Year |
Cast:
Mimì,
Musetta,
Rodolfo,
Marcello,
Colline,
Schaunard |
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra |
Label[1] |
1917 |
Gemma Bosini,
Adalgisa Giana,
Reno Andreini,
Ernesto Badini,
Vincenzo Bettoni,
Aristide Baracchi |
Carlo Sabajno,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus |
78rpm: Società Nazionale del Grammofono "La Voce del Padrone"
Cat: S 5018-42 (even numbers, 12 discs) |
1928 |
Rosetta Pampanini,
Luba Mirella,
Luigi Marini,
Gino Vanelli,
Tancredi Pasero,
Aristide Baracchi |
Lorenzo Molajoli,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Arkadia
Cat: 78047 |
1928 |
Rosina Torri,
Thea Vitulli,
Aristodemo Giorgini,
Ernesto Badini,
Luigi Manfrini,
Aristide Baracchi |
Carlo Sabajno,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: VAI Audio
Cat: VAIA 1078-2 |
1938 |
Licia Albanese,
Tatiana Menotti,
Beniamino Gigli,
Afro Poli,
Duilio Baronti,
Aristide Baracchi |
Umberto Berrettoni,
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.110072-73 |
1942 |
Grace Moore,
Frances Greer,
Frederick Jagel,
Francesco Valentino,
Ezio Pinza,
Wilfred Engelman |
Cesare Sodero,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Line Music
Cat: 5.00284 |
1946 |
Licia Albanese,
Anne McKnight,
Jan Peerce,
Francesco Valentino,
George Cehanovsky,
Nicola Moscona |
Arturo Toscanini,
NBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 60288
|
1951 |
Renata Tebaldi,
Hilde Güden,
Giacinto Prandelli,
Giovanni Inghilleri,
Raffaele Arié,
Fernando Corena |
Alberto Erede,
Coro e Orchestra dell Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia |
CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.110252-53 |
1952 |
Rosanna Carteri,
Elvina Ramella,
Ferruccio Tagliavini,
Giuseppe Taddei,
Cesare Siepi
Pier Luigi Latinucci |
Orchestra Sinfonica and Chorus of RAI Torino |
CD: Warner Fonit
Cat: 8573 87270-2 |
1956 |
Victoria de los Ángeles,
Lucine Amara,
Jussi Björling,
Robert Merrill,
Giorgio Tozzi,
John Reardon |
Thomas Beecham,
RCA Victor Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 7243-5-67753-2-9
CD: Naxos
Cat:8.111249-50[2] |
1956 |
Maria Callas,
Anna Moffo
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Rolando Panerai
Nicola Zaccaria
Manuel Spatafora |
Antonino Votto,
La Scala Chorus and Orchestra |
CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.111332-33 |
1958 |
Renata Tebaldi,
Gianna D'Angelo,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Ettore Bastianini,
Cesare Siepi,
Renato Cesari |
Tullio Serafin,
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Decca
Cat: 470 431-2 |
1959 |
Licia Albanese,
Audrey Schuh
Giuseppe di Stefano
Giuseppe Valdengo
Norman Treigle
Arthur Cosenza |
Renato Cellini,
"Live" performance of the New Orleans Opera Association |
CD: VAI
Cat: VAIA 1119-2 |
1960 |
Léna Pastor,
Irène Gromova,
Alain Vanzo,
Willy Clément,
Xavier Depraz,
Jean-Pierre Laffage |
Georges Derveaux,
Orchestre Radio Lyrique de la RTF |
DVD: Fra Musica (sung in the French translation by Paul Ferrier)[3] |
1961 |
Anna Moffo,
Mary Costa,
Richard Tucker,
Robert Merrill,
Giorgio Tozzi,
Philip Maero |
Erich Leinsdorf,
Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 09026-63179-2 |
1961 |
Renata Scotto,
Jolanda Meneguzzer,
Gianni Poggi,
Tito Gobbi,
Giuseppe Modesti,
Giorgio Giorgetti |
Antonino Votto,
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 435 715-2 |
1962–63 |
Mirella Freni,
Mariella Adani,
Nicolai Gedda,
Mario Sereni,
Ferruccio Mazzoli,
Mario Basiola, Jr. |
Thomas Schippers,
Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra |
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 91998 |
1972 |
Mirella Freni,
