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Madama Butterfly

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1974-09-14 • 2h 25m

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Karajan magnificent in unique treatment of familiar tragedy

Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, and Robert Kerns star in this Jean-Pierre Ponnelle-directed version of the Puccini opera, with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Madama Butterfly is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire for companies around the world, ranking 7th in the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide.

Directors
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Writters
Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa

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  1. Mirella Freni

    Mirella Freni

    Cio-Cio-San, known as Butterfly

  2. Plácido Domingo

    Plácido Domingo

    Pinkerton

  3. Robert Kerns

    Robert Kerns

    Sharpless

  4. Christa Ludwig

    Christa Ludwig

    Suzuki

  5. Michel Sénéchal

    Michel Sénéchal

    Goro

  6. Marius Rintzler

    Marius Rintzler

    Bonze

  7. Hans Helm

    Hans Helm

    Comisario imperial

  8. Elke Schary

    Elke Schary

    Kate Pinkerton

  9. Herbert von Karajan

    Herbert von Karajan

    Self - Conductor

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Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
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Keywords
operapuccini