Puccini: La Bohème (Metropolitan Opera)

Available on CD for the first time, this live recording of the February 15, 1958 radio broadcast is newly remastered from the original sources. Tenor Carlo Bergonzi is Rodolfo to soprano Licia Albanese’s Mimì. Thomas Schippers conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, with a cast that includes Mario Sereni (Marcello), Laurel Hurley (Musetta), Norman Scott (Colline) and Clifford Harvuot (Schaunard).