OperaDiscography

There are 136 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*

47 195?(LE} - Ehrling Sixten - Kungl. Hovkapellet*

48 1960(LI) - Cellini Renato - New Orleans Opera*

49 1960(LI) - Klobucar Berislav - Wiener Staatsoper*

50 1960(LI) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - Metropolitan Opera*

51 1960(SE) - Balkwill Bryan - Sadler's Wells Opera*

52 1960(SE) - Vaszy Viktor - Hungarian State Opera*

53 1961(LI) - Adler Kurt Herbert - San Francisco Opera*

54 1961(LI) - Rescigno Nicola - Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli*

55 1961(SE) - Klobucar Berislav - Berliner Symphoniker*

56 1961(STU) - Leitner Ferdinand - Württemburgisches Staatstheater*

57 1961?(SE) - Annovazzi Napoleone - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Hamburg*

58 1961?(SE) - Ghiglia Erasmo - Orchestre*

59 1961?(SE) - Hartemann Jean-Claude - Orchestre*

60 1962(LI) - Cleva Fausto - Metropolitan Opera*

61 1962(STU) - Leinsdorf Erich - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra*

62 1964(LI) - Calderon Pedro Ignacio - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

63 1964(LI) - Rescigno Nicola - Dallas Civic Opera*

64 1965(LI) - Ferraris Franco - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

65 1965(LI) - Schick George - Metropolitan Opera*

66 1966(LI) - Schick George - Metropolitan Opera*

67 1966(STU) - Barbirolli John - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*

68 1966(STU) - Santi Nello - Wiener Symphoniker*

69 1967(LC) - Karp Richard - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*

70 1967(LI) - Patanè Franco - New York City Opera*

71 1967(RA) - Basile Arturo - RAI Torino*

72 1968(LI) - Gardelli Lamberto - Metropolitan Opera*

73 1968(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

74 1968(RA) - Rivoli Gianfranco - Orquesta de la Radiotelevisión Española*

75 1969(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*

76 1969(LI) - Schick George - Metropolitan Opera*

77 1969(STU) - Rápalo Ugo - Orchestra Filarmonica di Napoli*

78 196?(SE) - Annovazzi Napoleone - Pro Musica-Symphonie-Orchester Hamburg*

79 196?(SE) - Patanè Giuseppe - Deutsche Oper Berlin*

80 1970(LI) - Guadagno Anton - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*

81 1970(LI) - Molinari-Pradelli Francesco - Metropolitan Opera*

82 1971(LI) - Franci Carlo - Metropolitan Opera*

83 1971(LI) - Moresco Carlo - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company*

84 1971(LI) - Mueller Leo - Baltimore Opera*

85 1972(LI) - Klobucar Berislav - Wiener Staatsoper*

86 1972(RA) - Patanè Giuseppe - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*

87 1972(STU) - Ermler Mark - Bolshoi Theatre*

88 1973(Act 1;LE) - Santi Nello - Philadelphia Lyric Opera*

89 1973(LE) - Morelli Giuseppe - New York City Opera*

90 1973(LI) - Baudo Serge - Metropolitan Opera*

91 1974(FI) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker**

92 1974(LI) - Adler Kurt Herbert - San Francisco Opera*

93 1974(STU) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*

94 1975(LI) - Veltri Michelangelo - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*

95 1976(LI) - Santi Nello - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia*

96 1976(LI) - Woitach Richard - Metropolitan Opera*

97 1976(STU) - Gatto Armando - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

98 1977(LI) - Klobucar Berislav - Wiener Staatsoper*

99 1977(LI) - Morelli Giuseppe - New York City Opera*

100 1977?(STU) - Maazel Lorin - Philharmonia Orchestra*

101 1979(STU) - Popescu Paul - Rumanian State Philharmonic Orchestra*

102 1979?(LI) - Bender Heinrich - Bayerisches Staatsorchester*

103 1980(STU) - Patanè Giuseppe - Hungarian State Opera*

104 1981(LI) - Fulton Thomas - Metropolitan Opera*

105 1981(LI) - Gomez-Martinis (Gómez Martínez) Miguel-Ángel - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*

106 1982(STU) - Bellini Gabriele - Bulgarian Philharmonic Orchestra*

107 1983(LI) - Arena Maurizio - Verona Arena**

108 1985(LI) - Gomez-Martinis (Gómez Martínez) Miguel-Ángel - Chicago Lyric Opera**

109 1985(LI) - Pérez Busquier Gerard - Gran Teatro del Liceo*

110 1986(LI) - Maazel Lorin - Teatro alla Scala**

111 1987(STU) - Raichev Rouslan - Sofia National Opera*

112 1987(STU) - Sinopoli Giuseppe - Philharmonia Orchestra*

113 198?(STU) - Mansurov Fuat - Bolshoi Theatre*

114 1991(STU) - Rahbari Alexander - Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra*

115 1994(FI) - Conlon James - Orchestre de Paris***

116 1994(LI) - Notev Giorgio - Sofia Symphony Orchestra*

117 1995(LI) - Rescigno Joseph - Dallas Civic Opera*

118 1995(LI) - Tuggle James - Wiener Staatsoper*

119 1995(LI) - Varviso Silvio - Opéra des Flandres**

120 1995?(STU) - Rosekrans Charles - Hungarian State Opera*

121 1997(LI) - Campori Angelo - Arena di Verona*

122 1997(LI) - Summers Patrick - Opera Australia*

123 1997 - Neuhold Günter - Bremer Philharmoniker Staatsorchester*

124 199?(SE) - Abell David - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*

125 19??(SE) - Menet Pierre - Orchestre*

126 2000(STU) - Abel Yves - Philharmonia Orchestra*

127 2001(LI) - Ahronovitch Yuri - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia*

128 2001(LI) - DeMain John - Cincinnati Opera*

129 2002(LI) - Rizzi Carlo - Teatro alla Scala*

130 2003(LI) - Matakiev Metodi - Teatro Lirico d'Europa*

131 2003(LI) - Pappano Antonio - Covent Garden***

132 2003(LI) - Waart Edo De - Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest**

133 2004(LC) - Domingo Plácido - Città Lirica***

134 2004(LC) - Oren Daniel - Arena di Verona**

135 2007(LI) - Sado Yutaka - Orchestra Stabile del Viotti*

136 2008(STU) - Pappano Antonio - Santa Cecilia*

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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)�;; Sunday Opera SY2 501 {2LPS} (1982)�

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

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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)�

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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 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)�

Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 505

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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 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.php) 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)�; HMV DB 8717-8732 (16x78s;AC) (1940)�; 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)�; Angel GRB 4000 {2LPS}; Seraphim IB 6059 {2LPS}

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

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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)�

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

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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:- 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)�; OPA 1031/32

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

�(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 - 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)�

�(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.php) 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.php) 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)�; Video Artists International VAIA 1220 {2CDS} (2004)�

�(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)�; Cantus Classics 500814 {2CDS} (2005)�

�(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)�; Columbia SL 4 {3LPS} (USA) (1949)�; Columbia SL 104 {3LPS} (USA) (1949)�; Columbia �Odyssey� Y3-32107 (1973)�; Philips A 01119-21 L {3LPS} (Continental Europe); CBS 78246 {2LPS} (Electronic stereo) (UK) (1974)�

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

�(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 CLOR..php) 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 González

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)�; Decca �Ace of Clubs� ACL 59-61 {3LPS} (1959)�; Decca �Ace of Diamonds� GOM 528-530 {3LPS} (1967)�; London LLPA-8 {3LPS} (1952)�; Richmond RS 63001 {3LPS} (1963)�

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

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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.php) 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)�; Warner Fonit 0927 43551-2 {2CDS} (2002)�

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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)�; Gala GL 100.775 (+Pagliacci - excerpts - Lisitsian) {2CDS} (2006)�

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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)�

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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)�

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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)�; World Record Club OC 161-163 {3LPS}; RCA Victor LM 6121 {3LPS} (1955)�; Capitol-EMI GCR 7137 {3LPS} (1959)�

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

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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]: No.113 septiembre 2008 p.94 [MB]

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

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

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

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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)�

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

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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)�

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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.php) 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 .phpLINK.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)�

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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)�; Golden Melodram GM 5.0058 {2CDS} (2006)�; Royal Opera House �Heritage Series� ROH 5006 {2CDS} (2007)�

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

Compact Disc; - RCA �Victor� GD 84145 {2CDS} (Europe) (1988)�; 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)�

�(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 CLOR..php) 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)�

�(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)�; Decca SXL 2054-2056 {3LPS} (1959)�; Decca D4D3 {3LPS}; *Decca 411 634-1 {3LPS} (1986)�; London OSA 1406 {4LPS} (1959)�

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

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

Open Reel Tape; - London LOL 90013 (7�ips) (highlights); London LOR 90010 (4-track 7�ips) (1960)�

�(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 Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1717

Open Reel Tape - 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. The recording issued by Omega is stated to be of this performance. See their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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

Compact Cassette; - EMI �Classics for Pleasure� TC CfPD 414446-5 (1985)�

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

Open Reel Tape; - Angel ZS 35821 (highlights) (4-track - 7�ips) (1963)�; Angel ZC 3604 (7�ips 4-track) (1964)�

�(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 Swedish

Conductor Sixten Ehrling - 195?(LE}

Orchestra - Kungl. Hovkapellet

Chorus - Kungl. Teaterns Kör

Cio Cio San - Elisabeth Söderström

Pinkerton - Gösta Björling

Sharpless - Hugo Hasslo

Suzuki - Bette Björling

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Compact Disc; - Caprice CAP 22063 (Verismo at the Royal Swedish Opera 1952-1962) {2CDS} (2008)�

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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:- *The cast also includes Arne Wirén.

