Puccini - La Bohème (highlights)

Jussi Björling, Victoria de los Angeles, Robert Merrill, Lucine Amara & Giorgio Tozzi RCA Victor Chorus and Orchestra (Thomas Martin) & The Columbus Boychoir (Herbert Huffman), Sir Thomas Beecham

Jussi Bjorling (tenor), Hjödis Schymberg (Mimi), Victoria de los Angeles (Nedda), Leonard Warren (Tonio), Paul Franke (Beppe), Robert Merrill (Silvio), Victoria de los Angeles (Mimi), Lucine Amara (Musetta), Robert Merrill (Marcello), John Reardon (Schaunard), Giorgio Tozzi (Colline), Victoria de los Angeles (Butterfly), Miriam Pirazzini (Suzuki), Mario Sereni (Sharpless), Piero de Palma (Goro)

Maria Callas, Anna Moffo, Carlo Badioli, Giuseppe di Stefano, Manuel Spatafora La Scala Theater Orchestra, Antonino Votto

Renata Tebaldi (Mimi), Carlo Bergonzi (Rodolfo), Gianni d'Angelo (Musetta), Ettore Bastianini (Marcello), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin

Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Rolando Panerai, Elizabeth Harwood, Nicolai Ghiaurov Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan

Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi & Renato Cesari Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin

Jussi Björling (Rodolfo), Hjördis Schymberg (Mimi), Karl Richter (Schaunard), Sven Herdenberg (Marcello), Leon Björker (Colline), Jussi Björling (Roméo), Hjördis Schymberg (Juliette) Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra, Royal Swedish Orchestra, Nils Grevillius

Jerry Hadley (Rodolfo), Angelina Reaux (Mimì), Thomas Hampson (Marcello), Barbara Daniels (Musetta), Paul Plishka (Colline), James Busterud (Schaunard) Coro e Orchestra dell`Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Leonard Bernstein

Peter Dvorsky (Rodolfo), Veronika Kincses (Mimi), Ivan Konsulov (Marcello), Balazs Poka (Schaunard), Dariusz Niemirowicz (Colline), Sidonia Haljakova (Musetta), Stefan Janci (Alcindoro), Stanislav Benacka (Benoit) Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava National Theatre Opera House Chorus, Ondrej Lenard

Robert Merrill (Marcello), Richard Tucker (Rodolfo), Giorgio Tozzi (Colline), Anna Moffo (Mimi), Philip Maero (Schaunard), Adelio Zagonara (Sergente dei doganieri), Mary Costa (Musetta), Giorgio Onesti (Alcindoro), Fernando Corena (Benoit) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Erich Leinsdorf

Carmen Gonzales (soprano), Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Fabio Previati (baritone), Boaz Senator (baritone), Ivan Urbas (bass), Jonathan Welch (tenor) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Will Humburg

Alfredo Kraus (Rodolfo), Matteo Manuguerra (Schaunard), Sherrill Milnes (Marcello), Paul Plishka (Colline), Renata Scotto (Mimi), Carol Neblett (Musetta), Italo Tajo (Benoit), Renato Capecchi (Alcindoro), Paul Crook (Parpignol), Michael Lewis (Sergente dei doganieri), John Noble (Un doganiere) National Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, James Levine

Barbara Hendricks, José Carreras, Gino Quilico, Angela Maria Blasi, Richard Cowan & Federico Davià Choeur et Maîtrise de Radio France & Orchestre National de France, James Conlon

Jussi Björling (Tenor), Arne Hasselblad (Baritone), Astrid Herseth (Soprano), Bengt von Knorring (Bass), Ethel Mårtensson (Soprano), Nils Bäckström (Baritone), Anders Näslund (Tenor), Bertil Alstergård (Tenor), Kjerstin Dellert (Soprano), Lennart Carlén (Bass) Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Stockholm Royal Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sten-Ake Axelson, Nils Grevillius, Tor Mann

Montserrat Caballé (Mimi), Plácido Domingo (Rodolfo), Sherrill Milnes (Marcello), Judith Blegen (Musetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Colline), Vincenzo Sardinero (Schaunard), Noel Mangin (Benoit), Nico Castel (Alcindoro), Alan Byers (Parpignol) London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Sir Georg Solti

Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Rolando Panerai, Manuel Spatafora, Nicola Zaccaria, Anna Moffo Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto

Peter Anders, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Eugen Fuchs & Hilde Güden Hanns Steinkopf

Roberto Alagna (Rodolfo), Leontina Vaduva (Mimi), Thomas Hampson (Marcello), Simon Keenlyside (Schaunard), Samuel Ramey (Colline), Ruth Ann Swenson (Musetta), Enrico Fissore (Benoit/Alcindoro) London Voices & Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Anna Moffo (soprano) with Robert Kerns, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Alberta Alberti, Maria Casula, Anna di Stasio, Flaviano Labò, Manlio Rocchi, Mario Rinaudo, Enzo Titta, Richard Tucker, Cesare Valletti, Rosalind Elias & Carlo Bergonzi

Angelina Réaux (Mimi), Barbara Daniels (Musetta), Jerry Hadley (Rodolfo), Thomas Hampson (Marcello), James Busterud (Schaunard), Paul Plishka (Colline), Gimi Beni (Alcindoro) Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Leonard Bernstein

Regina Schorg (soprano), Ildiko Raimondi (soprano), Torsten Kerl (tenor), Janusz Monarcha (bass), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano), Boaz Daniel (bass), Renato Girolami (bass), Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz (soprano), Kurt Rydl (bass), Wilfried Gahmlich (tenor), Hellen Kwon (soprano), Lotte Leitner (soprano), Herbert Lippert (tenor), Georg Tichy (baritone), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano), Ingrid Kertesi (soprano), Angelo Romero (bass), Roberto Servile (baritone), Ramón Vargas (tenor), Franco de Grandis (bass), Monika Krause (soprano), Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Jozef Spacek (baritone), Ivica Neshybova (soprano), Rannveig Braga (mezzo-soprano), Mark Rucker (baritone), Riccardo Ferrari (bass), Francesco Ellero d' Artegna (bass), Maria Dragoni (soprano), Kristjan Johannsson (tenor), Barbara Dever (mezzo-soprano), Graciela Alperyn (mezzo-soprano), Giorgio Lamberti (tenor), Alan Titus (baritone), Doina Palade (soprano), Ann Liebeck (soprano), Stefka Evstatieva (soprano), Alzbeta Michalkova (contralto), Anna di Mauro (mezzo-soprano), Eduard Tumagian (baritone), Giacomo Aragall (tenor), Miroslav Dvorsky (tenor), Miriam Gauci (soprano), Nicola Martinucci (tenor), Nelly Miricioiu (soprano), Silvano Carroli (baritone), Stanislav Benacka (bass), Andrea Piccinni (bass), Jan Durco (baritone), Jozef Abel (tenor), Nelly Boschkowa (mezzo-soprano), Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Carmen Gonzales (soprano), Jonathan Welch (tenor), Boaz Senator (baritone), Ivan Urbas (bass), Fabio Previati (baritone), Jiri Sulzenko (bass), Hungarian Radio Chorus, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Hungarian Festival Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, RTE Chamber Choir, RTE Philharmonic Choir, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, Michael Halász, Will Humburg, Alexander Rahbari, Ricco Saccani