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Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)

Author of La Bohème [sound recording]

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Series

Works by Giacomo Puccini

La Bohème [sound recording] (1985) 336 copies, 1 review
Puccini : Tosca [sound recording] (1900) 276 copies, 2 reviews
Puccini : Madama Butterfly [sound recordings] (1904) — Composer — 255 copies, 1 review
Turandot [sound recording] (1926) 200 copies, 1 review
Black Dog Opera Library : Puccini : La bohème (1996) — Composer — 114 copies, 1 review
La bohème [vocal score] (1985) — Composer — 69 copies
Puccini : Tosca [score : full] (1992) — Composer — 44 copies
Puccini : Madama Butterfly [score: vocal] (1986) — Composer — 43 copies
Tosca [wrongly combined] 37 copies, 1 review
La Boheme [catch-all] (1896) 36 copies, 1 review
Tosca (1963) 35 copies
Puccini : Madama Butterfly [score : full] (2000) — Composer — 33 copies
Tosca (1900) 23 copies
Manon Lescaut [full score] (1995) 21 copies
Renée Fleming [sound recording] (2022) — Composer — 21 copies
Manon Lescaut (1983) 20 copies, 1 review
Turandot [score : full] (2001) 20 copies
Tosca [vocal score] (1986) — Composer — 19 copies
Madama Butterfly [video recording : 1995] (1997) — Composer — 19 copies
La Boheme (1993) 19 copies
Suor Angelica (1978) 17 copies
Madama Butterfly {highlights} [sound recording] (1974) — Composer — 17 copies, 1 review
Suor Angelica: Vocal Score (2006) 15 copies
Madama Butterfly [video recording : 1975] (2005) — Composer — 14 copies
Nessun Dorma: The Puccini Album [sound recording] (2013) — Composer — 13 copies
Tosca: Royal Opera Covent Garden [2001 film] (2005) — Composer — 13 copies
La Bohème 13 copies
La Bohème 13 copies
Il Tabarro (1918) 13 copies
La Boheme [highlights] (1990) 12 copies
Letters of Giacomo Puccini (1973) 11 copies
Turandot (2011) 11 copies
La Boheme: San Francisco Opera [1988 film] (1999) — Composer — 10 copies
The Opera Album 2002 (2002) — Composer — 10 copies
Le Villi (2003) 9 copies
La Divina 3 (2004) 9 copies
La Bohème [2008 film] (2009) — Composer — 9 copies
Manon Lescaut (2006) 8 copies
Puccini (2005) 7 copies
La Boheme: Teatro La Scala [1965 film] (1965) — Composer — 7 copies
Madama Butterfly [video recording : 1986] (1986) — Composer — 6 copies
Edgar 6 copies
Great Arias 6 copies
Manon Lescaut - Royal Opera House [video recording] (2015) — Composer — 6 copies
Madama Butterfly [video recording : 1983] (2004) — Composer — 5 copies, 1 review
Puccini Heroines [sound recording] — Composer — 5 copies
Songs for voice and piano (1988) 4 copies
Donde lieta 4 copies
Puccini And Pasta (1996) 4 copies
Turandot (sound recording) — Composer — 4 copies
Legend (2008) — composer — 4 copies
Puccini : Madama Butterfly [libretto : Italian/English] {Rullman} (1950) — Composer; Librettist — 4 copies
Madama Butterfly [score : chorus] (1985) — Composer — 4 copies
Le Villi (2006) 4 copies
Puccini : La Rondine {score : vocal} (2010) — Composer — 4 copies
La Bohème [us] 4 copies
Puccini: Il Trittico (2007) 3 copies
Essential Puccini (1995) 3 copies
Turandot: Arena di Verona [1983 film] (2008) — Composer — 3 copies
La Bohème 3 copies
Tosca [us] 3 copies
Tosca: RAI Rome Opera [1956 film] (2004) — Composer — 3 copies
The Pops Play Puccini (1991) — Composer — 3 copies
Manon Lescaut 3 copies
Edgar (1986) 3 copies
Manon Lescaut (2001) 2 copies
