La bohème is an opera in four acts, by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger. The world premiere performance of La bohème was in Turin on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio and conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini. Since then, La bohème has become part of the standard Italian opera repertory and is one of the most frequently performed operas internationally. According to Operabase, it is the fourth most frequently performed opera worldwide. In 1946, fifty years after the opera's premiere, Toscanini conducted a performance of it on radio with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. This performance was eventually released on records and on Compact Disc. It is the only recording of a Puccini opera by its original conductor.



La Boheme (110:18)
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Conductor Herbert von Karajan
Performer Mirella Freni (Soprano - Mimì)
Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor - Rodolfo)
Elizabeth Harwood (Soprano - Musetta)
Rolando Panerai (Baritone - Marcello)
Gianni Maffeo (Baritone - Schaunard)
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass - Colline)
Michel Senechal (Tenor - Benoit)
Gernot Pietsch (Tenor - Parpignol)
Hans-Dietrich Pohl (Baritone - Customs Officer)
Hans-Dieter Appelt (Bass - Customs Sergeant)
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1896
Ensemble Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period Romantic
Language Italian
Country Italy
Recording Studio


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