- Additional Authors
- Summary
- This series introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the Naxos recording of the complete work, Thomson Smillie is informative yet entertaining, enabling the listener to get more from this remarkable art form. Madama Butterfly runs the gamut of operatic emotions. The title heroine has a fragility wonderfully expressed in her entry music, deep sexual instincts as shown in the love duet, and immense tragic stature in her last hours. The fate of Madama Butterfly - married to an American sailor and then abandoned - engages our emotions, as it obviously did Puccini's to a degree equalled by few other opera heroines. The oriental setting and the exquisite orchestral and choral writings are treasured bonuses.
- Series Statement
- Opera explained
- Uniform Title
- Opera explained.
- Alternative Title
- Puccini, Madama Butterfly
- Madama Butterfly
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Streaming audio.
- Note
- Includes program notes.
- Unabridged.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available as compact disc; previously issued as HNH International NAXOS 8.558049.
- System Details (note)
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- System requirements: MS Windows 98SE, or 2000, or XP; MS Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla 1.7.1, FireFox 1PR, Netscape 7.1, or Opera 7.53; and Media Player 9 or 10.
- System requirements: Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.2.8 or 10.3.5; MS Internet Explorer 5.2, Mozilla 1.7, Netscape 7.1, Opera 7.53, or Safari 1.0; Media Player 9.0. Or, Mac OS 8.6 / 9.0; MS Internet Explorer 5.1; Windows Media Player 7.1.
- Language (note)
- Narrated in English; opera excerpts sung in Italian.
- ISBN
- OCLC
- 123757595
- Author
Smillie, Thomson.
- Title
An introduction to-- Puccini [electronic resource] : Madama Butterfly / written by Thomson Smillie.
- Imprint
[Hong Kong] : Naxos Music Library, [2007]
- Playing Time
010533
- Series
Opera explained
Opera explained.
- System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: MS Windows 98SE, or 2000, or XP; MS Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla 1.7.1, FireFox 1PR, Netscape 7.1, or Opera 7.53; and Media Player 9 or 10.
System requirements: Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.2.8 or 10.3.5; MS Internet Explorer 5.2, Mozilla 1.7, Netscape 7.1, Opera 7.53, or Safari 1.0; Media Player 9.0. Or, Mac OS 8.6 / 9.0; MS Internet Explorer 5.1; Windows Media Player 7.1.
- Performer
Unidentified performers ; David Timson, narrator.
- Additional Formats
Also available as compact disc; previously issued as HNH International NAXOS 8.558049.
- Language
Narrated in English; opera excerpts sung in Italian.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Timson, David. Narrator
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Madama Butterfly. Selections.
- Other Form:
Compact disc version (OCoLC)54069234
- Publisher No.
8.558049 Naxos Music Library
- Branch Call Number
eNYPL Music