Paoletti - 1952(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Rodolfo - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi

Schaunard - Enzo Titta

Marcello - Giovanni Ciavola

Colline - Vittorio Tatozzi

Mimi - Frances Schimenti

Musetta - Mafalda Micheluzzi

Benoit - Piero (Pietro) Passarotti

Alcindoro - Piero (Pietro) Passarotti

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Black Disc - Remington 199-96 {3LPS}; Allegro-Royale 1542-1543 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni GB 1057-1058 {2CDS}; Gala GL 100801 (+Lauri-Volpi - recital) {2CDS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - 11+12 November - Dezember 2008 S.59 [CZ]

American Record Guide - October 1952 Vol.19 No.2 p.61 (mention) [FAL]

Classic Record Collector - Winter 2002 pp.30-36 [JTH]: Autumn 2008 p.97 [JTH]

Luister - Juni 1954 p.163 [LR]

Comments:- Part of this recording was conducted by Luigi Ricci

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in English

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1953(FI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Brian Sullivan

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Frank Guarrera

Colline - Norman Scott

Mimi - Nadine Conner

Musetta - Brenda Lewis

Alcindoro - Alessio De Paolis

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5039

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Video recording of a television film using an English translation by Howard Dietz. First transmitted on 23 February 1953.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1953(LI;19/12/53)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Eugene Conley

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Robert Merrill

Colline - Norman Scott

Mimi - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Musetta - Jean Fenn

Benoit - Lawrence Davidson

Alcindoro - Alessio De Paolis

Parpignol - James McCracken

Sergente dei doganieri - Algerd Brazis

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 719 {2CDRS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (19 December 1953). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1953(LI;21/2/53)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Jan Peerce

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - Renato Capecchi

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Victoria de los Ángeles

Musetta - Brenda Lewis

Benoit - Lawrence Davidson

Alcindoro - Alessio De Paolis

Parpignol - Paul Franke

Sergente dei doganieri - Algerd Brazis

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1049 (& 813) Premiere Opera (Italy) (unnumbered) {2CDRS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (21 February 1953). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue and those issued by Premiere Opera (Italy) are listed on their website (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Eugen Szenkár - 1953(RA)

Orchestra - Orchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)

Chorus - Chor des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks (Hamburg)

Rodolfo - Libero De Luca

Schaunard - Hermann Prey

Marcello - Horst Günter

Colline - Sigmund Roth

Mimi - Hjördis Schymberg

Musetta - Valerie Bak

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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0110 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Cantus Classics 500820 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *The cast also includes Karl (Carl) Otto and Kurt Marschner.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Ugo Rápalo - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Rodolfo - Gianni Poggi

Schaunard - Alberto Albertini

Marcello - Manuel Ausensi

Colline - Giulio Neri

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Ornella Rovero

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3737 (1995)ª; House of Opera ALD 3737

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1167-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo, Barcelona (11 November 1954). The cast listed above is that given in «Tebaldi - The Voice of a Angel» p.226. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - November 1995» and the CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Compact Disc Releases Winter 2004».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1954(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Rodolfo - Giuseppe Campora

Schaunard - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Marcello - Giuseppe Taddei

Colline - Italo Tajo

Mimi - Elena Rizzieri

Musetta - Renata Broilo

Benoit - Eraldo Coda

Alcindoro - Eraldo Coda

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BOH 195401 {2CDRS} (2008)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance broadcast on 21 August 1954. The cast listed above is that given in «50 anni di opera lirica alla Rai 1931-1980» by Giorgio Gualerzi and Carlo Marinelli Roscioni p.131. The CDRs issued by The Opera Lovers are listed on their website (hperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Wilhelm Schüchter - 1954(SE)

Orchestra - Städtische Oper Berlin

Chorus - Städtische Oper Berlin

Rodolfo - Rudolf Schock

Schaunard - Hermann Prey

Marcello - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Colline - Gottlob Frick

Mimi - Erna Berger

Musetta - Erika Köth

Alcindoro - Walter Hauck

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Black Disc; - Electrola WALP 1502 {1LP} (1955)ª;; EMI 1C 047 28572M {1LP}

Compact Disc; - EMI 5 74265 2 7 {1CD} (Germany) (2001)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai 2001 S.76 (mention) [SS]

Luister - Maart 1955 p.159 [LR]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Russian

Conductor Samuil A Samosud - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Moscow Radio Symphony Chorus

Rodolfo - Sergei Lemeshev

Schaunard - Vladimir Zakharov

Marcello - Pavel Lisitsian

Colline - Boris Dobrin

Mimi - Irina Maslennikova

Musetta - Galina Sakharova

Benoit - Daniel Demyanov

Alcindoro - A Belanov

Parpignol - Sergei Fomichev

Sergente dei doganieri - Trofim Antonenko

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Black Disc - Melodiya D 0416/22; Melodiya D 094511/15; Melodiya 2 MEL 7779

Compact Disc - *Myto 2 MCD 975.172 {2CDS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Juli 1998 S.55 [DN]

Opéra International - février 1998 No.221 p.56 [SS]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.184 p.114 [JC-1]

American Record Guide - May/June 1998 Vol.61 No.3 p.255 [RVL]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Eugene Conley

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Frank Guarrera

Colline - Nicola Moscona

Mimi - Licia Albanese

Musetta - Jean Fenn

Benoit - Lawrence Davidson

Alcindoro - Alessio De Paolis

Parpignol - James McCracken

Sergente dei doganieri - Calvin Marsh

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1116 (& 879 & 1246) ; Premiere (Italy) unnumbered (2008)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (26 March 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carl Bamberger - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - ORCHESTRA

Chorus - CHORUS

Rodolfo - David Garen

Schaunard - Gerard Holthaus

Marcello - Paolo Gorin

Colline - Leonardo Wolovsky

Mimi - Marilyn Tyler

Musetta - Corri Bijster

Alcindoro - Henk Augement

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Black Disc - Guilde Internationale du Disque SMS 141; Musical Masterpieces Society

Open Reel Tape - Concert Hall CHT/BN 9-2 (7½ips)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

High Fidelity Magazine - February 1957 Vol.7 No.2 p.99 (tape) [RDD]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in French

Conductor Georges Tzipine - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - L'Opéra Comique de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra Comique de Paris

Rodolfo - Roger Gardès

Schaunard - Jean Vieuille

Marcello - Michel Roux

Colline - Xavier Depraz

Mimi - Martha Angelici

Musetta - Christiane Castelli

Benoit - Jacques Hivert

Alcindoro - René Hérent

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Black Disc; - Pathé DTX 177/178 {2LPS}; EMI Pathé 2C 053 10902/3 {2LPS} (1971)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI «Belle Epoque» CZS 7 67866-2 (Highlights) (+Madama Butterfly +Tosca - excerpts) {2CDS} (1993)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Luister - Juli/Aug. 1956 p.268 [LR]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Richard Kraus - 1956(SE)

Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Chorus - Chor der Deutsche Oper Berlin - Schönberger Sängerknaben

Rodolfo - Fritz Wunderlich

Schaunard - Robert Koffmane

Marcello - Herbert Brauer

Colline - Peter Roth-Ehrgang

Mimi - Trude Eipperle

Musetta - Ruth-Margret Pütz

Alcindoro - Leopold Clam

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Black Disc - Europäischer Fonoclub Opera 1105 {1LP}; Eurodisc KR 70259 {1LP} Eurodisc 201 021 250 {1LP}; Baccarola 75 871 ZR {1LP}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.1 No.4 March/April 1978 p.60 [KH]

Fono Forum - Band 5 7/60 p.22

Comments:- The cast also includes Heinrich Lindeman

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra

Chorus - RCA Chorus and Columbus Boys Choir

Rodolfo - Jussi Björling

Schaunard - John Reardon

Marcello - Robert Merrill

Colline - Giorgio Tozzi

Mimi - Victoria de los Ángeles

Musetta - Lucine Amara

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

Parpignol - William Nahr

Sergente dei doganieri - George Del Monte

Un doganiere - Thomas Powell

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6042 {2LPS} (USA) (1956)ª; HMV ALP 1409-1410 {2LPS} (1957)ª; HMV SLS 896 (ASD 3030 - ASD 3031) {2LPS} (1974)ª; La Voz de su Amo LALP 311-312 {2LPS} (1957)ª; HMV QALP 10171-10172 (Italy); EMI 3C 53 00126/7 {2LPS} (Italy) ; HTA 34-35; Seraphim SIB-6099 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette - *EMI TC-SLS 896; Angel 4X2G-47235

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47235-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI CDS 5 56236-2 {2CDS}; Angel CDCB-47235 {2CDS} ;; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» CMS 5 67750-2 {2CDS} (2002}ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111249-50 {2CDS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1956 p.195; January 1957 p.306; April 1957 p.402 November 1974 p.963 [EG]; April 1975 p.1780 [JBS]; October 1975 p.721 [MEO] June 1987 p. [MEO]; July 2002 p.81 [AB]

Opera - Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.8 [RP]; October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]

Fanfare - Vol.26 No.1 September/October 2002 p.187 [BR]

Orpheus - März + April 2008 S.56 [IW]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.161

High Fidelity Magazine - September 1956 Vol.6 No.9 p.60 [JH]

American Record Guide - October 1956 Vol.23 No.2 p.18 [RHR]: November/December 2002 Vol.65 No.6 p.160 [CHP]

The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.400

Gramophone Record Review - February 1957 p.283

Discofila (Madrid) - No.18 noviembre 1957 p.475 [EM]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.53 septiembre 2002 p.84 [MC]: No.103 septiembre 2007 p.91 [MCP]

Comments:- Recorded between 16 March and 6 April 1956. Some parts of this recording were made with one or more singers recorded over previously recorded contributions from the orchestra and the other singers (e.g.Merrill's contribution to the opening «Questo mar rosso» was recorded after that of the other singers). More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel. According toPeel the RCA Chorus was the Chorus of the New York City Opera. See also THE GRAMOPHONE January 1957 p.291, OPERA NEWS March 18 1995 p.21

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1956(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Schaunard - Manuel Spatafora

Marcello - Rolando Panerai

Colline - Nicola Zaccaria

Mimi - Maria Callas

Musetta - Anna Moffo

Benoit - Carlo Badioli

Alcindoro - Carlo Badioli

Parpignol - Franco Ricciardi

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1464-1465 {2LPS} (1957)ª; Columbia QCX 10272-10273 {2LPS} (Italy); HMV SLS 5059 {2LPS} (1976)ª; *EMI EX 290923-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3560 B/L {2LPS} (1957)ª

Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5059 (1976)ª; EMI EX 290923-5 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47475-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª; EMI «Callas Edition» CDS 5 56295-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111332-33 {2CDS} (2009)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1957 p.170 [HCS]; March 1958 p.417 [PHW]; August 1976 p.332 [EG]; December 1976 p.1066 [IM]; November 1987 p.814, p.817 [MEO]

Opera - April 1958 p.261

Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.161

Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 pp.84-85 [CC]

American Record Guide - October 1957 Vol.24 No.2 p.60 [JB2]

High Fidelity Magazine - October 1957 Vol.7 No.10 p.100 [CMS]

The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.111 (2) p.112 (4) p.108

Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58

Comments:- See article by Max de Schauensee in HIGH FIDELITY December 1956 Vol.6 No.12 p.54

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1956?(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Daniele Barioni

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Colline - Nicola Moscona

Mimi - Lucine Amara

Musetta - Heidi Krall

Parpignol - Frank D' Elia

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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 610

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Tibor Kozma - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Richard Tucker

Schaunard - George Cehanovsky

Marcello - Ettore Bastianini

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Dorothy Kirsten

Musetta - Laurel Hurley

Benoit - Lawrence Davidson

Alcindoro - Alessio De Paolis

Parpignol - Charles Anthony

Sergente dei doganieri - Calvin Marsh

Un doganiere - Charles Anthony

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Compact Disc; - Myto «Historical» 2CD 00129 {2CDS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - März + April 2008 S.58 [GE]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.106 diciembre 2007 p.93 [JM]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Metropolitan Opera (30 March 1957).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Rodolfo - Gianni Poggi

Schaunard - Guido Mazzini

Marcello - Renato Capecchi

Colline - Giuseppe Modesti

Mimi - Antonietta Stella

Musetta - Bruna Rizzoli

Benoit - Melchiorre Luise

Alcindoro - Giorgio Onesti

Parpignol - Piero De Palma

Sergente dei doganieri - Gerardo Gaudioso

Un doganiere - Aldo Terrosi

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Black Disc - Philips A 00444/5 {2LPS}; Philips 6720 008 {2LPS}; Columbia M2L 401 {2LPS} (USA)

Compact Disc; - Philips «Collectors Operas» 442 106-2 (+Gianni Schicchi) {2CDS} (1995)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1958 p.192; December 1995 p.150 [MEO]

Orpheus - März 1995 S.62

Opéra International - janvier 1995 No.187 p.68

Diapason - No.416 juin 1995 p.122

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.153

American Record Guide - October 1958 Vol.25 No.2 p.132 [PHR]

High Fidelity Magazine - October 1958 Vol.8 No.10 p.76 [DJ]

Classic CD - March 1995 p.75

Répertoire - No.77 février 1995 p.59

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.62

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Carlo Bergonzi

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Norman Scott

Mimi - Licia Albanese

Musetta - Laurel Hurley

Benoit - Ezio Flagello

Alcindoro - Lorenzo Alvary

Parpignol - Robert Nagy

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Compact Disc; - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 139/140 {2CDS} Omega Opera Archive 718 (& 485); Bensar OL 21558 (BRO 121061) {2CDRS}; Myto 2 MCD 064 332 (+Tosca - highlights - Adler - 1959) {2CDS} (2006)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - janvier 1995 No.187 p.68

