La bohème discography
This is a list of audio and video recordings (discography) of Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème which premiered on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio in Turin, conducted by Arturo Toscanini.
Audio recordings
Video recordings
| Year | Cast (Mimì, Musetta, Rodolfo, Marcello, Colline, Schaunard) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra (production details) |
Label[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Léna Pastor, Irène Gromova, Alain Vanzo, Willy Clément, Xavier Depraz, Jean-Pierre Laffage |
Georges Derveaux, Orchestre radio-lyrique, RTF (sung in French, translation by Paul Ferrier) |
DVD: Fra Musica Cat: INA FRA010[6] |
| 1965 | Mirella Freni, Adriana Martino, Gianni Raimondi, Rolando Panerai, Ivo Vinco, Gianni Maffeo |
Herbert von Karajan, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra & Chorus (A 1965 film designed and directed by Franco Zeffirelli; cinematographer: Wilhelm Semmelroth) |
Film: Cosmotel[7][8] VHS/DVD: Deutsche Grammophon[9] |
| 1977 | Renata Scotto, Maralin Niska, Luciano Pavarotti, Ingvar Wixell, Paul Plishka, Allan Monk |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus (Production: Fabrizio Melano; set design: Pier Luigi Pizzi; recorded live, 15 March) |
Streaming video: Met Opera on Demand[10] |
| 1979 | Ileana Cotrubaș, Lucia Popp, Luciano Pavarotti, Lorenzo Saccomani, Yevgeny Nesterenko, Giorgio Giorgetti |
Carlos Kleiber, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra & Chorus (Recorded on 30 March 1979) |
DVD: Encore Cat: 2144 (see audio above) |
| 1982 | Teresa Stratas, Renata Scotto, José Carreras, Richard Stillwell, James Morris, Allan Monk |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus (Production: Franco Zeffirelli; recorded live, 16 January) |
Streaming video: Met Opera on Demand[11] |
| 1986 | Fiamma Izzo d'Amico, Madelyn Renee, Luciano Pavarotti, Roberto Servile, Francesco Ellero d'Artegna, Jeffrey Mattsey |
Leone Magiera, Genoa Opera Orchestra & Chorus (Recorded live, Tianquiao Theatre, Beijing) |
DVD: Kultur |
| 1988 | Barbara Hendricks, Angela Maria Blasi, Luca Canonici,[12] Gino Quilico, Francesco Ellero d'Artegna, Richard Cowan |
James Conlon, Orchestre National de France, Chorus of Radio France (La Bohème (1988 film) directed by Luigi Comencini; cinematographer: Armando Nannuzzi) |
Film: Gaumont HD video: Erato[4] (see 1987 audio above) |
| 1988 | Mirella Freni, Sandra Pacetti, Luciano Pavarotti, Gino Quilico, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Stephen Dickson |
Tiziano Severini, San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Chorus (Recorded live, War Memorial Opera House) |
DVD: Kultur, Arthaus Musik[13] |
| 1993 | Cheryl Barker, Christine Douglas, David Hobson, Roger Lemke, Gary Rowley, David Lemke |
Julian Smith, The Australian Opera Orchestra & Chorus (Recorded live, Sydney Opera House live,Richard Gill (choir master), sound production by Christopher Lawrence, directed by Baz Luhrmann, design by Catherine Martin) |
DVD: Arthaus Musik Cat: 100954 |
| 2002 | Alexia Voulgaridou, Elena de la Merced, Rolando Villazón, Ludovic Tézier, Markus Marquardt, Toby Stafford-Allen |
Ulf Schirmer, Vienna Symphony (Recorded at Bregenzer Festspiele in 2002) |
DVD: Capriccio Digital Cat: 93 515 |
| 2006 | Inva Mula, Laura Giordano, Aquiles Machado, Fabio Capitanucci, Felipe Bou, David Menéndez |
Jesús López-Cobos, Teatro Real Orchestra & Chorus |
DVD: Opus Arte Cat: OA0961D |
| 2008 | Anna Netrebko, Nicole Cabell, Rolando Villazón, George von Bergen,[14] Vitalij Kowaljow, Adrian Eröd[15] |
Bertrand de Billy, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (La Bohème (2008 film) directed by Robert Dornhelm) |
Film: Unitel Classica, MR-Film DVD: Kultur Cat: KUL D4601 (see 2007 audio above) |
| 2008 | Angela Gheorghiu, Ainhoa Arteta, Ramón Vargas, Ludovic Tézier, Oren Gradus, Quinn Kelsey |
Nicola Luisotti, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus (Production: Franco Zeffirelli; recorded live, 5 April) |
HD video: Met Opera on Demand[16] |
| 2011 | Takesha Meshé Kizart, Taryn Fiebig, Ji-Min Park, José Carbó, David Parkin, Shane Lowrencev |
Shao-Chia Lü, Opera Australia Orchestra & Chorus (Directed by Gale Edwards; recorded live at the Sidney Opera House on 25 and 28 July) |
