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Madama Butterfly [videorecording (DVD)] / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa.

by Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Opus Arte, c2005.

DVD 792.542 M178n

[videorecording (DVD)] /

2 videodiscs (169 min.) : DTS digital surround sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet.

Japanese tragedy in three parts.

Based on the play Madame Butterfly by David Belasco, after a story by John Luther Long.

Program notes in English, French and German (17 p. : ill.) in container.

Extra features include illustrated synopsis, cast gallery, and an introduction to the opera including interviews with Robert Wilson, Edo de Waart, and the cast.

Recorded in performance at Het Muziektheater Amsterdam in 2003.

Sung in Italian, with subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch.

Stage director, set design, lighting design, Robert Wilson; costume design, Fride Parmeggiani; TV director, Misjel Vermeiren.

Cheryl Barker (Madama Butterfly) ; Martin Thompson (B.F. Pinkerton) ; Catherine Keen (Suzuki) ; Richard Stilwell (Sharpless) ; Anneleen Bijnen (Kate Pinkerton) ; Peter Blanchet (Goro) ; supporting soloists ; Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera ; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra ; Edo de Waart, conductor.

Televised operas.

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Madama Butterfly.

Belasco, David, 1853-1931. Madame Butterfly.

Long, John Luther, 1861-1927. Madame Butterfly.

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.

Barker, Cheryl.

Thompson, Martin, tenor.

Keen, Catherine, 1970-

Stilwell, Richard.

Bijnen, Anneleen.

Blanchet, Peter.

Wilson, Robert, 1941-

Vermeiren, Misjel.

Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest.

Nederlands Operakoor.

Opus Arte (Firm)

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