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.97 enero-febrero 2007 p.92 [PN]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (15 February 1958). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Ignace Strasfogel - 1958(SE)

Orchestra - PIANO

Rodolfo - Barry Morell

Marcello - Clifford Harvuot

Mimi - Lucine Amara

Musetta - Brenda Lewis

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Black Disc; - Operagraph {1LP} (1958)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recorded for the «Metropolitan Opera Guild» on October 11 1958. There is a narration spoken by Giorgio Tozzi (See OPERA NEWS November 19 1958 p.25

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Rodolfo - Carlo Bergonzi

Schaunard - Renato Cesari

Marcello - Ettore Bastianini

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Gianna D' Angelo

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

Parpignol - Piero De Palma

Sergente dei doganieri - Attilio D' Orazi

Un doganiere - Giorgio Onesti

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5542-5543 {2LPS} (1959)ª;; Decca SXL 2170-2171 {2LPS} (1959)ª; Decca D5D2 {2LPS} (1976)ª; *Decca 411 868-1 {2LPS} (1985)ª;; London A 4236 {2LPS} (1960)ª;; London OSA 1208 {2LPS} (1960)ª; London «Jubilee» JL 42002; Vivante London KIJC 9194/9195

Compact Cassette; - Decca K5K 22; Decca 411 868-4 (1985)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 411 868-2 {2CDS} (1985)ª; Decca «Grand Opera» 425 534-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Double Decca 448 725-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 458 710-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª; Decca «The Compact Opera Collection» 470 431-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOS 90014 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1959 p.300; April 1960 p.510 (mention) [DST]; August 1976 p.332 [EG]; November 1977 p.900 [AB]; February 1985 p. [AB]; December 1985 p. [EG]; February 1990 p. [MEO]; January 1997 p.100 [MEO]

Opera - January 1960 p.53; October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.161

E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1959 p.15

High Fidelity Magazine - January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.72 [CLO]: May 1962 Vol.12 No.5 p.105 (open reel tape) [RDD]

American Record Guide - April 1960 Vol.26 No.8 p.628 [PLM]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.95 enero 1997 p.49

Records and Recordings - November 1959 p.18 [FGB]

The Absolute Sound - June/July 2001 Issue 130 p.73 [RB]

Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.76 (mention)

Comments:- See ICRC Autumn Edition 1997 No.10 pp.58-60

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Rigacci - 1958

Orchestra - RIAS

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Rodolfo - Isidoro (Doro) Antonioli

Schaunard - Aurelio Oppicelli

Marcello - Lorenzo Testi

Colline - Giuliano Ferrein

Mimi - Aureliana Beltrami

Musetta - Yeda Valtriani

Benoit - Ezio Peruzzi

Alcindoro - Ezio Peruzzi

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Black Disc; - Eterna 821068-69 {2LPS}; Heliodor 478049 (Highlights) {1LP} (1960)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1960 pp.474-475 (Highlights) [PHW]

Opera - April 1960 p.296 (Highlights)

Records and Recordings - March 1960 p.15 (Highlights) [FGB]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - New Orleans Opera

Chorus - New Orleans Opera

Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano

Schaunard - Arthur Cosenza

Marcello - Giuseppe Valdengo

Colline - Norman Treigle

Mimi - Licia Albanese

Musetta - Audrey Schuh

Benoit - Walter Gadpaille

Alcindoro - Walter Gadpaille

Parpignol - Thomas Carter

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1546 (1988)ª

Compact Disc - VAI Audio VAIA 1188-2 {2CDS}

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - février 1998 No.221 p.56 [SS]

International Record Review - April 2000 p.101 [JTH]

International Classical Record Collector - Summer 2000 No.21 pp.102-103 [JTH]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.101 ottobre 1996 p.79

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the New Orleans Opera (12 November 1959, see OPERADecember 1959 p.790 and OPERA NEWS February 22 1997 p.6)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Questa - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Rodolfo - Giuseppe Gismondo

Schaunard - Saturno Meletti

Marcello - Giuseppe Taddei

Colline - Fernando Corena

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Bruna Rizzoli

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1636 (1989)ª; House of Opera ALD 1636

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli (April 1959). The partial cast listed above is that given in «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel» p.236 and in «Il Teatro di San Carlo - La Cronologia 1737-1987» by Carlo Marinelli Rosconi p.706. A singer named «Rizzieri» is listed in Lyrics's «New Listings -April/May 1989» and in HOO's online catalogue.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Hungarian

Conductor János Kerekes - 195?(SE)

Orchestra - Orchestra

Rodolfo - József Simándy

Schaunard - Tibor Nádas

Marcello - György Melis

Colline - András Faragó

Mimi - Irén Szecsödy

Musetta - Júlia Osváth

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Black Disc - Hungaroton HLPMK 1540 {1x10in-LP}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *The 10-inch LP issued by Hungaroton is listed in «Ars Antiqua» List 274 June 2004 p.28.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in French

Conductor Erasmo Ghiglia - 1960(SE)

Orchestra - Orchestre

Rodolfo - Alain Vanzo

Schaunard - Julien Giovannetti

Marcello - Robert Massard

Colline - Adrien Legros

Mimi - Renée Doria

Musetta - Lyne Cumia

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Black Disc - Orphée E 51.009 {1LP} (mono); Orphée E 61.007 {1LP} (stereo) Vogue LDM 30132; Mode CMDINT 9485 {1LP}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- The Orphée LPs are advertized in DIAPASON No.62 décembre 1961 p.29

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Franz Marszalek - 1960(SE)

Orchestra - Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Köln

Rodolfo - Sándor Kónya

Marcello - Robert Titze

Colline - Benno Kusche

Mimi - Antonia Fahberg

Musetta - Rita Streich

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Black Disc - Polydor 21 401 (mono) {1x45-EP}; Polydor 224 401 (stereo) {1x45-EP} Polydor 46 541 (+Carmen - excerpts) (mono) {1LP} Polydor 237 041 (+Carmen - excerpts) (stereo) {1LP}

Compact Disc; - Polydor UNI 767 031 (+Carmen - excerpts) {1CD} (2005)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Juli+August 2005 S.60 (mention) [SS]

Comments:- *The Polydor LPs and CD contain the following excerpts: Wie eiskalt ist dies Händchen, Man nennt mich nur Mimi, O du süßestes Mädchen, Walzer der Musette, nie kehrst du mir wieder, Mantellied, Sind wir allein. The last three are not included on the 45s

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Swedish

Conductor Sixten Ehrling - 1961(FI)

Orchestra - Orchestra

Chorus - Chorus

Rodolfo - Olle Sivall

Marcello - Ingvar Wixell

Colline - Arne Tyrén

Mimi - Elisabeth Söderström

Musetta - Margareta Hallin

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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVD 8415

VHS Video Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #8415 (NTSC) (1992)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Video recording of a television film.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Municipale di Reggio Emilia

Chorus - Teatro Municipale di Reggio Emilia

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Walter de Ambrosis

Marcello - Vito Mattiola

Colline - Dmitri Nabokov

Mimi - Alberta Pellegrini

Musetta - Bianca Bellesia

Benoit - Guido Pasella

Alcindoro - Guido Pasella

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Black Disc - Murray Hill X23808; Fonit Cetra «Arkadia» ARK 3 (Highlights) {1LP} foyer FO 1041 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 4275 (1997)ª

Compact Disc - Claque GM 2001-2002 {2CDS}; foyer 2-CF 2017 {2CDS}

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Februar 1983 S.187 (highlights) [OT]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Reggio Emilia (29 April 1961). The Fonit Cetra «Arkadia» LP is advertized in GRAMOPHONE March 1982 p.1271. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - April 1997».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor George Schick - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Barry Morell

Schaunard - Roald Reitan

Marcello - Lorenzo Testi

Colline - William Wilderman

Mimi - Victoria de los Ángeles

Musetta - Heidi Krall

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Norman Kelley

Parpignol - Hal Roberts

Sergente dei doganieri - Lloyd Strang

Un doganiere - John Frydel

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1130 (& 893): Omega Opera Archive 744 (& 893) (highlights - Act 1); The Opera Lovers BOH 196101 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (11 March 1961). The recordings issued by the Omega Opera Archive and The Opera Lovers are listed in their online catalogues (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1961(SE)

Orchestra - Berliner Symphoniker

Chorus - Chor der Komischen Oper Berlin

Rodolfo - Fritz Wunderlich

Schaunard - Georg Völker

Marcello - Marcel Cordes

Colline - Gottlob Frick

Mimi - Anneliese Rothenberger

Musetta - Ruth-Margret Pütz

Alcindoro - Leopold Clam

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Black Disc - Electrola 80637C; Electrola 80637 SMC; EMI Electrola 1C 037 29 1022

Compact Cassette - EMI Electrola 1C 263 285209

Compact Disc - EMI CDZ 25 2213-2 {1CD}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1961(STU)

Orchestra - Staatskapelle Berlin

Chorus - Chor der Staatsoper Berlin - Kinderchor der Komischen Oper

Rodolfo - Sándor Kónya

Schaunard - Horst Günter

Marcello - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Colline - Klaus Bertram

Mimi - Pilar Lorengar

Musetta - Rita Streich

Benoit - Fritz Ollendorf

Alcindoro - Fritz Hoppe

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Black Disc; - D.G.G. LPM 18720-21 {2LPS}; D.G.G. SLPM 138720-21 {2LPS};; DG «Privilege» 2726 059 {2LPS} (1976)ª; DG 2535 427 (Highlights) {1LP}

Compact Cassette - DG 3335 427 (Highlights)

Compact Disc - DG 447 832-2 {2CDS}

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.277 [KL]; Oktober 1995 S.58

High Fidelity Magazine - March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.84 [GB]

Fono Forum - November 1961 S.24 [WA]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1961(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Rodolfo - Richard Tucker

Schaunard - Philip (Filippo) Maero

Marcello - Robert Merrill

Colline - Giorgio Tozzi

Mimi - Anna Moffo

Musetta - Mary Costa

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Giorgio Onesti

Parpignol - Adelio Zagonora

Sergente dei doganieri - Adelio Zagonora

Un doganiere - Flavio Tosin

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6095 {2LPS} (USA) (1962)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6095 {2LPS} (USA) (1962)ª; RCA Victor RE 5500-5501 (UK) (1962)ª;; RCA SER 5500-5501 (UK) (1962)ª; RCA «Gold Seal» AGL2-3969; RCA «Victrola» VL 43543 (3) {3LPS} (1977)ª

Compact Disc; - RCA Victor «Opera Series» GD 83969 {2CDS} ;; RCA Victor «Living Stereo» 09026-63179-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª

Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor 7002 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1962 p.302; September 1999 p.104 (In brief) [JBS]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.161

American Record Guide - October 1962 Vol.29 No.2 p.116 [PLM]: December 1962 Vol.29No.4 p.316 (open reel tape) [RJ]: January/February 1999 Vol.62 No.1 p.165 [RVL]

High Fidelity Magazine - October 1962 Vol.12 No.10 p.111 [CLO]: November 1962 Vol.12 No.11 p.135 (open reel tape) [RDD]

International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 p.84 [RF]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonino Votto - 1961(STU)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Rodolfo - Gianni Poggi

Schaunard - Giorgio Giorgetti

Marcello - Tito Gobbi

Colline - Giuseppe Modesti

Mimi - Renata Scotto

Musetta - Jolanda Meneguzzer

Benoit - Virgilio Carbonari

Alcindoro - Virgilio Carbonari

Parpignol - Enzo Guagni

Sergente dei doganieri - Mario Frosini

Un doganiere - Augusto Frati

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Black Disc; - D.G.G. LPM 18764-18765 {2LPS} (1962)ª; D.G.G. SLPM 138764-138765 {2LPS} (1962)ª; DG «Privilege» 2705 038 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - DG 435 715-2 {2CDS}; DG «Double» 449 387-2 {2CDS}; DG 477 561-8 {2CDS} (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1962 p.303; November 1987 p.; February 1993 p.75 [JBS] February 2006 p.91 [AB]

Opera - March 1963 p.193 [HDR]

High Fidelity Magazine - April 1962 Vol.12 No.4 p.76 [CLO]

American Record Guide - May 1962 Vol.28 No.9 p.735 [CJL]

Répertoire - No.89 mars 1996 p.52

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1962(LE)

Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Parma

Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma

Rodolfo - Renato Cioni

Schaunard - Otello Borgonovo

Marcello - Enzo Sordello

Colline - Giorgio Tadeo

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Silvana Zanolli

Benoit - Gino Calò

Alcindoro - Gino Calò

Parpignol - Virginio Assandri

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Compact Disc - Ombra 7002 {1CD}; Omega Opera Archive 814 (& 579)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance in the Teatro Regio, Parma (10 January 1962). It is probable that all the characters listed above do not appear on the Ombra CD nor on the Omega CDR. The Ombra CD is listed on Renata Tebaldi's web-site and the catalogue of Parsifal Distribution (Summer Issue No.5 1998) p.3 where it is referred to as «The Parma Farewell». The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Rodolfo - Sándor Kónya

Schaunard - Geraint Evans

Marcello - Ettore Bastianini

Colline - Giorgio Tozzi

Mimi - Victoria de los Ángeles

Musetta - Marilyn Horne

Benoit - Salvatore Baccaloni

Alcindoro - Salvatore Baccaloni

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1708 (1989)ª; House of Opera ALD 1708S

Compact Disc - Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21027 {2CDS}

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.14 No.5 May/June 1991 p.253 [DMG]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance by the San Francisco Opera in Los Angeles (26 October 1962). According to DMG in FANFARE the sound is not good. The compact cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - September 1989» and the recording is described as «abridged».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1962-63(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Rodolfo - Nicolai Gedda

Schaunard - Mario Basiola jnr.