DVD: ABC Classics, Cat: 762470[17] Blu-ray/DVD: Opera Australia[18] |
| 2014 | Kristine Opolais, Susanna Phillips, Vittorio Grigolo, Massimo Cavalletti, Oren Gradus, Patrick Carfizzi |
Stefano Ranzani, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus (Production: Franco Zeffirelli; recorded live, 5 April) |
HD video: Met Opera on Demand[19] |
| 2017 | Nicole Car, Aida Garifullina, Atalla Ayan, Artur Ruciński, Roberto Tagliavini, Alessio Arduini |
Gustavo Dudamel, Paris Opera Orchestra & Chorus (Director: Claus Guth; recorded live, Opéra Bastille) |
Full HD: Paris Opera Play[20] |
| 2018 | Sonya Yoncheva, Susanna Phillips, Michael Fabiano, Lucas Meachem, Matthew Rose, Alexei Lavrov |
Marco Armiliato, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus (Production: Franco Zeffirelli; recorded live, 24 February) |
HD video: Met Opera on Demand[21] |
| 2020 | Sonya Yoncheva, Simona Mihai, Charles Castronovo, Andrzej Filończyk, Peter Kellner, Gyula Nagy |
Emmanuel Villaume, The Royal Opera Orchestra & Chorus (Director: Richard Jones; recorded live, 29 January) |
Royal Ballet & Opera Stream[22] |
| 2022 | Yaritza Véliz, Vuvu Mpofu, Long Long, Daniel Scofield, Ivo Stanchev, Luthando Qave |
Jordan de Souza, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus (Directed by Floris Visser; recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House) |
HD video: Glyndebourne Encore[23][24] |
| 2022 | Ailyn Pérez, Danielle de Niese, Juan Diego Flórez, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Michael Mofidian, Ross Ramgobin |
Kevin John Edusei, The Royal Opera Orchestra & Chorus (Director: Richard Jones; recorded live, 22 October) |
Royal Ballet & Opera Stream[25] |
| 2024 | Juliana Grigoryan, Eleonora Bellocci, Vittorio Grigolo, Luca Micheletti, Alexander Vinogradov, Jan Antem |
Daniel Oren, Arena di Verona Orchestra, Chorus, & Ballet (Directed by Alfonso Signorini; recorded live, July) |
UHD HDR video: ZDF/Unitel[26] |
References
- ^ a b Recordings of La bohème on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- ^ "Puccini: Bohème (La)". Naxos Records. 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
... ranks alongside the Callas De Sabata Tosca as one of the greatest studio recordings of an opera ever made.
- ^ Flury, Roger (2012). Giacomo Puccini: A Discography. Scarecrow. p. 103. ISBN 9780810883291, listing #456.
- ^ a b 1988 Gaumont film: La bohème (1988) at IMDb; Erato soundtrack CD: OCLC 18566824, OCLC 633948428 (cast list), ASIN B000005E6C; Erato video: Apple TV, ASIN B09M9D2H1V.
- ^ OCLC 1344340065
- ^ La Vie de Bohème by Chantal Cazaux, 22 May 2015. asopera.fr. Retrieved 6 January 2020 (in French)
- ^ "La Bohème in 57 Theaters: Mirella Freni Is Mimi With La Scala Opera" by Dan Sullivan, The New York Times, 20 October 1965.
- ^ La bohème (1965) at IMDb .
- ^ Karajan, 1965: VHS (1988): OCLC 25036434; DVD (2002, 2006): OCLC 676553868, 71078755.
- ^ La Bohème (15 March 1977), Met Opera on Demand. CID: 248610, Met Opera Database.
- ^ La Bohème (16 January 1982), Met Opera on Demand. CID: 267250, Met Opera Database.
- ^ Voice part sung by José Carreras.
- ^ San Francisco (1988). Kultur DVD, OCLC 43841109; Arthaus Musik DVD, OCLC 1183727790.
- ^ Sung by Boaz Daniel.
- ^ Sung by Stéphane Degout.
- ^ La Bohème (5 April 2008), Met Opera on Demand. CID: 352466, Met Opera Database.
- ^ ABC, 2012, DVD: OCLC 827175218.
- ^ Opera Australia, 2011, Blu-ray: OCLC 816705659; DVD: OCLC 793376449.)
- ^ La Bohème (5 April 2014), Met Opera on Demand. CID: 355416, Met Opera Database.
- ^ La Bohème (2017), Paris Opera Play.
- ^ La Bohème (24 February 2018), Met Opera on Demand. CID: 356891, Met Opera Database.
- ^ La Bohème (2020), Royal Ballet & Opera Stream.
- ^ La bohème (Puccini), 2022, glyndebourne.com. Retrieved 21 August, 2023.
- ^ Kevin W. Ng, "Death Becomes Her: Floris Visser's new Bohème at Glyndebourne", Bachtrack, 19 June 2022.
- ^ La Bohème (2022), Royal Ballet & Opera Stream.
- ^ La Bohème - Arena di Verona, Plex. Retrieved 27 January 2026. Many of the details are taken from the credits at the end of the video.
Further reading
- American Record Guide, September/October 2000, Vol. 63, No. 5, pp. 73–83
- La bohème: Discography, opera.stanford.edu
- Budden, Julian, Puccini: His Life and Works, Oxford University Press, 2002, p. 494. ISBN 978-0-19-816468-5.