There are 127 recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini on file

Order by conductor

(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )

1 1909(SE) - NOT KNOWN - Orchestra*

2 1921(STU) - NOT KNOWN - Orchestra*

3 1924(STU) - Goossens Eugene - Royal Albert Hall Orchestra*

4 1929(STU) - Molajoli Lorenzo - Teatro alla Scala*

5 1929-30(STU) - Sabajno Carlo - Teatro alla Scala*

6 1934(RE) - Pelletier Wilfred (Wilfrid) - Orchestra*

7 1939(LE) - Papi Gennaro - San Francisco Opera*

8 1939(STU) - Fabritiis Oliviero De - Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma*

9 1940(SE) - Pelletier Wilfred (Wilfrid) - Metropolitan Opera*

10 1941(LI) - Papi Gennaro - Metropolitan Opera*

11 1946(LI) - Cimara Pietro - Metropolitan Opera*

12 1946(SE) - Weissmann Frieder - RCA Victor Orchestra*

13 1947(LI) - Antonicelli Giuseppe - Metropolitan Opera*

14 1947(LI) - Sodero Cesare - Metropolitan Opera*

15 1948(LI) - Ormandy Eugene - Holywood Bowl Orchestra*

16 1949(RA) - Schröder Kurt - Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks*

17 1949(STU) - Rudolf Max - Metropolitan Opera Association*

18 194?(SCE) - Rother - Gerhard Steeger - Paul Strauss Artur - Orchester des Berliner Rundfunks - Orchester des Deutschen Opernhaus Berlin - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin*

19 1950(LI) - Antonicelli Giuseppe - Metropolitan Opera*

20 1951(LI) - Antonicelli Giuseppe - Palacio de las Bellas Artes*

21 1951(SE) - Hollreiser Heinrich - Münchner Philharmoniker*

22 1951(STU) - Erede Alberto - Santa Cecilia*

23 1951(STU) - Loibner Wilhelm - Austrian Symphony Orchestra*

24 1953(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

25 1953(RA) - Questa Angelo - RAI Torino*

26 1953(SE) - Schüchter Wilhelm - Orchester*

27 1953?(STU) - Bron Onissim - Bolshoi Theatre*

28 1954(LI) - Herbert Walter - New Orleans Opera*

29 1954(RA) - Alberth Rudolf - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*

30 1954(STU) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*

31 1955(STU) - Karajan Herbert von - Teatro alla Scala*

32 1956(FI) - Fabritiis Oliviero De - RAI Milano***

33 1956(LI) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - Metropolitan Opera*

34 1956(SE) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - Metropolitan Opera*

35 1956[SE] - Bellezza Vincenzo - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*

36 1957(LI) - Kempe Rudolf - Covent Garden*

37 1957(SE) - Kraus Richard - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

38 1957(STU) - Leinsdorf Erich - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*

39 1957(STU) - Wolff Albert - L'Opéra Comique de Paris*

40 1958(LI) - Ghione Franco - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

41 1958(LI) - Leinsdorf Erich - Metropolitan Opera*

42 1958(LI) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - Metropolitan Opera*

43 1958(LI) - Questa Angelo - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

44 1958(STU) - Serafin Tullio - Santa Cecilia*

45 1959(LI) - Balkwill Bryan - Covent Garden*

46 1959(STU) - Santini Gabriele - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*

47 1960(LI) - Cellini Renato - New Orleans Opera*

48 1960(LI) - Klobucar Berislav - Wiener Staatsoper*

49 1960(LI) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - Metropolitan Opera*

50 1960(SE) - Balkwill Bryan - Sadler's Wells Opera*

51 1960(SE) - Vaszy Viktor - Hungarian State Opera*

52 1961(LI) - Adler Kurt Herbert - San Francisco Opera*

53 1961(LI) - Rescigno Nicola - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

54 1961(SE) - Klobucar Berislav - Berliner Symphoniker*

55 1961(STU) - Leitner Ferdinand - Württemburgisches Staatstheater*

56 1961?(SE) - Annovazzi Napoleone - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Hamburg*

57 1961?(SE) - Ghiglia Erasmo - Orchestre*

58 1961?(SE) - Hartemann Jean-Claude - Orchestre*

59 1962(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

60 1962(STU) - Leinsdorf Erich - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra*

61 1964(LI) - Calderon Pedro Ignacio - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

62 1964(LI) - Rescigno Nicola - Dallas Civic Opera*

63 1965(LI) - Ferraris Franco - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

64 1965(LI) - Schick George - Metropolitan Opera*

65 1966(LI) - Schick George - Metropolitan Opera*

66 1966(STU) - Barbirolli John - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*

67 1966(STU) - Santi Nello - Wiener Symphoniker*

68 1967(LC) - Karp Richard - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*

69 1967(LI) - Patanè Franco - New York City Opera*

70 1967(RA) - Basile Arturo - RAI Torino*

71 1968(LI) - Gardelli Lamberto - Metropolitan Opera*

72 1968(RA) - Rivoli Gianfranco - Orquesta de la Radiotelevisión Española*

73 1969(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*

74 1969(LI) - Schick George - Metropolitan Opera*

75 1969(STU) - Rápalo Ugo - Orchestra Filarmonica di Napoli*

76 196?(SE) - Annovazzi Napoleone - Pro Musica-Symphonie-Orchester Hamburg*

77 196?(SE) - Patanè Giuseppe - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

78 1970(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*

79 1971(LI) - Franci Carlo - Metropolitan Opera*

80 1971(LI) - Moresco Carlo - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company*

81 1972(RA) - Patanè Giuseppe - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*

82 1972(STU) - Ermler Mark - Bolshoi Theatre*

83 1973(Act 1;LE) - Santi Nello - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*

84 1973(LE) - Morelli Giuseppe - New York City Opera*

85 1973(LI) - Baudo Serge - Metropolitan Opera*

86 1974(FI) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker**

87 1974(LI) - Adler Kurt Herbert - San Francisco Opera*

88 1974(STU) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*

89 1975(LI) - Veltri Michelangelo - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

90 1976(LI) - Santi Nello - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia*

91 1976(LI) - Woitach Richard - Metropolitan Opera*

92 1976(STU) - Gatto Armando - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

93 1977(LI) - Morelli Giuseppe - New York City Opera*

94 1977?(STU) - Maazel Lorin - Philharmonia Orchestra*

95 1979(STU) - Popescu Paul - Rumanian State Philharmonic Orchestra*

96 1979?(LI) - Bender Heinrich - Bayerisches Staatsorchester*

97 1980(STU) - Patanè Giuseppe - Hungarian State Opera*

98 1981(LI) - Fulton Thomas - Metropolitan Opera*

99 1981(LI) - Gomez-Martinis (Gómez Martínez) Miguel-Ángel - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*

100 1982(STU) - Bellini Gabriele - Bulgarian Philharmonic Orchestra*

101 1983(LI) - Arena Maurizio - Verona Arena**

102 1985(LI) - Gomez-Martinis (Gómez Martínez) Miguel-Ángel - Chicago Lyric Opera**

103 1985(LI) - Pérez Busquier Gerard - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

104 1986(LI) - Maazel Lorin - Teatro alla Scala**

105 1987(STU) - Raichev Rouslan - Sofia National Opera*

106 1987(STU) - Sinopoli Giuseppe - Philharmonia Orchestra*

107 198?(STU) - Mansurov Fuat - Bolshoi Theatre*

108 1991(STU) - Rahbari Alexander - Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra*

