Puccini : Madama Butterfly [sound recordings]

by Giacomo Puccini (Composer)

Great Recordings of the Century [HMV/Angel] (IB-6059), Wonderland Of Sound, Great Operas at the Met (MET 507-CD)

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An American naval officer falls in love with a Japanese geisha girl known as Butterfly and marries her, with no intention of ever taking her home to America.

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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.
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Giacomo Puccini
Composer
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Belasco, David (Author of play)
Giacosa, Giuseppe (Librettist)
Illica, Luigi (Librettist)
Long, John Luther (Author of story)

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Abel, Yves (Conductor)
Adler, Kurt (Chorus Master)
Agachi, Mihaela (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki])
Albanese, Licia
Albertini, Alberto (Baritone vocals [The Imperial Commissioner])
Ambrosian Opera Chorus (Chorus)
Ausensi, Manuel (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Baker, John (Bass vocals [The Imperial Commissioner])
Barbirolli, John (Conductor)
Barioni, Daniele (Tenor Vocals [B. F. Pinkerton])
Barker, Cheryl (Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio San(Madama Butterfly)])
Basile, Arturo (Conductor)
Basiola, Mario (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Bayley, Clive (Bass vocals [The Bonze])
Berganza, Teresa (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki])
Bergonzi, Carlo (Tenor Vocals [Lieutenant B.F.Pinkerton])
Biancardo, Antonio (Bass vocals [The Bonze, Cio-Cio-san's uncle])
Björling, Jussi (Tenor vocals [Lt. B.F. Pinkerton])
Bleiker, D'Arcy (Baritone vocals [Prince Yamadori])
Bonelli, Richard (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Borriello, Mario (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Browning, Lucielle
Caballé, Montserrat
Callas, Maria (Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)])
Calvino, Michele (Bass vocals [Imperial Commissioner])
Campi, Enrico (Bass vocals [The Imperial Commissioner])
Campora, Giuseppe (Tenor vocals [Pinkerton])
Carbonari, Virgilio (Vocals [Imperial Commisioner])
Carlin, Mario (Tenor vocals [Prince Yamadori])
Carreras, José ((Tenor vocals [Pinkerton])
Caruso, Enrico
Caruso, Mariano (Tenor vocals [Goro])
Cazzato, Michele (Vocals [Prince Yamadori])
Cehanovsky, George (Vocals [Prince Yamadori])
Cesari, Renato (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Cetra Chorus (Chorus)
Chambers, Madelaine (Soprano Vocals [Kate Pinkerton])
Chorus of the Opera House, Rome (Chorus)
Cioni, Renato (Tenor vocals [F.B. Pinkerton])
Clabassi, Plinio (Tenor vocals [Priest and Cio-cio-san's uncle])
Clarke, Paul Charles (Tenor vocals [B.F Pinkerton])
Conca, Giuseppe (Choral Director)
Conlon, James (Conductor)
Conti, Gino (Bass vocals [Prince Yamadori])
Corena, Fernando (Bass vocals [The Bonze])
Coro del Teatro alla Scala (Chorus)
Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (Chorus)
Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Chorus)
Coro di Torino della Radiotelevisione Italiana (Chorus)
Cossotto, Fiorenza (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki])
Courson, Nina de (Soprano vocals [the Aunt])
Curtis, Mark (Vocals [Yamadori])
dal Monte, Toti (Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)])
Danieli, Lucia (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki])
Darbesi, Maria (Soprano vocals [The cousin])
de Cesare, Luigi (Baritone Vocals [The Registrar])
de Fabritiis, Oliviero (Conductor)
de Los Angeles, Victoria (Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)])
de Palma, Piero (Tenor vocals [Goro])
de Paolis, Alessio (Tenor Vocals [Goro])
Destinn, Emmy
di Renzi, Richard (Pinkerton, Tenor)
Di Stasio, Anna (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki])
Di Stefano, Giuseppe (Tenor vocals [Pinkerton])
Diozzi, Gianna (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Kate Pinkerton])
Domingo, Plácido (Tenor vocals [B. F. Pinkerton])
Dominici, Ernesto (Bass vocals [The Bonze])
Easton, Florence
Elias, Rosalind (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki])
Elkin, R. H. (Liner notes [Synopsis by])
Ercolani, Renato (Tenor vocals [Goro])
Erede, Alberto (Conductor)
Fabritiis, Oliviero de (Conductor)
Farrar, Geraldine