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Mariella Adani

Benoit - Carlo Badioli

Alcindoro - Paolo Montarsolo

Parpignol - Vittorio Pandano

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Black Disc; - HMV «Angel Series» AN 131-132 {2LPS} (1964)ª; HMV «Angel Series» SAN 131-132 {2LPS} (1964)ª; Angel 3643 B/L {2LPS} (1964)ª; Angel S 3643 B/L {2LPS} (1964)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 69657-2 {2CDS} (1992)ª; EMI Classics 392005-2 {2CDS} (2007)ª; EMI Classics 91998 {2CDS} (2007)ª

Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZB 3643 (7½ips 4-track) (1964)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1964 p.472; April 1992 p.160 [JBS]; January 2008 p.91 [PO'C]

Fanfare - Vol.31 No.5 May/June 2008 pp.220-221 [BV]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.170

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.162 p.170

American Record Guide - July 1964 Vol.30 No.11 pp.1020-1021 [PLM]: November 1964 Vol.31 No.3 p.275 (open reel tape) [CJL]

High Fidelity Magazine - October 1964 Vol.14 No.10 pp.143-144 [CLO]: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 p.176 (open reel tape) [RDD]

Répertoire - No.74 novembre 1994 p.74

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Franz Bauer-Theussl - 1962?(SE)

Orchestra - Wiener Volksoper

Chorus - Wiener Volksoper

Rodolfo - Waldemar Kmentt

Marcello - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)

Colline - Ludwig Welter

Mimi - Gerda Scheyrer

Musetta - Renate Holm

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Black Disc - Eurodisc 70 016 KR (mono) {1LP}; Eurodisc S 70 017 KR (stereo) {1LP}Ariola Eurodisc Z 8000 SR (stereo) {1LP}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Gianni Raimondi

Schaunard - Giuseppe Taddei

Marcello - Rolando Panerai

Colline - Ivo Vinco

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Benoit - Peter Klein

Alcindoro - Siegfried Rudolf Frese

Parpignol - Kurt Equiluz

Sergente dei doganieri - Rudolf Zimmer

Un doganiere - Herbert Zack

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 414 {2LPS} (1983)ª; Movimento musica 020 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3950 (1996)ª

Compact Disc; - Rodolphe RPC 32512(double durée); Fonit Cetra CDE 1010 {2CDS}; Legato Classics LCD 147-2 (highlights + concert); BMG RCA «Red Seal» «Wiener Staatsoper Live» 74321 57736-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1332 {2CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1999 p.96 [AB]

Opera - April 1999 pp.399-405 [AB]

Fanfare - Vol.22 No.5 May/June 1999 p.250 [GJ]

Orpheus - März 1999 S.56-57 [SL]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.170

Opéra International - No.79 mars 1985 p.64 [SS]; janvier 1999 No.231 p.50 [PC]

Diapason - No.454 décembre 1998 pp.90-91 [MP]

Stereophile - January 1989 (Vol.12 No.1) p.221

Classical Express - Issue No.107 February 1999 p.1 [MT]

International Opera Collector - Spring 1999 No.11 pp.104-108 [MO]

Répertoire - No.120 janvier 1999 p.60 [PT]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.41 septiembre-octubre 2000 p.92 [VJ]

Comments:- *According to the discography in «Gianni Raimondi - Felicamente Tenore» by Daniele Ruboli (p.149) the CDs published by Fonit-Cetra and by Legato (highlights) are a recording of a performance on 30 November 1963. The RCA CDs are stated to be of a performance on 9 November 1963. The Hunt CDs of the recording of La bohème conducted by Schippers (RAI Roma) also contain excerpts of a performance conducted by Karajan said to be performed on 9 November 1963. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - July 1996» where the date of the performance recorded is given as 9 November 1963. See also «Herbert von Karajan - A Life in Music» by Richard Osborne pp.498-502, OPERA February 1964 p.100

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Juan Emilio Martini - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Rodolfo - Eugenio Fernandi

Schaunard - Gian-Piero (Giampietro) Mastromei

Marcello - Angel Mattiello

Colline - Jorge (Giorgio) Algorta

Mimi - Raina Kabaivanska

Musetta - Lia Montoya

Benoit - Carlos Feller

Alcindoro - Eduardo Ferracani

Parpignol - Virgilio Tavini

Sergente dei doganieri - P. Grande

Un doganiere - E. Calderazzo

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1486-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (14 June 1963). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Teatro Colón (click link below). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in their «Premiere Opera New CD Releases Summer 2004».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Napoleone Annovazzi - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Radio Telefis Eireann Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Dublin Grand Opera Society

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Alberto Oro

Marcello - Attilio D' Orazi

Colline - Ferruccio Mazzoli

Mimi - Ivana Tosini

Musetta - Ileana Sinnone

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 402 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin (May 1964). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Sándor Kónya

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Frank Guarrera

Colline - Jerome Hines

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Laurel Hurley

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Lorenzo Alvary

Parpignol - Emil Filip

Sergente dei doganieri - Valentina Streinikova

Un doganiere - Edward Ghazal

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Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100 727 (+Konya recital) {2CDS} (2004)ª; *Bensar OL 31464 (+Konya recital) {2CDRS} (2004)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2004 S.65-S.66 [WD]

Comments:- *Recording of the performance at the MET (14 March 1964). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Gianni Raimondi

Schaunard - Gianni Maffeo

Marcello - Rolando Panerai

Colline - Ivo Vinco

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Edda Vincenzi

Benoit - Carlo Badioli

Alcindoro - Franco Calabrese

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Black Disc - Melodiya D 015217-18 (highlights) {1LP}

Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3951 (1996)ª; House of Opera ALD 3951

Compact Disc - Cetra CDE 1010 {2CDS}; The Opera Lovers BOH xx01 {2CDRS} (Canada)

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance by the company of La Scala in Moscow (26 September 1964). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - July 1996» and the CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» (year unknown) are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Moresco - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company

Chorus - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company

Rodolfo - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Schaunard - Mario Volta

Marcello - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Colline - Nicola Moscona

Mimi - Licia Albanese

Musetta - Eva Liková

Benoit - Lawrence Davidson

Alcindoro - Lawrence Davidson

Parpignol - Walter Knetlar

Sergente dei doganieri - Warren Holland

Un doganiere - George Powell

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00741

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (13 February 1964). The cast listed above is that given by Frank Hamilton in his online chronology of opera performances in Philadelphia (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1965(FI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Gianni Raimondi

Schaunard - Gianni Maffeo

Marcello - Rolando Panerai

Colline - Ivo Vinco

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Adriane (Adriana) Martino

Benoit - Carlo Badioli

Alcindoro - Carlo Badioli

Parpignol - Franco Ricciardi

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Laser Disc - *DG 072 205-1(NTSC); DG 072 105-1(PAL); DG POLG 9063 (Japanese NTSC)

DVD (Video) - DG 072 047-2; DG 073 027-9; DG UCBG 1004 (Japan) (2000)ª; DG 073 4071 (2006)ª; DG B 0004767-09 (USA) (2006)ª; DG 073 4417 (+Tosca +Madama Butterfly) (2008)ª

VHS Video Cassette - DG 072 105-3(PAL)

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1988 p.580; October 2002 pp.100-101 [MEO]; October 2006 p.111 (DVD) [JBS]

Opera News - March 2003 pp.90-91 [IS]

Fanfare - Vol.26 No.3 January/February 2003 pp.158-159 [JK]; Vol.30 No.3 January/ February 2007 pp.318-319 [RT]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.120-124 [TE]

Opéra International - No.285 décembre 2003 pp.64-65 (mention) [SS]

Diapason - No.499 janvier 2003 p.123 [MP]

International Record Review - August 2002 p.79 [MVA]: July/August 2006 p.79 [RP]

BBC Music Magazine - August 2002 p.96 (DVD) [EB]

The Classical Video Guide - p.77

Répertoire - No.167 avril 2003 p.43 [TP]

Opéra Magazine - No.9 juillet/aoüt 2006 p.85 [JC]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.94 octubre 2006 p.81 [MCP]: No.113 septiembre 2008 p.89 [AT]

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Chorus - Lyric Opera of Chicago

Rodolfo - Franco Corelli

Schaunard - Renato Cesari

Marcello - Sesto Bruscantini

Colline - Raffaele Ariè

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Edith Martelli

Benoit - Giorgio Tadeo

Alcindoro - Giorgio Tadeo

Parpignol - Herbert Kraus

Sergente dei doganieri - Bernard Izzo

Un doganiere - Howard Nelson

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Black Disc - Legendary Recordings LR 195 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1994 (1990)ª

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 841-2 {2CDRS} ;; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} ;; The Opera Lovers BOH 196602 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opéra International - No.79 mars 1985 p.64 [SS]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Chicago October 1965 - see OPERA January 1966 p.55

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Gianni Raimondi

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Calvin Marsh

Colline - John Macurdy

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Heidi Krall

Benoit - Lorenzo Alvary

Alcindoro - Andrea Velis

Parpignol - Emil Filip

Sergente dei doganieri - Edward Ghazal

Un doganiere - John Trehy

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1706

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 September 1965). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Franco Corelli

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Frank Guarrera

Colline - Jerome Hines

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Anneliese Rothenberger

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Lorenzo Alvary

Parpignol - Emil Filip

Sergente dei doganieri - Edward Ghazal

Un doganiere - John Trehy

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Black Disc - Magnificent Editions ME 101 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 107-108 {2CDS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (14 December 1965). The LPs issued by «Magnificent Editions» is listed in Parnassus's online catalogue P279

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Rodolfo - Daniele Barioni

Schaunard - William Beck

Marcello - Ercole Bertolino

Colline - Norman Scott

Mimi - Anna Moffo

Musetta - Janet Pavek

Benoit - Gerhard Pechner

Alcindoro - Gerhard Pechner

Parpignol - Robert Puleo

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00174

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (12 January 1965). The cast listed above is that given by Frank Hamilton in his online chronology of opera performances in Philadelphia (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Rodolfo - Bernabé Marti (Martinez)

Marcello - Manuel Ausensi

Colline - William Wilderman

Mimi - Montserrat Caballé

Musetta - Gilda Cruz-Romo

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 4072 (1996)ª; House of Opera ALD 4072

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - July?(October) 1996»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania

Chorus - Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania

Rodolfo - Gianni Raimondi

Schaunard - Renato Cesari

Marcello - Piero Guelfi

Colline - Antonio Zerbini

Mimi - Gianna Maritati

Musetta - Giovanna Santelli

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DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2931 (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *The cast and conductor listed above are those given in OPERA May 1966 p.397. The DVD-R issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Rodolfo - Flaviano Labò

Schaunard - William Ledbetter

Marcello - Franco Iglesias

Colline - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Mary Costa

Benoit - Lawrence Davidson

Alcindoro - Lawrence Davidson

Parpignol - Aldo Marra

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2155 (1991)ª; House of Opera ALD 2155

Compact Disc - Bongiovanni «The Golden Age of Opera» GAO 147-148 {2CDS}

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.17 No.5 May-June 1994 p.220

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (9 December 1966). The performance of 5 December is briefly reviewed in OPERA April 1967 p.300. It is reported that at this performance Musetta was sung by Maria Cleva. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - January/February 1991»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Leopold Hager - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta

Schaunard - Hans Braun

Marcello - Rolando Panerai

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Gundula Janowitz

Musetta - Anneliese Rothenberger

Benoit - Peter Klein

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1092-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (28 March 1966). The role of Schaunard was sung either by Hans Braun (as listed above) or by Heinz Holecek. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Fall 2003 Premiere Opera Compact Disc Releases».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Ernst Märzendorfer - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - New York City Opera

Chorus - New York City Opera

Rodolfo - Jerome Lo Monaco

Schaunard - William Ledbetter

Marcello - Dominic Cossa

Colline - Spiro Malas

Mimi - Joan Sena

Musetta - Sylvia Grant

Benoit - Don Yule

Alcindoro - Jack Bittner

Parpignol - Kellis Miller

Sergente dei doganieri - Don Henderson

Un doganiere - Richard Park

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Compact Cassette; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 07109; Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3204 (1993)ª; House of Opera ALD 3204

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (6 November 1966). The cast listed above is that given in «The New York City Opera - An American Adventure» by Martin L. Sokol p.351, p.353. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - September 1993» and those issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor George Schick - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Richard Tucker

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Jerome Hines

Mimi - Gabriella Tucci

Musetta - Heidi Krall

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Lorenzo Alvary

Parpignol - Emil Filip

Sergente dei doganieri - Edward Ghazal

Un doganiere - John Trehy

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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 7780 (+intermissions) {3CDRS}; Bensar BRO 122692 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (16 April 1966). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive was listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor George Schick - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Franco Corelli

Schaunard - Robert Goodloe

Marcello - Theodor Uppman

Colline - Nicola Ghiuselev

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Heidi Krall

Benoit - Raymond Michalski

Alcindoro - Andrea Velis

Parpignol - Emil Filip

Sergente dei doganieri - Luis Forero

Un doganiere - John Trehy

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Compact Disc - Premiere (Italy) unnumbered {2CDRS} (2008)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (11 January 1966). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». The cast listed above is that given in the Metropolitan Opera online Data Base (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Premiere (Italy) are listed on their web-site (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Vincent La Selva - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Boston Opera

Chorus - Boston Opera

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Schaunard - John Darrenkamp

Marcello - Peter Glossop

Colline - Boris Carmeli

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Benoit - Gimi Beni

Alcindoro - Gimi Beni

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 131-2 {2CDRS} (2001)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Boston (May 1966). The CDRs issued by Premiere were advertized as «New» in «Fall 2001».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Rodolfo - Franco Tagliavini

Schaunard - Seymour Schwartzman

Marcello - Franco Iglesias

Colline - Joseph Fair

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Maria Candida

Benoit - Lawrence Davidson

Alcindoro - Lawrence Davidson

Parpignol - Walter Knetlar

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3952 (1996)ª; House of Opera ALD 3952