109 1994(FI) - Conlon James - Orchestre de Paris***

110 1994(LI) - Notev Giorgio - Sofia Symphony Orchestra*

111 1995(LI) - Rescigno Joseph - Dallas Civic Opera*

112 1995(LI) - Varviso Silvio - Opéra des Flandres**

113 1995?(STU) - Rosekrans Charles - Hungarian State Opera*

114 1997(LI) - Campori Angelo - Arena di Verona*

115 1997(LI) - Summers Patrick - Opera Australia*

116 1997 - Neuhold Günter - Bremer Philharmoniker Staatsorchester*

117 199?(SE) - Abell David - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*

118 19??(SE) - Menet Pierre - Orchestre*

119 2000(STU) - Abel Yves - Philharmonia Orchestra*

120 2001(LI) - Ahronovitch Yuri - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia*

121 2001(LI) - DeMain John - Cincinnati Opera*

122 2002(LI) - Rizzi Carlo - Teatro alla Scala*

123 2003(LI) - Matakiev Metodi - Teatro Lirico d'Europa*

124 2003(LI) - Pappano Antonio - Covent Garden***

125 2003(LI) - Waart Edo De - Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest**

126 2004(LC) - Domingo Plácido - Città Lirica***

127 2004(LC) - Oren Daniel - Arena di Verona**

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in English

Conductor NOT KNOWN - 1909(SE)

Orchestra - Orchestra

Chorus - Chorus

Cio Cio San - René Vivienne

Pinkerton - Vernon Stiles

Sharpless - Thomas Richards

Suzuki - Harriet Behnee

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Black Disc - Columbia #30152-63 {6x78s}

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor NOT KNOWN - 1921(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestra

Chorus - Chorus

Cio Cio San - Ottavia Giordano

Pinkerton - Santo Santonocito

Sharpless - Adolfo Pacini

Suzuki - Ginevra Amato

Kate Pinkerton - Vittoria Polastri

Goro - Carlo Gislon

Il principe Yamadori - Ubaldo Ceccarelli

Lo zio Bonzo - Ubaldo Ceccarelli

L'ufficiale del Registro - Ubaldo Ceccarelli

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Black Disc - Società Nazionale del Grammofono S 5410-5434 {13x12in-78s) - R 5411-5419 {5x10in-78s} (green label)

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *The 78s issued by the Società Nazionale del Grammofono are listed by Alan Kelly in «His Master's Voice/La Voce del Padrones» as having been recorded in May and June 1921, but I have not been able to find an entry for then in any of the catalogues on microfilm in the British Library, although the recording of Andrea Chenier which Kelly also lists does have an entry.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in English

Conductor Eugene Goossens - 1924(STU)

Orchestra - Royal Albert Hall Orchestra

Chorus - Chorus

Cio Cio San - Rosina Buckman

Pinkerton - Tudor Davies

Sharpless - Frederick Ranalow

Suzuki - Nellie Walker

Kate Pinkerton - Bessie Jones

Goro - Sydney Coltham

Il principe Yamadori - Edward Halland

Lo zio Bonzo - Edward Halland

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Black Disc; - HMV DB 893-906 (14x78s) (1924)ª;; Sunday Opera SY2 501 {2LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - Kiwi Pacific Records SLD-96/97 {2CDS}; Mike Richter - Audio Encyclopedia 301 (From Which We Came - CD-ROM) (1999)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1924 p.216; May 1925 p.464 (Klein) June 1982 p.77 [JBS]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.1 Spring 1986 pp.52-53 [JA]

Diapason - No.423 février 1996 p.65

Classic Record Collector - Autumn p.96 [RG]

Comments:- *Recorded between 10 March 1924 and 19 July 1924. Suzuki is sung by Gladys Peel on one side (D 906). More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel. The Sunday Opera LPs are listed in GRAMOPHONE May 1982 p.1451.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Lorenzo Molajoli - 1929(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Cio Cio San - Rosetta Pampanini

Pinkerton - Alessandro Granda

Sharpless - Gino Vanelli

Suzuki - Conchita Velázquez

Kate Pinkerton - Cesira Ferrari

Goro - Giuseppe Nessi

Il principe Yamadori - Aristide Baracchi

Lo zio Bonzo - Salvatore Baccaloni

Il commissario imperiale - Lino Bonardi

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Black Disc - Columbia D 14530-43 {14x78s}; Columbia 9784-97 {14x78s} Columbia Set MOP4 (67675 D - 676688 D {14X78s} (USA)

Compact Disc - Centaur CRC-2196-7 {2CDS}; Bongiovanni GB 1123/24-2 {2CDS} Grammofono 2000 AB78673/74 {2CDS}; Arkadia 2CD 78041 {2CDS}

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1929 p.277 (Klein p.281)

Opera News - May 1995 p.47

Fanfare - Vol.19 No.4 March/April 1996 p.251

Orpheus - Februar 1997 S.56

Opera Quarterly - Vol.13 No.4 Summer 1997 p.208

Opéra International - novembre 1997 No.218 p.52 [SS]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.86 marzo 1996 p.51

Classical Express - Issue 93 December 1997 p.3 (mention) [NL]

Opernwelt - März 3/1996 S.53

L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.95 - Marzo 1996 p.81

The Record Collector - Vol.41 No.1 March 1996 p.66

Musica (Milano) - No.96 Anno 20 febbraio-marzo 1996 p.114

Répertoire - No.101 Avril 1997 p.56

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Sabajno - 1929-30(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Cio Cio San - Margaret (Margherita) Sheridan

Pinkerton - Lionello Cecil

Sharpless - Vittorio Weinberg

Suzuki - Ida Mannarini

Kate Pinkerton - Elena Lomi

Goro - Nello Palai

Il principe Yamadori - Antonio Gelli

Lo zio Bonzo - Guglielmo Masini

Il commissario imperiale - Antonio Gelli

L'ufficiale del Registro - Antonio Gelli

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Black Disc - HMV S 10190-205 (78s;Italy); HMV C 1950-65 (78s;UK); Victor 9867-82 - M97 (78s;USA); CLUB 99 OP 1001

Compact Disc - Romophone 89001-2; Arkadia 2CD 78030

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1930 p.185 (Klein p.484)

Opera Now - November/December 1996 p.107; March/April 1998 p.99 [GH]

Fanfare - Vol.19 No.5 May/June 1996 p.240

Opera Quarterly - Vol.16 No.2 p.161

Opéra International - novembre 1997 No.218 p.52 [SS]

International Classical Record Collector - Summer 1996 No.5 p.103

The Record Collector - Vol.41 No.2 June 1996 p.148

Classical Express - Issue No.87 June 1997 p.4

ARSC Journal - Vol.27 No.2 Fall 1996 p.251 [RL]

Musica (Milano) - No.100 Ottobre-Novembre 1996 p.151

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.103 octubre 1997 p.41 (mention) [MC]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in English

Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1934(RE)

Orchestra - Orchestra

Chorus - Chorus

Cio Cio San - Elisabeth Rethberg

Pinkerton - Joseph Bentonelli

Sharpless - Douglas Stanbury

Suzuki - Clemence Gifford

Goro - Erwin Munch

Lo zio Bonzo - Norman Cordon

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 289 {1LP} (1964)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of excerpts broadcast on Standard Brands Hour (16 December 1934). There is a narration spoken by Deems Taylor