Fornia, Rita
Foscale, Maria Cristina (Soprano vocals [Kate Pinkerton])
Fredericks, Walter (Tenor vocals [Pinkerton])
Freni, Mirella (Soprano Vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)])
Gauci, Miriam (Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)])
Gavazzeni, Gianandrea (Conductor)
Gedda, Nicolai (Tenor vocals [B.F. Pinkerton])
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (Chorus)
Gheorghiu, Angela (Soprano Vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)])
Gherman, Emil (Tenor vocals [Pinkerton])
Gigli, Beniamino (Tenor vocals [B. F. Pinkerton])
Gobbi, Tito (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Granda, Alessandro (Tenor vocals [Pinkerton])
Hamilton, David (Programme notes)
Harvuot, Clifford (Baritone Vocals [Sharpless])
Hawkins, Osie (Bass Vocals [The Bonze])
Herbert, Walter (Conductor)
Howarth, Judith (Vocals [The Aunt])
Huang, Ying (Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madame Butterfly)])
Huder, Maria (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Kate Pinkerton])
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hurst, Fannie (Liner notes)
Inghilleri, Giovanni (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Jacoby, Josephine
Kale, Stuart (Tenor vocals [Goro])
Karajan, Herbert von (Conductor)
Katagiri, Hitomi (Vocals [The Mother])
Kaufmann, Jonas (Tenor Vocals [Lieutenant B.F.Pinkerton])
Kerns, Robert (Vocals [Sharpless])
Kirsten, Dorothy (Soprano Vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)])
Knight, Gillian (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki])
Komatsu, Hidenori (Vocals [Imperial Commisioner])
Laciura, Anthony (Vocals [Goro])
Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo
Lazzari, Carla (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San's mother])
Leinsdorf, Erich (Conductor)
Ludwig, Christa (Vocals [Suzuki])
Luise, Melchiorre (Bass vocals [Yamadori])
Maazel, Lorin (Conductor)
Macero, Teo (Producer)
Madeira, Jean (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki])
Maero, Philip (Baritone Vocals [Sharpless])
Mariani, Franco (Bass vocals [Registrar])
Marianne Rorholm (Vocals [Kate Pinkerton])
Marsh, Calvin (Bass Vocals [The Imperial Commissioner])
Martí, Bernabé (Tenor vocals [Pinkerton])
Martin, Riccardo
Martin, Ruth (Translator)
Martin, Thomas (Translator)
Masini, Mafalda (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki])
Mason, Edith
Mattiucci, Franca (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki])
Melton, James
Mercuriali, Angelo (Vocals [Goro])
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Chorus)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Miller, Mildred (Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Suzuki])
Mitropoulos, Dimitri (Conductor)
Moffo, Anna (Soprano Vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)])
Mogliotti, Giulio (Chorus master)
Molajoli, Lorenzo (Conductor)
Moldoveanu, Eugenia (Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)])
Montarsolo, Paolo (Bass vocals [Il Bonzo])
Morresi, Giuseppe (Bass vocals [Il Principe Yamadori])
Muzio, Claudia
Nadell, Rosalind (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki])
Nanni, Osca (Vocals [Register Yakuside])
Nelsons, Andris (Conductor)
Nerozzi, Lidia (Soprano vocals [Kate Pinkerton])
Opolais, Kristīne (Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)])
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (Orchestra)
Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (Orchestra)
Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra)
Orchestra of the Opera House, Rome (Orchestra)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI (Orchestra)
Orchestre De Paris (Orchestra)
Ormandy, Eugene (Conductor)
Padoan, Silvana (Soprano vocals [Kate Pinkerton])
Pagetti, Renata (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Aunt])
Palombi, Luciana (Soprano vocals [Kate Pinkerton])
Palombini, Vittoria (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki])
Pampanini, Rosetta (Soprano Vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)])
Panerai, Rolando (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Pappano, Antonio (Conductor)
Pavarotti, Luciano (Vocals [Pinkerton])
Peerce, Jan (Tenor vocals [Pinkerton])
Petrella, Clara (Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)])
Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)
