On today's broadcast, we voyage back to 1959 to hear the second part — Acts III and IV — of Puccini's La Bohème. The opera sizzles to white-hot life in this live recording featuring some of the greatest singers of the 20th century.
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Giacomo Puccini La Bohème
Mimì - Licia Albanese
Rodolfo - Giuseppe di Stefano
Musetta - Audrey Schuh
Marcello - Giuseppe Valdengo
Schaunard - Arthur Cosenza
Colline - Norman Treigle
New Orleans Opera Orchestra and Chorus; Renato Cellini, conducting