OPERA TALK: MADAMA BUTTERFLY BY GIACOMO PUCCINI
OPERA TALK: MADAMA BUTTERFLY BY GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini's famous melodramatic opera, Madama Butterfly explores the tainted relationship between young geisha, Cio Cio San and US Corporal, Pinkerton. Cio Cio San spirals into deep sadness after realizing Pinkerton's ultimate betrayal.
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SUMMARY SETTING TANISHA’S PICKS LEGENDARY CAST OPERA-ALIKES
SUMMARY SETTING TANISHA’S PICKS LEGENDARY CAST OPERA-ALIKES
SUMMARY
Madama Butterfly, opera in three acts (originally two acts) by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa) that premiered at La Scala opera house in Milan on February 17, 1904. The work is one of the most frequently performed of all operas. READ MORE ON BRITANNICA
SETTING
As Sophia from the Golden Girls says “picture it” a house on a hill in Nagasaki, Japan during the beginning of the 20th century.
ACT 1: On the flower-filled terrace of a Japanese house overlooking the harbor.
ACT 2: Three years later in Cio-Cio San's house.
ACT 3: Dawn the next day in Cio-Cio San's house
LEGENDARY CAST- WHO YOU WILL HEAR
Due to time constraint, this opera talk features a partial cast. If you loved the program, purchase from our affiliates or borrow the above DVD’s from your local library to see the full cast.
Cio-Cio San
MIRELLA FRENI
YING HUANG
RENATA TEBALDI
KRISTINE OPOLAIS
Pinkerton
PLACIDO DOMINGO
RICHARD TROXELL
ROBERTO ALAGNA
Cio-Cio San
MIRELLA FRENI
YING HUANG
RENATA TEBALDI
KRISTINE OPOLAIS
Pinkerton
PLACIDO DOMINGO
RICHARD TROXELL
ROBERTO ALAGNA
TANISHA’S PICKS
This opera talk features Tanisha’s favorite casts from these recordings. Click the link to purchase them for your own collection.
Madama Butterfly [videorecording (DVD)]
Filmed in 1974
Cast: Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor.
Madame Butterfly [videorecording (DVD)]
Released 1995
Cast: Ying Huang, Richard Troxell, Ning Liang, Richard Cowan, Chœurs de Radio France, Orchestre de Paris, James Conlon, conductor.
Madama Butterfly [streaming]
Filmed in 2016
Cast: Kristine Opolais, Roberto Alagna, Maria Zifchak, Dwayne Croft; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Karel Mark Chichon conductor
Madama Butterfly [videorecording (DVD)]
Filmed 2014, Handa Opera(Australia) Madama Butterfly: Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour
Cast: Hiromi Omura, Georgy Vasiliev, Anna Yun, Michael Honeyman; Handa Opera, Brian Castles-Onion, conductor.
Renata Tebaldi- A Portrait [videorecording (DVD)] Video footage includes Renata Tebaldi's three appearances on the Bell Telephone Hour between 1959 and 1967.
OPERA-ALIKES
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