Puccini's Madama Butterfly

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Puccini's Madama Butterfly (1974)

Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

“Karajan magnificent in unique treatment of familiar tragedy”

Music, History · 2h 25m

Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, and Robert Kerns star in this Jean-Pierre Ponnelle-directed version of the Puccini opera, with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Madama Butterfly is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire for companies around the world, ranking 7th in the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide.

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Cast

Mirella Freni Cio-Cio-San, known as Butterfly Plácido Domingo Pinkerton
R
Robert Kerns Sharpless Christa Ludwig Suzuki Michel Sénéchal Goro
M
Marius Rintzler Bonze
H
Hans Helm Comisario imperial
E
Elke Schary Kate Pinkerton Herbert von Karajan Self - Conductor

Crew

Director
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Writer
Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica
Novel
David Belasco

Details

Release date
1974-09-14
Runtime
2h 25m
Genres
Music, History
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Italian
Production
Deutsche Grammophon