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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

Lo zio Bonzo - Alois Pernerstorfer

Il commissario imperiale - Harald Pröglhoff

L'ufficiale del Registro - Fritz Sperlbauer

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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)�; Myto 2 MCD 021.254 {2CDS} (2002)�; Orfeo C 767092 {2CDS} (2009)�

�(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)�;; HMV CSD 1290 {1LP} (1960)�;;; *EMI �Music for Pleasure� MFP 6036 {1LP}; HMV �Greensleeve� ESD 7030 {1LP} ; Angel 35902 {1LP} (1961)�;; Angel S 35902 {1LP} (1961)�

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)�

�(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 - 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)�

�(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:- *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)�; Hardy Classic HCA 6016 {2CDS} (2002)�; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} ;; Opera d'Oro OPD 1484 {2CDS} (2008)�

�(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:-

Fanfare - Vol.32 No.4 March/April 2009 pp.207-208 [BR]

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

Pinkerton - Fritz Wunderlich

Sharpless - Hermann Prey

Suzuki - Sieglinde Wagner

Goro - Georg Baumgartner

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Black Disc - Columbia C 80362 (Germany) {1LP}; Columbia STC 80362 (Germany) {1LP}EMI Electrola 1C 063 29000 {1LP}; Eterna 8 25 265 {1LP} (DDR)

Compact Disc - EMI Electrola CDM 7 69214-2 {1CD}

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 in the Grunewaldkirche, Berlin (5, 7 April 1961)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Ferdinand Leitner - 1961(STU)

Orchestra - Württemburgisches Staatstheater

Chorus - Württenbergisches Staatstheater

Cio Cio San - Anny Schlemm

Pinkerton - Sándor Kónya

Sharpless - Kim Borg

Suzuki - Hetty Plümacher

Kate Pinkerton - Liselotte Becker-Egner

Goro - Gerhard Unger

Il principe Yamadori - Alfred Pfeifle

Lo zio Bonzo - Hans Günter Nöcker

Il commissario imperiale - Traugott Schmohl

Yakusidè - Traugott Schmohl

L'ufficiale del Registro - Alfred Pfeifle

La madre di Cio Cio San - Liselotte Becker-Egner

La zia - Helga Staudt

La cugina - Lieselotte Kiefer

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Black Disc - D.G.G. LPM 6750-2 {3LPS}; D.G.G. SLPM 138750-2 {3LPS} DG 138750-2 {3LPS}; *DG 2537 011 (Highlights) {1LP}

Compact Disc - DG 439 488-1 {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

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Napoleone Annovazzi - 1961?(SE)

Orchestra - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Hamburg

Chorus - Nuovo Teatro di Milano

Cio Cio San - Bruna Rizzoli

Pinkerton - Giuseppe Savio

Sharpless - Walter Monachesi

Suzuki - Jolanda di Tasso

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Black Disc - Musica et Litera MEL 8001 {1LP}; Saga XID 5172 {1LP}

Compact Disc; - Tuxedo Music TUXCD 1047 {1CD} (2000)�

�(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:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1963 p.67 [EG]

Comments:- *The LP issued by Musica et Litera is advertized in the �Bieleflder Katalog� 1/1963 S.223

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in French

Conductor Erasmo Ghiglia - 1961?(SE)

Orchestra - Orchestre

Chorus - None

Cio Cio San - Lyne Cumia

Pinkerton - Alain Vanzo

Sharpless - René Bianco

Suzuki - Elise Kahn

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Black Disc - Orphée E 51.008 {1LP} (mono); Orphée E 61.006 {1LP} (stereo) Vogue LDM 30131; Mode CMDINT 9484 {1LP}

Compact Disc - Vogue 673 003 {1CD}

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.12 No.2 November/December 1988 p.249 [HF]

Comments:- The Orphée LP is advertized in DIAPASON No.62 décembre 1961 p.29

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in French

Conductor Jean-Claude Hartemann - 1961?(SE)

Orchestra - Orchestre

Chorus - Choeurs

Cio Cio San - Michèle Le Bris

Pinkerton - Georges Liccioni

Sharpless - Robert Massard

Suzuki - Jane Berbié

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Black Disc; - Véga L 80.011 {1LP} (1962)�

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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:-

Diapason - No.63 janvier 1962 p.30 [JG]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1962(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Gabriella Tucci

Pinkerton - Carlo Bergonzi

Sharpless - Clifford Harvuot

Suzuki - Helen Vanni

Kate Pinkerton - Mary Mackenzie

Goro - Andrea Velis

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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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1612 {2CDRS}; Myto 2 MCD 045 302 {2CDS} (2004)�

�(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:-

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.79 abril 2005 p.82 [PN]

Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (3 February 1962). 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 Erich Leinsdorf - 1962(STU)

Orchestra - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

Chorus - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus

Cio Cio San - Leontyne Price

Pinkerton - Richard Tucker

Sharpless - Philip (Filippo) Maero

Suzuki - Rosalind Elias

Kate Pinkerton - Anna Di Stasio

Goro - Piero De Palma

Il principe Yamadori - Robert Kerns

Lo zio Bonzo - Virgilio Carbonari

Il commissario imperiale - Arturo La Porta

Yakusidè - Leo Pudis

L'ufficiale del Registro - Mario Rinaudo

La madre di Cio Cio San - Fernanda Cadoni

La zia - Gianna Lollini

La cugina - Silvia Bertona

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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 6160 {3LPS} (USA) (1963)�; RCA Victor LSC 6160 {3LPS} (USA) (1963)�; RCA Victor RCA RE 5504-5506 {3LPS} (UK) (1963)�; RCA Victor SER 5504-5506 {3LPS} (UK) (1963)�; RCA VICS-6100; RCA 26 36110 (Germany) (1975)�

Compact Disc; - RCA �Red Seal� RD 86160 {2CDS} (1988)�; BMG RCA Victor �Red Seal� 74321 39497-2 (Europe) (1997)�; BMG RCA 09026 68884-2 {2CDS} (USA) (1997)�

Open Reel Tape; - RCA Victor FTC 8006 (7�ips 4-track) (+Price recital) (USA) (1963)�

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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 - June 1963 p.23; March 1988 p. [EG]

Opera - August 1963 pp.549-550 [HDR]

Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.96 [GH]; July/August 1998 p.99 [GH]

Fanfare - Vol.21 No.5 May/June 1998 p.296 [RT]

Orpheus - No.11 15 November - 15 Dezember 1975 S.260 [SH]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.184 p.114 [JC-1]

High Fidelity Magazine - March 1963 Vol.13 No.3 p.69 [CLO]: August 1963 Vol.13 No.8 p.104 [RDD] (open reel tape)

American Record Guide - May 1963 Vol.29 No.9 p.684 [PLM]: November 1963 Vol.30 No.3 p.252 [CJL] (open reel tape)

Classic CD - February 1999 p.118 [MQ]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.98 abril 1997 p.40 (mention)

Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.45: No.111 mars 1998 p.53 [PT]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.109 - giungo 1997 p.90

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.100 [MC]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Pedro Ignacio Calderon - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Cio Cio San - Renata Scotto

Pinkerton - George Shirley

Sharpless - Angel Mattiello

Suzuki - Isabel Casey

Kate Pinkerton - Africa De Retes

Goro - Italo Pasini

Il principe Yamadori - Héctor Barbieri

Lo zio Bonzo - Juan Zanin

Il commissario imperiale - José Crea

L'ufficiale del Registro - P. Grande

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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10335-2 {2CDRS} (2008)�

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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 performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (15 May 1964; see OPERA July 1964 p.461). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Teatro Colón (http:www.operas-colon.com.ar). The CDRs issued by �Opera Depot� are listed on the website http://www.operadepot.com (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera

Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera

Cio Cio San - Lydia Marimpietri

Pinkerton - Giuseppe di Stefano

Sharpless - Enzo Sordello

Suzuki - Elaine Bonazzi

Goro - Glen Ellsworth

Il principe Yamadori - Roberto Bañuelas

Lo zio Bonzo - Nicola Zaccaria

L'ufficiale del Registro - Roberto Bañuelas

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2176

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 Dallas Civic Opera (12 November 1964; see OPERA February 1965 pp.107-108). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Ferraris - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Cio Cio San - Virginia Zeani

Pinkerton - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Sharpless - Manuel Ausensi

Suzuki - Clara Betner

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2200

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 Grand Teatro del Liceo (November or December 1965). The CDRs issued by Omega are listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor George Schick - 1965(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Dorothy Kirsten

Pinkerton - Barry Morell

Sharpless - Theodor Uppman

Suzuki - Marcia Baldwin

Kate Pinkerton - Joy Clements

Goro - Paul Franke

Il principe Yamadori - George Cehanovsky

Lo zio Bonzo - Norman Scott

Il commissario imperiale - Russell Christopher

L'ufficiale del Registro - William Stanz

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1277 (& 1039)

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 March 1965). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor George Schick - 1966(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Renata Scotto

Pinkerton - John Alexander

Sharpless - John Robert Dunlap

Suzuki - Joann Grillo

Kate Pinkerton - Shirley Love

Goro - Robert Schmorr

Il principe Yamadori - Russell Christopher

Lo zio Bonzo - Norman Scott

Il commissario imperiale - Gene Boucher

L'ufficiale del Registro - William Stanz

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1387 (& 1148)

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 (1 January 1966). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM). Omega also lists a recording attributed to the performance on 13 October 1965 which had the same cast (4378). This performance was not broadcast whereas the one on 1 January 1966 was.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor John Barbirolli - 1966(STU)

Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Chorus - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Cio Cio San - Renata Scotto

