Madama Butterfly

Composer: Puccini, Giacomo

Librettist/Text Author: Giacosa, Giuseppe

Librettist/Text Author: Illica, Luigi

Conductor: Gilgore, Laurence

Orchestra: Puccini Festival Orchestra

Chorus: Puccini Festival Chorus

Chorus Master: Visconti, Stefano

Cio Cio San: Veda, Elmira

F.B. Finkerton: Barricelli, Carlo

Goro: Giannino, Emanuele

Kate Pinkerton: Wilson, Sally

Prince Yamadori / The Imperial Commissioner: Guagliardo, Giovanni

Sharpless: Salsi, Luca

Suzuki: Popescu, Annamaria

The Bonze: Signorini, Manrico

Set Designer: Nespolo, Ugo

Costume Designer: Nespolo, Ugo

Lighting Designer: Alfieri, Valerio

Stage Director: Vizioli, Stefano

Television Director: Ricchetti, Matteo

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Date of Production: 03-2012

Festival: Puccini Festival

Venue: Puccini Festival, Torre del Lago

Playing Time: 02:22:44

Catalogue Number: 55563

UPC: 8007144555634

Libretto

Madama Butterfly (NTSC)

Synopsis

Madama Butterfly (NTSC)

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Madam Butterfly is without doubt Giacomo Puccini's most beloved and performed opera, and opera that has captivated and touched the audiences of the whole world. This production was filmed in Torre del Lago, in the opera-air theatre on the shores of the peaceful Tuscan lake where Puccini liked to retreat.