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 [
it]
|
Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
|
LP: Società Nazionale del Grammofono Cat: S 5018-42
|
1928
|
Rosetta Pampanini
Luba Mirella
Luigi Marini
Gino Vanelli
Tancredi Pasero Aristide Baracchi
|
Lorenzo Molajoli
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Arkadia Cat: 78047
|
1928
|
Rosina Torri Thea Vitulli
Aristodemo Giorgini
Ernesto Badini Luigi Manfrini Aristide Baracchi
|
Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla 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
Teatro alla 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
Nicola Moscona
George Cehanovsky
|
Arturo Toscanini
NBC Symphony orchestra and chorus
|
LP:
RCA Victrola Cat: VIC-6019
CD:
RCA Victor Cat: 60288
|
1947
|
Bidu Sayão
Mimi Benzell
Richard Tucker
Francesco Valentino
Nicola Moscona
George Cehanovsky
|
Giuseppe Antonicelli
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Arkadia Cat: 78068
|
1951
|
Renata Tebaldi
Hilde Güden
Giacinto Prandelli
Giovanni Inghilleri [
it]
Raffaele Arié
Fernando Corena
|
Alberto Erede
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus
|
CD:
Naxos Cat: 8.110252-53
|
1952
|
Rosanna Carteri
Elvina Ramella
Ferruccio Tagliavini
Giuseppe Taddei
Cesare Siepi Pier Luigi Latinucci
|
Gabriele Santini
RAI Orchestra Sinfonica and chorus
|
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 Symphony Orchestra and chorus
|
LP: RCA Victor Cat: LM-6042 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
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Naxos Cat: 8.111332-33
|
1958
|
Licia Albanese Laurel Hurley
Carlo Bergonzi
Mario Sereni Clifford Harvuot
Norman Scott
|
Thomas Schippers
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Recorded on 15 February 1958)
|
CD:
Sony Classical Cat: 88697804632
|
1958
|
Renata Tebaldi
Gianna D'Angelo
Carlo Bergonzi
Ettore Bastianini
Cesare Siepi
Renato Cesari [
es]
|
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
New Orleans Opera Association orchestra and chorus
|
CD: VAI Cat: VAIA 1119-2
|
1960
|
Léna Pastor [
fr] Irène Gromova
Alain Vanzo
Willy Clément
Xavier Depraz Jean-Pierre Laffage
|
Georges Derveaux
Orchestre radio-lyrique [
fr],
RTF
|
DVD: Fra Musica (sung in French, translation by
Paul Ferrier) Cat: INA FRA010
[3]
|
1961
|
Anna Moffo
Mary Costa
Richard Tucker
Robert Merrill
Giorgio Tozzi
Philip Maero
|
Erich Leinsdorf
Rome Opera orchestra and chorus
|
LP: RCA Victor Cat: LSC-6095 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– 1963
|
Mirella Freni
Mariella Adani
Nicolai Gedda
Mario Sereni Ferruccio Mazzoli Mario Basiola, Jr.