Madama Butterfly [video recording : 2004 Dessì] (2004) — Composer — 2 copies
Tosca: Teatro alla Scala [2000 film] — Composer — 2 copies
Puccini : Turandot [video recording] (2015) — Composer — 2 copies
The music of Madame Butterfly [sound recording] — Original composer — 2 copies
Madama Butterfly [video recording : 2009] (2011) — Composer — 2 copies
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi (2009) 2 copies
Tosca: Royal Opera Covent Garden [2011 film] (2012) — Composer — 2 copies
La Fanciulla Del West (2001) 2 copies
Opera Stoppers 2 copies
Puccini : La bohème {video recording} (2011) — Composer — 2 copies
TURANDOT (2000) 2 copies
Great Opera Collection (2008) 2 copies
Sister Angelica 2 copies
Greatest Hits - Puccini (1995) 2 copies
Puccini Gold (2008) 2 copies
ARIAS FOR SOPRANO (1993) 2 copies
Turandot (1997) 2 copies
Madama Butterfly [video recording : 1956] (2004) — Composer — 2 copies
Il tabarro - vocal score (1918) 2 copies
Madama Butterfly [video recording : 1997] (2008) — Composer — 2 copies, 1 review
La Boheme [DVD] 2 copies
Madama Butterfly [video recording : 2003] (2005) — Composer — 2 copies
Puccini : La Rondine {video recording} {1958 film} (1958) — Composer — 2 copies
Seven Puccini librettos (1981) 2 copies
Carteggi pucciniani (1958) 2 copies
Puccini: Orchestral Music (2013) 2 copies
La bohème. 1 copy
La Bohème. 1 copy
La Boheme 1 copy
Madam Butterfly: Opera in Three Acts Libretto (1907) — Composer — 1 copy
Tosca. 1 copy
Ritrovato 1 copy
Turandot. 1 copy
Turandot 1 copy
Turandot 1 copy
LA BOHEME 1 copy
[No title] 1 copy
Tosca [ho] 1 copy
Act I and II 1 copy, 1 review
Intermezzo, Act III and IV 1 copy, 1 review
Nessun Drama 1 copy
Le triptyque 1 copy
Die Boheme 1 copy
Compositores 1 copy, 1 review
Messa Di Gloria (1994) 1 copy
Turandot [z] 1 copy
Tosca [z] 1 copy
Arias [us] 1 copy
The Cloak (Il Tabarro) (1956) 1 copy
Tosca (2007) 1 copy
Puccini : La Rondine {score} {Universal 1957} (1945) — Composer — 1 copy
Turandot. 1 copy
Famous Arias 1 copy
Introvabile Magnus (1999) 1 copy
By Request 1 copy
Very Best of Puccini (2005) 1 copy
Lebendige Vergangenheit: Boris Christoff II (2007) — composer — 1 copy
Arias, Overtures & Intermezzi [sound recording] (1998) — composer — 1 copy
Going to the Opera with Kenwood — Composer — 1 copy
La Boheme: Royal Opera Covent Garden [1982 film] (2005) — Composer — 1 copy
Puccini : Madama Butterfly : 2016/17 [programme] (2016) — Composer — 1 copy
Puccini : Madama Butterfly : 2022/23 [programme] (2022) — Composer — 1 copy
Orchestral Music [sound recording] (1982) — Composer — 1 copy
Madama Butterfly {ballet} [sound recording] — Original composer — 1 copy
Turandot: Arena de Verona [2011 film] — Composer — 1 copy
Requiem : SC 76 : Urtext — Composer — 1 copy
Puccini: La Boheme (2012) 1 copy
Puccini - La Boheme (2006) 1 copy
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (2007) 1 copy
The Age Of Puccini (2013) 1 copy
Puccini: La Boheme (2014) 1 copy
Puccini: La Boheme (2012) 1 copy
Madama Butterfly [video recording : 2012] (2013) — Composer — 1 copy
Madama Butterfly [video recording : 2012] (2013) — Composer — 1 copy
Puccini - Le Villi (2007) 1 copy
Edgar (2014) 1 copy
Tosca (2009) 1 copy
Puccini: Tosca (2008) 1 copy
Madama Butterfly [catch-all] — Composer — 1 copy
Gold 1 copy
La Boheme - Puccini — Composer — 1 copy, 1 review
Aragonese 1 copy
Tosca (2012) 1 copy
Platinum Collection (2005) 1 copy