Pinkerton - Carlo Bergonzi

Sharpless - Rolando Panerai

Suzuki - Anna Di Stasio

Kate Pinkerton - Silvana Padoan

Goro - Piero De Palma

Il principe Yamadori - Giuseppe Morresi

Lo zio Bonzo - Paolo Montarsolo

Il commissario imperiale - Mario Rinaudo

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Black Disc; - HMV �Angel Series� SAN 184-186 {3LPS} (1967)�; HMV SLS 100081-3 {3LPS} (1983)�; EMI EX 290839-3 {2LPS} (1987)�; Angel SCL 3702 {3LPS}; Angel AVB 34068 {2LPS}

Compact Cassette; - HMV SLS 100081-9 (1983)�;; EMI 290839-5 (1987)�

Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 69654-2 {2CDS} (1989)�; EMI �Great Recordings of the Century� 567 8852 {2CDS} (2002)�; EMI �Classics for Pleasure� 3.67720-2 {2CDS} (2006)�

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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 1967 p.146 p.170; January 1968 p.366; June 1983 p.76 [EG]; January 1984 pp.861-862 [JBS]; June 1987 p.101 [EG]; May 1989 p. [MEO]; January 2003 p.81 [AB]

Opera - November 1967 pp.927-928 [AB]; Summer 2002 Supplement �Thirty all-time great recordings� p.20 [MK]

Opera News - October 14 1967 p.30

Fanfare - Vol.26 No.3 January/February 2003 p.159 [BR]; Vol.30 No.6 July/August 2007 pp.196-197 [JC]

Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.1 Spring 1987 pp.138-139 [FEP]

L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.153

Classic CD - January 1995 p.48

American Record Guide - January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.168-169 [JPM]

International Record Review - May 2007 p.27 [JTH]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.57 enero-febrero 2003 pp.83-84 [LB]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1966(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Symphoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Cio Cio San - Virginia Gordoni

Pinkerton - Michele Molese

Sharpless - Valerio Meucci

Suzuki - Nedda Casei

Kate Pinkerton - Meriel Dickinson

Goro - Franz Setzer

Il principe Yamadori - Friedrich Strack

Lo zio Bonzo - Leo Heppe

Il commissario imperiale - Nikolaus Simkowsky

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Black Disc - Guilde Internationale du Disque SMS 2481 {3LPS} Orpheus SMS 2481 {3LPS} (Italy)

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 LPs issued by Orpheus are listed in ORFEO gennaio-febbraio 1979 p.10

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Karp - 1967(LC)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Cio Cio San - Montserrat Caballé

Pinkerton - Bernabé Marti (Martinez)

Sharpless - Seymour Schwartzman

Suzuki - Beverly Wolff

Kate Pinkerton - Suzanne Hamiel

Goro - Norman Kelley

Il principe Yamadori - David Hickox

Lo zio Bonzo - Joseph Salvador

Il commissario imperiale - John Darrenkamp

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Compact Disc; - live-rare-opera (unnumbered) (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS} (2007)�

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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:- *The recording issued by �live-rare-opera� is mostly of a performance in the Philadelphia Academy of Music in February 1967, but according to their online catalogue �on the second act, there were about 6 minutes of music with very poor quality and this portion of the recording was replaced with the Butterfly performance from Madrid 1968�. The cast listed above is that given in Frank Hamilton's online chronology of opera performances in Philadelphia (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Franco Patanè - 1967(LI)

Orchestra - New York City Opera

Chorus - New York City Opera

Cio Cio San - Francesca Roberto

Pinkerton - Plácido Domingo

Sharpless - Seymour Schwartzman

Suzuki - Kay Creed

Kate Pinkerton - Joan August

Goro - Nico Castel

Il principe Yamadori - John Lankston

Lo zio Bonzo - Malcolm Smith

Il commissario imperiale - Richard Park

L'ufficiale del Registro - Don Henderson

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Compact Cassette - Lyric Distribution ALD 1616

Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 6662 {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 at the New York City Opera (March 1967).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Arturo Basile - 1967(RA)

Orchestra - RAI Torino

Chorus - RAI Torino

Cio Cio San - Renata Scotto

Pinkerton - Renato Cioni

Sharpless - Alberto Rinaldi

Suzuki - Franca Mattiucci

Kate Pinkerton - Luciana Palombi

Goro - Franco Ricciardi

Il principe Yamadori - Silvio Maionica

Lo zio Bonzo - Vito Susca

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Compact Disc; - Frequenz 043 003 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1150 {2CDS} (1998)�; Opera d'Oro �Grand Tier� OPD 7017 {2CDS} (2003)�

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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 performance broadcast on 12 September 1967

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Lamberto Gardelli - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Teresa Stratas

Pinkerton - Barry Morell

Sharpless - Theodor Uppman

Suzuki - Nedda Casei

Kate Pinkerton - Louise Pearl

Goro - Andrea Velis

Il principe Yamadori - Russell Christopher

Lo zio Bonzo - Norman Scott

Il commissario imperiale - Gene Boucher

L'ufficiale del Registro - Hal Roberts

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers 196801 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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 (30 March 1968). The CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1968(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Cio Cio San - Gabriella Tucci

Pinkerton - Carlos (Carlo) Cossutta

Sharpless - Gian-Piero (Giampietro) Mastromei

Suzuki - Isabel Casey

Kate Pinkerton - Carmen de la Mata

Goro - Virgilio Tavini

Il principe Yamadori - Héctor Barbieri

Lo zio Bonzo - Juan Zanin

Il commissario imperiale - José Crea

L'ufficiale del Registro - Oscar Schiappapietra

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 2032

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 (August 1968). The cast listed above is that given in website of the Teatro Colón (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The role of Lo Zio Bonzo was sung in some performances by Mario Verazzi. I do not know if he or Juan Zanin (as listed above) sung in the performance recorded. Omega's recording is listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gianfranco Rivoli - 1968(RA)

Orchestra - Orquesta de la Radiotelevisión Española

Chorus - Coro de la Radiotelevisión Española

Cio Cio San - Montserrat Caballé

Pinkerton - Bernabé Marti (Martinez)

Sharpless - Manuel Ausensi

Suzuki - Carmen Rigal

Il principe Yamadori - Juan Rico

Lo zio Bonzo - José Lemar

Il commissario imperiale - Antonio Leval

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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 210-2 {2CDS} (1996)�; Opera d'Oro OPD 1284 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 5007 (+Arabella +Caterina Cornaro +Maria Stuarda) {8CDS} (2002)�; Opera d'Oro OPD 5002 (+Tosca +La boheme +Turandot) {8CDS} (2002)�; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1561-2 {2CDRS} (2004)�

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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:-

Opera News - March 8 1997 p.42

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

Classical Express - Issue No.82 January 1997 p.6

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.104 gennaio 1997 p.93

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.62

Comments:- Recorded on 12 June 1968

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Anton Guadagno - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Cio Cio San - Martina Arroyo

Pinkerton - Pedro Lavirgen

Sharpless - Theodor Uppman

Suzuki - Dorothy Krebill

Kate Pinkerton - Jane Shaulis

Goro - Nico Castel

Il principe Yamadori - David Hicks

Lo zio Bonzo - Joseph Fair

Il commissario imperiale - C. Evans Clough

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers MAD 196902 {2CDRS} (2008)�

�(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 in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (January 1969). The partial cast listed above is that given in Frank Hamilton's online chronology of opera performances in Philadelphia (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor George Schick - 1969(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Pilar Lorengar

Pinkerton - Sándor Kónya

Sharpless - Mario Sereni

Suzuki - Nedda Casei

Kate Pinkerton - Shirley Love

Goro - Paul Franke

Il principe Yamadori - Russell Christopher

Lo zio Bonzo - Lorenzo Alvary

Il commissario imperiale - Gene Boucher

L'ufficiale del Registro - Hal Roberts

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Compact Disc; - Bella Voce BLV 107247 {2CDS} (2002)�; Bella Voce BLV 107246 (highligts +La fanciulla del west - Behr) {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

Comments:- The CDs issued by Bella Voce are claimed to be of a recording of the performance at the MET on 6 January 1969. If this is correct the recording must be an �in-house� one as this performance was not broadcast. However, according to Calvin M. Goodwin (OPERA-L-Thu 22 Aug 2002 09:13:07 EDT) the recording is not of a performance at the MET at all, but �appears to be a San Francisco broadcast from 1974 (18 October) with Renata Scotto, José Carreras, Judith Forst and Julian Patrick�. Recordings of this performance are listed separately. The highlights included as a �fller� with the recording of La fanciulla del west� issued by Bella Voce are however, according to Goodwin, from the performance at the MET (OPERA-L-Wed 18 Sep 2002 21:11:54 EDT)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Ugo Rápalo - 1969(STU)

Orchestra - Orchestra Filarmonica di Napoli

Chorus - Coro dell'Accademia Corale Napoletana

Cio Cio San - Raina Kabaivanska

Pinkerton - Gino Taddei

Sharpless - Gianni Maffeo

Suzuki - Mirella Marcossi

Kate Pinkerton - Anna Maria Borrelli

Goro - Pier Francesco Poli

Il principe Yamadori - Luigi Paolillo

Lo zio Bonzo - Nicolai Stoilov

Il commissario imperiale - Raffaele Passaro

L'ufficiale del Registro - Rolando Esposito

La madre di Cio Cio San - Fernanda Gambardella

La zia - Rita Corinaldesi

La cugina - Elisa Coppola

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Black Disc - BASF 59-23 329 K {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

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Napoleone Annovazzi - 196?(SE)

Orchestra - Pro Musica-Symphonie-Orchester Hamburg

Chorus - Teatro Nuovo di Milano

Cio Cio San - Edith Lang

Pinkerton - John Maloy

Sharpless - John Modenos

Suzuki - Ingrid Schwerin

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Black Disc; - CBS 51 093 {1LP} (Germany) (1966)�

�(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:-

Fono Forum - September 1966 S.455 (mention)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in German

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 196?(SE)

