Editing La bohème (section)

==Recording history==
{{main|La bohème discography{{!}}''La bohème'' discography}}
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The discography of ''La bohème'' is a long one with many distinguished recordings, including the 1972 Decca recording conducted by [[Herbert von Karajan]] with [[Luciano Pavarotti]] as Rodolfo and [[Mirella Freni]] as Mimì (made before Pavarotti became an international superstar of opera),{{sfn|Greenfield|Layton|2009|p=806}} and the 1973 RCA Victor recording conducted by [[Georg Solti|Sir Georg Solti]] with [[Montserrat Caballé]] as Mimì and [[Plácido Domingo]] as Rodolfo which won the 1974 [[Grammy Award]] for Best Opera Recording. The 1959 recording conducted by [[Tullio Serafin]] with [[Renata Tebaldi]] as Mimì and [[Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)|Carlo Bergonzi]] was included in the soundtrack of the 1987 movie ''[[Moonstruck]]''.

The earliest commercially released full-length recording was probably that recorded in February 1917 and released on [[His Master's Voice (British record label)|His Master Voice]]'s Italian label [[La voce del padrone|La Voce del Padrone]].<ref>Operadis, [http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLPUBOHE.HTM ''La bohème discography''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128011231/http://operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLPUBOHE.HTM |date=28 November 2010 }}</ref> [[Carlo Sabajno]] conducted the [[La Scala]] Orchestra and Chorus with [[Gemma Bosini]] and [[Reno Andreini]] as Mimì and Rodolfo. One of the most recent is the 2008 [[Deutsche Grammophon]] release conducted by [[Bertrand de Billy]] with [[Anna Netrebko]] and [[Rolando Villazón]] as Mimì and Rodolfo.{{sfn|Greenfield|Layton|2009|p=806}}

There are several recordings with conductors closely associated with Puccini. In the 1946 RCA Victor recording, [[Arturo Toscanini]], who conducted the world premiere of the opera, conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra with [[Jan Peerce]] as Rodolfo and [[Licia Albanese]] as Mimì. It is the only recording of a Puccini opera by its original conductor. [[Thomas Beecham]], who worked closely with Puccini when preparing a 1920 production of ''La bohème'' in London,<ref>[[Anthony Tommasini|Tommasini, Anthony]], [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/22/arts/theater/22TOMM.html?pagewanted=all "Look What They're Doing to Opera"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 22 December 2002</ref> conducted a performance of the opera in English released by Columbia Records in 1936 with [[Dora Labbette|Lisa Perli]] as Mimì and [[Heddle Nash]] as Rodolfo. Beecham also conducts on the 1956 RCA Victor recording with [[Victoria de los Ángeles]] and [[Jussi Björling]] as Mimì and Rodolfo.

Although the vast majority of recordings are in the original Italian, the opera has been recorded in several other languages. These include: a recording in French conducted by Erasmo Ghiglia with [[Renée Doria]] and [[Alain Vanzo]] as Mimì and Rodolfo (1960);<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLPUBOHE.HTM#66 |title=Details at Operadis |access-date=5 February 2011 |archive-date=28 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128011231/http://operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLPUBOHE.HTM#66 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a recording in German with Richard Kraus conducting the [[Deutsche Oper Berlin]] Orchestra and Chorus with [[Trude Eipperle]] and [[Fritz Wunderlich]] as Mimì and Rodolfo (1956); and the 1998 release on the [[Chandos Records|Chandos Opera in English]] label with [[David Parry (conductor)|David Parry]] conducting the [[Philharmonia Orchestra]] and [[Cynthia Haymon]] and [[Dennis O'Neill (tenor)|Dennis O'Neill]] as Mimì and Rodolfo.

[[Enrico Caruso]], who was closely associated with the role of Rodolfo, recorded the famous aria "Che gelida manina" in 1906. This aria has been recorded by nearly 500 tenors in at least seven different languages between 1900 and 1980.<ref>Shaman, William et al., [https://books.google.com/books?id=En3QYRnApqMC&q=%22gelida+manina%22 ''More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith recordings''], Issue 81 of ''Discographies Series'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999, pp.&nbsp;455–56. {{ISBN|0-313-29835-1}}</ref> In 1981 the A.N.N.A. Record Company released a six [[LP record|LP]] set with 101 different tenors singing the aria.