Edgar (2003) 1 copy
La Boheme: Libretto (1975) 1 copy
Puccini - La Boheme (2007) 1 copy
TURANDOT CHANT (2005) 1 copy
Il trittico 1 copy
La Boheme Chant (2006) 1 copy
Puccini : La Fanciulla Del West — Composer — 1 copy
Voice of the Baroque (2002) 1 copy
The Best of Puccini (1997) 1 copy
Tosca 1 copy
Opera Arias 1 copy
Turandot 1 copy
Manon Lescaut (2013) 1 copy
Tosca (1976) 1 copy
Tosca: excerpts [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
La BohŠme [2 SACD] (2008) 1 copy
La Traviata: Zurich Opera House [2007 film] (2005) — Composer — 1 copy
Ópera Tosca 1 copy
Tosca Orchestre (1999) 1 copy
Puccini : Famous Opera Arias {sound recording} (1994) — Composer — 1 copy
Le Villi 1 copy
II Tabarro (1961) 1 copy
Gianni Schicci [sound recording] (2001) — Composer — 1 copy
Tosca. (1915) 1 copy
LE PRIME OPERA (2002) 1 copy
Suor Angelica (2008) 1 copy

Associated Works

A Room with a View [1985 film] (1985) — Composer — 275 copies, 2 reviews
Puccini : Madama Butterfly [libretto] (1904) — Composer — 58 copies, 1 review
Puccini : Tosca [libretto] (1986) — Composer — 51 copies, 1 review
Puccini : La bohème [libretto] (1983) — Composer — 50 copies, 1 review
Puccini : Turandot [libretto] (1982) — Composer — 37 copies, 2 reviews
Aria [1987 film] (1987) — Composer — 34 copies, 1 review
Puccini : La bohème [libretto] (2011) — Composer — 26 copies, 1 review
Romance of the Violin [sound recording] (2003) — Composer — 26 copies
Puccini : La Bohème [libretto : Italian/English] (1986) — Composer — 25 copies
Dover Opera Guide and Libretto Series : La bohème (1962) — Composer — 21 copies
Madama Butterfly [libretto] (1983) — Composer — 13 copies
Duets & Arias [sound recording] (1996) — Composer — 12 copies
Puccini : Tosca [libretto : Italian/English] (1986) — Composer — 11 copies
La Bohème [1926 film] (1926) — Original opera — 10 copies, 1 review
The Girl of the Golden West [libretto] (2003) — Composer — 5 copies
Legend (2000) — Composer — 4 copies, 1 review
Madama Butterfly [programme, libretto] — Composer — 3 copies
Essential Opera 2 [sound recording] — Composer — 3 copies
Kiri {K-Tel} [sound recording] (1988) — Composer — 3 copies
Love At The Movies — Composer — 3 copies
The Emerson Encores (2002) — Composer — 2 copies
The Essential Placido Domingo (1989) — Composer — 2 copies
Opera Favourites — Composer — 2 copies
Cinema Classics 6 (2006) — Composer — 1 copy
Puccini : Tosca [libretto] (1956) — Composer — 1 copy
Puccini : La Bohème [libretto] — Composer — 1 copy
Movie Classics [1990 album] (1990) — Composer — 1 copy
Opera Favourites [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Madama Butterfly : Un bel di vederemo [score?] — Original composer — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Puccini, Giacomo
Legal name
Puccini, Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria
Birthdate
1858-12-22
Date of death
1924-11-29
Gender
male
Education
Milan Conservatory (BA|1883)
Occupations
composer
Short biography
During his lifetime, Giacomo Puccini was the most celebrated opera composer in the world, and became one of the greatest exponents of operatic realism ("verismo"). His major works endure and are performed as standards of the opera repertoire, including La Bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), Madama Butterfly (1904), and Turandot. He also wrote orchestral pieces, sacred music, chamber music, and songs.