Orchestra - Deutsche Oper Berlin

Chorus - RIAS Kammerchor

Cio Cio San - Anneliese Rothenberger

Pinkerton - Nicolai Gedda

Sharpless - Hermann Prey

Suzuki - Sieglinde Wagner

Goro - Hans Gunter

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Compact Disc - EMI Electrola 523 252 384-2 {1CD}

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 Anton Guadagno - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Cio Cio San - Anna Moffo

Pinkerton - Giuseppe Campora

Sharpless - Enzo Sordello

Suzuki - Huguette Tourangeau

Kate Pinkerton - Virginia d' Ambrosio

Goro - Mariano Caruso

Il principe Yamadori - James Morris

Lo zio Bonzo - Joseph Fair

Il commissario imperiale - Harry Dworchak

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers MAD 197001 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)�

�(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 performancr in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia (31 March 1970). The cast listed above is that given in Frank Hamilton's online chronology of opera performances in Philadelphia (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - 1970(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Jeanette Pilou

Pinkerton - Sándor Kónya

Sharpless - Frank Guarrera

Suzuki - Marcia Baldwin

Kate Pinkerton - Ivanka Myhal

Goro - Robert Schmorr

Il principe Yamadori - Raymond Gibbs

Lo zio Bonzo - Andrij Dobriansky

Il commissario imperiale - Russell Christopher

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3774

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 at the MET (29 September 1950). Omega's recording is listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Franci - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Pilar Lorengar

Pinkerton - George Shirley

Sharpless - Frank Guarrera

Suzuki - Mildred Miller

Kate Pinkerton - Ivanka Myhal

Goro - Robert Schmorr

Il principe Yamadori - Gene Boucher

Lo zio Bonzo - Edmond Karlsrud

Il commissario imperiale - Russell Christopher

L'ufficiale del Registro - Fawayne Murphy

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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers MAD 197101 {2CDRS} (Canada)

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 April 1971). The CDRs issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Moresco - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company

Chorus - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company

Cio Cio San - Gabriella Tucci

Pinkerton - Giovanni Consiglio

Sharpless - Bruce Yarnell

Suzuki - Leonore Lanzillotti

Kate Pinkerton - Bretta van Nes

Goro - Paul Franke

Il principe Yamadori - Orlando Hernandez

Lo zio Bonzo - Benjamin Matthews

Il commissario imperiale - Orlando Hernandez

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Compact Disc; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) {2CDRS} (2002)�

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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 performance in Tha Academy of Music, Philadelphia (February 1971). The cast listed above is that given by Frank Hamilton (click link below). The CDRs issued by Charles Handelman are listed in the CD supplement to his catalogue dated October 2002.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Leo Mueller - 1971(LI)

Orchestra - Baltimore Opera

Chorus - Baltimore Opera

Cio Cio San - Raina Kabaivanska

Pinkerton - Pedro Lavirgen

Sharpless - David Clatworthy

Suzuki - Bette Hankin

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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers MAD 197102 {2CDRS} ;; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3226-2 {2CDRS} (2009)�; La Maison de la Lirique 2195

�(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 Baltimore Opera (July 1971). The conductor is given as Gunther Schuller by The Opera Lovers. The CDRS issued by Premiere are included in their list of new CD releases - February 2009 and those issued by La Maison de la Lirique are listed on the website:

http://lamaisondelalirique.com/pdf-cd/DI%20PROSSIMA%20PUBBLICAZIONE.pdf

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1972(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Cio Cio San - Galina Vishnevskaya

Pinkerton - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Sharpless - Vincenzo Sardinero

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 3701

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 Vienna State Opera (21 April 1972). Omega's recording is listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1972(RA)

Orchestra - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Cio Cio San - Maria Chiara

Pinkerton - James King

Sharpless - Hermann Prey

Suzuki - Trudeliese Schmidt

Kate Pinkerton - Eilen Broady

Goro - Ferry Gruber

Il principe Yamadori - Anton Rosner

Lo zio Bonzo - Richard Kogel

Il commissario imperiale - Nikolaus Hillebrand

Yakusidè - Paul Hansen

L'ufficiale del Registro - Peter Schranner

La madre di Cio Cio San - Erika Rüggeberg

La zia - Marjorie Heistermann

La cugina - Karin Hautermann

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Black Disc; - Eurodisc 86 515 {3LPS} (1973)�;; Ariola-Eurodisc XG 68515R {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Eurodisc 500 209

Compact Disc - BMG RCA 74321 32242-2 {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:-

(The) Gramophone - July 1982 p.167 [EG]

Orpheus - Dezember 1973 S.36 [GA]

Opéra International - avril 1996 No.201 p.66

Diapason - No.423 février 1996 p.65

Répertoire - No.90 avril 1996 p.56

L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.98 - Giugno 1996 p.71

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Mark Ermler - 1972(STU)

Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre

Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre

Cio Cio San - Maria Bieshu

Pinkerton - Vladimir Atlantov

Sharpless - Andrei Fedoseyev

Suzuki - Galina Borisova

Kate Pinkerton - Nina Novoselova

Goro - Gennady Yefimov

Il principe Yamadori - Alexander Arkhipov

Lo zio Bonzo - Valery Yaroslavtsev

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Black Disc - Melodiya SM 3905-10; EMI 3 C 165-98994/6

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 Nello Santi - 1973(Act 1;LE)

Orchestra - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Chorus - Philadelphia Lyric Opera

Cio Cio San - Renata Scotto

Pinkerton - Carlo Bergonzi

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution ALD 1816 (+Manon Lescaut +Turandot - excerpts) (1989)�

�(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 performed at a �Puccini Gala� (8 January 1974).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1973(LE)

Orchestra - New York City Opera

Chorus - New York City Opera

Cio Cio San - Elizabeth Carron

Pinkerton - Herman Malamood

Sharpless - David Clatworthy

Suzuki - Deborah Kieffer

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Compact Disc - Legato Classics LCD 212-1 (+Suor Angelica)

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 - March 8 1997 p.42 (mention)

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.62 (mention)

Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the New York City Opera (23 October 1973)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Serge Baudo - 1973(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Leontyne Price

Pinkerton - Stuart Burrows

Sharpless - Robert Goodloe

Suzuki - Nedda Casei

Kate Pinkerton - Carlotta Ordassy

Goro - Robert Schmorr

Il principe Yamadori - Russell Christopher

Lo zio Bonzo - Clifford Harvuot

Il commissario imperiale - Gene Boucher

L'ufficiale del Registro - Fawayne Murphy

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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1328

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 (24 September 1973). 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 described as an �Excellent in-house recording�.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1974(FI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Cio Cio San - Mirella Freni

Pinkerton - Plácido Domingo

Sharpless - Robert Kerns

Suzuki - Christa Ludwig

Kate Pinkerton - Elke Schary

Goro - Michel Sénéchal

Il principe Yamadori - Giorgio Stendoro

Lo zio Bonzo - Marius Rintzler

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Laser Disc - *London 071 504-1 (NTSC)

DVD (Video) - Decca POBL 1006 (Japan) (2000)�; Decca 071 404-9 (2001)�; DG 073 4037 (2005)�; DG 073 4417 (+Tosca +La bohème) (2008)�

VHS Video Cassette - London 071 504 832.99(NTSC); Decca 071 404-3(PAL)

�(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 - May 1990 p.1966 [JBS]; January 2002 pp.100-101 [MEO]

Fanfare - Vol.29 No.2 November/December 2005 p.352 [JK]

Orpheus - Heft 11+12 November+Dezember 2003 S.76 [GE]; März+April 2006 S.69 [IW]

Opéra International - No.267 avril 2002 pp.64-65 (DVD) [SS]

Diapason - No.499 janvier 2003 p.123 [MP]

International Record Review - March 2002 p.86 [MVA]

American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 pp.303-306 [DF]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.121 [MG]

Répertoire - No.157 mai 2002 p.42 [PT]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.50 marzo-abril 2002 p.105 [PMH]: No.113 septiembre 2008 p.89 [AT]

Comments:- An opera film which has the same cast as the audio recording except for the roleof Pinkerton

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler - 1974(LI)

Orchestra - San Francisco Opera

Chorus - San Francisco Opera

Cio Cio San - Renata Scotto

Pinkerton - José Carreras

Sharpless - Julian Patrick

Suzuki - Judith Forst

Kate Pinkerton - Gwendolyn Jones

Goro - Joseph Frank

Il principe Yamadori - Lawrence Cooper

Lo zio Bonzo - Philip Booth

Il commissario imperiale - John Miller

L'ufficiale del Registro - Colin Harvey

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Compact Disc; - *John Wegner San Francisco Opera - The Adler Years - 2 SFO-02; (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)�; Myto 2 MCD 013 248 {2CDS} (2001)�; live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {2CDS}

�(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:-

Fanfare - Vol.25 No.5 May/June 2002 pp.186-187 [GJ]

American Record Guide - January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.151-152 [MM]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.96 [JS]

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (18 October 1974). In the review in FANFARE of the CDs issued by Myto the date (quoting Myto? ) is incorrectly given as �June 18 1974�. According the �The San Francisco Opera - 1922-1978� by Arthur Bloomfield there was no performance given by the San Francisco Opera on that day, but Madama Butterfly was performed with the above cast on 18 October 1974 (the date given by the Mike Richter CD-ROM)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1974(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Cio Cio San - Mirella Freni

Pinkerton - Luciano Pavarotti

Sharpless - Robert Kerns

Suzuki - Christa Ludwig

Kate Pinkerton - Elke Schary

Goro - Michel Sénéchal

Il principe Yamadori - Giorgio Stendoro

Lo zio Bonzo - Marius Rintzler

Il commissario imperiale - Hans Helm

Yakusidè - Wolfgang Scheider

L'ufficiale del Registro - Siegfried Rudolf Frese

La madre di Cio Cio San - Evamaria Hurdes

La zia - Erna Mühlerberger

La cugina - Martha Heigl

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Black Disc; - Decca SET 584-86 {3LPS} (1975)�; Decca 6.35258 (Germany); London OSA 13110 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette; - Decca K2A1; Decca 417 577-4 (1987)�

