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

C major Entertainment, 2022.

DVD 792.542 M178b Perf

Alternate title:

Hope and longing at Bregenz Festival [videorecording (DVD)].

[videorecording (DVD)] /

1 videodisc (127 min.) : 5.1 DTS Dolby digital and PCM stereo. sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet (34 p. : col. ill.)

Based on the short story "Madame Butterfly" by John Luther Long and the play "Madame Butterfly" by David Belasco.

Filmed opera in 3 acts.

Bonus (25 min.): Hope and longing at Bregenz Festival : a documentary by Ingrid Bertel.

Recorded live at the Bregenz Festival, lake stage, 20 & 22 July, 2022.

Sung in Italian with English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean or Spanish subtitles.

Giacomo Puccini ; a co-production of ORF, ZDF and UNITEL in cooperation with Bregenz Festival ; stage director, Andreas Homoki ; costume designer, Antony McDonald ; lighting designer, Franck Evin ; choreographer, Lucy Burge; video director, Henning Kasten.

Cio-Cio-San, Barno Ismatullaeva ; Suzuki, Annalisa Stroppa ; B.F. Pinkerton, Edgaras Montvidas ; Sharpless, Brian Mulligan ; with various other soloists ; Bregenzer Festspielchor ; Prague Philharmonic Choir ; Wiener Symphoniker ; Enrique Mazzola, conductor.

"The Japanese geisha Cio-Cio-San, called Butterfly, revels in happiness when the US-American lieutenant Pinkerton marries her. Their love culminates in an enchanting duet. Soon after, however, a ship takes the soldier back home. It is a clash of worlds and values: While Pinkerton feels free and marries an US-American woman back home, Butterfly, full of love, hope and longing, waits for his return for three long years – together with their child. Singing her famous aria “Un bel dì vedremo”, she imagines the day she and her beloved husband will be reunited. Then, however, Pinkerton returns with his US-American wife and Cio-Cio-San makes an irrevocable decision. As one of the most played operas today, Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly returns to the Seebühne for another summer. With a fine Japanese-looking piece of paper, stage designer Michael Levine created a magical platform on Lake Constance for Cio-Cio-San’s touching story. Andreas Homoki, artistic director at the Zurich Opera House, uses atmospheric video projections and Antony McDonald’s colourful costumes to stage this heartbreaking opera in the beautiful lakeside scenery. Conductor Enrique Mazzola returns as musical director."--bregenzerfestspiele.com.

Filmed performances.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Classical/Opera/Choral.

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