Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Puccini: Madama Butterfly
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Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Orchestra: Saint Cecilia Academy Orchestra
Performer: Angelo Mercuriali
Performer: Carlo Bergonzi
Performer: Enzo Sordello
Performer: Fiorenza Cossotto
Performer: Lidia Nerozzi
Performer: Michele Cazzato
Performer: Oscar Nanni
Performer: Paolo Washington
Performer: Renata Tebaldi
Performer: Virgilio Carbonari
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-03-09
Music Label: Polygram Records
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Music CD 1
  1. Atto 1: ...E soffito e pareti...
  2. Atto 1: Sorride Vostro Onore?
  3. Atto 1: Dovunque al mondo
  4. Atto 1: America forever
  5. Atto 1: ler l'altro il Colaolato
  6. Atto 1: Ecco. Son giunte al sommo del pendio
  7. Atto 1: Gran ventura
  8. Atto 1: L'Imperial Commisario
  9. Atto 1: Vieni, amor mio!
  10. Atto 1: leri son salita tutta sola in segreto allo Missione
  11. Atto 1: Tutti zitti!
  12. Atto 1: O Kami! O Kami!
  13. Atto 1: Cio-cio-san! Cio-cio-san!
  14. Atto 1: Bimba, bimba, non piangere
  15. Atto 1: Viene la sera
  16. Atto 1: Vogliatemi bene
  17. Atto 2, Parte 1: E lzaghi ed lzanami, Sarundasico e Kami
  18. Atto 2, Parte 1: Un bel di vedremo
  19. Atto 2, Parte 1: Ce. Entrate
Music CD 2
  1. Atto 2, Parte 1: Non lo sapete insomma
  2. Atto 2, Parte 1: Si sa che aprir la porta
  3. Atto 2, Parte 1: Udiste?
  4. Atto 2, Parte 1: Ora a noi. Sedete qui
  5. Atto 2, Parte 1: Ebbene, che fareste, Madama Butterfly
  6. Atto 2, Parte 1: E questo? E questo?
  7. Atto 2, Parte 1: Che tua madre dovra prendeteri in braccio
  8. Atto 2, Parte 1: Vespa! Rospo maledetto!
  9. Atto 2, Parte 1: Una nave da guerra
  10. Atto 2, Parte 1: Scouti quella fronda di ciliegio
  11. Atto 2, Parte 1: Or vienmi ad adornar
  12. Atto 2, Parte 1: Coro a bocca chiusa
  13. Atto 2, Parte 2: Intermezzo
  14. Atto 2, Parte 2: (fischi d'uccelli dal giardino
  15. Atto 2, Parte 2: Gia il sole!
  16. Atto 2, Parte 2: Chi sia?
  17. Atto 2, Parte 2: lo so che alle sue pene
  18. Atto 2, Parte 2: Non ve l'avevo detto?
  19. Atto 2, Parte 2: Addio fiorito asil
  20. Atto 2, Parte 2: Suzuki! Suzuki! Dove sei?
  21. Atto 2, Parte 2: Tu, Suzuki, che sei tanto buona
  22. Atto 2, Parte 2: Come una mosca prigioniera
  23. Atto 2, Parte 2: Con onor muore chi non puo serbar viat con onore

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Free Music Review: An Opera I Love That I Know I Should Loath
Hit: 5 Stars

I'll admit that MADAMA BUTTERFLY is not one of my favorite operas, at least as far as characters are concerned. I find Pinkerton repulsive and as an American, I hate the fact that one of opera's most popular works has what is perhaps the most obvious example of an "Ugly American." I remember reading that some American critics hated the work at its New York premiere for the reasons I state. And yes I know, there are far more vile characters in opera than "Love'm and Leave'm Pinkerton, but he's so realistic ,Cio Cio San is so vulnerable, and Puccini's music so fits the story, I almost hate to listen to the opera because the same tragedy happens over and over again. Yet every time I put the CDs in the player and hear the string prelude, I know I have to listen because there are some of opera's most emotional and passionate musical moments in this work.

There are a number of tremendous recordings of this work available with some of operas greatest stars as Cio Cio San: Maria Callas, Mirella Freni, Anna Moffo, and Renata Tebaldi. Tenors who love the bravado of Pinkerton include Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo, Mario Del Monaco and Carlo Bergonzi. Any set with any of these stars is musical heaven, but for me the BUTTERFLY of choice is this mid priced set with Renata Tebaldi and Carlo Bergonzi under the direction of Tulio Serafin. Anytime I listen to it, I'm captivated by the performance and drawn into the drama. It is often considered one of Tebaldi's best studio recordings, and Decca has used excerpts from this recording in many of its opera compilations.

Since this is a role often associated with both Renata Tebaldi and her rival Maria Callas, some may wonder which is the better choice. Well, I'm the wrong person to ask. I own and love both. The Callas recoding has certain intensity as opposed to the polish of this set, and this set is in stereo as opposed to the mono recording of the Callas set. Both sets are masterpieces, but for my tastes, the Tebaldi set is the better choice.
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