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gennaro Papi - 1939(LE)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Cio Cio San - Jarmila Novotná

Pinkerton - Michael Bartlett

Sharpless - George Cehanovsky

Suzuki - Hertha Glaz

Goro - Lodovico Oliviero

Il principe Yamadori - Colin Harvey

Lo zio Bonzo - Charles Shiffeler

Il commissario imperiale - Stanley Noonan

L'ufficiale del Registro - Evaristo Albertini

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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 116 (+Guglelmo Ratliff - excerpts) {2LPS} (1972)ª

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 505

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of Act 1 and Act 2 part 1 of a performance at San Francisco (3 November 1939). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1939(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma

Cio Cio San - Toti Dal Monte

Pinkerton - Beniamino Gigli

Sharpless - Mario Basiola

Suzuki - Vittoria Palombini

Kate Pinkerton - Maria Huder

Goro - Adelio Zagonora

Il principe Yamadori - Gino Conti

Lo zio Bonzo - Ernesto Dominici

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Black Disc; - HMV DB 3859-3874 (16x78s) (1940)ª; HMV DB 8717-8732 (16x78s;AC) (1940)ª; Victor 17357-17372 - M700/1 (78s;USA); RCA Victor LCT 6006 {2LPS}; La Voce del; Padrone QALP 10048/10049; HMV ALP 1659/1660 {2LPS} (1959)ª; Angel GRB 4000 {2LPS}; Seraphim IB 6059 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - *EMI CHS 7 69990-2 {2CDS} (1989)ª; Arkadia 2CD 78004 {2CDS}; Pearl GEMM CDS 9290 {2CDS} ;; Naxos «Historical» 8.110183-84 (+Toti Dal Monti - recital) {2CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1940 p.356 [AR]; February 1959 p.415; September 1989 p.563 [JBS]; Awards Issue 2002 p.106 [JBS]

Opera - March 1959 p.186

Opera Now - May/June 1998 p.105 [ST]; July/August 2002 p.99 [GH]

Fanfare - Vol.26 No.2 November/December 2002 pp.212-213 [JC]

Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.56

Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.4 Winter 1990/91 pp.192-194 [LG]

Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.125 [MP]

Records and Recordings - February 1959 p.17 [FGB]

Gramophone Record Review - February 1959 p.292 [MO]

The Absolute Sound - Issue 71 May/June 1991 p.150

Classical Express - Issue 78 September 1996 p.8(mention): Issue 91 October 1997 p.3 [NL]

American Record Guide - March 1953 Vol.19 No.7 p.217 [JN]: February 1961 Vol.27 No.6 p.496 [JK]: September 1971 Vol.38 No.1 p.31 [PLM]: January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.134 [VAL]: January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 p.238

International Opera Collector - Winter 1997 No.6 p.96 [MO]

International Record Review - August 2002 p.75 [MVA]

ARSC Journal - Vol.33 No.2 Fall 2002 pp.273-275 [EAM]

Classic Record Collector - Spring 2003 pp.49-50 [GH]

Disques (Nouvelle Série) - mars/avril 1954 No.63-64 p.217 [JB]

High Fidelity Magazine - June 1960 Vol.10 No.6 p.68 [CLO]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.93 noviembre 1996 p.58

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.81, p.83 [JV]

Comments:- Recorded in July 1939

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Wilfred (Wilfrid) Pelletier - 1940(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Eleanor Steber

Pinkerton - Armand Tokatyan

Sharpless - George Cehanovsky

Suzuki - Lucielle Browning

Goro - Pino Bontempi

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Black Disc; - World's Greatest Operas SR 55/57 {3x78s}; RCA «Camden» CAL 222 {1LP} (1955)ª

Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia «WWW Site 4» {1xCD-ROM} (2003)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recorded on 30, 31 May and 26 June 1940.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gennaro Papi - 1941(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Licia Albanese

Pinkerton - Armand Tokatyan

Sharpless - John Brownlee

Suzuki - Lucielle Browning

Kate Pinkerton - Maxine Stellman

Goro - Alessio De Paolis

Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky

Lo zio Bonzo - John Gurney

Il commissario imperiale - Wilfred Engelman

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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 237 {2LPS} (1962)ª; OPA 1031/32

Compact Disc; - Walhall WHL 16 {2CDS}; Arkadia «The Golden Age» 2CD GA 2025 {2CDS} (2000)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Januar 1996 S.57

Opéra International - novembre 1997 No.218 p.52 [SS]

Classical Express - Issue No.125 August 2000 p.1 [MT]

International Record Review - September 2000 p.122 [JTH]

Musica (Milano) - N.121 novembre 2000 p.107 (mention) [SH]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.94 [TF]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (25 January 1941; see «Saturday Afternoonsat the Old Met» by Paul Jackson pp.249-251)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Pietro Cimara - 1946(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Licia Albanese

Pinkerton - James Melton

Sharpless - John Brownlee

Suzuki - Lucielle Browning

Kate Pinkerton - Maxine Stellman

Goro - Alessio De Paolis

Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky

Lo zio Bonzo - Osie Hawkins

Il commissario imperiale - John Baker

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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Guild MET 2 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Bensar BRO 123535 {2CDRS} (2004)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (19 January 1946). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.».

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Frieder Weissmann - 1946(SE)

Orchestra - RCA Victor Orchestra

Cio Cio San - Licia Albanese

Pinkerton - James Melton

Suzuki - Lucielle Browning

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Black Disc - Victor Set 1068 (11-9254-56) {3x78s}; RCA Victor LM 2 {1LP}

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1947(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Licia Albanese

Pinkerton - James Melton

Sharpless - John Brownlee

Suzuki - Thelma Altman

Kate Pinkerton - Irene Jordan

Goro - Alessio De Paolis

Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky

Lo zio Bonzo - Melchiorre Luise

Il commissario imperiale - John Baker

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1512

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (13 December 1947). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». It is also stated «Missing openings Acts 1,2. Poor to Fair copy».

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1947(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Regina Resnik

Pinkerton - Charles Kullman

Sharpless - John Brownlee

Suzuki - Lucielle Browning

Kate Pinkerton - Maxine Stellman

Goro - Alessio De Paolis

Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky

Lo zio Bonzo - Osie Hawkins

Il commissario imperiale - John Baker

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1274

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (8 February 1947). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The recording is stated to be «Nearly Complete» with «Only Fair sound».

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Eugene Ormandy - 1948(LI)

Orchestra - Holywood Bowl Orchestra

Chorus - Holywood Bowl Chorus

Cio Cio San - Eleanor Steber

Pinkerton - Jan Peerce

Sharpless - Richard Bonelli

Suzuki - Suzanne Caré

Kate Pinkerton - Martha Larrimore

Il principe Yamadori - Clifford Harvuot

Lo zio Bonzo - Osie Hawkins

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Compact Disc; - Eklipse EKR CD 16 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 7432 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Video Artists International VAIA 1220 {2CDS} (2004)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - No.180 mai 1994 p.72

American Record Guide - May/June 2004 Vol.67 No.3 p.237 [RVL]

Classica Répertoire - No.61 avril 2004 p.116 [AT]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Hollywood Bowl (3 September 1948). According to the review in ARG of the CDs issued by VAI «The recorded sound, unfortunately, is pretty terrible, with many fluctuations in volume, a jarring dropout in the Act I love duet, and much distortion. For Steber fans only.»