Elizabeth Harwood,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Rolando Panerai,
Nicolai Ghiaurov,
Gianni Maffeo |
Herbert von Karajan,
Berliner Philharmoniker and Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin |
CD: Decca
Cat: 421245 |
1973 |
Montserrat Caballé,
Judith Blegen,
Plácido Domingo,
Sherrill Milnes,
Ruggero Raimondi,
Vicente Sardinero |
Georg Solti
London Philharmonic Orchestra
John Alldis Choir with Wandsworth School Boys' Choir |
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 74321 39496-2 |
1979 |
Katia Ricciarelli,
Ashley Putnam,
José Carreras,
Francis Egerton,
Håkan Hagegård,
Robert Lloyd |
Colin Davis,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
CD: Philips
Cat: 4422602 |
1979 |
Ileana Cotrubaș,
Lucia Popp,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Lorenzo Saccomani,
Yevgeny Nesterenko,
Giorgio Giorgetti |
Carlos Kleiber, Orchestra and chorus La Scala
Recorded on 271 and 302 (with Piero Cappuccilli) March 1979 |
DVD: Encore 21441
CD Myto 011 2402 |
1983 |
Mirella Freni,
Margherita Guglielmi,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Wolfgang Brendel,
Jan-Hendrik Rootering,
John Janssen |
Carlos Kleiber, Bavarian State Opera
Recorded on 16 July 1983 at the National Theatre Munich |
CD: Audio Encyclopedia AE204 |
1990 |
Daniela Dessì,
Adelina Scarabelli,
Giuseppe Sabbatini,
Paolo Gavanelli,
Carlo Colombara,
Alfonso Antoniozzi |
Gianluigi Gelmetti,
Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 74321 39496-2 |
1994 |
Cheryl Barker,
Christine Douglas,
David Hobson,
Roger Lemke,
Gary Rowley,
David Lemke |
Richard Gill
The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and Chorus
(Video directed by Baz Luhrmann, with design by Catherine Martin) |
DVD: ABC Classics,
Cat: 708115 |
1995 |
Kiri Te Kanawa,
Nancy Gustafson,
Richard Leech,
Alan Titus,
Roberto Scanduzzi,
Gino Quilico |
Kent Nagano,
London Symphony Orchestra and The Ambrosian Singers and the St. Clement Danes School Choir |
CD: Erato 0630-1-10699-2 |
1998 |
Angela Gheorghiu,
Elisabetta Scano,
Roberto Alagna,
Simon Keenlyside,
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo,
Roberto De Candia |
Riccardo Chailly,
La Scala Chorus and Orchestra |
CD: Decca
Cat: 470 624-2 DSA |
1999 |
Barbara Frittoli,
Eva Mei,
Andrea Bocelli,
Paolo Gavanelli,
Mario Luperi,
Natale de Carolis |
Zubin Mehta,
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra |
CD: Decca
Cat: 470 62435782 |
2002 |
Alexia Voulgaridou,
Elena de la Merced,
Rolando Villazón,
Ludovic Tézier,
Markus Marquardt,
Toby Stafford-Allen |
Ulf Schirmer,
Vienna Symphony
Video recording of a performance on the Seebühne, Bregenz[1] at the Bregenzer Festspiele, stage directors: Richard Jones and Anthony McDonald; Film director: Brian Large 2002. |
DVD: Capriccio Digital
Cat: 93 515 |
2006 |
Inva Mula,
Laura Giordano,
es (Aquiles Machado),
Fabio Capitanucci,
Felipe Bou,
David Menéndez |
Jesús López-Cobos,
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real |
DVD: Opus Arte
Cat: OA0961D |
2008 |
Anna Netrebko,
Nicole Cabell,
Rolando Villazón,
Boaz Daniel
fr (Stéphane Degout),
de (Vitalij Kowaljow) |
Bertrand de Billy,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
The audio recording was made at a concert performances in the Münchner Philharmonie, Gasteig, in April 2007 and used as the soundtrack for the film[1] as directed by Robert Dornheim) |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 477 6600
DVD: Kultur International Films
Cat: KUL D4601 |
2012 |
Takesha Meshé Kizart,
Taryn Fiebig,
Ji-Min Park,
José Carbó,
David Parkin,
Shane Lowrencev |
Shao-Chia Lü
Opera Australia
directed by Gale Edwards |
DVD: ABC Classics
Cat: 762470 |