At The Opera, Puccini: Madama Butterfly, June 21, 2014
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Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. The libretto of the opera is based in part on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther Long. Long's short story was dramatized by David Belasco as a one-act play, Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan (1900). After premiering in New York, Belasco's play moved to London, where Puccini saw it in the summer of 1900. This stunning 1962 RCA recording stars Leontyne Price and Richard Tucker. Erich Leinsdorf conducts.
8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
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Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:06 p.m.
Leontyne Price
Giacomo Price
Madama Butterfly
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor Leontyne Price
10:37 p.m.
Felicia Weathers
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Felicia Weathers
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Otello: Mia madre aveva una povera ancella... 'Piangea cantando nell'erma landa...' ...Ave Maria, piena di
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Felicia Weathers
Giacomo Puccini
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Vienna Opera Orchestra; Argeo Quadri, conductor Felicia Weathers
11:03 p.m.
Felicia Weathers
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Renato Bruson
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Luciano Pavarotti
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; Giandrea Gavazzeni, conductor
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Fiorenza Cossotto
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Francesco Cilea
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Edouardo Lalo
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11:56 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
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Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