Cause of death
heart attack
Nationality
Italy
Birthplace
Lucca, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Places of residence
Milan, Italy
Torre del Lago, Italy
Viareggio, Italy
Place of death
Brussels, Belgium
Burial location
Villa Museo Puccini, Torre del Lago, Italy
Map Location
Italy

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Reviews

79 reviews
Recording seems to be good enough. I have enough distance from it though to quibble with the plot line and get all annoyed over Mme. B. and her naive self-sacrifice. Oh, that doesn't mean the opera doesn't make me CRY. I just get annoyed with myself for being sucked into it.
this is a very nice introduction and overview of the popular Puccini opera. a 1964 production featuring Renata Scotto is on two CDs and the full libretto is annotated for each track by the author. a history of the opera and its inauspicious premier is included with a biography of Puccini.
Live performance in the Forbidden City. Performances are okay. You can only tell it's live at the ends of the acts when you hear applause. No one seems to be getting excited over individual arias. Or maybe they don't do that in China. "Nessun dorma" is the showpiece and is adequate.
Modest but effective set. Cheryl Barker is very beautiful, and in fine voice. She looks a bit older than Butterfly's fifteen years, but let's not quibble.

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Giuseppe Adami Writer, Librettist
Herbert von Karajan conductor, Conductor
Maria Callas Mimi, Tosca, Soprano Vocals [Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)], Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)]
Brian Large Director
Giuseppe Verdi composer, Composer
Leontyne Price Soprano Vocals [Madama Butterflu, Cio-cio-san], Soprano Vocals [Madama Butterfly, Cio-cio-san], Soprano vocals [Cio-cio-sa (Madama Butterfly)]
Victorien Sardou original play
Raimondi Ruggero Scarpia, Artist, Actor
James Levine Conductor
Antonio Pappano Conductor
David Foil Author, Text
Zubin Mehta Conductor
Angela Gheorghiu Tosca, Soprano Vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)], Actor
Franco Corelli Actor, Calaf, Cavaradossi
Kiri Te Kanawa Tosca, Actor, Artist
Metropolitan Opera Company, Production company
Plácido Domingo Actor, Tenor vocals [B. F. Pinkerton]
John Barbirolli Conductor
Georges Bizet composer, Composer
Lorin Maazel conductor, Conductor
Jonas Kaufmann Tenor Vocals [Lieutenant B.F.Pinkerton]
Renato Simoni Librettist
Carlo Gozzi original story
Nicholas John Series Editor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composer, Contributor, Composer
Andris Nelsons Conductor
Kirk Browning Director
Renée Fleming Performer
Richard Wagner Composer, composer
Franco Zeffirelli Director, Stage director
Daniel Oren Conductor
Christoph Willibald Gluck composer, Composer
Ruth Kach Director
Hugo Kach Director
Maurizio Arena Conductor
G. Adami Librettist
R. Simoni Librettist
Paolo Carignani Conductor
Jean Sibelius composer
Johann Sebastian Bach Contributor, Composer
Maurice Ravel composer
Franco Patane Conductor
Fabio Luisi Conductor
Hugo de Ana Director
Jonathan Kent Director
Rosanna Carteri Vocals [Magda]
D. Millar Craig Translator
Andy Sommer Director
Boris Christoff contributor
Julia Varady Soprano vocals
Alex Olle Director
Leo Arnaud Orchestrated by
Ernest Bour conductor
André Cluytens conductor
Arrigo Boito Composer
Attila Galacs Director
Paul Dukas Composer
Gale Edwards Director
Robin Lough Director
