Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano ● Antonino Votto – La Bohème ● 2 x CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered

Puccini / Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Rolando Panerai, Anna Moffo, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Antonino Votto – La Bohème

Label:EMI Classics – 7243 5 56295 2 4, EMI Classics – 5 56295 2Format:2 x CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono

Box Set, Slipcase

Country:UK, Europe & USReleased:1997Genre:ClassicalStyle:Opera, Romantic

Tracklist

Atto Primo / Act One / Erster Akt / Premier Akt1-1Questo Mar Rosso Mi Ammollisce E Assidera5:361-2Abbasso, Abbasso, L'autor!3:471-3Si Può?...Chi È Là?4:191-4Al Quartiere Latin Ci Attende Momus1:441-5Non Sono In Vena3:481-6Che Gelida Manina!5:011-7Si. Mi Chiamano Mimì4:551-8Ehì! Rodolfo!...O Soave Fanciulla4:49Atto Secondo / Act Two / Zweiter Akt / Deuxième Acte1-9Aranci, Datteri!2:501-10Chi Guardi?...Odio Il Profano Volgo5:391-11Beviam...Ch'io Beva Del Tossico!3:181-12Quando Men' Vo4:401-13Chi L'ha Richiesto?...Vediam2:21Atto Terzo / Act Three / Dritter Akt / Troisième Acte2-1Ohè, Là, Le Guardie...Aprite!5:092-2Mimì?!...Speravo Di Trovarvi Qui4:472-3Marcello. Finalmente6:122-4D'onde Lieta Uscì Al Tuo Grido D'amore3:282-5Dunque È Proprio Finita?5:50Atto Quarto / Act Four / Vierter Akt / Quatrième Acte2-6In Un Coupé?...Con Pariglia E Livree1:162-7O Mimì, Tu Più Non Torni3:092-8Che Ora Sia?4:072-9C'è Mimì...C'è Mimì Che Mi Segue E Che Sta Male5:282-10Vecchia Zimarra, Senti1:302-11Schaunard, Ognuno Per Diversa Via1:432-12Sono Andatl?4:432-13Oh Dio! Mimì!...Che Avvien?5:13

Credits

• Chorus – Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano* (tracks: 1-9 to 1-11, 1-13, 2-1)
• Chorus Master – Norberto Mola
• Composed By – Giacomo Puccini
• Conductor – Antonino Votto
• Design [Front Cover] – Georgina Ward
• Engineer [Balance] – Robert Beckett
• Libretto By – Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica
• Liner Notes – John Steane, Mosco Carner
• Liner Notes [English Libretto Translation] – William Fense Weaver
• Liner Notes [French Libretto Translation] – B. Vierne*
• Liner Notes [French] – Michel Roubinet
• Liner Notes [Libretto After Scènes De La Vie De Bohème] – Henri Murger
• Orchestra – Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milan*
• Photography By [Booklet: p. 232] – Heinz Bogler
• Photography By [Booklet: p. 2] – Piccagliani*
• Photography By [Booklet: p. 30] – Farabola
• Photography By [Booklet: p. 37] – Derek Allen (4)
• Photography By [Booklet: p. 47] – Hansi Hoffmann*
• Photography By [Front Cover Photo] – Angus McBean
• Producer – Walter Jellinek, Walter Legge
• Remastered By – Simon Gibson
• Vocals [Benoît / Alcindoro] – Carlo Badioli (tracks: 1-3, 1-11, 1-12)
• Vocals [Colline] – Nicola Zaccaria (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-8 to 1-13, 2-8 to 2-11, 2-13)
• Vocals [Doganiere] – Eraldo Coda (tracks: 2-1)
• Vocals [Marcello] – Rolando Panerai (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-8 to 1-13, 2-2, 2-3, 2-5 to 2-9, 2-13)
• Vocals [Mimì] – Maria Callas (tracks: 1-5, 1-7 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-5, 2-9, 2-12, 2-13)
• Vocals [Musetta] – Anna Moffo (tracks: 1-11 to 2-1, 2-5, 2-9, 2-13)
• Vocals [Parpignol] – Franco Ricciardi (tracks: 1-10)
• Vocals [Rodolfo] – Giuseppe di Stefano (tracks: 1-1 to 1-13, 2-3, 2-5 to 2-9, 2-12, 2-13)
• Vocals [Schaunard] – Manuel Spatafora (tracks: 1-2 to 1-4, 1-8 to 1-13, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11, 2-13)
• Vocals [Sergente] – Carlo Forti (tracks: 2-1)

Notes

Opera in four acts / Oper in vier Akten / Opéra en quatre actes

Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica after / nach / d'après Henri Murger: Scènes de la vie de bohème

Recorded / Aufgenommen / Enregistré: 20-25 VIII, 3 & 4 IX. 1956, Teatro alla Scala, Milano.

Recorded in co-operation with "E.A. Teatro alla Scala, Milano"

Callas never performed 'La bohème' on stage.