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3930

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (March 1966). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - July 1996» and those issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Gianni Raimondi

Schaunard - Clifford Harvuot

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Giorgio Tozzi

Mimi - Teresa Stratas

Musetta - Beverly Bower

Benoit - Lorenzo Alvary

Alcindoro - Andrea Velis

Parpignol - Emil Filip

Sergente dei doganieri - Edward Ghazal

Un doganiere - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BOH 196701 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (4 February 1967). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Leone Magiera - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Modena

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Modena

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Afro Poli

Marcello - Guido d' Orazi

Colline - Mario Gaetani

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Grazia di Rocco

Parpignol - Fernando Pavarotti

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution ALD 2567 (1991)ª

Compact Disc - ZYX Classic CLS 4601 {2CDS}

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Comunale, Modena (December 1967). The CDs issued by ZYX Classic are listed in the «Bielefelder Katalog Klassik 1 1997» S.996

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Rigacci - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Rodolfo - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Schaunard - Ernesto Vezzosi

Marcello - Walter Alberti

Colline - Plinio Clabassi

Mimi - Virginia Zeani

Musetta - Rukmini Sukmavati

Benoit - Juan Rico

Alcindoro - Diego Monjó

Parpignol - Francisco Paulet

Sergente dei doganieri - Rafael Campos

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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10249-2 {2CDRS) (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (15 November 1967). See «Giacomo Aragall - A life on the stage» by David Sugden p.20. The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Franci - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Rodolfo - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Schaunard - Bruno Grella

Marcello - Franco Bordoni

Colline - Franco Ventriglia

Mimi - Mietta Sighele

Musetta - Alberta Valentini

Benoit - Guido Pasella

Alcindoro - Sergio Pezzetti

Parpignol - Oslavio Di Credico

Sergente dei doganieri - Bruno Tessari

Un doganiere - Guido Pasella

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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 846-2 {2CDRS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Comunale di Bologna (December 1968).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Rodolfo - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Schaunard - John Darrenkamp

Marcello - Alberto Rinaldi

Colline - Boris Carmeli

Mimi - Renata Scotto

Musetta - Nancy Stokes

Benoit - Mariano Caruso

Alcindoro - Mariano Caruso

Parpignol - Jerry Helton

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1761-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance given in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (5 Movember 1968). The cast listed above is as given in Frank Hamilton's «Performance Chronology 1975-2004» (click link below). The CDs issued by Premiere are included in their list of latest releases dated May 2005.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Kurt Adler - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Flaviano Labò

Schaunard - Robert Goodloe

Marcello - William Walker

Colline - Justino Díaz

Mimi - Gabriella Tucci

Musetta - Jean Fenn

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Lorenzo Alvary

Parpignol - Gene Allen

Sergente dei doganieri - Peter Sliker

Un doganiere - Lloyd Strang

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1571

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (25 January 1969). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Coppola - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Allan Monk

Marcello - Ingvar Wixell

Colline - Ara Berberian

Mimi - Dorothy Kirsten

Musetta - Margot Moser

Benoit - Elfego Esparza

Alcindoro - Alan Gilbert

Parpignol - Raymond Nilsson

Sergente dei doganieri - Eugene Lawrence

Un doganiere - Colin Harvey

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Compact Disc; - Mike Richter AE 201 (San Francisco CD ROM) (1999)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the San Francisco Opera (12 October 1969)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Rodolfo - Franco Corelli

Schaunard - Alan Wagner

Marcello - John Darrenkamp

Colline - Joseph Fair

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Nancy Stokes

Parpignol - Natale De Lazzari

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2579-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (2 December 1969). The cast listed is that given in Frank Hamilton's website «Franco Corelli - Discography of Opera Performances» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases from Premiere Opera - April 2007». A recording has been issued by Lyric Distribution, SRO, and HOO which is also stated to be of a performance in Phladelphia with Tebaldi and Corelli on 2 December 1969, but with the rest of the cast different from that given above. This is listed separately.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Rodolfo - Franco Corelli

Schaunard - Seymour Schwartzman

Marcello - Frank Guarrera

Colline - Jerome Hines

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Maria Candida

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2058 (1990)ª; House of Opera ALD 2058

Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 821-2 {2CDS} ;; House of Opera CDBB 372 (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *This recording is stated in the Standing Room Only, Lyric and HOO catalogues to be of a performance in Philadelphia on 2 December 1969. However, although Tebaldi and Corelli are listed in «Tebaldi - The Voice of an Angel» p.252, «Corelli - A Man, A Voice» p.266 and Frank Hamilton's website «Franco Corelli - Discography of Opera Performances» as performing La bohème in Philadelphia on this date the rest of the cast given in all 3 publications is quite different. Premiere has issued CDRs which are claimed to be of the performance on 2 December 1969 and the partial cast given corresponds to the cast listed by Frank Hamilton. This recording is listed separately. I have been unable to find any performance of of La bohème with the partial cast given by Lyric, SRO, and HOO (and above). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - November/December 1990» and the CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website in December 2003 (12-22-2003)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Moresco - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company

Chorus - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company

Rodolfo - Richard Tucker

Schaunard - Orlando Calgano

Marcello - Ronald Hedlund

Colline - Irwin Densen

Mimi - Lucine Amara

Musetta - Janet Pavek

Benoit - Lawrence Davidson

Alcindoro - Lawrence Davidson

Parpignol - Walter Knetlar

Sergente dei doganieri - Albert Com

Un doganiere - Warren Holland

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Compact Disc; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2002)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1498-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (December 1969). The cast listed above is that given by Frank Hamilton in his online chronology of opera performances in Philadelphia (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Charles Handelman are listed in Addenda No.II to his CD catalogue dated «9/02» and those issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases Fall 2004».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Manno Wolf-Ferrari - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale «Carlo Felice» di Genova

Chorus - Teatro Comunale «Carlo Felice» di Genova

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Otello Borgonovo

Marcello - Lorenzo Saccomani

Colline - Silvano Pagliuca

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Mariella Adani

Benoit - Virgilio Carbonari

Alcindoro - Virgilio Carbonari

Parpignol - Amleto Guatiero

Sergente dei doganieri - Vico Polotto

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Compact Disc - Melodram CDM 27 031 {2CDS}; Gala GLH 803 (highlights) {1CD}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording a performance in the Teatro Margherita di Genova (April 1969)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Schippers - 1969(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Roma

Chorus - RAI Roma

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Gianni Maffeo

Marcello - Sesto Bruscantini

Colline - Nicola Ghiuselev

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Rita Talarcio

Benoit - Alessandro Maddalena

Alcindoro - Franco Calabrese

Parpignol - Mario Di Felici

Sergente dei doganieri - Mario Frosini

Un doganiere - Elio Prisco

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Compact Disc; - Hunt 34047 (+excerpts) {2CDS}; LIVE-MUSIC CACD 8.00151;; Opera d'Oro OPD 1143 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Opera d'Oro 0PD 5002 (+Tosca +Turandot +Madama Butterfly) {8CDS} (2002)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 5005 (+La fille du regiment +I Lombardi +Manon) {8CDS} (2002)ª; Cantus Classics 500 002 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7001 {2CDS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - April 1996 S.58

American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.99 [CHP]

Comments:- Recorded or broadcast on 17 July 1969

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Ugo Rápalo - 1969(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestra Filarmonica Napoli

Chorus - Coro Accademia Corale Napoletana

Rodolfo - Isidoro (Doro) Antonioli

Schaunard - Orazio Mori

Marcello - Gianni Maffeo

Colline - Eftimios Michalopoulos

Mimi - Ileana Sinnone

Musetta - Gabriella Ravazzi

Benoit - Mario Ciofi

Alcindoro - Guido Malfatti

Parpignol - Franco Taili

Sergente dei doganieri - Amedeo Rubino

Un doganiere - Rolando Esposito

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Black Disc - Fratelli Fabbri GOL 07/10 {4x10in-LPs}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *The information in this entry comes from Carlo Marinelli's website «Opera Discography Encylopaedia» (ODE) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Hungarian

Conductor Miklós Erdélyi - 196?(SE)

Orchestra - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

Rodolfo - Róbert Ilosfalvy

Schaunard - Zsolt Bende

Marcello - György Melis

Mimi - Erzsébet Házy

Musetta - Margit László

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Black Disc - Hungaroton LPX 11503 {1LP}; Hungaroton SLPX 11503 {1LP}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- The cast also includes Tibor Nádas, Endre Várhelyl

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Erasmo Ghiglia - 196?(SE)

Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Rodolfo - Constanza Gero

Marcello - Giorgio Giorgetti

Mimi - Iolanda Miniguzzer

Musetta - Alberta Hopkins

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Black Disc; - *Pickwick International - Allegro Records ALL 760 {1LP} (1965)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *The following excerpts are performed: Introduction & Non sono in vena; Che gelida manina; Mi chiamano Mimi; O soave fanciulla; Musetta's waltz song; Speravo di trovarsi qui; Mimi è una civetta; Donde lieta usci; Ah Mimi tu piu; Sono andati.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Richard Tucker

Schaunard - Gene Boucher

Marcello - William Walker

Colline - Cesare Siepi

Mimi - Renata Tebaldi

Musetta - Clarice Carson

Benoit - Paul Plishka

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

Parpignol - Lou Marcella

Sergente dei doganieri - Peter Sliker

Un doganiere - John Trehy

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1122 (& 1290)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (24 January 1970). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia

Rodolfo - Umberto Grilli

Schaunard - Otello Borgonovo

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Alessandro Maddalena

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Lucia Cappellino

Benoit - Virgilio Carbonari

Alcindoro - Ledo Freschi

Parpignol - Guido Frabbis

Sergente dei doganieri - Bruno Tessari

Un doganiere - Uberto Scaglione

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Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 10111 {2CDS} (1998)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Classical Express - Issue 101 August 1998 p.4 [RB]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XII - N.121 agosto-settembre 1998 p.114 [GL]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.115 noviembre 1998 pp.42-43 [JS]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.31 enero-febrero 1999 p.86 [PN]

Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Fenice (11 February 1970)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Schaunard - Heinz Blankenburg

Marcello - Raymond Wolansky

Colline - Arnold Van Mill

Mimi - Luisa Bosabalian

Musetta - Sylvia Geszty

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 381 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Hamburg State Opera (8 March 1970). Some of the cast information comes from the «Tenorissimo» website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta Sinfónica de la RTVE

Chorus - Coros de la RTVE - Escolania de Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Nino Carta

Marcello - Giuseppe Taddei

Colline - Raffaele Ariè

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - María Orán

Benoit - Luis Villarejo

Alcindoro - Luis Villarejo

Parpignol - Rafael Enderiz

Sergente dei doganieri - Jesús Coiras

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Compact Disc; - Butterfly 007 {2CDS}; Opera Depot OD 10248-2 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opernwelt - November 11/1992 S.64

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madid (21 May 1970). The CDRs issued by Opera Depot are listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Marcello - Vincenzo Sardinero

Colline - Carlo Del Bosco

Mimi - Montserrat Caballé

Musetta - Nancy Stokes

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2842 (1991)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo, Barcelona (January 1991). See The «El Gran Teatro dell Liceo» by Roger Alier i Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata p.338.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Sándor Kónya

Schaunard - Robert Goodloe

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Jerome Hines

Mimi - Dorothy Kirsten

Musetta - Colette Boky

Benoit - Richard Best

Alcindoro - Andrea Velis

Parpignol - Erbert Aldridge

Sergente dei doganieri - Peter Sliker

Un doganiere - Nicola Barbusci

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1191

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (6 March 1971). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Mannino - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra

Chorus - Chorus

Rodolfo - Franco Corelli

Schaunard - Giuseppe Morresi

Marcello - Giangiacomo Guelfi

Colline - Nicola Zaccaria

Mimi - Luisa Maragliano

Musetta - Elvidia Ferracuti

Benoit - Franco Taino

Alcindoro - Alberto Carusi

Parpignol - Luigi Russi

Sergente dei doganieri - Elvio Marinangeli

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Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 198-2 {2CDRS}; The Opera Lovers BOH 197103 {2CDRS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Arena Sferisterio di Macerata (4 July 1971). According to Mike Richter «The sound is poor», but I have heard a lot worse. Also «First seconds of each act lost».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - New York City Opera

Chorus - New York City Opera

Rodolfo - Enrico Di Giuseppe

Schaunard - William Ledbetter

Marcello - Dominic Cossa

Colline - Robert Hale

Mimi - Gilda Cruz-Romo

Musetta - Johanna Meier

Benoit - Don Yule

Alcindoro - Jack Bittner

Parpignol - Joaquin Romaguera

Sergente dei doganieri - Joseph Galiano

Un doganiere - Ronald Bentley

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00176

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (4 September 1971). The cast listed above is that given in «The New York City Opera - An American Adventure» by Martin L. Sokol pp.398-399. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000 where the date of the performance recorded is given incorrectly as «10/4/71».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Bonavolantà - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Regio di Parma

Chorus - Teatro Regio di Parma

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - Tito Turtura

Marcello - Piero Francia

Colline - Giancarlo Luccardi

Mimi - Katia Ricciarelli

Musetta - Wilma Colla

Benoit - Franco Federici

Alcindoro - Renzo Gonzales

Parpignol - Ivan Del Manto

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1943 (1990)ª; House of Opera ALD 1943

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Regio di Parma (18 January 1972). The compact cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in their list of «Pre-Recorded Operatic Cassettes - New Listings - July/August 1990».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Emerson Buckley - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Greater Miami Opera