Compact Disc; - Decca 417 577-2 {3CDS} (1987)�; Decca 443 204-2 (Collection) Decca 473 997-210 (+La bohème +Tosca +Turandot) {9CDS} (2004)�

�(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 1975 p.1544 [EG]; May 1975 p.2031 (mention) [AB]; July 1975 p.159 [JBS]; June 1987 p.101 [EG]

Opera Now - September 1994 p.54

The Absolute Sound - Issue 61 September/October 1989 p.130

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Michelangelo Veltri - 1975(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

Cio Cio San - Adelaide Negri

Pinkerton - Eduardo Sarramida

Sharpless - Renato Cesari

Suzuki - Marilu Anselmi

Kate Pinkerton - Marta Brunetti

Goro - Nino Falzetti

Il principe Yamadori - Héctor Barbieri

Lo zio Bonzo - Jorge (Giorgio) Algorta

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Compact Disc - New Ornamenti NOC 140-1 {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

Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (2 August 1975). The CDs issued on the New Ornamenti label are listed on the website http://www.Lrmusic.net. The partial cast listed above is that given by LR-Music and it differs slightly from the (incomplete) listing on the website of Teatro Colón (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Nello Santi - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia

Cio Cio San - Maria Chiara

Pinkerton - Gianni Raimondi

Sharpless - Attilio D' Orazi

Suzuki - Anna Di Stasio

Kate Pinkerton - Anna Lia Bazzani

Goro - Mario Guggia

Il principe Yamadori - Paolo Cesari

Lo zio Bonzo - Giovanni Antonini

Il commissario imperiale - Franco Boscolo

L'ufficiale del Registro - Uberto Scaglione

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Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 10251 {2CDS} (1999)�

�(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:-

Fanfare - Vol.23 No.1 September/October 1999 p.322 [JM]

Orpheus - Juli 1999 S.58 [IW]

Opéra International - No.252 décembre 2000 pp.72-73 [SS]

International Opera Collector - Summer 1999 No.12 pp.106-108 [MO]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII Supplemento al N.129 maggio 1999 p.67 [GL]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.34 julio-agosto 1999 p.95 [JMP]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.123 julio-agosto 1999 pp.52-53 [PL]

Comments:- *According to Mondo Musica this is a recording of a performance in La Fenice on 4 July 1976. The cast and conductor listed above are those given in �Il Teatro La Fenice - Cronologia degli Spettacoli 1938-1991� p.316 for all the performances of Madama Butterfly in July 1976, except that the singer of Suzuki is given as Maria Di Stassio. I have assumed this to be a misprint for Anna Di Stassio. The cast and conductor given by Mondo Musica differs from this in that the conductor is given as Ettore Gracis and Pinkerton, Suzuki, and Lo zio Bonzo are given as Carlo Bini, Clara Foti, and Alessandro Maddalena. SS in his review in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL also states that Pinkerton is sung by Gianni Raimondi. However the list of performances by Gianni Raimondi in �Gianni Raimondi - Felicamente Tenore� by Daniele Rubboli does not include this performance, so the cast given by Mondo Musica may be correct. Carlo Marinelli also lists the cast and conductor given by Mondo Musica in ODE (hyperlink in CLORLNK.HTM)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Richard Woitach - 1976(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Teresa Zylis-Gara

Pinkerton - John Alexander

Sharpless - Theodor Uppman

Suzuki - Nedda Casei

Kate Pinkerton - Carlotta Ordassy

Goro - Nico Castel

Il principe Yamadori - Russell Christopher

Lo zio Bonzo - Andrij Dobriansky

Il commissario imperiale - Gene Boucher

L'ufficiale del Registro - Kun Yui Yoo

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Compact Disc; - Bensar BRO 123213 {2CDRS} (2004)�; The Opera Lovers MAD 197601 {2CDRS} (2007)�

�(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:- *This is probably a recording of the performance at the MET on 3 April 1976 which was broadcast. The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of �berkshire record outlet inc.� and those issued by �The Opera Lovers� are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Armando Gatto - 1976(STU)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Cio Cio San - Montserrat Caballé

Pinkerton - Bernabé Marti (Martinez)

Sharpless - Franco Bordoni

Suzuki - Sylvana Mazzieri

Kate Pinkerton - María (Asunción) Uriz

Goro - Piero De Palma

Il principe Yamadori - Dalmacio González

Lo zio Bonzo - Juan (Joan) Pons

Il commissario imperiale - Enric Serra

Yakusidè - Rafael Campos

L'ufficiale del Registro - Rafael Campos

La madre di Cio Cio San - Rosa María Ysás

La zia - Carmen Ricart

La cugina - Cecilia Fondevila

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Black Disc - Discos Columbia (Spain); Decca D68DR 3 {3LPS}; London OSA 13121 {3LPS}; Ariston AROL 39 001/39 003 {3LPS} (Italy)

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 - February 1978 p.1460 [EG]: July 1978 p.167 [JBS]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Cio Cio San - Jeanette Pilou

Pinkerton - Franco Bonisolli

Sharpless - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)

Suzuki - Gertrude Jahn

Kate Pinkerton - Waltraud Wansauer

Goro - Murray Dickie

Il principe Yamadori - Ewald Aichberger

Lo zio Bonzo - Alois Pernerstorfer

Il commissario imperiale - Hans Christian

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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10448-2 {2CDRS} (2009)�

�(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 Vienna State Opera (10 February 1977). The CDRs issued by �Opera Depot� are listed on the website http://www.operadepot.com (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Morelli - 1977(LI)

Orchestra - New York City Opera

Chorus - New York City Opera

Cio Cio San - Elizabeth Carron

Pinkerton - Lando Bartolini

Sharpless - John Darrenkamp

Suzuki - Sandra Walker

Kate Pinkerton - Kathleen Hegierski

Goro - Jerold Siena

Il principe Yamadori - James Sergi

Lo zio Bonzo - Philip Steele

Il commissario imperiale - William Ledbetter

L'ufficiale del Registro - James Sergi

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1257-2 {2CDRS} (2004)�

�(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 New York City Opera (12 March 1977). The cast listed above is that given in �The New York City Opera - An American Adventure� p.459. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in �Premiere Compact Disc Releases Winter 2004�.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1977?(STU)

Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Cio Cio San - Renata Scotto

Pinkerton - Plácido Domingo

Sharpless - Ingvar Wixell

Suzuki - Gillian Knight

Kate Pinkerton - Ann Murray

Goro - Florindo Andreolli

Il principe Yamadori - Jonathan Summers

Lo zio Bonzo - Malcolm King

Il commissario imperiale - Christopher Keyte

Yakusidè - Leslie Fyson

L'ufficiale del Registro - Alan Byers

La madre di Cio Cio San - Gloria Jennings

La zia - Jean Temperley

La cugina - Lynda Richardson

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Black Disc; - CBS �Masterworks� 79313 {3LPS} (UK) (1978)�

Compact Disc; - CBS MZK 35181 {2CDS} (1987)�; Sony Classical SM2K 91135 {2CDS} (2003)�

�(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:-

(The) Gramophone - September 1978 p.543 [EG]; April 1979 p.1673 [JBS] ; June 1987 p.101 [EG]; December 2003 p.105 [AB]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Paul Popescu - 1979(STU)

Orchestra - Rumanian State Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Rumanian State Philharmonic Chorus Cluj-Napoca & Satu Mare Chorus

Cio Cio San - Eugenia Moldoveanu

Pinkerton - Emil Gherman

Sharpless - Eduard Tumagian

Suzuki - Mihaela Agachi

Kate Pinkerton - Corina Circa

Goro - Stefan Popescu

Il principe Yamadori - Ioan Soanea

Lo zio Bonzo - Ioan Soanea

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Black Disc - Electrocord ST ECE 0651/3

Compact Disc - Carlton Classics (IMP Classics) 30367 00487; MCPS SEL 950406

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 - Juli 1996 S.61

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

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Heinrich Bender - 1979?(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Cio Cio San - Gwyneth Jones

Pinkerton - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Sharpless - Raimund Grumbach

Suzuki - Gudrun Wewezow

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2796-2 {2CDRS} (2008)�

�(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 in the Nationaltheater, Munich (January 1979?). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in �New Releases� dated Tuesday 08 January 2008. I have been unable to confirm the details of this recording.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Patanè - 1980(STU)

Orchestra - Hungarian State Opera

Chorus - Hungarian State Opera

Cio Cio San - Veronika Kincses

Pinkerton - Peter Dvorsky

Sharpless - Lajos Miller

Suzuki - Klára Takács

Kate Pinkerton - Gabriella Számadó

Goro - István Rozsos

Il principe Yamadori - Péter Korcsmáros

Lo zio Bonzo - József Gregor

Il commissario imperiale - Gábor Vághelyi

Yakusidè - Pál C. Tóth

L'ufficiale del Registro - Tibor Gyapjas

La madre di Cio Cio San - Erzsébet Kovács

La zia - Magda Pulveri

La cugina - Márta Kiss

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Black Disc - Hungaroton SLPX 12256-12258 {3LPS}

Compact Cassette - Hungaroton MK 12256-12258

Compact Disc - Hungaroton HCD 12256/12257-2 {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:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1985 p. [EG]

American Record Guide - September/October 1985 Vol.48 No.5 p.70 [JPM]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Thomas Fulton - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera

Chorus - Metropolitan Opera

Cio Cio San - Teresa Zylis-Gara

Pinkerton - Ermanno Mauro

Sharpless - Pablo Elvira

Suzuki - Jean Kraft

Kate Pinkerton - Therese Brandson

Goro - James Atherton

Il principe Yamadori - Robert Goodloe

Lo zio Bonzo - Morley Meredith

Il commissario imperiale - Norman Andersson

L'ufficiale del Registro - Cecil Baker

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Compact Disc; - Bensar OL 122681 (BRO 125498) {2CDRS} (2005)�

