Anna Moffo, soprano (Mimì); Richard Tucker, tenor (Rodolfo); Mary Costa, soprano (Musetta); Robert Merrill (Marcello), Giorgio Tozzi, bass (Colline); Philip Maero, baritone (Schaunard); Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor; Giuseppe Conea, chorus master; Luigi Ricci, Ugo Catania, Fernando Cavaniglia, assistant conductors; other soloists and minor characters.
Discs are issued without tracks for individual arias. They are supplied from a CD version of this opera as follow:
A1
Robert Merrill, Richard Tucker, Giorgio Tozzi
Questo Mar Rosso
A2
Robert Merrill, Richard Tucker, Giorgio Tozzi
Pensier profondo!
A3
Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Giorgio Tozzi, Philip Maero
Legna! Sigari!
A4
Fernando Corena, Robert Merrill, Philip Maero, Richard Tucker
Si, puo? Chi è la?
A5
Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Giorgio Tozzi, Philip Maero
Io resto per terminar
A6
Richard Tucker, Anna Moffo
Non sono in vena...Scusi
A7
Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker
Oh! sventata, sventata!
A8
Richard Tucker
Che gelida manina
A9
Anna Moffo
Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì
B1
Philip Maero, Giorgio Tozzi, Roberto Merrill, Richard Tucker, Anna Moffo
Eh! Rodolfo!
B2
Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo
O soave fanciulla
B3
Philip Maero, Giorgio Tozzi, Richard Tucker, Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill
Aranci, datteri!
B4
Richard Tucker, Giorgio Tozzi, Anna Moffo, Philip Maero, Robert Merrill
Chi guardi?
B5
Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo, Philip Maero, Giorgio Tozzi, Richard Tucker, Giorgio Onesti, Mary Costa
Viva Parpignol!
B6
Robert Merrill, Mary Costa, Giorgio Onesti, Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker, Philip Maero, Giorgio Tozzi
Domandatelo a me
B7
Mary Costa, Robert Merrill, Giorgio Onesti, Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker, Philip Maero, Giorgio Tozzi
Quando me'n vo
B8
Giorgio Tozzi, Richard Tucker, Philip Maero, Robert Merrill, Mary Costa, Anna Moffo
Caro! Fuori il danaro!
C1
Flavio Tosin, Mary Costa
Ohè, là, le guardie. Aprite!
C2
Anna Moffo, Adelio Zagonara, Flavio Tosin
Sa dirmi, scusi, qual'è l'osteria
C3
Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo
Mimì?! Speravo di trovarvi qui
C4
Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo
Marcello, finalmente!
C5
Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill
Mimì è una civetta
C6
Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo
Mimì è tanto malata!
C7
Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker
Addio! ... Donde lieta uscì
C8
Richard Tucker, Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill, Mary Costa
Dunque è propio finita?
D1
Robert Merrill, Richard Tucker
In un coupé?
D2
Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill
O Mimì, tu più non torni
D3
Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Philip Maero, Giorgio Tozzi
Che ora sia?
D4
Giorgio Tozzi, Robert Merrill, Richard Tucker, Philip Maero
Gavotta
D5
Mary Costa, Richard Tucker, Philip Maero, Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill
C'è Mimì, c'è Mimì
D6
Giorgio Tozzi, Philip Maero
Vecchia zimarra, senti
D7
Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker, Philip Maero
Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire
D8
Mary Costa, Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo, Philip Maero, Giorgio Tozzi
Dorme? Riposa.
Issued in container with booklet (40 p.) including photos and brief bios of the performers, notes on the recording, and Italian libretto with English translation.
"Selected by the Metropolitan Opera."
Automatic sequence. (This means sides 1 and 4 are on Disc 1, sides 2 and 3 on Disc 2; matrix numbers in similar order).
Issued also in mono: LM-6095.
This is one of the most popular of all operas. Solo tracks A8 and A9 are standard recital/audition numbers. B2 is also popular on recital discs. B7 is often referred to as "Musetta's Waltz." It also exists in a popular song version which was a hit in 1959 for Della Reese under the title Don't You Know.
Back cover shows soprano Anna Moffo in an especially striking photo. RCA's container photos featuring this beautiful singer are of superlative quality, and no doubt helped sell her also beautiful recordings.
Library of Congress Control No.: r 61001376 (using pub. date of 1961; however, libretto is c1962).