MADAMA BUTTERFLY                                                          Operamania.com

Giacomo Puccini

Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Based on the play by David Belasco.

First performed at the Teatro alla Scala de Milan on 17 February 1904.

 

Orchestra. Conductor. Butterfly, Pinkerton, Suzuki, Sharpless

 

DECCA, 1974

Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker. Herbert von Karajan

Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns

 

DECCA, 1958

Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma. Tullio Serafin

Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Fiorenza Cossotto,  Enzo Sordello

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RCA, 1962

Orchestra e Coro della RCA Italiana. Erich Leinsdorf

Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker, Rosalind Elias, Philip Maero

 

EMI, 1955

Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano. Herbert von Karajan

Maria Callas,  Nicolai Gedda, Lucia Danieli, Mario Borriello

 

EMI, 1966

Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. Sir John Barbirolli

Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Anna di Stasio, Rolando Panerai

 

D.G. 1987

Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Philharmonia Orchestra. Giuseppe Sinopoli

Mirella Freni, Josep Carreras, Teresa Berganza,  Joan Pons

 
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