At The Opera, Puccini: Madama Butterfly, March 5, 2016
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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 opera is based in part on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther Long. Long's version was dramatized by David Belasco as a one-act play, Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan, which, after premiering in New York in 1900, moved on to London, where Puccini saw it in the summer of that year.
The original version of the opera, in two acts, had its premiere on Februa4ry 17, 1904 at Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
Madama Butterfly – Renata Tebaldi
B.F. Pinkerton – Carlo Bergonzi
Suzuki – Fiorenza Cossotto
Sharpless – Enzo Sordello
Orchestra and chorus of The Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra
Tullio Serafin – conductor
Decca - 1958
8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:10 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly
Saint Cecilia Academy Orchestra and Chorus; Tullio Serafin, conductor Tebaldi/Bergonzi
11:11 p.m.
Fritz Wunderlich
Mozart
Die EntfÃ1/4hrung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384: Aria. Venn der Freude Tränen fließen
11:16 p.m.
Fritz Wunderlich
Mozart
Die Zauberflute (The Magic Flute) Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon
11:20 p.m.
Fritz Wunderlich
Verdi
Rigoletto, opera: Scena and Duet. Ich denk ihn lieber mir von meinem Stande - Liebe ist Seligkeit, ist Licht und Lebe
11:26 p.m.
Fritz Wunderlich
Puccini
Tosca, opera: Aria. Und es blitzten die Stern
11:29 p.m.
Fritz Wunderlich
Brodszky
Be My Love, for voice & orchestra (from 'The Toast of New Orleans')
11:32 p.m.
Fritz Wunderlich
Lara
Granada, for voice & orchestra (with chorus ad lib)
11:37 p.m.
Bidu Sayao
Puccini
La Boheme: Mi Chiamano Mimi - Puccini
11:42 p.m.
Bidu Sayao
Puccini
La Boheme: Quando M'en Vo Soletta (Musetta's Waltz) - Puccini
11:44 p.m.
Bidu Sayao
Puccini
La Boheme: Addio, Senza Rancor - Puccini
11:47 p.m.
Bidu Sayao
Puccini
Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini
11:56 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
