REVIEW INDEX
Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème

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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 SIGCD702	review
Bidú Sayão, Jussi Björling, Metropolitan Opera O/Giuseppe Antonicelli (1947)	Sony 19075810742	review
Bidú Sayão, Jussi Björling, Metropolitan Opera O/Giuseppe Antonicelli (1948)	West Hill WHRA6020	review
Victoria de los Angeles, Jussi Björling, RCA Victor O/Sir Thomas Beecham (1956)	EMI 5677502	review
	Pristine Audio PACO164	review review
	Regis RRC2075	review
	Regis RRC9011	review
Licia Albanese, Beniamino Gigli, O del Teatro alla Scala di Milano/Umberto Berrettoni (1938)	Naxos 8.110072-3	review
Licia Albanese, Jan Peerce, NBC SO/Arturo Toscanini (1946)	RCA 88985376042	review
Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Bavarian RSO/Bertrand de Billy (2007)	DG 4776600	review
	DG 4777949	review
Renata Tebaldi, Sándor Kónya, Metropolitan Opera O/Fausto Cleva (1964)	Gala GL100727	review
Katia Ricciarelli, José Carreras, Royal Opera House O, Covent Garden/Sir Colin Davis (1976)	Decca 4782494	review
Renata Tebaldi, Giacinto Prandelli, O dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma/Alberto Erede (1951)	Naxos 8.110252-3	review review
	Pristine Audio PACO179	review
Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan (1972)	Decca 4780254	review
Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker, Rome Opera O/Erich Leinsdorf (1961)	RCA 82876 826212	review
Barbara Frittoli, Andrea Boccelli, Israel PO/Zubin Mehta	Decca 4640602	review
Alberta Pellegrini, Luciano Pavarotti, O Teatro Municipale Reggio Emilia/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli	Revitalized Classics	review
Rudolf Schock, Erna Berger Berlin SO/Wilhelm Schüchter	EMI 9283112	review
Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo, London PO/Georg Solti (1973)	Dutton 2CDLX7365	review
	RCA 82876 707842	review
Licia Albanese, Jan Peerce, NBC SO/Arturo Toscanini (1946)	IDIS 6530/1	review
	Pristine Audio PACO110	review
Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, O del Teatro alla Scala di Milano/Antonino Votto (1956)	Naxos 8.111332-3	review review
	Pristine Classical PACO102	review

DVD & Bluray

Melody Moore, Alfie Boe, English National Opera O/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (2009)	Warner NVC 505186 5948926	review review
Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armiliato, O Festival Puccini/Valerio Galli (2014)	C Major 736204	review
Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Vienna PO/Danielle Gatti (2012)	DG 0735162	review
Mirella Freni, Gianni Raimondi, Metropolitan Opera O/Herbert von Karajan (1965)	DG 0730279	review
Renata Scotto, Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera O/James Levine (1977)	DG 0734025	review
Teresa Stratas, José Carreras, Metropolitan Opera O/James Levine (1982)	DG 0734539	review
Inva Mula, Aquiles Machado, Teatro Real, Madrid O/Jesus Lopez-Cobos (2006)	Opus Arte OA0961D	review
Takesha Meshé Kizart, Ji-Min Park, Australian Opera and Ballet O/Shao-Chia Lü (2011)	Opera Australia OPOZ56017DVD	review
	Opera Australia OPOZ56018BD	review
Angela Gheorghiu, Ramón Vargas, Metropolitan Opera O/Nicola Luisotti (2008)	EMI 2174179	review review
Hibla Gerzmava, Teodor Illincai, Royal Opera House O, Covent Garden/Andris Nelsons (2009)	Opus Arte OA1027D	review
Irina Lungu, Giorgio Berrugi, O Teatro Regio Turin/Gianandrea Noseda (2016)	C Major 742608	review
	C Major 742704	review
Nicole Car, Michael Fabiano, Royal Opera House O/Sir Antonio Pappano (2017)	Opus Arte OA1272D	review
Norma Fantini, Massimiliano Pisapia, Festival Puccini O/Stewart Robertson (2007)	Dynamic 33564	review
Nicole Car, Michael Fabiano, Royal Opera House O/Sir Antonio Pappano (2017)	Opus Arte OABD7248D	review
Alexia Voulgaridou, Rolando Villazon, Vienna SO/Ulf Schirmer (2002)	Capriccio 93515	review
Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, San Francisco Opera O/Tiziano Severini (1988)	Arthaus 100046	review review review
	Arthaus 101791	review
Cheryl Barker, David Hobson, Opera Australia O/Julian Smith (1993)	Arthaus 100954	review
Sonya Yoncheva, Charles Castronovo, Royal Opera House O/Emmanuel Villaume (2020)	Opus Arte OA1332D	review