Research Catalog

Title

Madama Butterfly [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Publication

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2004.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.
• Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.
• Villarroel, Verónica.
• Bunnell, Jane.
• Berti, Marco, 1962-
• Caproni, Bruno, 1960-
• Sorenson, Joel.
• Walker, Alfred (Bass)
• Paynter, Stephen.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Mobbs, Daniel.
• Mavrovitis, Reveka.
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Zeger, Brian.
• Ellison, Cori.
• Bernheimer, Martin.
• Thomason, Paul.
• Plotkin, Fred.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] January 24, 2004.

Uniform Title

• ChevronTexaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas
• Horne, Marilyn

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Sung in Italian.
• Subtitle from house program.
• Durations: 55:49 (announcements, synopses and intermission feature) ; 2:22:00 (opera).
• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Veronica Villarroel (Cio-Cio San) ; Jane Bunnell (Suzuki) ; Marco Berti (B.F.Pinkerton) ; Bruno Caproni (Sharpless) ; Joel Sorenson (Goro) ; Alfred Walker (Imperial Commisary) ; Stephen Paynter (The registrar) ; James Courtney (The Uncle-priest) ; Daniel Mobbs (Yamadori) ; Reveka Evangelina Mavrovitis (Kate Pinkerton) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Placido Domingo, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event (note)

• Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York City, Jan. 24, 2004.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Contents

CD 1. Tone ; Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Pre-curtain delay feature (Edward Downes, host, with Birgit Nilsson and Joan Sutherland in a demonstration of technical terms - rebroadcast of Jan. 26, 1963) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) ; ChevronTexaco's opera quiz (Brian Zeger questions Cori Ellison, Martin Bernheimer, and Paul Thomason) ; Fred Plotkin pays tribute to Marilyn Horne ; Synopses of Acts 2 and 3 (Allen).

Call Number

*LDC 35344

OCLC

NYPG04-R417

Author

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Title

Madama Butterfly [sound recording] : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2004.

Series

ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] January 24, 2004.

ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] January 24, 2004.

Cast

Veronica Villarroel (Cio-Cio San) ; Jane Bunnell (Suzuki) ; Marco Berti (B.F.Pinkerton) ; Bruno Caproni (Sharpless) ; Joel Sorenson (Goro) ; Alfred Walker (Imperial Commisary) ; Stephen Paynter (The registrar) ; James Courtney (The Uncle-priest) ; Daniel Mobbs (Yamadori) ; Reveka Evangelina Mavrovitis (Kate Pinkerton) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Placido Domingo, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 68, no. 7 (January 2004).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York City, Jan. 24, 2004.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist

Villarroel, Verónica. Performer

Bunnell, Jane. Performer

Berti, Marco, 1962- Performer

Caproni, Bruno, 1960- Performer

Sorenson, Joel. Performer

Walker, Alfred (Bass) Performer

Paynter, Stephen. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Mobbs, Daniel. Performer

Mavrovitis, Reveka. Performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Zeger, Brian. Commentator

Ellison, Cori. Commentator

Bernheimer, Martin. Performer

Thomason, Paul. Commentator

Plotkin, Fred. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

ChevronTexaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 35344