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Giacomo Puccini operas
Manon Lescaut (1893)
La bohème (1896)
Tosca (1900)
Madama Butterfly (1904)
La fanciulla del West (1910)
Il trittico (Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi) (1918)
Turandot (1926)

“La bohème” by Giacomo Puccini

Premiere / date of written: 1 February 1896

The world première performance of La bohème took place in Turin on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio and was conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini. The opera quickly became popular throughout Italy.

Libretti

# Language Authors
1 Italian Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
2 Italian Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
3 German
4 English William Fense Weaver
5 French B. Vierne

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Video recordings

Year Cast
Conductor,
Opera chorus and orchestra,
Director
Label,
Comment
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1977

DM's pick

Mimì - Renata Scotto,
Musetta - Maralin Niska,
Rodolfo - Luciano Pavarotti,
Marcello - Ingvar Wixell,
Colline - Paul Plishka,
Schaunard - Allan Monk
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 4025 (2005)

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