Puccini: La bohème

Full recordings only. Roles of Mimi and Rodolfo indicated. Recording date indicated where known.

CD

Celine Byrne, Merūnas Vitulskis, Irish Ntl Opera O/Sergio Alapont (2021)Signum Classics SIGCD702review
Bidú Sayão, Jussi Björling, Metropolitan Opera O/Giuseppe Antonicelli (1947)Sony 19075810742review
Bidú Sayão, Jussi Björling, Metropolitan Opera O/Giuseppe Antonicelli (1948)West Hill WHRA6020review
Victoria de los Angeles, Jussi Björling, RCA Victor O/Sir Thomas Beecham (1956)EMI 5677502review
 Pristine Audio PACO164review review
 Regis RRC2075review
 Regis RRC9011review
Licia Albanese, Beniamino Gigli, O del Teatro alla Scala di Milano/Umberto Berrettoni (1938)Naxos 8.110072-3review
Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Bavarian RSO/Bertrand de Billy (2007)DG 4776600review
DG 4777949review
Renata Tebaldi, Sándor Kónya, Metropolitan Opera O/Fausto Cleva (1964)Gala GL100727review
Katia Ricciarelli, José Carreras, Royal Opera House O, Covent Garden/Sir Colin Davis (1976)Decca 4782494review
Renata Tebaldi, Giacinto Prandelli, O dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma/Alberto Erede (1951)Naxos 8.110252-3review review
 Pristine Audio PACO179review
Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan (1972)Decca 4780254review
Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker, Rome Opera O/Erich Leinsdorf (1961)RCA 82876 826212review
Barbara Frittoli, Andrea Boccelli, Israel PO/Zubin MehtaDecca 4640602review
Alberta Pellegrini, Luciano Pavarotti, O Teatro Municipale Reggio Emilia/Francesco Molinari-PradelliRevitalized Classicsreview
Mirella Freni, Nicolai Gedda, Rome Opera House O/Thomas Schippers (1963)Warner 7696572review
Rudolf Schock, Erna Berger Berlin SO/Wilhelm SchüchterEMI 9283112review
Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo, London PO/Georg Solti (1973)Dutton 2CDLX7365review
 RCA 82876 707842review
Licia Albanese, Jan Peerce, NBC SO/Arturo Toscanini (1946)IDIS 6530/1review
 Pristine Audio PACO110review
RCA 88985376042review
Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, O del Teatro alla Scala di Milano/Antonino Votto (1956)Naxos 8.111332-3review review
 Pristine Classical PACO102review

Video

Melody Moore, Alfie Boe, English National Opera O/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (2009)Warner NVC 505186 5948926review review
Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armiliato, O Festival Puccini/Valerio Galli (2014)C Major 736204review
Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Vienna PO/Danielle Gatti (2012)DG 0735162review
Mirella Freni, Gianni Raimondi, Metropolitan Opera O/Herbert von Karajan (1965)DG 0730279review
Renata Scotto, Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera O/James Levine (1977)DG 0734025review
Teresa Stratas, José Carreras, Metropolitan Opera O/James Levine (1982)DG 0734539review
Inva Mula, Aquiles Machado, Teatro Real, Madrid O/Jesus Lopez-Cobos (2006)Opus Arte OA0961Dreview
Takesha Meshé Kizart, Ji-Min Park, Australian Opera and Ballet O/Shao-Chia Lü (2011)Opera Australia OPOZ56017DVDreview
 Opera Australia OPOZ56018BDreview
Angela Gheorghiu, Ramón Vargas, Metropolitan Opera O/Nicola Luisotti (2008)EMI 2174179review review
Hibla Gerzmava, Teodor Illincai, Royal Opera House O, Covent Garden/Andris Nelsons (2009)Opus Arte OA1027Dreview
Irina Lungu, Giorgio Berrugi, O Teatro Regio Turin/Gianandrea Noseda (2016)C Major 742608review
 C Major 742704review
Nicole Car, Michael Fabiano, Royal Opera House O/Sir Antonio Pappano (2017)Opus Arte OA1272Dreview
 Opus Arte OABD7248Dreview
Norma Fantini, Massimiliano Pisapia, Festival Puccini O/Stewart Robertson (2007)Dynamic 33564review
Alexia Voulgaridou, Rolando Villazon, Vienna SO/Ulf Schirmer (2002)Capriccio 93515review
Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, San Francisco Opera O/Tiziano Severini (1988)Arthaus 100046review review review
 Arthaus 101791review
Cheryl Barker, David Hobson, Opera Australia O/Julian Smith (1993)Arthaus 100954review
Sonya Yoncheva, Charles Castronovo, Royal Opera House O/Emmanuel Villaume (2020)Opus Arte OA1332Dreview