Late Romantic

La bohème: Atto I, no. 9. “O soave fanciulla” (Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimì)

La bohème: Atto I, no. 9. “O soave fanciulla” (Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimì) by Giacomo Puccini. 168 recordings in this catalogue, from 1946 to 2023.

Top Performers

Luciano Pavarotti

Soloist · 31 rec

Mirella Freni

Soloist · 21 rec

Jussi Björling

Soloist · 16 rec

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Orchestra · 11 rec

Licia Albanese

Soloist · 11 rec

Rolando Panerai

Soloist · 11 rec

Herbert von Karajan

Conductor · 10 rec

Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Orchestra · 10 rec

Recordings (168)

Conductor

Herbert von Karajan10 Will Humburg8 Thomas Schippers6 Alberto Erede4 Marco Armiliato4 Nils Grevillius4 Riccardo Chailly4 Tullio Serafin4 Antonino Votto3 Antonio Pappano3 Arturo Toscanini3 Erich Leinsdorf3

Orchestra

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia11 Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan10 Berlin Philharmonic8 Orchestra of the Royal Opera House5 RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra5 Orchestre National de France3 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra2 London Symphony Orchestra2 NBC Symphony Orchestra2 Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI2 Philharmonia Orchestra2 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra2

Label

Deutsche Grammophon17 Decca Classics15 EMI Classics15 London Classics7 Naxos Historical7 Classic FM6 Naxos6 Warner Classics6 EMI5 RCA Red Seal5 London Records4 Sony Classical4

Decade

1940s1 1950s1 1960s1 1980s13 1990s56 2000s45 2010s15 2020s2

Credited instrument

Piano9 Tenor5 Bass2

Performers	Year	Label
Thomas Schippers, Mario Sereni, Mirella Freni · view	1988	EMI Classics	4:06
Tullio Serafin, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Bergonzi · view	1988	Decca Classics	4:03
Walter Goehr, Beniamino Gigli, Maria Caniglia · view	1988	EMI Classics	3:13
Nils Grevillius, Hjördis Schymberg, Jussi Björling · view	1988	EMI Classics	3:37
Antonino Votto, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Coro del Teatro alla Scala · view	1987	EMI Classics	4:11
Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Luciano Pavarotti · view	1987	Decca Classics	4:15
Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Mirella Freni · view	1987	Fonit Cetra	3:36
Erich Leinsdorf, Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker · view	1987	RCA Red Seal	3:44
Thomas Beecham, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Jussi Björling · view	1986	EMI Classics	4:11
Colin Davis, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Ingvar Wixell · view	1985	Philips Classics	4:21
Tullio Serafin, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Bergonzi · view	1985	Decca Classics	4:12
Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Sherrill Milnes · view	1967	EMI	3:58
Enrico Caruso, Geraldine Farrar · view	1958	RCA Victor Red Seal	-
Arturo Toscanini, unknown composer author, Jan Peerce · view	1946	V Disc	-
Renato Cellini, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Giuseppe Di Stefano · view	-	-	3:41
Bidu Sayão, Richard Tucker · view	-	-	3:32
Umberto Berrettoni, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Beniamino Gigli · view	-	-	3:33
Luciano Pavarotti · view	-	FP	4:56
Thomas Schippers · view	-	-	4:39
Enrico Caruso · view	-	Recording Arts	3:47

La bohème: Atto I, no. 9. “O soave fanciulla” (Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimì)

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