Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly / Giacomo Puccini.

Renata Scotto's sensational Met debut was in the title role, as the hapless Japanese geisha, Cio-Cio-San. Scotto conveyed every stage of Butterfly's tragic journey: from innocent 15-year-old bride, who gives up her family and religion to become more American, to abandoned wife with nothing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 (Composer)
Corporate Author: Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) (Performer)
Other Authors: Scotto, Renata, 1934-2023 (Performer), Casei, Nedda, 1935- (Performer), Shirley, George (Performer), Bottcher, Ron (Performer), Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco (Conductor)
Format: Video
Language:Italian
Published: [New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1967]
Subjects:
Operas.
Live sound recordings > New York (State) > New York.
Live sound recordings
Operas
New York (State) > New York
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Summary:Renata Scotto's sensational Met debut was in the title role, as the hapless Japanese geisha, Cio-Cio-San. Scotto conveyed every stage of Butterfly's tragic journey: from innocent 15-year-old bride, who gives up her family and religion to become more American, to abandoned wife with nothing left to live for. Seldom has the emotional arc from eager anticipation to utter despair been sung so grippingly as here. George Shirley is U.S. Naval Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton, the source of Butterfly's joy and her desolation.
Item Description:Duration: 2 hr., 11 min., 4 sec.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 11 min., 4 sec.))
Playing Time:02:11:04
Participant or Performer:Renata Scotto ; Nedda Casei ; George Shirley ; Ron Bottcher ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor.
Language:Sung in Italian.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Vendor-supplied metadata.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Recorded live in 1967 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.

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