�(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 (26 December 1981). 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 Miguel-Ángel Gomez-Martinis (Gómez Martínez) - 1981(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus - Grand Théâtre de Genève

Cio Cio San - Elena Mauti Nunziata

Pinkerton - Franco Tagliavini

Sharpless - Thomas Allen

Suzuki - Wilma Borelli

Kate Pinkerton - Magali Schwartz

Goro - Piero De Palma

Il principe Yamadori - Yves Bisson

Lo zio Bonzo - Giovanni Foiani

Il commissario imperiale - Michel Bouvier

Yakusidè - François Castel

L'ufficiale del Registro - Hans Franzen

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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 performance in the Grand Théâtre de Genève (June 1981). A recording of this performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 10 January 1982. See Radio Times Issue dated 9-15 January 1982 p.36.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gabriele Bellini - 1982(STU)

Orchestra - Bulgarian Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - Bulgarian National Chorus

Cio Cio San - Raina Kabaivanska

Pinkerton - Nazzareno Antinori

Sharpless - Nelson Portella

Suzuki - Alexandrina Milcheva(-Nonova)

Kate Pinkerton - Rossitsa Troeva-Mircheva

Goro - Roumen Doikov

Il principe Yamadori - Verter Vrachovski

Lo zio Bonzo - Kosta Dinkov

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Black Disc - Balktanton BOA 11093/95; Frequenz 3 DAB; Frequenz CAB 2

Compact Disc; - Arts 47161-2 {2CDS} (1995)�

�(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:-

Fanfare - November/December 1996 Vol.20 No.2 p.338

Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.59

American Record Guide - November/December 1996 Vol.59 No.6 p.180

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.101 julio-agosto 1997 p.70 (mention)

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.91 [PN]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Maurizio Arena - 1983(LI)

Orchestra - Verona Arena

Chorus - Verona Arena

Cio Cio San - Raina Kabaivanska

Pinkerton - Nazzareno Antinori

Sharpless - Lorenzo Saccomani

Suzuki - Eleonora Jankovic

Kate Pinkerton - Marisa Zotti

Goro - Mario Ferrara

Il principe Yamadori - Giuseppe Zecchillo

Lo zio Bonzo - Gianni Brunelli

Il commissario imperiale - Carlo Meliciani

Yakusidè - Bruno Grella

L'ufficiale del Registro - Bruno Tessari

La madre di Cio Cio San - Lina Rossi

La zia - Anna Lia Bazzani

La cugina - Sandra Zamuner

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DVD (Video) - Warner Music Vision/NVC Arts 4509 99220-2 (2001)�; Kultur D 2103 (USA) (2004)�

VHS Video Cassette - Castle Vision CVI 2007 (PAL); NVC Arts 4509 99220-3 (PAL)

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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 - Special Awards Issue 1997 p.131 [JBS]; September 2001 p.103 [MEO]

Opera Now - January/February 1998 p.95 (mention) [RF]

Opera News - April 2004 pp.90-91 [IS]

Opéra International - No.267 avril 2002 pp.64-65 (DVD) [SS]

International Opera Collector - Summer 1998 No.8 p.90 [MSR]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - marzo-mayo 1998 No.27 p.99 [DMGR]

L'opera (Milano) - Supplemento al n.119 maggio 1998 p.64 [EE]

Comments:- Video recording of a performance at the Verona Festival (July 1983; see OPERA Festival Issue 1983 p.112)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Miguel-Ángel Gomez-Martinis (Gómez Martínez) - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Chicago Lyric Opera

Chorus - Chicago Lyric Opera

Cio Cio San - Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Pinkerton - Peter Dvorsky

Sharpless - Richard Stilwell

Suzuki - Elena Zilio

Kate Pinkerton - Catherine Stoltz

Goro - Florindo Andreolli

Il principe Yamadori - Paul Kreider

Lo zio Bonzo - John Del Carlo

Il commissario imperiale - Mark S. Doss

L'ufficiale del Registro - David Gregory Berg

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DVD (Video) - The Opera Lovers DVD 199501 (2005)�

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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:- *Video recording of a performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera (September or October 1985). The cast listed above is that given in the performance chronology on the website of the Chicago Lyric Opera (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The DVD-R issued by �The Opera Lovers� is listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the year of the performance recorded is given incorrectly as 1995.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Gerard Pérez Busquier - 1985(LI)

Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo

Cio Cio San - Ilona Tokody

Pinkerton - Antonio Ordoñez

Sharpless - Juan (Joan) Pons

Suzuki - Raquel Pierotti

Kate Pinkerton - María (Asunción) Uriz

Goro - José (Josep) Ruiz

Il principe Yamadori - Vicente (Vicenç) Esteve

Lo zio Bonzo - Antonio Zerbini

Il commissario imperiale - Vicente (Vicenç) Esteve

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Compact Disc - House of Opera CD 187 {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 Gran Teatro del Liceo (28 March 1985).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1986(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Cio Cio San - Yasuko Hayashi

Pinkerton - Peter Dvorsky

Sharpless - Giorgio Zancanaro

Suzuki - Hak-Nam Kim

Kate Pinkerton - Anna Caterina Antonacci

Goro - Ernesto Gavazzi

Il principe Yamadori - Arturo Testa

Lo zio Bonzo - Sergio Fontana

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Laser Disc - Pioneer PLMCC 00261 (PAL)

DVD (Video) - ArtHaus Musik 100 110 (Europe) (2001)�; Arthaus Musik 100 940 (+La bohème - Severini) {2DVDS} (2003)�

VHS Video Cassette - Virgin VHS VVD 341 (PAL)

�(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 - May 1990 p.1966 [JBS]; May 2001 p.106 (DVD) [JBS]

Opera - June 2003 pp.751-752 [GH]

Opera Now - December 1994 p.50

Opéra International - No.174 novembre 1993 p.64; No.267 avril 2002 pp.64-65 (DVD) [SS]

Diapason - No.490 mars 2002 p.116 [MP]

International Record Review - September 2001 p.86 [MVA]

Répertoire - No.155 mars 2002 p.38 [PT]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Rouslan Raichev - 1987(STU)

Orchestra - Sofia National Opera

Chorus - Sofia National Opera

Cio Cio San - Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Pinkerton - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall

Sharpless - Alberto Rinaldi

Suzuki - Stefka Mineva

Kate Pinkerton - Lidia Gocheva

Goro - Angel Petkov

Il principe Yamadori - Ljubomir Bodurov

Lo zio Bonzo - Nicolai Stoilov

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Compact Disc - Capriccio 60 009 {2CDS}; Laserlight Classics 14 112 (Highlights) {1CD}; Laserlight Classics 24 432 {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:-

Fanfare - Vol.17 No.6 July/August 1994 p.202 (Highlights)

Répertoire - No.124 mai 1999 p.54 [PD]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli - 1987(STU)

Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Cio Cio San - Mirella Freni

Pinkerton - José Carreras

Sharpless - Juan (Joan) Pons

Suzuki - Teresa Berganza

Kate Pinkerton - Marianne Rerholm

Goro - Anthony Laciura

Il principe Yamadori - Mark Curtis

Lo zio Bonzo - Kurt Rydl

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Black Disc; - DG 423 567-1 {3LPS} (1988)�

Compact Cassette; - DG 423 567-4 (1988)�;; DG 447 774-4

Compact Disc; - DG 423 567-2 {3CDS} (1988)�

�(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:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1988 p.1060 [MEO]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian?

Conductor Fuat Mansurov - 198?(STU)

Orchestra - Bolshoi Theatre

Chorus - Bolshoi Theatre

Cio Cio San - Lamara Chkonya

Pinkerton - Alexander Dedik

Sharpless - Vladimir Malchenko

Suzuki - Lyudmila Nam

Kate Pinkerton - Glafira Koroleva

Goro - Vitali Vlassov

Il principe Yamadori - Valery Yaroslavtsev

Lo zio Bonzo - Vitali Nartov

Il commissario imperiale - Vladislav Pashinsky

Yakusidè - Mikhail Shkapysov

La cugina - Valentina Streinikova

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Black Disc - Melodiya C10 16413003 {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:- The LPs issued by Melodiya are listed in �Soviet Records�.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Alexander Rahbari - 1991(STU)

Orchestra - Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Slovak Philharmonic Chorus

Cio Cio San - Miriam Gauci

Pinkerton - Yordy Ramiro

Sharpless - Georg Tichy

Suzuki - Nelly Boschkowa

Kate Pinkerton - Alzbeta Michalkova

Goro - Josef Abel

Il principe Yamadori - Robert Szucs

Lo zio Bonzo - Jozef Spacek

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Compact Disc - Naxos 8 660015-6 {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 - April 1992 p.113;May 1992 p.113

Fanfare - November-December 1992 p.324

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

Musica (Milano) - No.104 giugno-settembre 1997 p.128 [EG]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Conlon - 1994(FI)

Orchestra - Orchestre de Paris

Chorus - Choeur de Radio France

Cio Cio San - Ying Huang

Pinkerton - Richard Troxell

Sharpless - Richard Cowan

Suzuki - Ning Liang

Kate Pinkerton - Constance Hauman

Goro - Jing-Ma Fan

Il principe Yamadori - Christopheren Nomura

Lo zio Bonzo - Edmund Zelotes Toliver

Il commissario imperiale - Edmund Zelotes Toliver

Yakusidè - Richard Tromc

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Compact Disc; - Sony Classical S2K 69258 {2CDS} (1995)�

Laser Disc; - Sony Classical LD 246 73 (1997)�

DVD (Video) - Columbia Tristar CDR 24673 (2002)�

�(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 - April 1997 p.98 (audio); August 2002 p.89, p.91 (DVD) [MEO]