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Kurt Schröder - 1949(RA)

Orchestra - Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks

Chorus - Chor des Hessischen Rundfunks

Cio Cio San - Elfride Trötschel

Pinkerton - Karl Friedrich

Sharpless - Kurt Gester

Suzuki - Gisela Litz

Kate Pinkerton - Helene Bindhardt

Goro - Willy Hofmann

Il principe Yamadori - Herbert Hess

Lo zio Bonzo - Josef Lindlar

Il commissario imperiale - August Heimpel

Yakusidè - August Steinkamp

L'ufficiale del Registro - Gerhard Frank

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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0052 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Cantus Classics 500814 {2CDS} (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

International Record Review - February 2005 p.32 [MT]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Max Rudolf - 1949(STU)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera Association

Cio Cio San - Eleanor Steber

Pinkerton - Richard Tucker

Sharpless - Giuseppe Valdengo

Suzuki - Jean Madeira

Kate Pinkerton - Thelma Votipka

Goro - Alessio De Paolis

Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky

Lo zio Bonzo - Melchiorre Luise

Il commissario imperiale - John Baker

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Black Disc; - Columbia MOP 30 (13011D -13026D) {16x78s} (USA) (1949)ª; Columbia SL 4 {3LPS} (USA) (1949)ª; Columbia SL 104 {3LPS} (USA) (1949)ª; Columbia «Odyssey» Y3-32107 (1973)ª; Philips A 01119-21 L {3LPS} (Continental Europe); CBS 78246 {2LPS} (Electronic stereo) (UK) (1974)ª

Compact Disc; - Sony «Masterworks Heritage» MH2K 62765 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Arkadia 78074 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Opera Fenice FNO 003-4 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Preiser 20050 {2CDS} (2007)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1974 p.578 [RO]

Opera News - October 1998 p.65 [CJL]

Orpheus - Februar 1999 SS.50-51 [DN]; Januar + Februar 2008 S.58-S.59 [DN]

Opéra International - juillet-aoüt 1999 No.237 p.77 [SS]

Diapason - No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.92 [CC]

American Record Guide - September/October 1998 Vol.61 No.5 p.311 [LM]: March/ April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.159-160 [CHP]

Classic CD - February 1999 pp.116-117 [MQ]

Répertoire - No.115 juillet/aoüt 1998 p.58 [PT]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.115 noviembre 1998 p.52 [JPS]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.95 [MH]

Das Opernglas - Juli-August 1998 S.117 [ML]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.140 maggio 2000 p.105 [MG]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Artur Rother - Gerhard Steeger - Paul Strauss - 194?(SCE)

Orchestra - Orchester des Berliner Rundfunks - Orchester des Deutschen Opernhaus Berlin - Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Chorus - Günther Arndt Chor

Cio Cio San - Maria Cebotari

Pinkerton - Walther Ludwig

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Black Disc - *D.G.G. K 73 109 (disc) J 73 109 (sleeve) {1x10in-LP}

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *This composite disc which contains excerpts from more than on source was a special issue for members of the «Bertelsmann Schallplattenring». The following excerpts are performed: Ja, es ward Abend/ Mädchen, in deinen Augen (Liebesduett) (Cebotari, Ludwig); Eines Tages seh'n wir (Cebotari); Vorspiel zum III Akt (Chorus); Ehrenvoll sterbe (Cebotari).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Licia Albanese

Pinkerton - James Melton

Sharpless - John Brownlee

Suzuki - Thelma Altman

Kate Pinkerton - Anne Bollinger

Goro - Alessio De Paolis

Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky

Lo zio Bonzo - Melchiorre Luise

Il commissario imperiale - John Baker

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 767 (& 505)

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (18 February 1950). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.466-467. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Antonicelli - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Chorus - Palacio de las Bellas Artes

Cio Cio San - Irma Gonzales

Pinkerton - Mario Del Monaco

Sharpless - Carlo Morelli

Suzuki - Oralia Domínguez

Goro - Carlos Sagarminaga

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4058

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City (29 May 1951).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Heinrich Hollreiser - 1951(SE)

Orchestra - Münchner Philharmoniker

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Cio Cio San - Maria Stader

Pinkerton - Cornelius van Dijk

Suzuki - Herta Töpper

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Black Disc - D.G.G. 17017 LPE {1LP}; D.G.G. EPL 30461 (1x45-EP) (highlights) Heliodor 478076 {1LP}

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1960 p.32 (highlights) [AP]; September 1960 pp.178-179 [AP]

Comments:- There is also a LP (D.G.G. 17016 LPE) on which the same singers sing the same excerpts in German

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alberto Erede - 1951(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Cio Cio San - Renata Tebaldi

Pinkerton - Giuseppe Campora

Sharpless - Giovanni Inghilleri

Suzuki - Nell Rankin

Kate Pinkerton - Gianna Diozzi

Goro - Piero De Palma

Il principe Yamadori - Melchiorre Luise

Lo zio Bonzo - Fernando Corena

Il commissario imperiale - Michele Calvino

L'ufficiale del Registro - Luigi Pizzeri

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2638-2640 {3LPS} (1952)ª; Decca «Ace of Clubs» ACL 59-61 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 528-530 {3LPS} (1967)ª; London LLPA-8 {3LPS} (1952)ª; Richmond RS 63001 {3LPS} (1963)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 440 230-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Pearl GEMS 0172 (+Tebaldi recital) {2CDS} (2002)ª; Decca 473 045-2 (Tebaldi - Puccini Edition) {12CDS} (2002)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110254-55 {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1952 p.208 [AR]; August 1967 p.125 [EG]; December 2003 p.105 [AB]

Opera - June 1952 p.369; November 1967 pp.927-928 [AB]; October 2002 pp.1200-1205 [AB]

Orpheus - Juli+August 2004 S.65 [IW]

Diapason - No.400 janvier 1994 p.140

American Record Guide - February 1952 Vol.18 No.6 p.172 [PHR]: February 1963 Vol.29 No.6 p.466 (mention) [HG]: November/December 2002 Vol.65 No.6 p.257 [LM]

High Fidelity Magazine - July 1963 Vol.13 No.7 p.60 [CLO]

E.M.G. Monthly Letter - February 1952 p.11

BBC Music Magazine - March 1994 p.84

International Record Review - February 2004 p.30 [JTH]

Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.88

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.54-55 [SV]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.182 aprile 2004 pp.108-109 [GL]

Comments:- There is a reference to this recording in a letter to the editor of GRAMOPHONE (June 1975 p.23)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Wilhelm Loibner - 1951(STU)

Orchestra - Austrian Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - CHORUS

Cio Cio San - Daniza Ilitsch

Pinkerton - Ratko Delorko

Sharpless - Jovan Gligor

Suzuki - Hilde Rössl-Majdan

Kate Pinkerton - Aenne Michalsky

Goro - August Jaresch

Il principe Yamadori - Emil Siegert

Lo zio Bonzo - Emil Siegert

Il commissario imperiale - Emil Siegert

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Black Disc - Remington 199-81 (USA)

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

American Record Guide - October 1952 Vol.19 No.2 p.61 (mention) [FAL]

Classic Record Collector - Winter 2002 pp.30-36 [JTH]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1953(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Licia Albanese

