tracks 1-9 to 1-11, 1-13, 2-1 chorus Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala
chorus master Norberto Mola
composed by Giacomo Puccini
conductor Antonino Votto
design [front cover] Georgina Ward
engineer [balance] Robert Beckett
libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa
libretto by Luigi Illica
liner notes John Steane
liner notes Mosco Carner
liner notes [english libretto translation] William Fense Weaver
liner notes [french libretto translation] Béatrice Vierne
liner notes [french] Michel Roubinet
liner notes [libretto after scènes de la vie de bohème] Henri Murger
orchestra Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala
photography by [booklet: p. 232] Heinz Bogler
photography by [booklet: p. 2] Erio Piccagliani
photography by [booklet: p. 30] Farabola
photography by [booklet: p. 37] Derek Allen
photography by [booklet: p. 47] Hans J. Hoffmann
photography by [front cover photo] Angus McBean
producer Walter Jellinek
producer Walter Legge
remastered by Simon Gibson
tracks 1-3, 1-11, 1-12 vocals [benoît / alcindoro] Carlo Badioli
tracks 1-1 to 1-4, 1-8 to 1-13, 2-8 to 2-11, 2-13 vocals [colline] Nicola Zaccaria
tracks 2-1 vocals [doganiere] Eraldo Coda
tracks 1-1 to 1-4, 1-8 to 1-13, 2-2, 2-3, 2-5 to 2-9, 2-13 vocals [marcello] Rolando Panerai
tracks 1-5, 1-7 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-5, 2-9, 2-12, 2-13 vocals [mimì] Maria Callas
tracks 1-11 to 2-1, 2-5, 2-9, 2-13 vocals [musetta] Anna Moffo
tracks 1-10 vocals [parpignol] Franco Ricciardi
tracks 1-1 to 1-13, 2-3, 2-5 to 2-9, 2-12, 2-13 vocals [rodolfo] Giuseppe di Stefano
tracks 1-2 to 1-4, 1-8 to 1-13, 2-8, 2-9, 2-11, 2-13 vocals [schaunard] Manuel Spatafora
tracks 2-1 vocals [sergente] Carlo Forti
Phonographic Copyright (p) EMI ITALIANA S.p.A.
Copyright (c) EMI Records Ltd.
Recorded At Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Remastered At Abbey Road Studios
Glass Mastered At EMI Uden
Pressed By EMI Uden
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.

Compact Disc 1 53.03
Compact Disc 2 52.52

℗ 1958 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Italiana SpA.
Digital remastering ℗ 1997 by EMI Italiana SpA. © 1997 EMI Records Ltd.
Made in Holland.
Printed in Holland.

Cardboard slipcase contains a fat jewel case and a 236-page booklet.

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