Opera - June 1997 p.745 (audio)

Opera Now - July/August 1997 p.89 (mention); March/April 1998 p.95 (video) [AM]

Opera News - August 1996 p.45 (audio)

Fanfare - Vol.20 No.1 September/October 1996 p.291 (audio)

Orpheus - Dezember 1996 S.51 (audio)

Opéra International - février 1996 No.199 p.58 (audio); mars 1998 No.222 p.53 (video) [SS]

Diapason - No.423 février 1996 p.65(audio); No.437 mai 1997 p.112 (video)

BBC Music Magazine - February 1996 p.13: March 1997 p.62 (audio)

American Record Guide - September/October 1996 Vol.59 No.5 p.183 (audio)

Stereophile - December 1996 (Vol.19 No.12) p.251 (audio)

Classic CD - February 1997 p.66 (audio)

Répertoire - No.86 décembre 1995 p.6: No.87 janvier 1996 p.51 (audio)

Le Monde de la Musique - No.196 février 1996 p.89 (audio)

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.89 junio 1996 p.60 (audio)

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.19 marzo-mayo 1996 p.65(audio)

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.108 - maggio 1997 p.92 (audio)

Comments:- A video recording (and soundtrack) of a film directed by Frédérick Mitterrand (see LE MONDE DE LA MUSIQUE, No.192, October 1995 p.54 and the supplement to DIAPASON No.420 novembre 1995)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Giorgio Notev - 1994(LI)

Orchestra - Sofia Symphony Orchestra

Chorus - Teatro Lirico d'Europa

Cio Cio San - Qui Li Chien

Pinkerton - Manuel Contreras

Sharpless - Laszlo Fogel

Suzuki - Qing Miao

Goro - Dimitri Dimitrov

Il principe Yamadori - Hristo Sarafov

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Compact Disc - Harmony Music Opera 6 {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

Comments:- Recording of a performance in Grenoble (10 December 1994)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Joseph Rescigno - 1995(LI)

Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera

Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera

Cio Cio San - Diana Soviero

Pinkerton - Martin Thompson

Sharpless - Donnie Ray Albert

Suzuki - Yun Deng

Goro - Jerold Siena

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1680-2 {2CDRS} (2005)�

�(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 Dallas Civic Opera (November 1995; briefly mentioned in OPERA May 1996 p.531. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in �Premiere Opera Ltd. 2005 Winter/Spring New Releases�.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor James Tuggle - 1995(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Cio Cio San - Eliane Coelho

Pinkerton - Luis Lima

Sharpless - Hans Helm

Suzuki - Anna Gonda

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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3743 (1995)�

�(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 Vienna State Opera (5 June 1995). The compact cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in �Operatic Audio Cassettes - New Listings - November 1995�.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Silvio Varviso - 1995(LI)

Orchestra - Opéra des Flandres

Chorus - Opéra des Flandres

Cio Cio San - Cheryl Barker

Pinkerton - Frederic Kalt

Sharpless - Jorma Hynninen

Suzuki - Anne Collins

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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5092 (2004)�; Encore DVD 2173 (2006)�

�(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:- *Video recording of the original (1904) version. This appears to be of a performance at L'Opéra des Flandres, Anvers in January 1995. The performance on 7 January is reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.188 février 1995 p.28. The DVD-R issued by Premiere is listed in �Premiere Opera New DVD Releases June-July 2004� and that issued on the Encore label is (was?) 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 Charles Rosekrans - 1995?(STU)

Orchestra - Hungarian State Opera

Chorus - Hungarian State Opera

Cio Cio San - Maria Spacagna

Pinkerton - Richard Di Renzi

Sharpless - Erich Parce

Suzuki - Sharon Graham

Kate Pinkerton - Vivica Genaux

Goro - Richard Markley

Il principe Yamadori - Balázs Póka

Lo zio Bonzo - James Butler

Il commissario imperiale - Tamas Clementis

Yakusidè - Sándor Egri

L'ufficiale del Registro - Philip Boulton

La madre di Cio Cio San - Gabriella Számadó

La zia - Francesca Silvera

La cugina - Rita Solero

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Compact Disc; - VOX �Classics� VOX4 7525 {4CDS} (1997)�

�(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 - May 1999 p.100 [MEO]

Opera Now - September/October 1999 p.109 [ST]

Opera News - January 25 1997 p.42

Fanfare - Vol.20 No.4 March/April 1997 p.268; Vol.21 No.2 November/December 1997 p.86 [BR]

Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.54: August + September 1999 S.81 [GH]

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

BBC Music Magazine - February 1997 p.68

International Opera Collector - Autumn 1997 No.5 p.90 [JB]

American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.177 [CHP]

Répertoire - No.105 septembre 1997 p.49 [PT]

Comments:- Recording of the original (1904) version with the revisions made for Brescia (1904) and Paris (1906)

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Angelo Campori - 1997(LI)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Cio Cio San - Raina Kabaivanska

Pinkerton - Keith Olsen

Sharpless - Franco Vassallo

Suzuki - Francesca Franci

Kate Pinkerton - Bernadette Lucarini

Goro - Mario Bolognesi

Il principe Yamadori - Fernando Luis Ciuffo

Lo zio Bonzo - Marco Pauluzzo

Il commissario imperiale - Silvio Tullio Falzoni

L'ufficiale del Registro - Dario Benini

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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 08413

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 Verona Arena (9 July 1997). The cast listed above is that given in �Opera '97 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia� p.309. The Compact Cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Patrick Summers - 1997(LI)

Orchestra - Opera Australia

Chorus - Opera Australia

Cio Cio San - Cheryl Barker

Pinkerton - Jay Hunter Morris

Sharpless - Douglas McNicol

Suzuki - Ingrid Silveus

Kate Pinkerton - Julie Edwardson

Goro - Graeme MacFarlane

Il principe Yamadori - Angus Wood

Lo zio Bonzo - Michael Saunders

Il commissario imperiale - John Cummins

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Compact Disc - ABC Records 476 1010 {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 publication:-

International Record Review - December 2003 p.81 [RL1]

Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Sydney Opera House (6 August 1997).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Günter Neuhold - 1997

Orchestra - Bremer Philharmoniker Staatsorchester

Chorus - Bremer Theater

Cio Cio San - Svetlana Katchour

Pinkerton - Bruce Rankin

Sharpless - Heikki Kilpeläiinen

Suzuki - Fredrika Brillemburg

Kate Pinkerton - Kristen Strejc

Goro - Uwe Eikötter

Il principe Yamadori - Loren Christopher Lang

Lo zio Bonzo - Andreas Haller

Il commissario imperiale - Daniel Ratchev

Yakusidè - Armin Kolarczyz

L'ufficiale del Registro - Karsten Küsters

La madre di Cio Cio San - Elisabeth Bunge

La zia - Birgit Binnewies

La cugina - Laura Pederson

Il Bambino - Gustavo Brillemburg

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Compact Disc; - Naxos 8.660078-79 {2CDS} (2002)�

�(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 - August 2002 pp.82-83 [MEO]

Opera News - September 2002 pp.91-92 [AFC]

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

Orpheus - 11+12 November+Dezember 2004 S.57 [KC]

Diapason - No.496 octobre 2002 p.100 [JC]

American Record Guide - September/October 2002 Vol.65 No.5 p.156 [LM]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.53 septiembre 2002 p.84 [SG]

Répertoire - No.161 octobre 2002 p.76 [PD]

CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 pp.47-48 [SV]

Comments:- Recording of the original version of 1904. �Recorded at Bremen Theatre, Stuhr, Germany, from 15th to 19th December 1997�

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor David Abell - 199?(SE)

Orchestra - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus - CHORUS

Cio Cio San - Claire Rutter

Pinkerton - Paul Charles Clarke

Sharpless - Stephen Gadd

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Compact Disc - Tring TRP (+La Bohème - excerpts)

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 2002 p.80 [MEO]

Opera Now - March/April 2002 p.99 [GH]

Classic CD - October 1997 p.83 [MSR]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in French

Conductor Pierre Menet - 19??(SE)

Orchestra - Orchestre

Cio Cio San - Géori Boué

Pinkerton - Michel Cadiou

Sharpless - Xavier Depraz

Suzuki - Maria d' Apparécida

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Black Disc; - Barclay 89.015 {1LP} (1966)�

�(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:-

Diapason - No.108 juin-juillet 1966 p.31 [JG]

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in English

Conductor Yves Abel - 2000(STU)

Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra

Chorus - Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

Cio Cio San - Cheryl Barker

Pinkerton - Paul Charles Clarke

Sharpless - Gregory Yurisich

Suzuki - Jean Rigby

Kate Pinkerton - Ann Taylor

Goro - Stuart Kale

Il principe Yamadori - D'Arcy Bleiker

Lo zio Bonzo - Clive Bayley

Il commissario imperiale - Roland Wood

Yakusidè - Simon Birchall

L'ufficiale del Registro - Frances Brett

La madre di Cio Cio San - Anne Sheridian Jinks

La zia - Paula Bott

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Compact Disc; - Chandos CHAN 3070 {2CDS} (2001)�

�(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:-

Opera News - March 2002 pp.63-64 [SFV]

Fanfare - Vol.25 No.4 March/April 2002 pp.154-155 [JM]

BBC Music Magazine - February 2002 p.72 [GH]

International Record Review - January 2002 p.75 [MT]

American Record Guide - March/April 2002 Vol.65 No.2 p.147 [RVL]

Comments:- *Recorded in the Blackheath Halls, London (13-17 December 2000). The CDs issued by Chandos are reviewed by Christopher Howell on �Classical Music Web�:-

http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classicrev

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Yuri Ahronovitch - 2001(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Chorus - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Cio Cio San - Chiho Oiwa