|
Thomas Schippers
Rome Opera orchestra and chorus
|
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 91998
|
1963
|
Mirella Freni
Hilde Güden
Gianni Raimondi
Rolando Panerai
Ivo Vinco
Giuseppe Taddei
|
Herbert von Karajan
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
ORF live recording
|
CD:
RCA Red Seal Cat: 74321 57736 2
[4]
|
1965
|
Mirella Freni
Adriana Martino [
d]
Gianni Raimondi
Rolando Panerai
Ivo Vinco Gianni Maffeo
|
Herbert von Karajan
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (
A 1965 film designed and directed by
Franco Zeffirelli; cinematographer:
Wilhelm Semmelroth [
de])
|
Film:
Cosmotel
[5]
[6]
VHS/
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
[7]
|
1972
|
Mirella Freni
Elizabeth Harwood
Luciano Pavarotti
Rolando Panerai
Nicolai Ghiaurov Gianni Maffeo
|
Herbert von Karajan
Berlin Philharmonic orchestra
Deutsche Oper Berlin chorus
|
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
|
LP: RCA Red Seal Cat: ARL2-0371 CD: RCA Victor Cat: 74321 39496-2
|
1979
|
Katia Ricciarelli
Ashley Putnam
José Carreras Francis Egerton
Håkan Hagegård
Robert Lloyd
|
Colin Davis
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
|
CD:
Philips Records Cat: 4422602
|
1979
|
Ileana Cotrubaș
Lucia Popp
Luciano Pavarotti Lorenzo Saccomani
Yevgeny Nesterenko Giorgio Giorgetti
|
Carlos Kleiber
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (Recorded on 271 and 302 March 1979)
|
DVD: Encore Cat: 21441 CD: Myto Cat: 011 2402
|
1983
|
Mirella Freni Margherita Guglielmi
Luciano Pavarotti
Wolfgang Brendel
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
John Janssen
|
Carlos Kleiber
Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus (Recorded on 16 July 1983 at
National Theatre Munich)
|
CD: Audio Encyclopedia Cat: AE204
|
1987
|
Angelina Reaux
Barbara Daniels
Jerry Hadley
Thomas Hampson James Busterud
Paul Plishka
|
Leonard Bernstein
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus
|
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 423 601-2
|
1990
|
Daniela Dessì Adelina Scarabelli
Giuseppe Sabbatini
Paolo Gavanelli
Carlo Colombara
Alfonso Antoniozzi [
it]
|
Gianluigi Gelmetti
Teatro Comunale di Bologna orchestra and chorus
|
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 74321 39496-2
|
1993
|
Cheryl Barker
Christine Douglas
David Hobson Roger Lemke Gary Rowley David Lemke
|
Julian Smith
The Australian Opera orchestra and chorus,
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
|
1995
|
Kiri Te Kanawa
Nancy Gustafson
Richard Leech
Alan Titus
Roberto Scanduzzi
Gino Quilico
|
Kent Nagano
London Symphony Orchestra
Ambrosian Singers,
St Clement Danes School Choir
|
CD:
Erato Records Cat: 0630-1-10699-2
|
1998
|
Angela Gheorghiu
Elisabetta Scano [
it]
Roberto Alagna
Simon Keenlyside
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo Roberto De Candia
|
Riccardo Chailly
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
|
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 (Recorded at
Bregenzer Festspiele in 2002)
|
DVD: Capriccio Digital Cat: 93 515
|
2006
|
Inva Mula
Laura Giordano
Aquiles Machado [
es] Fabio Capitanucci Felipe Bou David Menéndez
|
Jesús López-Cobos
Teatro Real orchestra and chorus
|
DVD: Opus Arte Cat: OA0961D
|
2008
|
Anna Netrebko
Nicole Cabell
Rolando Villazón Boaz Daniel
Stéphane Degout
Vitalij Kowaljow
|
Bertrand de Billy
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Recorded at
Münchner Philharmonie in April 2007)
|
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 477 6600 DVD:
Kultur International Films Cat: KUL D4601
|
2011
|
Takesha Meshé Kizart
Taryn Fiebig Ji-Min Park
José Carbó David Parkin Shane Lowrencev
|
Shao-Chia Lü
Opera Australia orchestra and chorus (Directed by
Gale Edwards; recorded live at the
Sidney Opera House on 25 and 28 July)
|
DVD:
ABC Classics, Cat: 762470
[8] Blu-ray/DVD: Opera Australia
[9]
|
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
[10]
[11]
|
2022
|
Celine Byrne Anna Devin Merūnas Vitulskis
David Bizic John Molloy Ben McAteer
|
Sergio Alapont
Irish National Opera Irish National Opera Chorus
|
CD: Signum Classics
[12] Reference: 0000702SIGCD
|