Gustav Mahler Composer
Luigi llica Lyricist
Robert Schumann Contributor
Antonio Vivaldi Contributor
Lina Bruna Rasa Soprano vocals
John Vernon Director
Joseph Colaneri Conductor
John Copley Original 1974 stage director
Marta Domingo Conductor
Ulf Schirmer Conductor
Angel Blue Vocals [Magda]
Mario Del Monaco Cavaradossi, Dick Johnson, Calaf, Luigi
Jussi Björling Calaf, Tenor vocals [Lt. B.F. Pinkerton]
Colin Davis Conductor
Inge Borkh Turandot
Derek Bailey Film director [Directed for video by]
Robert Wilson Director
Cameron Kirkpatrick TV director, Director
Mirella Freni Soprano Vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)], Mimi, Soprano vocals [Mimi], Tosca, Actor, Soprano Vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)
Renata Tebaldi Tosca, Mimi, Minnie, Suor Angelica, Lauretta, Giorgetta, Actor, Soprano Vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly), Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)]
Carlo Bergonzi Tenor vocals [B. F. Pinkerton], Contributor, Tenor Vocals [Lieutenant B.F.Pinkerton], Tenor vocals [Lieutenant B.F.Pinkerton]
Renata Scotto Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)], Actor, Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madame Butterfly )], Soprano Vocals [Madama Butterfly]
Rolando Panerai Baritone vocals [Sharpless], Marcello
Orchestra del teatro de ... Orchestra [Puccini], Orchestra
Roberto Alagna Cavaradossi, Actor
Giuseppe Di Stefano Rodolfo, Cavaradossi, Tenor vocals [Pinkerton]
Nicolai Ghiaurov Colline, Performer, Actor
Giuseppe Morresi Bass vocals [Yamadori], Bass vocals [Il Principe Yamadori]
Piero De Palma Tenor vocals [Goro]
Anna Di Stasio Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]
David Belasco Author of play
John Luther Long Author of story
Fernando Corena Gianni Schicchi, Artist, Bass vocals [The Bonze]
Plácido Domingo Cavaradossi, Actor, Performer
Mario Rinaudo Bass vocals [Il Commissario Imperiale]
Silvana Padoan Soprano vocals [Kate Pinkerton]
Paolo Montarsolo Bass vocals [Il Bonzo]
José Carreras Rodolfo, Actor, Cavaradossi
R. H. Elkin Liner notes [Synopsis by]
Ruth Martin Translator
Thomas Martin Translator
Ingvar Wixell Actor, Baritone vocals [Sharpless]
Leo Nucci Scarpia, Actor
Samuel Ramey Scarpia
Franco Zefirelli Production design
Richard Troxell Tenor vocals [B.F. Pinkerton, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy], Actor
Thomas Beecham Conductor
Gianni Lazzari Chorus Master
Maria Caniglia Tosca, Actor
Bruno Bartoletti conductor, Actor
Giuseppe Taddei Baritone vocals [Sharpless]
Giuseppe Valdengo Baritone vocals [Sharpless]
Roland Wood Actor, Bass vocals [The Imperial Commissioner]
Richard Stilwell Actor, Sharpless
Jürgen Maehder Contributor
John Black Contributor
Weaver William Translator
Eva Turner Contributor
Mosco Carner Contributor
William Mann Introduction
Alfred Maria Willner Original libretto, Source libretto
Heinz Reichert Original libretto, Source libretto
Catherine Malfitano Cio-Cio-San, Butterfly, Actor
Richard Osborne contributor, liner notes
George London Actor, Scarpia
Oliver Mears Contributor, Welcome
Lesley Downer Contributor
Mariana Nicolesco Soprano vocals [Lisette]
Martha Gerhart Translator
Giuseppi Giacosa Librettist
Giacomo Aragall Soloist [Pilkington], Actor
Flora Willson Contributor
David Rendall Tenor vocals [Prunier]
Ivo Vinco Actor
Giuseppe Gismondo Vocals [Ruggero]
Ornella Rovero Vocals [Lisette]
Fabio Armiliato Actor, B. F. Pinkerton
Carlo Galeffi Baritone vocals [Carlo Gérard]
Alfie Boe Actor