Chorus - Greater Miami Opera

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - John Darrenkamp

Marcello - Vincenzo Sardinero

Colline - Malcolm Smith

Mimi - Renata Scotto

Musetta - Joan Sena

Benoit - Andrew (András) Foldi

Alcindoro - Andrew (András) Foldi

Parpignol - Joseph Papa

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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 996-2 {2CDRS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Miami (24 January 1972). This performance is listed in the chronology in «Grandissimo Pavarotti» p.176.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1972(LI;24/10/72)

Orchestra - New York City Opera

Chorus - New York City Opera

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - William Ledbetter

Marcello - Dominic Cossa

Colline - Richard T. Gill

Mimi - Maralin Niska

Musetta - Nancy Shade

Benoit - Irwin Densen

Alcindoro - James Billings

Parpignol - Joaquin Romaguera

Sergente dei doganieri - Don Henderson

Un doganiere - Richard Park

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00162

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (24 October 1972). The cast listed above is that given in «The New York City Opera - An American Adventure» by Martin L. Sokol p.413. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1972(LI;30/9/72)

Orchestra - New York City Opera

Chorus - New York City Opera

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - Thomas Jamerson

Marcello - Richard Stilwell

Colline - Spiro Malas

Mimi - Elizabeth Carron

Musetta - Nancy Shade

Benoit - Don Yule

Alcindoro - David Ronson

Parpignol - Joaquin Romaguera

Sergente dei doganieri - Ronald Bentley

Un doganiere - Joseph Galiano

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Compact Cassette; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 08453; Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3846 (1996)ª; House of Opera ALD 3846

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (30 September 1972). The cast listed above is that given in «The New York City Opera - An American Adventure» by Martin L. Sokol p.411. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - March 1996» and those issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1972(STU)

Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker

Chorus - Deutsche Oper (Berlin)

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Gianni Maffeo

Marcello - Rolando Panerai

Colline - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Elizabeth Harwood

Benoit - Michel Sénéchal

Alcindoro - Michel Sénéchal

Parpignol - Gernot Pietsch

Sergente dei doganieri - Hans-Dieter Appelt

Un doganiere - Hans-Dietrich Pohl

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Black Disc; - *Decca SET 565-566 {2LPS} (1973)ª;; London OSA-1299 {2LPS} Melodiya C10 26257 60 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Decca K2B5; Decca 421 049-4 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 421 049-2 {2CDS} (1987)ª; Decca 443 204-2 (Collection) {11CDS}; Decca 473 997-210 (+Madama Butterfly +Tosca +Turandot) {9CDS} (2004)ª; Decca 478 0254 {2CDS} (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1973 p.373 [EG]; September 1973 p.461 [SIR]; April 1975 p.1780 [JBS]; May 1975 p.2031 (mention) [AB]; October 1975 p.721 [MEO]; November1987 p. [MEO]; March 2005 pp.32-33 [AFC, AB, RF2]

Opera Now - September 1994 p.54

Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 Mo.3 p.170

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.115 noviembre 2008 pp.82-83 [LB]

Comments:- The Decca LPs (SET 565-566) have been reissued by «Speakers Corner Records». SeeDiapason No.478 février 2001 p.92.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Henry Lewis - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Richard Tucker

Schaunard - Robert Goodloe

Marcello - William Walker

Colline - Paul Plishka

Mimi - Pilar Lorengar

Musetta - Colette Boky

Benoit - Andrij Dobriansky

Alcindoro - Nico Castel

Parpignol - William Mellow

Sergente dei doganieri - Frank Coffey

Un doganiere - Herman Marcus

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Compact Disc - Premiere (Italy) unnumbered {2CDRS} (2008)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (20 January 1973). The cast listed above is that given in the Metropolitan Opera online Data Base (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by Premiere (Italy) are listed on their web-site (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Henry Lewis - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Enrico Di Giuseppe

Schaunard - Robert Goodloe

Marcello - William Walker

Colline - Paul Plishka

Mimi - Pilar Lorengar

Musetta - Colette Boky

Benoit - Andrij Dobriansky

Alcindoro - Nico Castel

Parpignol - William Mellow

Sergente dei doganieri - Frank Coffey

Un doganiere - Herman Marcus

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BOH 197301 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (20 January 1973). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Jean Périsson - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - Timothy Nolen

Marcello - Bruce Yarnell

Colline - Maurizio Mazzieri

Mimi - Teresa Stratas

Musetta - Ariel Bybee

Benoit - Lorenzo Alvary

Alcindoro - Daniel Sullivan

Parpignol - Gary Burgess

Sergente dei doganieri - John Miller

Un doganiere - Carl Thomas

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1390 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 172-2 {2CDRS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2375-2 {2CDRS} (2006)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (13 November 1973).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1973(LI;13/10/73)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Schaunard - Reid Bunger

Marcello - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)

Colline - Tugomir Franc

Mimi - Ileana Cotrubas

Musetta - Lotte Rysanek

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 385 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (13 October 1973). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website in December 2003 (12-22-2003).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1973(LI;29/12/73)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Franco Bonisolli

Marcello - Giuseppe Taddei

Colline - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Mimi - Ileana Cotrubas

Musetta - Renate Holm

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1944 (1990)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (29 December 1973). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - July/August 1990»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Georg Solti - 1973(STU)

Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - John Alldis Choir - Wandworth School Boys' Choir

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Schaunard - Vincenzo Sardinero

Marcello - Sherrill Milnes

Colline - Ruggero Raimondi

Mimi - Montserrat Caballé

Musetta - Judith Blegen

Benoit - Noel Mangin

Alcindoro - Nico Castel

Parpignol - Alan Byers

Sergente dei doganieri - Franklyn Whiteley

Un doganiere - William Mason

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Black Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» ARL 2-0371 {2LPS} (1974)ª

Compact Disc; - RCA «Red Seal» RD 80371 {2CDS} (1986)ª; Lyrica LRC 010 22 {2CDS} (1994)ª; RCA RCD 2-0371 {2CDS} (USA) (1997)ª; BMG RCA Victor «Red Seal» 74321 39496-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1974 p.746 [EG]; April 1975 p.1780 [JBS]; September 1986 p. [EG]

Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.96 [GH]

Fanfare - Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.190-191 [AL2]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.172

BBC Music Magazine - June 1997 p.75 (mention)

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.98 abril 1997 p.40 (mention)

Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.45

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.109 - giungo 1997 p.90

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1974(LE)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Schaunard - Thomas Allen

Marcello - Peter Glossop

Colline - Gwynne Howell

Mimi - Katia Ricciarelli

Musetta - Wendy Fine

Benoit - Derek Hammond-Stroud

Alcindoro - Thomas Lawlor

Parpignol - Andrew Daniels

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Compact Disc - House of Opera CDBB 392

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (15 February 1974). See OPERA April 1974 pp.348-350. It is probable that all the singers listed above do not appear in these excerpts. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Leif Segerstam - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Franco Corelli

Schaunard - David Holloway

Marcello - Dominic Cossa

Colline - John Macurdy

Mimi - Montserrat Caballé

Musetta - Maralin Niska

Benoit - Andrij Dobriansky

Alcindoro - Paul Franke

Parpignol - Arthur Apy

Sergente dei doganieri - Frank Coffey

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Black Disc; - GFC 021/22 {2LPS} (1983)ª

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 753 {2CDS} ; Living Stage LS 4035166 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Celestial Audio CA 044 {2CDS} (Australia);; The Opera Lovers BOH 197401 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - No.79 mars 1985 p.64 [SS]; No.285 décembre 2003 pp.67-68 (mention) [SS]

Diapason - No.510 janvier 2004 p.111 (mention) [PK]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.61 junio 2003 pp.84-85 [VJ]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (16 February 1974). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca. Here the date of the performance recorded is given as «18.02.74», but «La bohème» was not performed at the MET on that day.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Leif Segerstam - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - David Holloway

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - John Macurdy

Mimi - Teresa Zylis-Gara

Musetta - Edda Moser

Benoit - Richard Best

Alcindoro - Paul Franke

Parpignol - Arthur Apy

Sergente dei doganieri - Frank Coffey

Un doganiere - Nicola Barbusci

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BOH 197402 {2CDRS} (2008)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (9 March 1974). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made inhouse. The CDRs issued by The Opera Lovers are listed in their website (hyperlink in CLORKINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Imre Pallo - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - New York City Opera

Chorus - New York City Opera

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - Thomas Jamerson

Marcello - Richard Fredricks

Colline - Will Roy

Mimi - Maralin Niska

Musetta - Roberta Palmer

Benoit - Don Yule

Alcindoro - David Ronson

Parpignol - Joaquin Romaguera

Sergente dei doganieri - Richard Park

Un doganiere - Ronald Bentley

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00169

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (30 October 1975). The cast listed above is that given in «The New York City Opera - An American Adventure» by Martin L. Sokol p.442, p.446. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Gianni Maffeo

Marcello - Rolando Panerai

Colline - Paolo Washington

Mimi - Ileana Cotrubas

Musetta - Margherita Guglielmi

Benoit - Federico Davià

Alcindoro - Franco Calabrese

Parpignol - Saverio Porzano

Sergente dei doganieri - Giuseppe Morresi

Un doganiere - Carlo Forti

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Black Disc - Estro Armonico EA 042 {2LPS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (January 1975, see OPERA, May 1975 p.475)In the Estro Armonico catalogue the date of this performance is given as 7 December 1974, but this must be incorrect as Fidelio was performed at La Scalaon that date

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gerard Pérez Busquier - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta

Chorus - Coro

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Marcello - Vincenzo Sardinero

Colline - Antonio Zerbini

Mimi - Montserrat Caballé

Musetta - Neyde Thomaz

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 4073 (1996)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Valencia (5 May 1975; see OPERA August 1975 p.794). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - July?(October) 1996»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Allan Monk

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Paul Plishka

Mimi - Montserrat Caballé

Musetta - Maralin Niska

Benoit - Italo Tajo

Alcindoro - Italo Tajo

Parpignol - Arthur Apy

Sergente dei doganieri - Edward Ghazal

Un doganiere - Herman Marcus

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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CV 084 {1xAudio-DVDR} (Australia) (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Metropolitan Opera (27 March 1976). This performance was not broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». The DVDR issued by Celestial Audio is listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - William Elvin

Marcello - Vincenzo Sardinero

Colline - Gwynne Howell

Mimi - Katia Ricciarelli

Musetta - Cristina Carlin

Benoit - Brian Donlan

Alcindoro - Eric Garrett

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BOH 197601 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (19 June 1976). The performance on 17 June 1976 is reviewed in OPERA August 1976 pp.771-772. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - Gianni Maffeo

Marcello - Angelo Romero

Colline - Paolo Washington

Mimi - Ileana Cotrubas

Musetta - Margherita Guglielmi

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1995 (1990)ª

Compact Disc - Legato Classics LCD 201-202 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 248-2 {2CDRS}

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.89 junio 1996 p.54

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.20 junio-agosto 1996 p.63 [JS]

Comments:- A recording of a performance given in Washington by the company of La Scala (September 1976, see OPERA December 1976 p.1112)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nino Sanzogno - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra

Chorus - Coro

Rodolfo - Franco Corelli

Marcello - Angelo Romero

Colline - Maurizio Mazzieri

Mimi - Adriana Maliponte

Musetta - Giovanna Santelli

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1783 (1989)ª

Compact Disc; - House of Opera; (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Torre del Lago (13 August 1976). This was Franco Corelli's last performance in a complete opera. The cast members listed above are those given in «Corelli - A Man, A Voice» by Marina Boagno p.278. HOO's online catalogue lists «Valdenassi» as a cast member. This may be Cecilia Valdenassi who sings Musetta instead of Giovanna Santelli. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - November 1989». Valdenassi is also listed as a cast member here.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Robin Stapleton - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Stuart Harling

Marcello - Thomas Allen

Colline - Richard Van Allan

Mimi - Kiri Te Kanawa

Musetta - Maria Pellegrini

Benoit - Brian Donlan

Alcindoro - Eric Garrett

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00172

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (30 January 1976). It does not appear that this performance was broadcast so this recording was presumably made «in-house». The performance on 15 January 1976 is reviewed in OPERA March 1976 pp.286-297. The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Jan Behr - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Carlo Bergonzi

Schaunard - Allan Monk

Marcello - Vincenzo Sardinero

Colline - Justino Díaz

Mimi - Pilar Lorengar

Musetta - Colette Boky

Benoit - Fernando Corena

Alcindoro - Fernando Corena

Parpignol - Arthur Apy

Sergente dei doganieri - Edward Ghazal

Un doganiere - Frank Coffey

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4062

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- An «in-house» recording of a performance given by the Metropolitan Opera in Boston (19 April 1977).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Conlon - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Barry Morell

Schaunard - Allan Monk

Marcello - Ingvar Wixell

Colline - Paul Plishka

Mimi - Renata Scotto

Musetta - Leona Mitchell

Benoit - Italo Tajo

Alcindoro - Italo Tajo

Parpignol - Donald Junod

Sergente dei doganieri - Edward Ghazal

Un doganiere - Domenico Simeone

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Compact Disc - Bensar OL 122477 (BRO 124054) {2CDRS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (24 December 1977). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - Gianni Maffeo

Marcello - Rolando Panerai

Colline - Paolo Washington

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Renate Holm

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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1105 (also 1507)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Vienna State Opera (May 1977).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - Giovanni De Angelis

Marcello - Vincenzo Sardinero

Colline - Vito Maria Brunetti

Mimi - Ileana Sinnone

Musetta - Cristina Carlin

Benoit - Diego Monjó

Alcindoro - Diego Monjó

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5676 (2006)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo, Barcelona (December 1977). See «El Gran Teatro dell Liceo» by Roger Alier i Aixalà and Francesc X. Mata. The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «NEW RELEASES Spring 2006»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - New York City Opera