Pinkerton - José Ferrero

Sharpless - Giuseppe Garra

Suzuki - Tea Demurishvilli

Kate Pinkerton - Liesi Odenweller

Goro - Enrico Cossutta

Il principe Yamadori - Giovanni Maini

Lo zio Bonzo - Armando Caforio

Il commissario imperiale - Luciano Graziosi

Yakusidè - Luca Favaron

L'ufficiale del Registro - Franco Zanette

La madre di Cio Cio San - Valeria Arrivo

La zia - Marta Codognola

La cugina - Emanuela Conti

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD (2002)�

�(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 in the Palafenice (23 February 2001). The cast listed above is that given in �Opera 2001 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia� p.244. The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue in November 2002.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor John DeMain - 2001(LI)

Orchestra - Cincinnati Opera

Chorus - Cincinatti Opera

Cio Cio San - Chen Sue

Pinkerton - Marcus Haddock

Sharpless - Ashley Holland

Suzuki - Zheng Cao

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 5881 {2CDRS} (2002)�

�(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 in the Music Hall, Cincinnati (June 2001).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Carlo Rizzi - 2002(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala

Chorus - Teatro alla Scala

Cio Cio San - Daniela Dessi

Pinkerton - Fabio Armiliato

Sharpless - Alberto Gazale

Suzuki - Elena Cassian

Kate Pinkerton - Adelina Scarabelli

Goro - Mario Bolognesi

Il principe Yamadori - Fabio (Maria) Capitanucci

Lo zio Bonzo - Riccardo Ferrari

Il commissario imperiale - Ernesto Panariello

Yakusidè - Tino Nava

L'ufficiale del Registro - Antonio Novello

La madre di Cio Cio San - (Maria) Francesca Garbi

La zia - Lucia Mastromarino

La cugina - Anna Zoroberto

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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 803 {2CDRS} (2002)�

�(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 in the Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan (June 2002). The cast listed above is that given in �Opera 2002 Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia� pp.150-151. The performance on 5 June 2002 is reviewed in L'OPERA Anno XVI N.163 luglio/agosto 2002 pp.16-18; OPERA November 2002 p.1351. The CDRs issued by House of Opera were listed in their online catalogue in November 2002. Here Roberto Aronica is listed as a member of the cast. However, although he was in the cast that was originally announced, it appears that he did not sing.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Metodi Matakiev - 2003(LI)

Orchestra - Teatro Lirico d'Europa

Chorus - Teatro Lirico d'Europa

Cio Cio San - Su Jin Lee

Pinkerton - Gabriel Gonzalez

Sharpless - Ted Lambrinos

Suzuki - Elena Marinova

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1451-2 {2CDRS} (2004)�

�(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 given by the Teatro Lirico d'Europa in the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston (20 March 2003). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in �Premiere Opera New CD Releases Fall 2004�.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonio Pappano - 2003(LI)

Orchestra - Covent Garden

Chorus - Covent Garden

Cio Cio San - Cristina Gallardo-Domás

Pinkerton - Marco Berti

Sharpless - Lucio Gallo

Suzuki - Enkelejda Shkosa

Kate Pinkerton - Katija Dragojevic

Goro - Peter Hoare

Il principe Yamadori - Quentin Hayes

Lo zio Bonzo - Jonathan Veira

Il commissario imperiale - Grant Doyle

Yakusidè - Alan Duffield

L'ufficiale del Registro - John Bernays

La madre di Cio Cio San - Kathleen Wilder

La zia - Susan Malsey

La cugina - Jane Haughton

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1284-2 {2CDRS} (2004)�; Celestial Audio CA 704 {2CDRS} (2008)�

DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5037

VHS Video Cassette; - Premiere Opera Ltd. VID 2724 (NTSC) (2003)�

�(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:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) at Covent Garden. See OPERA May 2003 pp.593-594; OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.279 mai 2003 p.57. There are also reviews on the internet

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Edo De Waart - 2003(LI)

Orchestra - Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest

Chorus - Nederlandische Opera

Cio Cio San - Cheryl Barker

Pinkerton - Martin Thompson

Sharpless - Richard Stilwell

Suzuki - Catherine Keen

Kate Pinkerton - Anneleen Bijnen

Goro - Peter Blanchet

Il principe Yamadori - Roger Smeets

Lo zio Bonzo - Andzehj Saciuk

Il commissario imperiale - Bart Driessen

Yakusidè - Harry Teeuwen

L'ufficiale del Registro - John van Halteren

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DVD (Video) - Opus Arte OA 0936D (2005)�

�(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:-

Opera News - April 2006 p.81 [RB2]

Fanfare - Vol.29 No.5 May/June 2006 pp.276-277 [AL2]

Diapason - No.533 février 2006 p.114 [MP]

Opéra Magazine - No.4 février 2006 p.80 [PC]

International Record Review - January 2006 pp.79-80 [RL1]

American Record Guide - March/April 2006 Vol.69 No.2 pp.276-277 [RVL]

Comments:- *Video recording of a performance in the Muziektheater, Amsterdam

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Plácido Domingo - 2004(LC)

Orchestra - Città Lirica

Chorus - Città Lirica

Cio Cio San - Daniela Dessi

Pinkerton - Fabio Armiliato

Sharpless - Juan (Joan) Pons

Suzuki - Rossana Rinaldi

Kate Pinkerton - Maria Cioppi

Goro - Luca Casalin

Il principe Yamadori - Marco Camastra

Lo zio Bonzo - Riccardo Zanellato

Il commissario imperiale - Marco Camastra

Yakusidè - Salvatore Ferrari

L'ufficiale del Registro - Stefano La Colla

La madre di Cio Cio San - Sandra Mellace

La zia - Alessandra Meozzi

La cugina - Elena Borin

Il Bambino - Raul Fruzza

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Compact Disc; - Dynamic CDS 599 {2CDS} (2008)�

DVD (Video) - Dynamic 33457 (2004)�

�(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:-

Opera News - July 2005 pp.64-65 (DVD) [EM]

Fanfare - Vol.32 No.2 November/December 2008 pp.292-293 (audio) [BR]

Orpheus - 1+2 Januar+Februar 2005 S.69-S.70 (DVD) [IW]

Opéra International - No.296 décembre 2004 p.94 (DVD) [PC]

Diapason - No.521 janvier 2005 p.111 (DVD) [MP]

International Record Review - December 2004 pp.87-88 (DVD) [RL1]

American Record Guide - November/December 2008 Vol.71 No.6 pp.144-145 (audio) [RVL]

L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.187 ottobre 2004 p.78 (DVD) [GL]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.79 abril 2005 p.76 (DVD) [FGR]

Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) at Torre del Laggo (May 2004; see L'OPERA Anno XVIII No.184 giugno 2004 pp.36-37).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Daniel Oren - 2004(LC)

Orchestra - Arena di Verona

Chorus - Arena di Verona

Cio Cio San - Fiorenza Cedolins

Pinkerton - Marcello Giordani

Sharpless - Juan (Joan) Pons

Suzuki - Francesca Franci

Kate Pinkerton - Mina Blum

Goro - Carlo Bosi

Il principe Yamadori - Alessandro Battiato

Lo zio Bonzo - Carlo Striuli

Il commissario imperiale - Angelo Nardinocchi

L'ufficiale del Registro - Giovanni Scordino

La madre di Cio Cio San - Veronica Simeoni

La cugina - Maria Letizia Grosselli

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DVD (Video) - TDK DVWW OPMBUT (2006)�

�(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:-

Fanfare - Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 pp.279-280 [JC]; Vol.31 No.5 May/June 2008 pp.348-351 [RT]

Diapason - No.538 juillet-aoüt 2006 p.117 [MP]

International Record Review - June 2006 pp.79-80 [CC]

American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 pp.222-225 [DF]

Opéra Magazine - No.8 juin 2006 p.83 [PC]

Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.94 octubre 2006 pp.81-82 [JC]

Comments:- *Video recording made at performances in the Verona Arena (June, July 2004).

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Yutaka Sado - 2007(LI)

Orchestra - Orchestra Stabile del Viotti

Chorus - Choeur

Cio Cio San - Verónica Villarroel

Pinkerton - Marco Berti

Sharpless - Anthony Michaels-Moore

Suzuki - Julia Gertseva

Goro - Gilles Ragon

Il principe Yamadori - Paul Kong

Lo zio Bonzo - Wojtek Smilek

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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3336-2 {2CDRS} (2009)�

�(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 Chorégies d'Orange (10 July 2007). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in �Premiere Opera New CD Releases� April 2009.

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Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini performed in Italian

Conductor Antonio Pappano - 2008(STU)

Orchestra - Santa Cecilia

Chorus - Santa Cecilia

Cio Cio San - Angela Gheorghiu

Pinkerton - Jonas Kaufmann

Sharpless - Fabio (Maria) Capitanucci

Suzuki - Enkelejda Shkosa

Kate Pinkerton - Cristina Reale

Goro - Gregory Bonfatti

Il principe Yamadori - Roberto Valentini

Lo zio Bonzo - Raymond Aceto

Il commissario imperiale - Massimo Simeoli

L'ufficiale del Registro - Fabrizio Di Bernardo

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Compact Disc; - EMI Classics 2641872 {2CDS} (2009)�

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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 2009 p.93 [PO'C]

Opera - April 2009 pp.482-483 [MK]

Orpheus - 5+6 Mai - Juni 2009 S.54 [IW]

International Record Review - March 2009 pp.72-73 [RL1]

Opéra Magazine - No.3 mars 2009 p.78 [PC]

Comments:- *Recorded in the Santa Cecilia Hall of the Accademia Nnazionale di Santa Cecilia (July 2008).

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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source

(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance

(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film

(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film

CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988

EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994

GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)

HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973

MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982

MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993

MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997

More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999

NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli

PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993

Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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