Arthur Groos Contributor
Rochester Pops Orchesta [Zarathustra]
John Snelson Contributor
Franco Serpa Contributor
Lorenzo. Arruga Contributor
Simone Caputo Contributor
Helen Greenwald Contributor
Daniela Dessì Actor, Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio San)
Emily Pogorele Vocals [Lisette]
Claudio Sgura Actor, Sharpless
Ettore Bastianini Baritone Vocals [Carlo Gerard]
Carla Chiummo Contributor
Kent Nagano Conductor
George Hall Contributor
Kunio Hara Contributor
New Philharmonia Orchestra Orchestra [Berlioz, Mahler]
Christine Rice Mezzo-soprano
Janet Baker Mezzo-soprano vocals [Berlioz, Mahler]
Teodor Ilincai Actor, Pinkerton
Alexandra Wilson Contributor
Kate Hopkins Contributor
Bekhzod Davronov Vocals [Prunier]
Anna Masetti Bassi Mezzo-soprano vocals [La Contessa di Coigny & Madelon]
Jonathan Tetelman Vocals [Ruggero]
Satona Suzuki Contributor
Ben Glassberg Conductor
Fabio Gygi Contributor
Laura Aziz Photographer
Antonio Rostagno Contributor
Yasuko Kageyama Photographer
Alex Beard Welcome
Margarete Sjöstedt Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Bersi]
Tullio Serafin conductor, Conductor
Erich Leinsdorf Conductor, conductor
Richard Tucker Tenor Vocals [B.F. Pinkerton], Artist
Renato Cioni Tenor vocals [F.B. Pinkerton], Cavaradossi, Tenor Vocals [F.B. Pinkerton]
Victoria de los Angeles Mimi, Performer, Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)]
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Montserrat Caballé Performer (Liù), Vocals
Antonio Scotti Performer
Enrico Caruso Performer
Tito Gobbi Scarpia, Baritone vocals [Sharpless]
Alberto Erede conductor, Conductor
Riccardo Martin Performer
Ferruccio Tagliavini Artist, Tenor vocals [Pinkerton]
Beniamino Gigli Cavaradossi, Tenor vocals [B. F. Pinkerton]
Oliviero De Fabritiis conductor, Conductor
Rosalind Elias Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki], Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Suzuki]
Anna Moffo Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)], Soprano Vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)]
Cheryl Barker Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio San(Madama Butterfly)]
Robert Merrill voice, Michele
Plácido Domingo B.F. Pinkerton
Georg Solti Conductor
Raina Kabaivanska Tosca, Butterfly
Ying Huang Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madame Butterfly)], (Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madame Butterfly)]
Miriam Gauci Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)]
Robert Kerns Sharpless, Vocals [Sharpless]
Christa Ludwig Vocals [Suzuki]
Philip Maero Baritone Vocals [Sharpless]
Enzo Sordello Baritone vocals [Sharpless]
Fiorenza Cossotto Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]
James Conlon Conductor, Musical director
Yordi Ramiro Tenor vocals [Pinkerton]
Nicolai Gedda Tenor Vocals [F.B. Pinkerton], Tenor vocals [B.F. Pinkerton]
Bernabé Martí Vocals, Tenor vocals [Pinkerton]
Juan Pons Sharpless, Baritone vocals [Sharpless]
Cesare Valletti Tenor vocals [Pinkerton]
Arturo Basile Conductor
Renato Cesari (Baritone vocals [Sharpless], Baritone vocals [Sharpless]
Gianni Maffeo Schaunard
Henri Murger original novel
Antonino Votto Conductor
Emma Eames Performer
Nicola Rescigno conductor
George Solti conductor
Maria Jeritza Performer
Georges Prêtre Conductor
Franco Bonisolli Cavaradossi
Pasquale Amato Performer
Jussi Björling Cavaradossi
Jan Kiepura Performer
Lotte Lehman Performer