Chorus - New York City Opera

Rodolfo - Ermanno Mauro

Schaunard - Robert Paul

Marcello - Pablo Elvira

Colline - Will Roy

Mimi - Diana Soviero

Musetta - Roberta Palmer

Benoit - Don Yule

Alcindoro - David Ronson

Parpignol - Melvin Lowery

Sergente dei doganieri - James Brewer

Un doganiere - George Bohachevsky

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00173

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (13 March 1977). The cast listed above is that given in «The New York City Opera - An American Adventure» by Martin L. Sokol pp.458-459. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Schaunard - Yves Bisson

Marcello - Tom Krause

Colline - Roger Soyer

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Suzanne Sarroca

Benoit - Michel Roux

Alcindoro - Jacques Loreau

Parpignol - Mario Agnetti

Sergente dei doganieri - Georges Scamps

Un doganiere - Fernand Dumont

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorpoarated ALD 2276 (1991)ª; House of Opera ALD 2276

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 395 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (28 January 1977). The cast listed above is that given in L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 p.133. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Marcello - Raimund Grumbach

Colline - Kurt Moll

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Hildegard Uhrmacher

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2843 (1991)ª

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 394 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (20 September 1977). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1977(LI;15/3)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Allan Monk

Marcello - Ingvar Wixell

Colline - Paul Plishka

Mimi - Renata Scotto

Musetta - Maralin Niska

Benoit - Italo Tajo

Alcindoro - Andrea Velis

Parpignol - Dale Caldwell

Sergente dei doganieri - Paul De Paola

Un doganiere - Domenico Simeone

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DVD (Video) - DG 073 4025 (2005)ª; DG 734 0257 (Australia) (2005)ª; DG 001086409 (0734300) (+Il tabarro +Pagliacci + L'elisir d'amore) {3DVDS} (2008)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.29 No.5 May/June 2006 pp.274-275 [RT]; Vol.32 No.1 September/ October 2008 pp.383-387 [RT}

Diapason - No.532 janvier 2006 p.117 [MP]

International Record Review - January 2006 p.15 [NS]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.77 [PMH]

American Record Guide - September/October 2008 Vol.71 No.5 pp.259-260 [RVL]

Comments:- *Video recording of a performance at the MET (15 March 1977).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1977(LI;19/3)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Allan Monk

Marcello - Ingvar Wixell

Colline - Paul Plishka

Mimi - Renata Scotto

Musetta - Maralin Niska

Benoit - Italo Tajo

Alcindoro - Andrea Velis

Parpignol - Dale Caldwell

Sergente dei doganieri - Paul De Paola

Un doganiere - Domenico Simeone

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers BOH 197701 {2CDRS} (Canada) Bensar OL 31977 (BRO 124203) {2CDRS} (2005)ª; Celestial Audio CA 749 {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (19 March 1977). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca, those issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» ant those issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed on their website as new issues in July 2008 (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus

Rodolfo - Alberto Cupido

Schaunard - Alan Charles

Marcello - Brent Ellis

Colline - Willard White

Mimi - Linda Zoghby

Musetta - Ashley Putnam

Benoit - Thomas Lawlor

Alcindoro - Federico Davià

Parpignol - Neil McKinnon

Sergente dei doganieri - Brian Donlan

Un doganiere - Paul Nemeer

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Open Reel Tape - mr.tape 5324

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Glyndebourne Festival on 8 July 1978. This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 8-14 July 1978 pp.22-23.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1978(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Rodolfo - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Schaunard - Dale Duesing

Marcello - Brent Ellis

Colline - Samuel Ramey

Mimi - Ileana Cotrubas

Musetta - Julia Mignes(-Johnson)

Benoit - Federico Davià

Alcindoro - Federico Davià

Parpignol - David Eisler

Sergente dei doganieri - John Del Carlo

Un doganiere - David Rohrbaugh

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Compact Disc - Live Opera Heaven C 2119 {2CDRS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (10 November 1978). See OPERA February 1979 pp.154-155. According to LOH's catalogue the recording is a «bit noisy». The cast listed above is that given in the «San Francisco Opera Performance Archive» (http://archive.sfopera.com - hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Colin Davis - 1978(STU)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - Håkan Hagegård

Marcello - Ingvar Wixell

Colline - Robert Lloyd

Mimi - Katia Ricciarelli

Musetta - Ashley Putnam

Benoit - Giovanni De Angelis

Alcindoro - William Elvin

Parpignol - Francis Egerton

Sergente dei doganieri - Richard Hazell

Un doganiere - David Whelan

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Black Disc; - Philips 6769 031 {2LPS} (1979)ª

Compact Cassette; - Philips 7699 116 (1979)ª;; Philips 416 492-4 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - Philips 416 492-2 {2CDS} (1987)ª; Philips «Duo» 442 260-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1979 p.1048 [EG] March 1980 p.1454, p.1459 [SIR]; May 1987 p. [EG]; October 1994 p.197 [MEO]

Orpheus - November 1994 S.62

Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.172

BBC Music Magazine - September 1994 p.84

Répertoire - No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.61

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Boris Brott - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Chorus

Rodolfo - Gianfranco Pastine

Marcello - Mario Sereni

Colline - Giulio Kukurugyas

Mimi - Gabriella Tucci

Musetta - Judith Forst

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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVD 1127

VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #1127 (NTSC)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Video recording of a performance in Hamilton, Canada (December 1979).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Luis Antonio García-Navarro - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Rodolfo - Neil Shicoff

Schaunard - John Rawnsley

Marcello - Thomas Allen

Colline - Malcolm King

Mimi - Kiri Te Kanawa

Musetta - Diana Reed

Benoit - Brian Donlan

Alcindoro - Eric Garrett

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00161

Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BOH 197901 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (2 June 1979). This performance does not appear to have been broadcast so, presumably, the recording was made «in-house». The performance on 25 May 1979 is reviewed in OPERA August 1979 pp.807-808. The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000 and the CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Henry Holt - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - New York City Opera

Chorus - New York City Opera

Rodolfo - Vinson Cole

Schaunard - Thomas Jamerson

Marcello - Dominic Cossa

Colline - Marc Embree

Mimi - Diana Soviero

Musetta - Noelle Rogers

Benoit - James Billings

Alcindoro - Don Yule

Parpignol - Jonathan Green

Sergente dei doganieri - J. Randolph Peyton

Un doganiere - George Bohachevsky

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1356-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (October 1979). The cast listed above is that given in «The New York City Opera - An American Adventure» by Martin L. Sokol p.490.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Rodolfo - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Schaunard - John Rawnsley

Marcello - Jonathan Summers

Colline - Gwynne Howell

Mimi - Ileana Cotrubas

Musetta - Sona Ghazarian

Benoit - John Dobson

Alcindoro - Eric Garrett

Parpignol - Robert Bowman

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00737

Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 60004 {2CDS} (2000)ª; House of Opera CDBB 384 (2003)ª

Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 6075

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

American Record Guide - July/August 2001 Vol.64 No.4 p.268 [MM]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - diciembre 2000 No.138 p.50, p.52 [JS]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.94 [AG]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (November 1979; see OPERA January 1980 p.86; ORPHEUS Februar 1980 S.115-S.117). The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000 and the CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Giorgio Giorgetti

Marcello - Lorenzo Saccomani

Colline - Evgeny Nesterenko

Mimi - Ileana Cotrubas

Musetta - Lucia Popp

Benoit - Claudio Giombi

Alcindoro - Alfredo Giacomotti

Parpignol - Saverio Porzano

Sergente dei doganieri - Carlo Meliciani

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Black Disc; - Legendary Recordings LR 162-2 {2LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00735

Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 50038 {2CDS} (1999)ª

DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2144 (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #1126 (NTSC) Lyric Distribution Incorporatred #PV 109-90 (PAL)

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at La Scala. La bohème was performed at La Scala with this cast on 27 and 30 March 1979. A recording of the performance on 24 March 1979, in which Piero Cappuccilli sang the role of Marcello, was issued on CD by Exclusive and by Myto, and is listed separately. The DVD-R issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1979(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Giorgio Giorgetti

Marcello - Piero Cappuccilli

Colline - Evgeny Nesterenko

Mimi - Ileana Cotrubas

Musetta - Lucia Popp

Benoit - Claudio Giombi

Alcindoro - Alfredo Giacomotti

Parpignol - Saverio Porzano

Sergente dei doganieri - Carlo Meliciani

Un doganiere - Regolo Romani

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Compact Disc; - Exclusive EX 92T01-02 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Myto 2MCD 011 240 (+Highlights cond. Schippers) {2CDS} (2001)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.17 No.5 May-June 1994 p.221 [HF]; Vol.24 No.6 July/August 2001 p.194 [BR]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.170 p.133

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - julio/agosto 2001 No.145 pp.44-45 [AV]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.47 septiembre-octubre 2001 p.93 [TF]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (22 March 1979; see OPERA July 1979 p.702

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1979(STU)

Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Rodolfo - Alfredo Kraus

Schaunard - Matteo Manuguerra

Marcello - Sherrill Milnes

Colline - Paul Plishka

Mimi - Renata Scotto

Musetta - Carol Neblett

Benoit - Italo Tajo

Alcindoro - Renato Capecchi

Parpignol - Paul Crook

Sergente dei doganieri - Michael Lewis

Un doganiere - John Noble

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Black Disc; - HMV SLS 5192 {2LPS} (1980)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CFPD 4708 {2LPS}; Angel SZBX-3900 {2LPS} (1981)ª

Compact Cassette - EMI «Classics for Pleasure» TC CFPD 4708; Angel 4Z2X 3900

Compact Disc; - EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CD-CFPD 4708 {2CDS} ;; EMI 4 79574 {2CDS} (France) (1995)ª;; EMI CZS 5 69380-2 {2CDS}(1996)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» 367715-2 {2CDS} (2006)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1980; September 1980 p.416 [SIR]; October 1980 p.471 [JBS] May 1996 p.120 [MEO]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.2 No.3 p.172

Diapason - No.421 décembre 1995 p.138

American Record Guide - March 1981 Vol.44 No.5 p.45 [DA]

Répertoire - No.86 décembre 1995 p.57

Le Monde de la Musique - No.193 novembre 1995 p.100

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Mario Bernardi - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - National Arts Centre Orchestra

Chorus - Chorus

Rodolfo - Neil Shicoff

Schaunard - Gary Relyea

Marcello - Allan Monk

Colline - Ara Berberian

Mimi - Diana Soviero

Musetta - Maria Pellegrini

Benoit - André Lortie

Alcindoro - Claude Létourneau

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Black Disc; - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 428 {2LPS} (1984)ª

Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 897-2 {2CDRS}

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Ottawa Festival (July 1980; see OPERA FestivalIssue (1980) p.122

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Ferrara - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaría

Chorus - Teatro Pérez Galdós

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Marcello - Tugomir Franc

Colline - Leonida Bergamonti

Mimi - Elena Mauti Nunziata

Musetta - Christine Weidinger

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2672 (1991)ª; House of Opera ALD 2672

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Pérez Galdós, Las Palmas, Gran Canaría (9 February 1980).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Eugenio Mario Marco - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - Enric Serra

Marcello - Vincenzo Sardinero

Colline - Ivo Vinco

Mimi - Montserrat Caballé

Musetta - Christine Weidinger

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5024

VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #1390 (NTSC)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Video recording of a perfromance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (December 1980).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gian-Franco Masini - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta

Chorus - Coro

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - Martín Grijalba

Marcello - Vincenzo Sardinero

Colline - Malcolm King

Mimi - Ileana Cotrubas

Musetta - Nancy Shade

Benoit - Rafael Castejón

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2490 (1991)ª; House of Opera ALD 2490

Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers 198001 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Madrid Opera Festival (27 May 1980; see OPERA Festival Issue 1980 p.113). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Rigacci - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - San Diego Opera

Chorus - San Diego Opera

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - J Patrick Raftery

Marcello - Jan Derksen

Colline - Robert Hale

Mimi - Diana Soviero

Musetta - Inga Nielsen

Benoit - Steven Savino

Alcindoro - Melvin Lowery

Parpignol - David Bates

Sergente dei doganieri - Gary Nichols

Un doganiere - Robert Roseberry

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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1179 Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00739

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the San Diego Opera (29 May 1980). The cast listed above is that which was given on the website of the San Diego Opera. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Julius Rudel - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Hamburgische Staatsoper

Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Marcello - Wolfgang Brendel

Colline - Paul Plishka

Mimi - Katia Ricciarelli

Musetta - Faye Robinson

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1054 (1987)ª

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Hamburg State Opera (June 1980). According to the «Tenorissimo» website the date on which Plácido Domingo sang Rodolfo was 8 June 1980 and Marcello was sung by Grundheber and Schaunard by Krekow (http://www.tenorissimo.com), but I have not been able to confirm this.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Schaunard - Bodo Brinkmann

Marcello - Wolfgang Brendel

Colline - Nikolaus Hillebrand

Mimi - Ileana Cotrubas

Musetta - Judy Conwell

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 390 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (30 November 1980; see Tenorissimo website). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website in December 2003 (12-22-2003).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1980(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Schaunard - Yves Bisson

Marcello - Tom Krause

Colline - Roger Soyer

Mimi - Kiri Te Kanawa

Musetta - Wilhelmina Fernández

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 371 (+Faust - excerpts - Mackerras) {2LPS}

Compact Disc - Bella Voce BLV 107233 (60 minutes of highlights) {2CDS}

VHS Video Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #1128 (NTSC) Lyric Distribution Incorporated #1847 (NTSC) (1989)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July /August 1982 pp.171-172 [CGP]

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Palais Garnier, Paris (June or July 1980). The VHS Cassette issued by Lyric (1847) is included in «New Video Cassette Listings - September 1989»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Ondrej Lenárd - 1980(STU;FI)

Orchestra - Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Chorus of the Bratislava National Opera - Bratislava Radio Children's Choir

