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EMI's 1955 recording of Madama Butterfly features three of the brightest stars of the era: Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, and Herbert von Karajan. Callas hadn't yet sung Cio-Cio-San on-stage when she made this recording, but she fully inhabits the role and brings penetrating insight to it.
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly. A famous backstage photo was taken in Chicago after one of just three performances that Callas gave of Madama Butterfly; it shows the soprano in her Japanese costume, snarling furiously at a bailiff who had served a writ on her – the very image of the tempestuous diva.
Premiere. 17 February 1904. ( 1904-02-17) La Scala, Milan. Madama Butterfly ( Italian pronunciation: [maˈdaːma ˈbatterflai]; Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa . It is based on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther ...
Jun 23, 2023 · 23 June 2023. Available as. Digital. Listen & Buy. Featured artists. Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Herbert von Karajan, Mario Borriello, Lucia Danieli, Renato Ercolani. Long and feverish waiting, dashed hope, tragic ending… can you figure out a more heartbreaking destiny and character than Butterfly?