Pinkerton - Eugene Conley

Sharpless - Frank (Francesco) Valentino

Suzuki - Margaret Roggero

Kate Pinkerton - Laura Castellano

Goro - Alessio De Paolis

Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky

Lo zio Bonzo - Osie Hawkins

Il commissario imperiale - Algerd Brazis

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 696

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (17 January 1953). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Questa - 1953(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Cio Cio San - Clara Petrella

Pinkerton - Ferruccio Tagliavini

Sharpless - Giuseppe Taddei

Suzuki - Mafalda Masini

Kate Pinkerton - Maria Christina Foscale

Goro - Mariano Caruso

Il principe Yamadori - Alberto Albertini

Lo zio Bonzo - Antonio Biancardo

Il commissario imperiale - Alberto Albertini

Yakusidè - Franco Mariani

L'ufficiale del Registro - Franco Mariani

La madre di Cio Cio San - Carla Lazzari

La zia - Renata Paggetti

La cugina - Maria Darbesi

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Black Disc - Cetra OLPC1248/1-3; D.G.G. 18210/12 LPM; Cetra C 1248 {3LPS} (USA); Cetra LPC 55016 (Highlights); Balkanton BOA 1652-1654 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDO 10 (2CDS} (1994)ª; Warner Fonit 0927 43551-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1957 p.106 (Highlights); May 1962 p.557

American Record Guide - March 1955 Vol.21 No.7 p.220 [JN]

High Fidelity Magazine - March 1955 Vol.5 No.1 p.62 [JH]

Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.100

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.165 ottobre 2002 pp.100-101 [GL]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Wilhelm Schüchter - 1953(SE)

Orchestra - Orchester

Chorus - Städtische Oper Berlin

Cio Cio San - Erna Berger

Pinkerton - Rudolf Schock

Sharpless - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Suzuki - Sieglinde Wagner

Goro - Erich Zimmermann

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Black Disc - Electrola WBLP 507 {1x10in-LP}; EMI 1C 047 28570; Eterna 7 20 130 {1x10in-LP}

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Luister - Juli/Aug. 1955 p.258 [LR]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Russian

Conductor Onissim Bron - 1953?(STU)

Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre

Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre

Cio Cio San - Elisabeta Shumskaya

Pinkerton - Ivan Kozlovsky

Sharpless - Piotr Selivanov

Suzuki - Eugenia Gribova

Kate Pinkerton - Tamara Parfenenko

Goro - Beniamin Shevtsov

Il principe Yamadori - Yuri Filin

Lo zio Bonzo - Ivan Skobtsov

Il commissario imperiale - D. Bedrosian

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Black Disc - Melodiya D 0675/82 {4LPS}; Melodiya D 07923/8 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Cantus Classics 50076 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Gala GL 100.775 (+Pagliacci - excerpts - Lisitsian) {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2006 pp.104-105 [JTH]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Walter Herbert - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - New Orleans Opera

Chorus - New Orleans Opera

Cio Cio San - Victoria de los Ángeles

Pinkerton - Walter Fredericks

Sharpless - Richard Torigi

Suzuki - Rosalind Nadel

Kate Pinkerton - Barbara Faulkner

Goro - John Tresch

Il principe Yamadori - Don Bernard

Lo zio Bonzo - Arthur Cosenza

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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 168-2 {2CDS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 7422 {2CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.5 September-October 1993 p.263

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the New Orleans Opera (18 March 1954)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Rudolf Alberth - 1954(RA)

Orchestra - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Cio Cio San - Elisabeth Lindermeier

Pinkerton - Richard Holm

Sharpless - Marcel Cordes

Suzuki - Herta Töpper

Kate Pinkerton - Dagmar Naaff

Goro - Karl Ostertag

Il principe Yamadori - Adolf Keil

Lo zio Bonzo - Max Proebstl

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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0148 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a broadcast performance. This is listed in Bayerischer Rundfunk's «Historischer Katalog - Gesangaufnahmen - Sängerinnen - Buchstabe R-Z» (entry B 3415)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1954(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Cio Cio San - Victoria de los Ángeles

Pinkerton - Giuseppe di Stefano

Sharpless - Tito Gobbi

Suzuki - Anna Maria Canali

Kate Pinkerton - Maria Huder

Goro - Renato Ercolani

Il principe Yamadori - Arturo La Porta

Lo zio Bonzo - Bruno Sbalchiero

Il commissario imperiale - Arturo La Porta

L'ufficiale del Registro - Arturo La Porta

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1215-1217 {3LPS} (1955)ª; World Record Club OC 161-163 {3LPS}; RCA Victor LM 6121 {3LPS} (1955)ª; Capitol-EMI GCR 7137 {3LPS} (1959)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 49575-2 {2CDS} (1998)ª;; Testament SBT 2168 {2CDS} (1998)ª; Regis Records RRC 2070 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111291-92 {2CDS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1955 p.455 [AR]; November 1955 pp.214-215 (mention) [HCS]; October 1988 p.673 [JBS]; December 1998 p.111 [AB]

Opera - April 1955 p.259; April 1999 pp.399-405 [AB]

Opera News - June 1999 p.65 [PG]

Orpheus - August + September 1999 S.79 [BH]

Opéra International - juillet-aoüt 1999 No.237 p.77 [SS]

Gramophone Record Review - March 1955 p.259 [JC]

High Fidelity Magazine - September 1955 Vol.5 No.6 p.61 [JH]: January 1959 Vol.9 No.1 p.56 [DJ]

American Record Guide - October 1955 Vol.22 No.2 p.23 [PHR]: March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.310 [RVL]

International Classical Record Collector - Spring 1999 No.16 p.99 [JTH]

International Record Review - April 2006 pp.32-32 [RP]

Répertoire - No.121 février 1999 p.49 [PD]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.95 [MC]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1955(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Cio Cio San - Maria Callas

Pinkerton - Nicolai Gedda

Sharpless - Mario Borriello

Suzuki - Lucia Danieli

Kate Pinkerton - Luisa Villa

Goro - Renato Ercolani

Il principe Yamadori - Mario Carlin

Lo zio Bonzo - Plinio Clabassi

Il commissario imperiale - Enrico Campi

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Black Disc; - Columbia 33CX 1296-1298 {3LPS} (1955)ª; HMV SLS 5015 {3LPS} (1976)ª; EMI EX 291265-3 {2LPS} (1987)ª; Angel 3523 C/L {3LPS} (1955)ª; Columbia 33QCX 10156-58 {3LPS} (Italy)

Compact Cassette; - EMI TC-SLS 5015; EMI EX 291265-5 (1987)ª

Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47959-8 {2CDS} (1987)ª; Regis Records RRRC 2070 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111026-27 {2CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1955 pp.280-281 [AR]; May 1976 p.1796 [AB]; July 1976 p.147 [JBS]; October 1987 p. [JBS]

Opera - March 1956 p.176

Diapason - No.438 juin 1997 p.84

American Record Guide - December 1955 Vol.22 No.4 p.56 [PHR]: July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 pp.210 [RVL]

High Fidelity Magazine - December 1955 Vol.5 No.10 p.76 [JH]

E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1955 p.18

Gramophone Record Review - November 1955 p.31

The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.99 (2) p.101 (4) p.97

International Opera Collector - Autumn 1996 Vol.1 No.1 p.14

Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.58

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.90 mayo 2006 pp.82-83 [MC]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis - 1956(FI)

