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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924):
Madama Butterfly
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Opera in two acts
Libretto: Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica
| Butterfly |
MARIA CALLAS |
| Suzuki |
LUCIA DANIELI |
| B.F. Pinkerton |
NICOLAI GEDDA |
| Kate Pinkerton |
LUISA VILLA |
| Sharpless |
MARIO BORRIELLO |
| Goro |
RENATO ERCOLANI |
| Yamadori |
MARIO CARLIN |
| Bonzo |
PLINIO CLABASSI |
| Il commissario |
ENRICO CAMPI |
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Chorus master Norberto Mola
Herbert von Karajan
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Synopsis
An opera that rarely leaves a proverbial dry eye in the house, Madama Butterfly was first performed in 1904 and set in contemporary Japan. An American naval officer, Pinkerton, has decided to take a Japanese wife, the young geisha Butterfly. He sees the marriage as a temporary arrangement, but Butterfly is completely sincere. After the wedding ceremony, the couple sing an extended and intoxicatingly beautiful love duet. By Act II, three years have passed and Pinkerton has long since returned to the USA, leaving Butterfly with their young son. In ‘Un bel dì’, the most famous number in the score, she sings resolutely to her servant Suzuki of the day that Pinkerton will return. A cannon from Nagasaki harbour announces the arrival of a ship, which Butterfly recognises as Pinkerton’s. Overjoyed, she waits overnight with Suzuki and her child, while an offstage chorus hums a serene, but poignant melody. It turns out that Pinkerton has come to Japan with his new American wife, Kate, and intends to take his son away. Like her father before her, Butterfly chooses to die with honour rather than to live with disgrace. After a harrowing farewell to her child, she stabs herself.
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Compact Disc 1 63.39
ACT ONE
1 E soffitto…e pareti (Pinkerton/Goro) 2.13
2 Questa è la cameriera (Goro/Pinkerton/Suzuki/Sharpless) 4.14
3 Dovunque al mondo (Pinkerton/Sharpless/Goro) 4.05
4 Quale smania vi prende! (Sharpless/Pinkerton/Chorus/Goro) 4.13
5 Quanto cielo!…Ancora un passo or via (Chorus/Butterfly/Sharpless) 3.00
6 Gran ventura (Butterfly/Chorus/Pinkerton/Sharpless/Goro) 3.41
7 L’Imperial Commissario
(Goro/Pinkerton/Chorus/Butterfly/Cousin/Mother/Yakuside/Aunt/Sharpless) 2.29
8 Vieni, amor mio! (Pinkerton/Butterfly/Goro) 2.38
9 Ieri son salita tutta sola (Butterfly/Goro/Commissioner/Chorus/
Sharpless/Registrar/Pinkerton) 5.04
10 Ed eccoci in famiglia (Pinkerton/Chorus/Bonzo/Butterfly/Goro/Suzuki) 5.33
11 Vieni la sera (Pinkerton/Butterfly/Suzuki) 3.20
12 Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia 3.37
13 Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino (Pinkerton/Butterfly) 7.20
ACT TWO
14 E lzaghi ed lzanami (Suzuki/Butterfly) 7.20
15 Un bel di vedremo (Butterfly) 4.43
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Compact Disc 2 75.03
1 C’è. Entrate (Goro/Sharpless/Butterfly) 3.32
2 Non lo sapete insomma (Butterfly/Sharpless/Goro/Yamadori) 1.52
3 A voi però giurerei fede costante (Yamadori/Sharpless/Goro/Butterfly) 3.59
4 Ora a noi 5.41
5 E questo? e questo? (Sharpless/Butterfly) 2.25
6 Che tua madre dovrà (Butterfly) 3.32
7 Io scendo al piano (Sharpless/Butterfly) 1.43
8 Vespa! Rospo maledetto! (Suzuki/Butterfly/Goro) 1.59
9 Una nave da guerra 2.30
10 Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio 5.14
11 Or vienmi ad adornar (Suzuki/Butterfly) 5.08
12 Coro a bocca chiusa/Humming Chorus/Summ-Chor/Chœur à bouche fermée 2.59
13 Oh eh! Oh eh! Oh eh! (Chorus) 7.26
14 Già il sole! (Suzuki/Butterfly) 2.01
15 Povera Butterfly! 2.49
16 Io so che alle sue pene (Suzuki/Sharpless/Pinkerton) 4.02
17 Addio, fiorito asil (Pinkerton/Sharpless) 1.57
18 Glielo dirai? (Kate/Suzuki/Butterfly) 2.11
19 Che vuol da me? (Butterfly/Suzuki/Sharpless/Kate) 5.41
20 Come una mosca prigioniera (Suzuki/Butterfly) 2.53
21 Con onor muore (Butterfly) 5.23
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