Rodolfo - Peter Dvorsky

Schaunard - Balázs Póka

Marcello - Ivan Konsulov

Colline - Dariusz Niemirowicz

Mimi - Veronika Kincses

Musetta - Sidónia Haljáková

Benoit - Stanislav Benacka

Alcindoro - Stefan Janci

Parpignol - Vojtech Schrenkel

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Black Disc - Opus (Slovakia) 9112 0931/32 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Opus (Slovakia) 9156 0931/32 {2CDS} ;; Gramofonové závody L1 0058-2612 {2CDS} (Czech Republic) (1994)ª

DVD (Video) - Encore DVD 2123 (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #1574 (NTSC)

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1990 p. [MEO]

Comments:- *The VHS cassette issued by Lyric and the DVD issued on the Encore label appear to be of a film which uses the audio recording as the soundtrack. The DVD is (was) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Peter Dvorsky

Schaunard - Antonio Salvadori

Marcello - Lorenzo Saccomani

Colline - Paolo Washington

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Margherita Guglielmi

Benoit - Claudio Giombi

Alcindoro - Alfredo Giacomotti

Parpignol - Saverio Porzano

Sergente dei doganieri - Giuseppe Morresi

Un doganiere - Carlo Meliciani

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VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #1129 (NTSC)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the La Scala Company in Japan (15 September 1981).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Rodolfo - Neil Shicoff

Schaunard - John Rawnsley

Marcello - Thomas Allen

Colline - Gwynne Howell

Mimi - Ileana Cotrubas

Musetta - Marilyn Zschau

Benoit - Brian Donlan

Alcindoro - John Gibbs

Parpignol - Daniel McCoshan

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 565 {2CDRS} (2000)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd CDNO 1117-2 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

Laser Disc - *Pioneer Artists PA-82-028 (NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Warner DVD 4509 99222-2 (2000)ª

VHS Video Cassette; - Thorn EMI TVH 90 1320 2 (BETA TXH 90 1320 4) (PAL) (1983)ª; Castle Vision CVI 2014(PAL); Warner NVC Arts 4509 99222-3 (PAL) (1997)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1983 p.131 [AB, JB] ; December 1997 p.144 [AB]

Opera Now - January/February 1998 p.94 (mention) [RF]

Opéra International - novembre 2000 No.251 p.59 (DVD) [SS]

Diapason - No.474 octobre 2000 p.62 (DVD)

International Opera Collector - Winter 1997 No.6 pp.99-100 [MSR]

The Classical Video Guide - p.78

L'opera (Milano) - Supplemento al n.119 maggio 1998 p.70 [EE]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - diciembre 2000 No.138 p.68 (DVD) [LT]

Opéra Magazine - No.6 avril 2006 p.76 [JP]

Comments:- *Video Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (16 February 1982). For a review of a performance on 4 February 1982 see OPERA April 1982 p.417. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed in their list of «New Releases Summer 2000» and those issued by Premiere in their list «Latest Releases on Compact Disc for Autumn 2003». It is possible (probable?) that the recording is the soundtrack of the video recording

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Levine - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - Allan Monk

Marcello - Richard Stilwell

Colline - James Morris

Mimi - Teresa Stratas

Musetta - Renata Scotto

Benoit - Italo Tajo

Alcindoro - Italo Tajo

Parpignol - Dale Caldwell

Sergente dei doganieri - Glenn Bater

Un doganiere - James Brewer

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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 11682 (BRO 125748) {2CDRS} (2005)ª

Laser Disc - *Pioneer Artists PA-85-135 (NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Pioneer Classics PIBC 2013 (Japan) (2001)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Paramount Home Video 2365 (NTSC)

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2005 S.69 (DVD) [IW]

Opéra International - juin 1996 No.203 p.51

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance at the MET (16 January 1982). See OPERA, February 1982 p.155, March 1982 p.270. The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Eugenio Mario Marco - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaría

Chorus - Teatro Pérez Galdós

Rodolfo - Peter Dvorsky

Marcello - Gino Quilico

Colline - Giancarlo Luccardi

Mimi - Adriana Morelli

Musetta - Natalia Troitskaya

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3474 (1994)ª; House of Opera ALD 3474

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Pérez Galdós, Las Palmas, Gran Canaría (January 1982). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - November 1994»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Günter Neuhold - 1982(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Marseille

Chorus - L'Opéra de Marseille

Rodolfo - Beniamino Prior

Marcello - Antonio Salvadori

Colline - Paolo Washington

Mimi - Josella Ligi

Musetta - Julia Connwell

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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVD 1271

VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #1271

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Non-professional video recording of a performance at the Marseille Opera.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Constantin Petrovici - 1982(STU)

Orchestra - National Opera of Bucharest

Chorus - National Opera of Bucharest

Rodolfo - Ludovic Spiess

Schaunard - Lucian Marinescu

Marcello - David Ohanesian

Colline - Dan Zancu

Mimi - Eugenia Moldoveanu

Musetta - Elvira Cirje-Druica

Benoit - Pompei Harasteanu

Alcindoro - Constantin Gabor

Parpignol - Andrei Borsos

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Black Disc - Electrocord ST ECE 02257-02259

Compact Disc - Carlton Classics (IMP Classics) 30367 00547 {2CDS}; World of the Opera 5252 {2CDS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Juli 1996 S.61

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Binder - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Marcello - Hans Helm

Colline - Hans Sotin

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Edda Moser

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 391 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (28 June 1983). The partial cast listed above is that given in the «Tenorissimo» website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to HOO's website in December 2003 (12-22-2003).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Rodolfo - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Marcello - Rolando Panerai

Mimi - María Carmen Hernández

Musetta - Barbara Daniels

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BOH 198301 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (20 March 1983). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - John Janssen

Marcello - Wolfgang Brendel

Colline - Jan-Hendrik Rootering

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Margherita Guglielmi

Benoit - Claudio Giombi

Alcindoro - Gerhard Auer

Parpignol - Georg Paskuda

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Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia AE 204 - Opera From Munich Vol.1 (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª; House of Opera CDBB 396 (2003)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}

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Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (16 July 1983; see OPERA November 1983 pp.1231-1232). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alain Lombard - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris

Rodolfo - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Schaunard - David Pittman-Jennings

Marcello - Brian Schexnayder

Colline - Boris Martinovich

Mimi - Leona Mitchell

Musetta - Faye Robinson

Benoit - Jean-Philippe Courtis

Alcindoro - Jean-Louis Soumagnas

Parpignol - Mario Agnetti

Sergente dei doganieri - Philippe Desert

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers BOH 198302 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier, Paris (26 January 1983; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL mars 1983 No.57 p.26). I may have assigned some of the minor roles incorrectly. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianfranco Rivoli - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta

Chorus - Coro

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - Nino Carta

Marcello - Alberto Rinaldi

Colline - Ivo Vinco

Mimi - Ilona Tokody

Musetta - Barbara Daniels

Benoit - Diego Monjó

Alcindoro - Diego Monjó

Parpignol - Jesús Alonso

Sergente dei doganieri - Nino Carta

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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVD 8592

VHS Video Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #8592 (NTSC) (1993)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *«Slightly abridged» non-professional video recording of a performance in Oviedo (13 September 1983). The VHS Cassette issued by Lyric is included in their «New Video Cassette Listings - Summer 1993». The year of the performance recorded is given as 1982 here and in HOO's online catalogue.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Odón Alonso - 1984(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta

Chorus - Coro

Rodolfo - Vincenzo Bello

Marcello - Richard Stilwell

Colline - Boris Martinovich

Mimi - Diana Soviero

Musetta - Marta Marquez

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VHS Video Cassette - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #1331 (NTSC)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Non-professional video recording of a performance in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Eugene Kohn - 1984(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Neil Shicoff

Schaunard - Allan Glassman

Marcello - Brian Schexnayder

Colline - John Cheek

Mimi - Ileana Cotrubas

Musetta - Barbara Daniels

Benoit - Ara Berberian

Alcindoro - Ara Berberian

Parpignol - Arthur Apy

Sergente dei doganieri - Glenn Bater

Un doganiere - Herman Marcus

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BOH 198401 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (14 January 1984). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1984(LI)

Orchestra - Hamburgische Staatsoper

Chorus - Hamburgische Staatsoper

Rodolfo - Neil Shicoff

Marcello - J Patrick Raftery

Colline - Jan-Hendrik Rootering

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Barbara Daniels

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Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics Incorporated ALD 4496 (1998)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Hamburg State Opera (18 August 1984; see ORPHEUS Oktober 1984 S.760-S.761). The compact cassettes issued by Legato are listed in «Operatic Audio Cassettes - New Listings - January 1998».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Plácido Domingo - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Luis Lima

Schaunard - Vernon Hartman

Marcello - Brian Schexnayder

Colline - John Cheek

Mimi - Catherine Malfitano

Musetta - Marilyn Zschau

Benoit - Renato Capecchi

Alcindoro - Renato Capecchi

Parpignol - Dale Caldwell

Sergente dei doganieri - Merle Schmidt

Un doganiere - Herman Marcus

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BOH 198501 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (9 February 1985). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Michael Gielen - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Frankfurter Oper

Chorus - Frankfurter Oper

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - William Workman

Marcello - Tom Krause

Mimi - Yoko Watanabe

Musetta - Hildegard Heichele

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distibution Incorporated ALD 1386 (1987)ª; House of Opera ALD 1386

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Frankfurt Opera (May 1985). Gibson is listed as the conductor in Lyric's catalogue.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Emil Tchakarov - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra

Chorus - Coro

Rodolfo - Franco Farina

Marcello - Alberto Rinaldi

Colline - Roberto Scandiuzzi

Mimi - Fiamma Izzo d'Amico

Musetta - Alida Ferrarini

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1122 (1987)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Torre del Lago (August 1985).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Stefan Soltesz - 1985(STU)

Orchestra - Münchner Rundfunkorchester

Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Rodolfo - Francisco Araiza

Schaunard - Ludwig Baumann

Marcello - Wolfgang Brendel

Colline - Jan-Hendrik Rootering

Mimi - Lucia Popp

Musetta - Barbara Daniels

Benoit - Friedrich Lenz

Alcindoro - Gerhard Auer

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Black Disc - EMI 165 270279-3 {2LPS}

Compact Disc - EMI 769 351-2 {2CDS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Scott Bergeson - 1986(LI)

Orchestra - New York City Opera

Chorus - New York City Opera

Rodolfo - Kristjan Johannsson

Marcello - Stephen Dickson

Colline - Stanley Wexler

Mimi - Maria Spacagna

Musetta - Niamh Cusack

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1288 (1987)ª; House of Opera ALD 1288

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (October 1986).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Luis Antonio García-Navarro - 1986(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta

Chorus - Coro

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Marcello - Vincenzo Sardinero

Colline - Agostino Ferrin

Mimi - Gabriela Benacková

Musetta - Enedina Lloris

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 4074 (1996)ª; House of Opera ALD 4074

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 393 (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid (15 July 1986; see OPERA October 1986 p.1192). House of Opera have also issued a recording of part of the performance on 27 July 1986 (CDBB 377). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - July?(October) 1996» and the CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Leone Magiera - 1986(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Municipale dell'Opera di Genova

Chorus - Teatro Municipale dell'Opera di Genova

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Jeffrey Mattsey

Marcello - Roberto Servile

Colline - Francesco Ellero d'Artegna

Mimi - Fiamma Izzo d'Amico

Musetta - Madelyn Renée

Benoit - Roberto Scaltriti

Alcindoro - Guido Pasella

Parpignol - Fernando Pavarotti

Sergente dei doganieri - Enrico Fibrini

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DVD (Video) - Kultur (2005)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Kultur 1224 (NTSC)

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Video recording of a performance given in the Tianquiao Theatre, Peking. The VHS cassette and DVD issued by Kultur are listed on their website:-

http://www.kultur.com

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Rico Saccani - 1986(LI)

Orchestra - Opera Company of Philadelphia

Chorus - Opera Company of Philadelphia

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Marcello - Jeffrey Mattsey

Colline - Stephen Dupont

Mimi - Fiamma Izzo d'Amico

Musetta - Sandra (Alessandra) Pacetti

Benoit - Maurizio Picconi

Alcindoro - Roberto Scaltriti

Parpignol - Mark Beudert

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1195 (1987)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The Academy of Music, Philadelphia (April 1986).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas - 1986(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Rodolfo - Vyscheslav Polozov

Schaunard - Paul Kreider

Marcello - Alessandro Corbelli

Colline - Paolo Washington

Mimi - Katia Ricciarelli

Musetta - Barbara Daniels

Benoit - Renato Capecchi

Alcindoro - Renato Capecchi

Parpignol - Richard Drews

Sergente dei doganieri - John Horton Murray

Un doganiere - Patryk Wroblewski

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1364 (1987)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera. The cast listed above is that given in the performance chronology on the website of the Chicago Lyric Opera for the performances on 24, 27, 30 September and 4 October 1986 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). This corresponds to the partial cast given in Lyric's catalogue where the month of the performance recorded is given incorrectly as «11/86».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Leonard Bernstein - 1987(LC)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Rodolfo - Jerry Hadley

Schaunard - James Busterud

Marcello - Thomas Hampson

Colline - Paul Plishka

Mimi - Angelina Réaux

Musetta - Barbara Daniels

Benoit - Joseph McKee

Alcindoro - Gimi Beni

Parpignol - Don Bernardini

Sergente dei doganieri - Paul Kreider

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Black Disc; - DG 423 601-1 {2LPS} (1988)ª

Compact Cassette; - DG 423 601-4 (1988)ª

Compact Disc; - DG 423 601-2 {2CDS} (1988)ª;; DG 453 109-2 {2CDS}

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1988 p. [MEO]

Orpheus - April 1998 p.59 (mention) [GH]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.126-128 [LG]

Stereophile - January 1989 (Vol.12 No.1) p.221

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.105 diciembre 1997 p.61 (mention) [HQ]

