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Madama Butterfly discography 
Summary
This is a partial discography of Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), an opera by Giacomo Puccini. The original version of the opera premiered on February 17, 1904, at La Scala in Milan.
Audio recordings edit
| Year | Cast (Cio-Cio San, Pinkerton, Suzuki, Sharpless) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label[1][2]/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Ottavia Giordano, Santo Santonocito, Ginevra Amato, Adolfo Pacini |
Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
LP: Società Nazionale del Grammofono Cat: S 5410-5434 |
| 1929 | Rosetta Pampanini, Alessandro Granda, Conchita Velasquez, Gino Vanelli |
Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
LP: Columbia Cat: D 14530-43 CD: Arkadia Cat: 78041 |
| 1929-30 | Margaret Burke Sheridan, Lionello Cecil, Ida Mannarini, Vittorio Weinberg |
Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
LP: HMV Cat: S 10190-205 CD: Romophone Cat: 89001-2 Arkadia, Cat: 78030 |
| 1939 | Toti Dal Monte, Beniamino Gigli, Vittoria Palombini, Mario Basiola |
Oliviero De Fabritiis Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus |
LP: HMV DB 3859-3874 CD: EMI CHS Cat: 7 69990-2 |
| 1948 | Eleanor Steber, Jan Peerce, Suzanne Carré, Richard Bonelli |
Eugene Ormandy Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and chorus |
CD: VAI Cat: VAIA 1220 |
| 1949 | Eleanor Steber, Richard Tucker, Jean Madeira, Giuseppe Valdengo |
Max Rudolf Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
LP: Columbia Records Cat: 13011D -13026D CD: Sony Cat: MH2K 62765 |
| 1951 | Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Campora, Nell Rankin, Giovanni Inghilleri |
Alberto Erede Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus |
LP: Decca Cat: LXT 2638-2640 CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110254-55 |
| 1953 | Clara Petrella, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Mafalda Masini, Giuseppe Taddei |
Angelo Questa RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus |
LP: Cetra Cat: OLPC1248/1-3 CD: Warner-Fonit Cat: 0927-43551-2 |
| 1954 | Victoria de los Ángeles, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Anna Maria Canali, Tito Gobbi |
Gianandrea Gavazzeni Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus |
LP: HMV cat: ALP 1215-1217 CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.111291-92 |
| 1955 | Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Lucia Danieli, Mario Borriello |
Herbert von Karajan Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
LP: Columbia Cat: 33CX 1296-1298 CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.111026-27 |
| 1956 | Dorothy Kirsten, Daniele Barioni, Mildred Miller, Clifford Harvuot |
Dimitri Mitropoulos Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
LP: Metropolitan Opera Record Club Cat: MO 722 CD: Living Stage Cat: LS 1038 |
| 1957 | Anna Moffo, Cesare Valletti, Rosalind Elias, Renato Cesari |
Erich Leinsdorf Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus |
LP: RCA Victrola Cat: VICS 6100 CD: RCA Victor Cat: 4145-2 |
| 1958 | Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Fiorenza Cossotto, Enzo Sordello |
Tullio Serafin Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus |
LP: Decca Cat: LXT 5468-5470 CD: Decca Cat: 470 577-2 |
| 1959 | Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni |
Gabriele Santini Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus |
LP: HMV Cat: ALP 1795-1797 CD: EMI Classics Cat: 414446-5 |
| 1962 | Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker, Rosalind Elias, Philip Maero |
Erich Leinsdorf RCA Italiana Orchestra and chorus |
LP: RCA Victor Cat: LSC 6160 CD: RCA Victor Cat: 09026 68884-2 1964 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording |
| 1966 | Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Anna di Stasio, Rolando Panerai |
John Barbirolli Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus |
LP: HMV Cat: SAN 184-186 CD: EMI Classics Cat: 3.67720-2 |
| 1974 | Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns |
Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 417 577-2 |
| 1976 | Montserrat Caballé, Bernabé Martí, Silvana Mazzieri, Franco Bordoni |
Armando Gatto Gran Teatre del Liceu orchestra and chorus |
LP: Decca Cat: D68DR 3 |
| 1977 | Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Gillian Knight, Ingvar Wixell |
Lorin Maazel Philharmonia Orchestra Ambrosian Opera Chorus |
CD: Sony Classical Cat: SM2K 91135 |
| 1987 | Mirella Freni, José Carreras, Teresa Berganza, Juan Pons |
Giuseppe Sinopoli Philharmonia Orchestra Ambrosian Opera Chorus |
LP: Deutsche Grammophon 423 567-1 CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 423 567-2 |
| 1991 | Miriam Gauci, Yordy Ramiro, Nelly Boschkowá, Georg Tichy |
Alexander Rahbari Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic chorus |
CD: Naxos Cat: 8.660015-16 |
| 1997 | Svetlana Katchour, Bruce Rankin, Fredrika Brillemburg, Heikki Kilpelainen |
Günter Neuhold Bremer Philharmoniker Staatsorchester Bremer Theater chorus (Original 1904 version) |
CD: Naxos Cat: 8.660078-79 |
| 2008 | Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Enkelejda Shkosa, Fabio Capitanucci |
Antonio Pappano Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 2641872 |
Video recordings edit
| Year | Cast (Cio-Cio San, Pinkerton, Suzuki, Sharpless) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label[1][2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Anna Moffo, Renato Cioni, Miti Truccato Pace, Afro Poli |
Oliviero De Fabritiis RAI Milano orchestra and chorus |
DVD: VAI Cat: VAI 4284 |
| 1974 | Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns |
Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 4037 |
| 1986 | Yasuko Hayashi, Peter Dvorský, Hak-Nam Kim, Giorgio Zancanaro |
Lorin Maazel Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
DVD: Arthaus Cat: 100 110 |
| 2004 | Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armiliato, Rossana Rinaldi, Juan Pons |
Plácido Domingo Festival Puccini at Torre del Lago Città Lirica orchestra and chorus |
DVD/CD: Dynamic Cat: 33457 Cat: CDS 599[3] |
| 2011 | Patricia Racette, Marcello Giordani, Maria Zifchak, Greg Fedderly |
Patrick Summers Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
DVD: Sony Classical Cat: 88697-80662-9 [4] |
| 2019 | Riccardo Chailly Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
DVD/Blu ray: Decca Cat: 100 110 |
References edit
Notes
- ^ a b Recordings of Madama Butterfly on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- ^ a b Note: "Cat:" is short for catalogue number by the label company.
- ^ “Madama Butterfly review – Domingo, Festival Puccini 2004”. classicstoday.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020
- ^ “Summers, Madama Butterfly review – The Met 2011”. classical.net. Retrieved 7 January 2020
Sources
- Blyth, Alan, ed. Opera on Record. Hutchinson & Co., London. 1979.
- Gruber, Paul, ed. The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera. W.W. Norton & Co., New York. 1993.