Franca Mattiucci Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]
Vittoria Palombini Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]
Luigi Pizzeri Baritone vocals [Registrar]
Jan Rozehnal Chorus master
Michele Calvino Bass vocals [Imperial Commissioner]
Gianna Diozzi Mezzo-soprano vocals [Kate Pinkerton]
Walter Herbert Conductor
Jan Peerce Tenor vocals [Pinkerton]
Giuseppe Campora Tenor vocals [Pinkerton]
Madelaine Chambers Soprano Vocals [Kate Pinkerton]
Nell Rankin Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]
Clifford Harvuot Baritone Vocals [Sharpless]
George Cehanovsky Vocals [Prince Yamadori]
Lucia Danieli Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]
Mario Borriello Baritone vocals [Sharpless]
Gregory Yurisich Baritone vocals [Sharpless]
Renata Pagetti Mezzo-soprano vocals [Aunt]
Maria Darbesi Soprano vocals [The cousin]
Daniele Barioni Tenor Vocals [B. F. Pinkerton]
Kurt Adler Chorus Master
Luisa Villa Mezzo-soprano vocals [Kate Pinkerton]
Mafalda Masini Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]
Antonio Biancardo Bass vocals [The Bonze, Cio-Cio-san's uncle]
Noriko Sasaki Vocals [The Cousin]
Maria Cristina Foscale Soprano vocals [Kate Pinkerton]
Giulio Mogliotti Chorus master
Marianne Rorholm Vocals [Kate Pinkerton]
Mario Carlin Tenor vocals [Prince Yamadori]
Paul Popescu Conductor
Richard di Renzi Pinkerton, Tenor
Teresa Berganza Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]
José Carreras (Tenor vocals [Pinkerton]
Adelio Zagonara Tenor vocals [Goro]
Gillian Knight Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]
Fannie Hurst Liner notes
Clara Petrella Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)]
Osie Hawkins Bass Vocals [The Bonze]
Melchiorre Luise Bass vocals [Yamadori]
Kristīne Opolais Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)]
Giovanni Inghilleri Baritone vocals [Sharpless]
Ann Taylor Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Kate Pinkerton]
Jane Rigby Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]
Richard Bonelli Baritone vocals [Sharpless]
Calvin Marsh Bass Vocals [The Imperial Commissioner]
Walter Fredericks Tenor vocals [Pinkerton]
Lidia Nerozzi Soprano vocals [Kate Pinkerton]
Giuseppe Conca Choral Director
D'Arcy Bleiker Baritone vocals [Prince Yamadori]
Stuart Kale Tenor vocals [Goro]
Petteri Salomaa Vocals [The Uncle]
Michele Cazzato Vocals [Prince Yamadori]
Maria Spacagna Madama Butterfly, Soprano
Franco Mariani Bass vocals [Registrar]
Osca Nanni Vocals [Register Yakuside]
Carla Lazzari Mezzo-soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San's mother]
Eduard Tumageanian Baritone vocals [Sharpless]
Kurt Rydl Vocals [Bonzo]
Hitomi Katagiri Vocals [The Mother]
Jean Madeira Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]
Dorothy Kirsten Soprano Vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)]
Mario Basiola Baritone vocals [Sharpless]
Max Rudolf Conductor
Maria Huder Mezzo-soprano vocals [Kate Pinkerton]
Giorgio Stendoro Vocals [Il Principe Yamadori]
Nina de Courson Soprano vocals [the Aunt]
Alberto Albertini Baritone vocals [The Imperial Commissioner]
Rosalind Nadell Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]
Toti Dal Monte Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)]
Marius Rintzler Vocals [Il Bonzo]
Angelo Questa Conductor
Yves Abel Conductor
Luigi de Cesare Baritone Vocals [The Registrar]
Mark Curtis Vocals [Yamadori]
Eugene Ormandy Conductor
Judith Howarth Vocals [The Aunt]
Luciana Palombi Soprano vocals [Kate Pinkerton]
