Annotation

the line "Madama Butterfly" is actually performed by her Friends (chorus), according to the libretto.

Annotation last modified on 2011-10-31 08:46 UTC.

Relationships

composer:Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:Giuseppe Giacosa
Luigi Illica
part of:Madama Butterfly: Atto I (Madame Butterfly: Act I) (number) (order: 15)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1949-05-26 – 1949-05-28Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Madama Butterfly” (Ensemble)Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Eleanor Steber, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Max Rudolf2:08
1949Madame Butterfly: Atto I. “Madama Butterfly!” (Chor / Chorus, Butterfly, Pinkerton, Sharpless, Kommissar / Commissioner)Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Eleanor Steber, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Max Rudolf2:07
1957-07Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Madama Butterfly”Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Erich Leinsdorf2:04
1962-07-10 – 1962-07-20Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Madama Butterfly”Coro della RCA Italiana, Leontyne Price, Orchestra della RCA Italiana, Erich Leinsdorf2:06
1972-11 – 1972-12Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Madame Butterfly”Maria Chiara, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Giuseppe Patanè2:11
1991-05-02 – 1991-05-10Madama Butterfly: Act I. “Madama Butterfly!”Miriam Gauci, Georg Tichy, Yordy Ramiro, Vladimir Kubovčík, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Jan Rozehnal, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), Alexander Rahbari1:22
2008-07-07 – 2008-07-19Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Auguri molti” (Il commissario/Pinkerton/Sharpless/L’ufficiale/Le amiche/La cugina/La madre)Fabio Capitanucci, Fabrizio Di Bernardo, Jonas Kaufmann, Massimo Simeoli, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano1:39
Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Auguri molti”Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Max Rudolf4:05