Orchestra - RAI Milano

Chorus - RAI Milano

Cio Cio San - Anna Moffo

Pinkerton - Renato Cioni

Sharpless - Afro Poli

Suzuki - Miti Truccato Pace

Kate Pinkerton - Lelia Dori

Goro - Gino Del Signore

Il principe Yamadori - Pier Luigi Latinucci

Lo zio Bonzo - Dmitri Lopatto

Il commissario imperiale - Aristide Baracchi

Yakusidè - Alfredo Allegro

L'ufficiale del Registro - Francesco Poce

La madre di Cio Cio San - Raimonda Stamer

La zia - Maria Luisa Malacchi

La cugina - Jolanda Torriani

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Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66.365 {2CDS} (2007)ª

DVD (Video) - Video Artists International VAI 4284 (+La bohème - excerpt - Moffo - Tucker) (2004)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 2005 p.100 [JBS]

Opéra International - No.296 décembre 2004 p.97 [CC]

Diapason - No.522 février 2005 pp.113-114 [MP]

Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2004 p.60 [TP]

American Record Guide - January/February 2005 Vol.68 No.1 p.262 [RVL]: January/ February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 pp.221-222 (audio) [MM]

International Record Review - February 2005 p.82 [IJ]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.75 noviembre 2004 pp.92-93 [FSR]

Comments:- *A video recording of a television film and an audio recording of its soundtrack. The cast listed above is that given in «Anna Moffo - Una carriera Italo-Americana» by Mario G. Genesi p.384.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Licia Albanese

Pinkerton - Daniele Barioni

Sharpless - John Brownlee

Suzuki - Rosalind Elias

Kate Pinkerton - Madelaine Chambers

Goro - Alessio De Paolis

Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky

Lo zio Bonzo - Osie Hawkins

Il commissario imperiale - Lawrence Davidson

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Black Disc - Movimento Musica MM 3027

Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 701 {2CDRS}; Bensar OL 121556 (BRO 125550) {2CDRS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.55

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (15 December 1956). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1956(SE)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Dorothy Kirsten

Pinkerton - Daniele Barioni

Sharpless - Clifford Harvuot

Suzuki - Mildred Miller

Kate Pinkerton - Madelaine Chambers

Goro - Alessio De Paolis

Lo zio Bonzo - Osie Hawkins

Il commissario imperiale - Calvin Marsh

L'ufficiale del Registro - Luigi De Cesari

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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 722 {2LPS}

Compact Disc; - Theorema TH 121167/68 {2CDS}; Living Stage LS 1038 (+Chopiana) {2CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - March 1995 p.61

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.65 noviembre 2003 p.83 [JV]

Comments:- The writer of the short review of the Theorema CDs in ORPHEUS suggests that the recording is of a perfomance at the MET in 1957. Kirsten, Barioni and Harvuot sang together in Madame Butterfly on January 4 and 16 1957. However, it seems more likely that it is a re-issue of the abridged studio recording made for the Metropolitan Opera Record Club in 1956.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Vincenzo Bellezza - 1956[SE]

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Cio Cio San - Licia Albanese

Pinkerton - Jan Peerce

Sharpless - Renato Capecchi

Suzuki - Anna Maria Rota

Goro - Fernando Delle Fornaci

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Black Disc - RCA Victor LM 2054 {1LP} (USA); RCA A12R 0255

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

High Fidelity Magazine - April 1957 Vol.7 No.4 p.70 [JCMc]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Cio Cio San - Victoria de los Ángeles

Pinkerton - John Lanigan

Sharpless - Geraint Evans

Suzuki - Barbara Howitt

Kate Pinkerton - Joyce Livingston

Goro - David Tree

Il principe Yamadori - David Allen

Lo zio Bonzo - Michael Langdon

Il commissario imperiale - Ronald Firmager

L'ufficiale del Registro - Harry Gawler

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Compact Disc; - Ornamenti FE 112 {2CDS}; New Ornamenti NOVA 003 {2CDS} (2005)ª; Golden Melodram GM 5.0058 {2CDS} (2006)ª; Royal Opera House «Heritage Series» ROH 5006 {2CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - September 2007 p.92 [AB]

Opera - Opera November 2007 p.1390, p.1392 [ML]

Opera News - December 2007 p.79 [IS]

Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.332 [RVL]; Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 pp.239-240 [BR]; Vol.31 No.3 January/February 2008 pp.214-215 [LRB]

Opéra International - novembre 1997 No.218 p.52 [SS]

International Record Review - July/August 2007 pp.81-82 [JTH]

American Record Guide - January/February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 p.222 [KM]

Classic Record Collector - Winter 2007 pp.95-96 [DP]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.94 octubre 2006 p.85 [JR]: No.107 enero-febrero 2008 p.91 [JV]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (2 May 1957, for a review of an earlier performance in the same series see OPERA June 1957 p.387).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Richard Kraus - 1957(SE)

Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Cio Cio San - Trude Eipperle

Pinkerton - Fritz Wunderlich

Sharpless - Theo Zilliken

Suzuki - Esther Hilbert

Kate Pinkerton - Helga Hildebrand

Goro - Martin Vantin

Lo zio Bonzo - Peter Roth-Ehrgang

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Black Disc - Europäischer Fonoklub 1102 {1LP}; Eurodisc 201 022.250 {1LP}; Baccarola 75 873 ZR {1LP}

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.1 No.4 March/April 1978 p.60 [KH]

Comments:- According to a letter in GRAMOPHONE (May 1982 p.1547) these excerpts were recorded in April 1957

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'opera di Roma

Cio Cio San - Anna Moffo

Pinkerton - Cesare Valletti

Sharpless - Renato Cesari

Suzuki - Rosalind Elias

Kate Pinkerton - Miti Truccato Pace

Goro - Mario Carlin

Il principe Yamadori - Nestore Catalani

Lo zio Bonzo - Fernando Corena

Il commissario imperiale - Leonardo Monreale

Yakusidè - Andrea Mineo

L'ufficiale del Registro - Andrea Mineo

La madre di Cio Cio San - Luisa Zeri

La zia - (Maria) Grazia Ciferi

La cugina - Renata Mattioli

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6165 {3LPS} (USA) (1958)ª; RCA Victor LSC 6165 {3LPS} (USA) (1958)ª; RCA Victor 26.35059; RCA «Victrola» VIC 6100/1-3 {3LPS} (USA & UK) (1964-66)ª; RCA «Victrola» VICS 6100/1-3 {3LPS} (USA & UK) (1964-66)ª; RCA VICTOR VLS 04145; RCA «Victrola» VL 43542 (3) {3LPS} (Italy) (1977)ª

Compact Disc; - RCA «Victor» GD 84145 {2CDS} (Europe) (1988)ª; RCA Victor 4145-2 {2CDS} (USA)

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1958 p.293 (HCS); April 1966 p.507 (EG); September 1988 p. [MEO]

Opera - June 1966 p.490 [AB]

American Record Guide - November 1958 Vol.25 No.3 p.192 [MB2]: December 1964 Vol.31 No.4 p.349 [GLM]

High Fidelity Magazine - December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.66 [DJ]: March 1959 Vol.9 No.3 p.9 (letter): November 1964 Vol.14 No.11 p.122 [CLO]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in French

Conductor Albert Wolff - 1957(STU)