David Hamilton Programme notes
Michel Sénéchal Vocals [Goro]
Alberto Rinaldi Baritone vocals [Sharpless]
Georg Tichy Vocals [Sharpless]
Clive Bayley Bass vocals [The Bonze]
John Baker Bass vocals [The Imperial Commissioner]
Renato Ercolani Tenor vocals [Goro]
Virgilio Carbonari Vocals [Imperial Commisioner]
Conchita Velázquez Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]
Rosetta Pampanini Soprano Vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)]
Hidenori Komatsu Vocals [Imperial Commisioner]
Mihaela Agachi Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki]
Paul Charles Clarke Tenor vocals [B.F Pinkerton]
Anthony Laciura Vocals [Goro]
Paolo Washington Vocals [Lo Zio Bonzo]
Gino Vanelli Baritone vocals [Sharpless]
Alessio de Paolis Tenor Vocals [Goro]
Ernesto Dominici Bass vocals [The Bonze]
Eleanor Steber Soprano Vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)], Liner notes
Mildred Miller Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Suzuki]
Teo Macero Producer
Alessandro Granda Tenor vocals [Pinkerton]
Emil Gherman Tenor vocals [Pinkerton]
Gino Conti Bass vocals [Prince Yamadori]
Manuel. [from old catalog] Ausensi Baritone vocals [Sharpless]
Angelo Mercuriali Vocals [Goro]
Enrico Campi Bass vocals [The Imperial Commissioner]
Plinio Clabassi Tenor vocals [Priest and Cio-cio-san's uncle]
Caruso Mariano (Tenore) Tenor vocals [Goro]
Eugenia Moldoveanu Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)]
David Parry Conductor
John Gutman Translator
Giulietta Simionato The Princess
Fiorenza Cedolins Cio Cio San, Butterfly
Verona Opera Company
Percy Pinkerton Translator
Ernst Wild Cinematographer
Luigi Marini Tenor vocals [Andrea Chénier]
Richard Leech Pinkerton
Anthony Minghella Stage production
Richard Cowan Sharpless
Giuseppe Savio Tenor vocals [Pinkerton]
Rosiland Elias Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Suzuki]
Maria Jose Siri Butterfly
Kim Hak-Nam Vocals [Suzuki]
Rouslan Raychev Conductor
Hiromi Omura Butterfly
Georgy Vasiliev Pinkerton
Anna Yun Suzuki
Patrick Summers Conductor
Peter Dvorský Vocals [Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton]
Bruna Rizzoli Soprano Vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)]
Keita Asari Directed By [Stage Director]
Misjel Vermeiren Telvision director
Joan Sutherland Performer
Patricia Racette Cio-Cio-San, Butterfly
Bryan Hymel Pinkerton
Edo de Waart Conductor
Martin Thompson F. B. Pinkerton
Wolfgang Treu Cinematographer
Kurt Reher Solo Cello
Ning Liang Suzuki
Daniele Gatti Conductor
Anna Tomowa-Sintow Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)]
Yasuko Hayashi Vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)]
Yoshi Oida Butterfly's father
Robin Scott Producer
Moffatt Oxenbould Director, Stage director
Myriam Hoyer Director
Lauri Vasar Sharpless
Alfred Newman Conductor
Luca Salsi Sharpless
Elmira Veda Cio-Cio San, Butterfly
Alexander Joel Conductor
Alexia Voulgaridou Cio-Cio San, Butterfly
Astra Desmond Translator
Raffaella Angeletti Cio-Cio San (Butterfly)
Afro Poli Sharpless
Carlo Carignani Contributor
Constance Hauman Kate Pinkerton
Dwayne Croft Sharpless
Robert Hess Translator
Anna Caterina Antonacci Vocals [Kate Pinkerton]
Laurence Monteyrol Butterfly's mother
Richard Tronc Uncle Yakusidé
Christòpheren Nomura Prince Yamadori
Anneleen Bijnen Kate Pinkerton
Frida Parmeggiani Costume design
Giorgio Zancanaro Vocals [Sharpless]
George Blume Director

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