Comments:- Recorded at performances in the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome (May,June 1987)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Bartoletti - 1987(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze

Rodolfo - Chris Merritt

Schaunard - Orazio Mori

Marcello - Jonathan Summers

Colline - Agostino Ferrin

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Cecilia Gasdia

Benoit - Federico Davià

Alcindoro - Franco Calabrese

Parpignol - Angelo Rabottini

Sergente dei doganieri - Giorgio Giorgetti

Un doganiere - Augusto Frati

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1541 (1988)ª

Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BOH 198701 {2CDRS} (Canada)

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Comunale di Firenze (November 1987; see OPERA March 1988 p.345). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Scott Bergeson - 1987(LI)

Orchestra - New York City Opera

Chorus - New York City Opera

Rodolfo - Richard Leech

Marcello - John Shaw

Colline - Stanley Wexler

Mimi - Frances Ginsberg

Musetta - Sheryl Woods

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1489 (1988)ª; House of Opera ALD 1489

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the New York City Opera (September 1987).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Lawrence Foster - 1987(LI)

Orchestra - Music Center Opera Los Angeles

Chorus - Music Center Opera Los Angeles

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Schaunard - John Atkins

Marcello - Thomas Hampson

Colline - Louis Lebherz

Mimi - Miriam Gauci

Musetta - Karen Huffstodt

Benoit - Michael Gallup

Alcindoro - Michael Gallup

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1439 (1988)ª

Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 399 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (8 September 1987). See OPERA November 1987 pp.1303-1304. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Ondrej Lenárd - 1987(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta

Chorus - Coro

Rodolfo - Peter Dvorsky

Marcello - Vincenzo Sardinero

Colline - Alfonso Echeverria

Mimi - Nelly Miricioiu

Musetta - Nuccia Focile

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 4075 (1996)ª; House of Opera ALD 4075

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Oviedo (21 September 1987). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - July?(October) 1996»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1987(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Rodolfo - Plácido Domingo

Schaunard - Roderick Earle

Marcello - Thomas Allen

Colline - Gwynne Howell

Mimi - Ilona Tokody

Musetta - Rosamund Illing

Benoit - Brian Donlan

Alcindoro - Eric Garrett

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 408 {2CDRS} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (12 June 1987). This performance was a «Covent Garden Prom» and it does not appear that it was broadcast. See OPERA August 1987 pp.951-953. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Conlon - 1987(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestre National de France (Paris)

Chorus - Choeur de Radio France

Rodolfo - José Carreras

Schaunard - Richard Cowan

Marcello - Gino Quilico

Colline - Francesco Ellero d'Artegna

Mimi - Barbara Hendricks

Musetta - Angela Maria Blasi

Benoit - Federico Davià

Alcindoro - Federico Davià

Parpignol - Michel Sénéchal

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Black Disc; - ERATO NUM 75450 {2LPS} (1988)ª

Compact Cassette; - ERATO MCE 75450 (1988)ª

Compact Disc; - ERATO ECD 75450 {2CDS} (1988)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1988 p.1638 [MEO]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.126-128 [LG]

Comments:- This recording was used as the soundtrack of a film in which Luca Canonici acted the part of Rodolfo, but it does not appear to have been issued in video format.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario - 1988(LI)

Orchestra - Australian Opera

Chorus - Australian Opera

Rodolfo - Neil Rosenheim

Schaunard - David Lemke

Marcello - John Fulford

Colline - John Wegner

Mimi - Glenys Fowles

Musetta - Rosamund Illing

Benoit - John Germain

Alcindoro - Alan Light

Parpignol - Jin Tea Kim

Sergente dei doganieri - Greame Williams

Un doganiere - Guido Martin

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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVD 170

VHS Video Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #1799 (1988)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Sydney Opera House.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Mark Gibson - 1988(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Principal de Mahon, Menorca

Chorus - Teatro Principal de Mahon, Menorca

Rodolfo - Umberto Grilli

Schaunard - Ismael Pons(-Tena)

Marcello - Lorenzo Saccomani

Colline - Antonio Borras

Mimi - Adelaide Negri

Musetta - Maria Angeles Peters

Benoit - Diego Monjó

Alcindoro - Diego Monjó

Parpignol - Enrique Gomila

Sergente dei doganieri - Paulino Maria

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Compact Disc - New Ornamenti NOC 141-2 {2CDS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Principal de Mahon, Menorca. The CDs issued on the New Ornamenti label are listed on the website http://www.Lrmusic.net.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Borislav Ivanov - 1988(LI)

Orchestra - Sofia Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Coro del Teatro Lirico di Milano

Rodolfo - Vincenzo Scuderi

Schaunard - Tomaso De Tomaso

Marcello - Tito Turtura

Colline - Giorgio Lalov

Mimi - Madelyn Renée

Musetta - Jenny L. Kelly

Benoit - Tino Nava

Alcindoro - Alfredo Fini

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Compact Disc - Harmony Music Opera 5 {2CDS}

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Théâtre La Colonne à Miramas (13 December 1988)

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlos Kleiber - 1988(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Thomas Hampson

Marcello - Jonathan Summers

Colline - Gwynne Howell

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Barbara Daniels

Benoit - Claudio Giombi

Alcindoro - Claudio Giombi

Parpignol - Stephen O'Mara

Sergente dei doganieri - Mitchell Sendrowitz

Un doganiere - Ray Morrison

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Compact Disc; - Siberian Tiger 5.00496 {2CDS} (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (1 February 1988). This performance was not broadcast.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Tiziano Severini - 1988(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti

Schaunard - Stephen Dickson

Marcello - Gino Quilico

Colline - Nicolai Ghiaurov

Mimi - Mirella Freni

Musetta - Sandra (Alessandra) Pacetti

Benoit - Italo Tajo

Alcindoro - Italo Tajo

Parpignol - Daniel Harper

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1618 (1988)ª

Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers BOH 198801 {2CDRS} (Canada)

Laser Disc - Pioneer PLMCB 00281 (PAL)

DVD (Video) - ArtHaus Musik 100.046 (Europe); ArtHaus Musik 100 940 (+Madama ; Butterfly - Maazel) {2DVDS} (2003)ª; Kultur 2 (USA)

VHS Video Cassette; - *Virgin Classics VVD603 (PAL); Polygram Vidéo 070 050-3; (SECAM); Polygram 079 249-3 (PAL); Videoland Classik VL 107 (PAL) (2000)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1993 p.110 [JBS]; October (published August) 2000 p.108 [AB]

Opera - June 2003 pp.751-752 [GH]

Opera Now - December 1994 p.50

Opéra International - No.267 avril 2002 pp.64-65 (DVD) [SS]

Diapason - No.476 decembre 2000 p.63 [MP]

Classic CD - August 2000 p.83 [MSR]

International Record Review - September 2000 pp.28-32 [JH]

American Record Guide - September/October 2001 Vol.64 No.5 pp.316-317 (DVD) [RVL]

Répertoire - No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.83: No.145 avril 2001 pp.14-15 (DVD) [CH]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.110 [FGR]: No.98 marzo 2007 p.86 (DVD) [JV]

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. (see OPERA February 1989 pp.208-209). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Tiziano Severini - 1988(LI;Cupido)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Alberto Cupido

Schaunard - Antonio Salvadori

Marcello - Paolo Coni

Colline - Giorgio Surjan

Mimi - Fiamma Izzo d'Amico

Musetta - Christine Barbaux

Benoit - Claudio Giombi

Alcindoro - Giovanni Savoiardo

Parpignol - Saverio Porzano

Sergente dei doganieri - Aldo Bramante

Un doganiere - Ernesto Panariello

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3642 (1995)ª; House of Opera ALD 3642

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at La Scala (3 June 1988).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Tiziano Severini - 1988(LI;Sabbatini))

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Rodolfo - Giuseppe Sabbatini

Schaunard - Antonio Salvadori

Marcello - Paolo Coni

Colline - Giorgio Surjan

Mimi - Lucia Mazzaria

Musetta - Amelia Felle

Benoit - Claudio Giombi

Alcindoro - Giovanni Savoiardo

Parpignol - Saverio Porzano

Sergente dei doganieri - Aldo Bramante

Un doganiere - Ernesto Panariello

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Compact Cassette; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 07491; Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3106 (1993)ª; House of Opera ALD 3106

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro alla Scala. The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - June 1993». The date given in Charles Handelman's catalog dated November 2000 is 6 June 1988, but according to the Archive that was in the La Scala website (www.teatroallascala.org) there was no performance of La bohème on that date although there was a performance with the cast given by Handelman on 4 June 1988. This is the date given by Lyric and in HOO's online catalogue.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Leone Magiera - 1989(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi

Chorus - Coro de la Asociación Bilbaina de Amigos de la Opera (ABAO}

Rodolfo - Luis Lima

Schaunard - Fernando Belaza(-Leoz)

Marcello - Roberto Servile

Colline - Gabriele Monici

Mimi - Fiamma Izzo d'Amico

Musetta - Sandra (Alessandra) Pacetti

Benoit - Guido Pasella

Alcindoro - Cecilio Larrañaga

Parpignol - Urbano García

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1885 (1990)ª; House of Opera ALD 1885

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in Bilbao (16 August 1989). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - February 1990»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Edoardo Müller - 1989(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta

Chorus - Coro

Rodolfo - Giorgio Tieppo

Marcello - Enrique Baquerizo

Colline - Alfonso Echeverria

Mimi - Miriam Gauci

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2059 (1990)ª; House of Opera ALD 2059

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Coruña (11 November 1989). The Compact Cassettes issued by Lyric are included in their «New Listings - November/December 1990»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Bruno Rigacci - 1989(LI)

Orchestra - Canadian Opera Company

Chorus - Canadian Opera Company

Rodolfo - Neil Wilson

Schaunard - John Avey

Marcello - Gaétan Laperrière

Colline - Kenneth Cox

Mimi - Hei-Kyung Hong

Musetta - Katherine Terrell

Benoit - André Lortie

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DVD (Video) - Quantum QLDVD 0288 (2005)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5445 (2005)ª; House of Opera DVD 184

VHS Video Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated #1886 (NTSC) (1989)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *The cast also includes Gary Rideout, Phil Stark. The VHS cassette issued by Lyric is included in their «New Video Cassette Listings - November 1989»

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti - 1990(LC)

Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Rodolfo - Giuseppe Sabbatini

Schaunard - Alfonso Antoniozzi

Marcello - Paolo Gavanelli

Colline - Carlo Colombara

Mimi - Daniela Dessi

Musetta - Adelina Scarabelli

Benoit - Giuseppe Zecchillo

Alcindoro - Gastone Sarti

Parpignol - Danielo Scardella

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Compact Cassette; - EMI EL 7 54124-4 (1991)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 54124-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; EMI 476 921-2 {2CDS} (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1991 p.1900 [MEO]; February 2006 p.91 [AB]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.90 mayo 2006 p.83 [JV]

Comments:- *Recorded at performances at Bologna (5, 7, 10 April 1990). Premiere has issued a recording on CDRs with Dessi, Sabbatini, Gavanelli (CDNO 1127-2), but with the year given as 1988 («Latest releases on Compact Disc for Autumn 2003»).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Charles Dutoit - 1990(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Orchestra

Chorus - The Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia

Rodolfo - Richard Leech

Schaunard - Christopher Robertson

Marcello - Haijing Fu

Colline - Phillip Ens

Mimi - Hei-Kyung Hong

Musetta - Priscilla Baskerville

Benoit - Michael Sokol

Alcindoro - Michael Sokol

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2277 (1991)ª; House of Opera ALD 2277

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance at the Mann Music Center, Philadelphia (28 June 1990).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Elena Herrera - 1990(LI)

Orchestra - Orquesta

Chorus - Coro

Rodolfo - Antonio Ordoñez

Marcello - Anthony Michaels-Moore

Colline - Alfonso Echeverria

Mimi - Ilona Tokody

Musetta - Carmen Gonzales

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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVD 8317

VHS Video Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated; #8317 (1992)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in Oviedo.

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Jesús López Cobos - 1990(LI)

Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Rodolfo - Antonio Ordoñez

Marcello - Lenus Carlson

Mimi - Kallen Esperian

Musetta - Lucy Peacock

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 2060 (1990)ª; House of Opera ALD 2060

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 22 February 1990. The performance on 14 February 1990 is reviewed in ORPHEUS Heft 5 Mai S.14. The Compact Cassette issued by Lyric is included in their «New Listings - November/December 1990).

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Victor de Renzi - 1990(LI)

Orchestra - Saraosta Opera

Chorus - Sarasota Opera

Rodolfo - Peter Riberi

Schaunard - Jeffrey Ambrosini

Marcello - Jeffrey Mattsey

Colline - Frank Curtis

Mimi - Karen Notare

Musetta - Carol Sparrow

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 1886 (1990)ª; House of Opera ALD 1886

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of La bohème by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera December 1958 p.758; High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.94; HARRIS p.45; Opera on Record p.577; CELLETTI p.583; Opera on CD (1) p.106 (2) p.117 (3)p.132; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.20 112; MET p.397; MET(VID) p.226; PENGUIN p.296; GIUDICI p.588 (2) p.974; Gramophone November 1996 p.36; BBC Music Magazine March1999 p.50 American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Sarasota Opera (23 February 1990). The compact cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in their list of «Pre-Recorded Operatic Cassettes - New Listings - April/May 1989».

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La bohème by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Will Humburg - 1990(STU)

Orchestra - Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra & Bratislava Children's Choir

Rodolfo - Jonathan Welch

Schaunard - Boaz Senator

Marcello - Fabio Previati

Colline - Ivan Urbas

Mimi - Luba Orgonosova

Musetta - Carmen Gonzales

Benoit - Richard Novák

Alcindoro - Jiri Sulzenko

Parpignol - Ladislav Hallon