Philharmonic Choir Of Cluj-Napoca (Chorus)
Philharmonic Orchestra Of Satu Mare (Orchestra)
Pizzeri, Luigi (Baritone vocals [Registrar])
Pons, Juan (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Popescu, Paul (Conductor)
Price, Leontyne (Soprano vocals [Cio-cio-sa (Madama Butterfly)])
Questa, Angelo (Conductor)
Rahbari, Alexander (Conductor)
Ramiro, Yordi (Tenor vocals [Pinkerton])
Rankin, Nell (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki])
RCA Italiana Opera Chorus (Chorus)
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Rethberg, Elisabeth
Rigai, Carmen
Rigby, Jane (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki])
Rinaldi, Alberto (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Rinaudo, Mario (Bass vocals [Il Commissario Imperiale])
Rintzler, Marius (Vocals [Il Bonzo])
Rivoli, Gianfranco (Conductor)
Rosekrans, Charles (Conductor)
Rozehnal, Jan (Chorus master)
Rudolf, Max (Conductor)
Rydl, Kurt (Vocals [Bonzo])
Salomaa, Petteri (Vocals [The Uncle])
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Sasaki, Noriko (Vocals [The Cousin])
Sénéchal, Michel (Vocals [Goro])
Scotti, Antonio
Scotto, Renata (Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)])
Serafin, Tullio (Conductor)
Sereni, Mario
Sinopoli, Giuseppe (Conductor)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Sordello, Enzo (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Spacagna, Maria (Madama Butterfly, Soprano)
Spanish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Steber, Eleanor (Soprano Vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)], Liner notes)
Stella, Antonietta
Stendoro, Giorgio (Vocals [Il Principe Yamadori])
Taddei, Giuseppe (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Tagliavini, Ferruccio (Tenor vocals [Pinkerton])
Taylor, Ann (Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Kate Pinkerton])
Tebaldi, Renata (Soprano vocals [Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)])
Tichy, Georg (Vocals [Sharpless])
Troxell, Richard (Tenor vocals [B.F. Pinkerton, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy])
Tucker, Richard (Tenor Vocals [B.F. Pinkerton])
Tumageanian, Eduard (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Valdengo, Giuseppe (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Valletti, Cesare (Tenor vocals [Pinkerton])
Vanelli, Gino (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Velázquez, Conchita (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Suzuki])
Vienna Philharmonic (Orchestra)
Villa, Luisa (Mezzo-soprano vocals [Kate Pinkerton])
Washington, Paolo (Vocals [Lo Zio Bonzo])
Wixell, Ingvar (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Wood, Roland (Bass vocals [The Imperial Commissioner])
Yurisich, Gregory (Baritone vocals [Sharpless])
Zagonara, Adelio (Tenor vocals [Goro])

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Series

Great Recordings of the Century [HMV/Angel]
Giacomo Puccini
2 works (IB-6059)
Wonderland Of Sound
Giacomo Puccini
2 works
Great Operas at the Met
25 works (MET 507-CD)

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Canonical title
Puccini : Madama Butterfly [sound recordings]
Original title
Madama Butterfly
Original publication date
1904-02-17 (Milano teatro alla Scala) (Milano teatro alla Scala)
People/Characters
Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterly); Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton; Suzuki; Sharpless; Goro; Prince Yamadori (show all 11); Trouble; Lo Zio Bonze; The Bonze; Yakuside; Kate Pinkerton
Important places
Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York, USA; Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy; Nagasaki, Japan
Related movies
Madame Butterfly (1995 | IMDb)
First words
E soffitto e pareti...
Quotations
Un bel di, vedremo, levarsi unfil di fumo sull'estremo confin del mare.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Butterfly! Butterfly!
Original language
Italian
Disambiguation notice
Please use this work for all complete sound recordings of Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

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Music
DDC/MDS
782.1 — Arts & recreation Music Vocal music Operas and related dramatic vocal forms; concert versions
LCC
M1500 .P89 .M242 — Music Music Vocal music Secular vocal music Dramatic music
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