Orchestra - L'Opéra Comique de Paris

Chorus - L'Opéra Comique de Paris

Cio Cio San - Martha Angelici

Pinkerton - Albert Lance

Sharpless - Julien Giovannetti

Suzuki - Jeannine Collard

Kate Pinkerton - Germaine Chellet

Goro - Jacques Hivert

Il principe Yamadori - Julien Thirache

Lo zio Bonzo - Henri Peyrotte

Il commissario imperiale - Julien Thirache

Yakusidè - Pierre Gianotti

La madre di Cio Cio San - Andrée Gabriel

La zia - Ginette Claverie

La cugina - Raymonde Notti(-Pagès)

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Black Disc - Pathé DTX 225-227; EMI 2C 153 12186/12187 (electronic stereo)

Compact Disc; - EMI «Belle Epoque» CZS 7 67866-2 (Highlights) (+Tosca - excerpts +La bohème - highlights) {2CDS} (1993)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Diapason - No.28 juillet 1958 p.42 [JP]; No.197 mai 1975 p.41 (mention)

American Record Guide - October 1959 Vol.26 No.2 p.110 [PLM]

High Fidelity Magazine - September 1959 Vol.9 No.9 p.98 [CLO]

Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.102 octobre 1958 p.762 [JB2]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Ghione - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Cio Cio San - Antonietta Stella

Pinkerton - Flaviano Labò

Sharpless - Giuseppe Taddei

Suzuki - Tota de Igarzábal

Kate Pinkerton - Carmen de la Mata

Goro - Carlos Giusti

Il principe Yamadori - Héctor Barbieri

Lo zio Bonzo - Tulio Gagliardo

Il commissario imperiale - José Crea

L'ufficiale del Registro - Juan Foscolo

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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 4772 {2CDRS}

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (June 1958).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Licia Albanese

Pinkerton - Barry Morell

Sharpless - Frank Guarrera

Suzuki - Mildred Miller

Kate Pinkerton - Madelaine Chambers

Goro - Paul Franke

Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky

Lo zio Bonzo - Osie Hawkins

Il commissario imperiale - Calvin Marsh

L'ufficiale del Registro - Luigi De Cesari

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 861

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (27 December 1958). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.234-236. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Antonietta Stella

Pinkerton - Eugenio Fernandi

Sharpless - Clifford Harvuot

Suzuki - Margaret Roggero

Kate Pinkerton - Madelaine Chambers

Goro - Alessio De Paolis

Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky

Lo zio Bonzo - Ezio Flagello

Il commissario imperiale - Calvin Marsh

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 680

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (29 March 1958). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.233-235. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Questa - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Cio Cio San - Renata Tebaldi

Pinkerton - Gianni Raimondi

Sharpless - Giuseppe Valdengo

Suzuki - Anna Di Stasio

Kate Pinkerton - Tina Quagliarella

Goro - Mariano Caruso

Il principe Yamadori - Vito Susca

Lo zio Bonzo - Giovanni Amodeo

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Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 825-2 {2CDS} ;; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 209-2 (& 631-2) {2CDRS}; Encore CD 108-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Orpheus - Oktober 1993 S.57

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Arena Flegrea (see OPERA November 1958 p.729). The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Tullio Serafin - 1958(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Cio Cio San - Renata Tebaldi

Pinkerton - Carlo Bergonzi

Sharpless - Enzo Sordello

Suzuki - Fiorenza Cossotto

Kate Pinkerton - Lidia Nerozzi

Goro - Angelo Mercuriali

Il principe Yamadori - Michele Cazzato (Casato)

Lo zio Bonzo - Paolo Washington

Il commissario imperiale - Virgilio Carbonari

Yakusidè - Oscar Nanni

L'ufficiale del Registro - Oscar Nanni

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5468-5470 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca SXL 2054-2056 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca D4D3 {3LPS}; *Decca 411 634-1 {3LPS} (1986)ª; London OSA 1406 {4LPS} (1959)ª

Compact Cassette; - Decca 411 634-4 (1986)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca 411 634-2 {2CDS} (1986)ª; Decca(London) «Grand Opera» 425 531-2 {2CDS} (1990)ª; Decca «Rouge Opéra» 455 874-2 {2CDS} (France) (1997)ª; «Double Decca» 452 594-2 {2CDS} (1997)ª; Decca «The Compact Opera Collection» 470 577-2 {2CDS} (2002)ª

Open Reel Tape; - London LOL 90013 (7½ips) (highlights); London LOR 90010 (4-track 7½ips) (1960)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - February 1959 p.415; August 1976 p.332 [EG]; July 1986 p. [EG] March 1990 p. [MEO]; September 1997 p.116,[MEO]; April 1999 p.36 [IM]

Opera - February 1959 p.123

Orpheus - August-September 1997 S.76

Gramophone Record Review - January 1959 p.209 [JC]: February 1959 p.292 [DH]

Records and Recordings - February 1959 p.22 [FGB]

The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.402

High Fidelity Magazine - 1959 Vol.9 No.7 p.53 [RD]: May 1960 Vol.10 No.5 p.106 (open reel tape) [RDD]: October 1960 Vol.10 No.10 p.116 (open reel tape) [RDD]

American Record Guide - August 1959 Vol.25 No.12 p.853 [PLM]: May 1960 Vol.26 No.9p.763(open reel tape) [PCP]: September 1960 Vol.27 No.1 p.84 (open reel tape) [PCP]

Classical Express - Issue No.89 August 1997 p.2

Répertoire - No.104 juillet/aoüt 1997 p.73 (mention)

Comments:- See «Putting the Record Straight» by John Culshaw pp.183-186

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Bryan Balkwill - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Cio Cio San - Sena Jurinac

Pinkerton - Charles Craig

Sharpless - Jess Walters

Suzuki - Josephine Veasey

Kate Pinkerton - Margreta Elkins

Goro - David Tree

Il principe Yamadori - David Allen

Lo zio Bonzo - Joseph Rouleau

Il commissario imperiale - Ronald Firmager

L'ufficiale del Registro - Keith Raggett

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Compact Cassette - mr. tape 1719

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (13 January 1959). The performance on 19 January 1959 was broadcast by the BBC Home Service with Rhydderich Davies singing the role of Lo zio Bonzo. See Radio Times Issue dated January 11-17 1959 p.26.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Santini - 1959(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Cio Cio San - Victoria de los Ángeles

Pinkerton - Jussi Björling

Sharpless - Mario Sereni

Suzuki - Miriam Pirazzini

Kate Pinkerton - Silvia Bertona

Goro - Piero De Palma

Il principe Yamadori - Arturo La Porta

Lo zio Bonzo - Paolo Montarsolo

Il commissario imperiale - Antonio Sacchetti

Yakusidè - Bonaldo Giaiotti

L'ufficiale del Registro - Paolo Caroli

La madre di Cio Cio San - Vera Magrini

La zia - Nina De Courson

La cugina - Silvia Bertona

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Black Disc; - HMV ALP 1795-1797 {3LPS} (1960)ª; HMV ASD 373-375 {3LPS} (1960)ª; HMV SLS 5128 (ASD 3532-3534) {3LPS} (1978)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CfPD; 414446-3 {2LPS} (1985)ª; Capitol GCR 7232 {3LPS} (1961)ª;; Capitol SGCR 7232 {3LPS} (1961)ª; Angel 3604 C/L {3LPS} (1962)ª;; Angel S 3604 C/L {3LPS} (1962)ª

