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

Opus Arte, [2018].

DVD 792.542 M178r Perf

[videorecording (DVD)] /

1 videodisc (138 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

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

Bonus features: Introduction to Madama Butterfly; Ermonela Jaho and Antonio Pappano in rehearsal; cast gallery

Includes booklet with program notes and synopsis in English, French and German (27 pages ; 18 cm) inserted in container.

Audio formats: Dolby digital and dts digital Surround.

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London March 30, 2017.

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

Directors, Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier; set designer, Christian Fenouillat; costume designer, Agostino Cavalca; lighting designer, Christophe Forey; directed for the screen by Matthew Woodward

Ermonela Jaho (Cio-Cio San) ; Marcelo Puente (Pinkerton) ; Scott Hendricks (Sharpless) ; Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki) ; Royal Opera Chorus ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; Antonio Pappano, conductor.

"Puccini’s Japanese tragedy Madama Butterfly is given a ravishing production by The Royal Opera. Its alluring imagery of Japan from the 19th-century European Imagination heightens the intense clash of East and West. When the American naval officer Pinkerton seduces the young ‘Butterfly’ Cio-Cio-San, he seems to promise every happiness – but his cruel abandonment leads to her tragic self-sacrifice. Antonio Pappano, Music Director of The Royal Opera and renowned for his interpretations of Puccini, conducts an exceptionally fine cast with the Royal Opera Chorus and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Powerful performances show why Madama Butterfly remains one of the all-time operatic favourites."--Container.

Filmed performances.

Classical/Opera/Choral.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Madama Butterfly.

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

Belasco, David, 1853-1931. Madame Butterfly.

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.

Leiser, Moshe, 1956-

Caurier, Patrice.

Woodward, Matt.

Jaho, Ermonela.

Puente, Marcelo, 1977-

Hendricks, Scott.

DeShong, Elizabeth.

Pappano, Antonio, 1959-

Royal Opera House (London, England). Chorus.

Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra.

Opus Arte (Firm)

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