Research Catalog

Title

Madama Butterfly [sound recording] / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by L. Illica and G. Giacosa.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
• Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
• Rudel, Julius.
• Crider, Michèle.
• White, Wendy.
• Larine, Sergueï.
• Shimell, William.
• Fitch, Bernard.
• Daunoras, Vaclovas.
• Williams, Dennis.
• Tian, Haojiang, 1955-
• Vásquez, Hector (Baritone)
• Mavrovitis, Reveka.
• Batuello, Thomas.
• Whiteside, Gregg.
• Andretti, Mario, 1940-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 26, 2000

Uniform Title

• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• Durations: 2:06:30 (opera) ; 0:45:17 (synopses and features)

Indexed In (note)

• Opera News

Performer (note)

• Michele Crider (Cio-Cio-San) ; Wendy White (Suzuki) ; Sergej Larin (B.F. Pinkerton) ; William Shimell (Sharpless) ; Bernard Fitch (Goro) ; Vaclovas Daunoras (Imperial Commissary) ; Dennis Williams (The Registrar) ; Hao-Jiang Tian (Bonze) ; Hector V?squez (Yamadori) ; Reveka Evangelia Mavrovitis (Kate Pinkerton) ; Thomas Batuello (Dolore) ; Julius Rudel, conductor ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 26, 2000.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian.

Contents

CD 1. Tone ; Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) ; Opera News on the Air (Gregg Whiteside, host, with Mario Andretti) ; Synopsis of Acts 2 & 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 32130

OCLC

NYPG05-R10167

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Madama Butterfly [sound recording] / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by L. Illica and G. Giacosa.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Feb. 26, 2000

Cast

Michele Crider (Cio-Cio-San) ; Wendy White (Suzuki) ; Sergej Larin (B.F. Pinkerton) ; William Shimell (Sharpless) ; Bernard Fitch (Goro) ; Vaclovas Daunoras (Imperial Commissary) ; Dennis Williams (The Registrar) ; Hao-Jiang Tian (Bonze) ; Hector V?squez (Yamadori) ; Reveka Evangelia Mavrovitis (Kate Pinkerton) ; Thomas Batuello (Dolore) ; Julius Rudel, conductor ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 26, 2000.

Indexed In:

Opera News, v. 64, no. 8 (Feb. 2000)

Language

Sung in Italian.

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Added Author

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Rudel, Julius. Conductor

Crider, Michèle. Performer

White, Wendy. Performer

Larine, Sergueï. Performer

Shimell, William. Performer

Fitch, Bernard. Performer

Daunoras, Vaclovas. Performer

Williams, Dennis. Performer

Tian, Haojiang, 1955- Performer

Vásquez, Hector (Baritone) Performer

Mavrovitis, Reveka. Performer

Batuello, Thomas. Performer

Whiteside, Gregg. Commentator

Andretti, Mario, 1940- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32130