Compact Cassette; - EMI «Classics for Pleasure» TC CfPD 414446-5 (1985)ª

Compact Disc; - *EMI CMS 7 63634-2 {2CDS} (1991)ª; EMI 4 83482-2 (France) (1995)ª

Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZS 35821 (highlights) (4-track - 7½ips) (1963)ª; Angel ZC 3604 (7½ips 4-track) (1964)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1960 pp.287-288 [PHW]; January 1961 p.378 [DST]; September 1978 p.545 [EG]; August 1985 p. [EG]; March 1991 p. [MEO]

Opera - January 1961 p.50

Diapason - No.423 février 1996 p.65

High Fidelity Magazine - January 1961 Vol.11 No.1 p.62 [CLO]: March 1963 Vol.13 No.3 p.103 (open-reel tape - highlights) [RDD]: August 1964 Vol.14 No.8 p.108 (open reel tape) [RDD]

American Record Guide - August 1964 Vol.30 No.12 p.1132 (open reel tape) [CJL]

Répertoire - No.86 décembre 1995 p.57

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Renato Cellini - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - New Orleans Opera

Chorus - New Orleans Opera

Cio Cio San - Dorothy Kirsten

Pinkerton - Daniele Barioni

Sharpless - Richard Torigi

Suzuki - Rosalind Nadel

Kate Pinkerton - Eileen Ireland

Goro - Thomas Carter

Il principe Yamadori - Arthur Cosenza

Lo zio Bonzo - Rodney Hall

Il commissario imperiale - Harold Crane

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Compact Disc - Video Artists International VAIA 1054-2 {2CDS}

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera News - October 1995 p.44

Orpheus - März 1995 S.61

Diapason - No.423 février 1996 p.65

American Record Guide - November/December 1994 Vol.57 No.6 p.258

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the New Orleans Opera (March 1960). The cast also includes Thomas Carter, Arthur Cosenza, Harold Crane, Rodney Hall

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Cio Cio San - Sena Jurinac

Pinkerton - Ermanno Lorenzi

Sharpless - Kostas Paskalis

Suzuki - Hilde Rössl-Majdan

Kate Pinkerton - Gundula Janowitz

Goro - Peter Klein

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Black Disc - I Gioielli della Lirica GML 31 (highlights) {1LP}

Compact Disc; - *Gala GL 100.529 (highlights in «The Art of Sena Jurinac») {2CDS} (2001)ª; Myto 2 MCD 021.254 {2CDS} (2002)ª

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - 1+2 Januar + Februar 2007 S.63 (highlights) [GH]

Opéra International - No.273 novembre 2002 pp.70-71 [PC]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.32 [AV]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.81 [JV]

Comments:- *Recording a performance at the Vienna State Opera (25 March 1960). The year of this performance is given incorrectly as 1961 by Myto.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Dorothy Kirsten

Pinkerton - Eugenio Fernandi

Sharpless - Mario Sereni

Suzuki - Margaret Roggero

Kate Pinkerton - Joan Wall

Goro - Charles Kullman

Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky

Lo zio Bonzo - Osie Hawkins

Il commissario imperiale - Roald Reitan

L'ufficiale del Registro - Kurt Kessler

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Black Disc - Reader's Digest Productions RDIS 132-6/7/8 {3LPS}

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 April 1960). This recording is listed in the Dmitri Mitropopoulos Discography p.108.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in English

Conductor Bryan Balkwill - 1960(SE)

Orchestra - Sadler's Wells Opera

Cio Cio San - Marie Collier

Pinkerton - Charles Craig

Sharpless - Gwyn Griffiths

Suzuki - Ann Robson

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Black Disc; - HMV CLP 1334 {1LP} (1960)ª;; HMV CSD 1290 {1LP} (1960)ª;;; *EMI «Music for Pleasure» MFP 6036 {1LP}; HMV «Greensleeve» ESD 7030 {1LP} ; Angel 35902 {1LP} (1961)ª;; Angel S 35902 {1LP} (1961)ª

Compact Cassette - HMV TA-CLP 1334; HMV «Greensleeve» TC-ESD 7030

Compact Disc; - EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CDCFP 4600 {1CD} EMI «Classics for Pleasure» 585 009-2 {1CD} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1960 p.534 [PHW]; June 1960 p.31 [AP]; March 1972 p.1590; April 1977 p.1594 [AB]

Opera - August 1960 p.570

Records and Recordings - May 1960 p.23 [FGB]

American Record Guide - June 1961 Vol.27 No.10 p.803, p.806 [CJL]

High Fidelity Magazine - July 1961 Vol.11 No.7 p.54 [CLO]

International Record Review - September 2003 pp.30-31 (mention) [MVA]

Comments:- *A recording of the following excerpts in English: Opening into duet Pinkerton - Sharpless; Love duet, Act 1; One fine day; Telescope duet into Flower duet; Trio, Act 2 and Pinkerton's Farewell; Death scene.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Hungarian

Conductor Viktor Vaszy - 1960(SE)

Orchestra - Hungarian State Opera

Cio Cio San - Júlia Orosz

Pinkerton - Róbert Ilosfalvy

Sharpless - László Jámbor

Suzuki - Erszébet Komlóssy

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Black Disc - Hungaroton(Qualiton) LPX 1127 {1LP}

Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Cio Cio San - Leontyne Price

Pinkerton - Sándor Kónya

Sharpless - Vladimir Ruzdiak

Suzuki - Mildred Miller

Kate Pinkerton - Margot Blum

Goro - Howard Fried

Il principe Yamadori - Raymond Nilsson

Lo zio Bonzo - Joshua Hecht

Il commissario imperiale - Donald Drain

L'ufficiale del Registro - Colin Harvey

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Compact Disc; - Premiere (Italy) (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

Comments:- *In-house recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (21 or 28 September 1961). The CDRS issued by Premiere (Italy) are (were?) advetised on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Chorus - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli

Cio Cio San - Magda Olivero

Pinkerton - Renato Cioni

Sharpless - Mario Zanasi

Suzuki - Fernanda Cadoni

Kate Pinkerton - Anna Maria Borrelli

Goro - Mariano Caruso

Il principe Yamadori - Mario Ciofi

Lo zio Bonzo - Aldo Giannini

Il commissario imperiale - Mario Carles

L'ufficiale del Registro - Luigi Paolillo

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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 273

Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances GOP 731 (1979)ª; Hardy Classic HCA 6016 {2CDS} (2002)ª; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}

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Recordings of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.98; HARRIS p.165; Opera on Record p.605; CELLETTI p.605; MARINELLI p.397 Opera on CD(1) p.108 (2) p.119 (3) p.134; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.56 p.120, mise à jour juillet 2003; MET p.426; MET(VID) p.241; PENGUIN p.304; Stereophile December 1990 p.201, April 1991 p.27 (letter); Opera on Video p.182;GIUDICI p.621 (2) p.1023; Classic CD November 1997 p.56; Répertoire No.113 mai 1998 p.87; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - novembre 1997 No.218 p.52 [SS]

The Record Collector - Vol.42 No.2 June 1997 p.99 [LG]

Comments:- Recording of a performance at Naples (26 December 1961)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1961(SE)

Orchestra - Berliner Symphoniker

Chorus - Frauenchor der Komischen Oper Berlin

Cio Cio San - Pilar Lorengar

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