Puccini: Madama Butterfly (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Lucia Danieli, Nicolai Gedda, Herbert von Karajan, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Lucia Danieli, Nicolai Gedda, Herbert von Karajan, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Lucia Danieli, Nicolai Gedda, Herbert von Karajan, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
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Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra: La Scala Theater Orchestra
Performer: Enrico Campi
Performer: Lucia Danieli
Performer: Luisa Villa
Performer: Maria Callas
Performer: Mario Borriello
Performer: Mario Carlin
Performer: Nicolai Gedda
Performer: Plinio Clabassi
Performer: Renato Ercolani
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-08-19
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: E Soffitto... E Pareti...
  2. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Questa ? La Cameriera
  3. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Dovunque Al Mondo
  4. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Quale Smania Vi Prende!
  5. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Quanto Cielo!...Ancora Un Passo Or Via
  6. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Gran Ventura
  7. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: L'imperial Commissario
  8. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Vieni, Amor Mio!
  9. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Leri Son Salita Tutta Sola
  10. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Ed Eccoci In Famiglia
  11. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Vieni La Sera
  12. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Bimba Dagli Occhi Pieni Di Malia
  13. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Vogliatemi Bene, un Bene Piccolino
  14. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: E Lzaghi Ed Lzanami
  15. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Un Bel Di Vedremo
  16. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: C'?. Entrate
  17. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Non Lo Sapete Insomma
Music CD 2
  1. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: A Voi Per? Giurerei Fede Costante
  2. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Ora A Noi
  3. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: E Questo? E Questo?
  4. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Che Tua Madre Dovr?
  5. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Lo Scendo Al piano
  6. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Vespa! Rospo Maledetto!
  7. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Una Nave Da Guerra
  8. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Scuoti Quella Fronda Di Ciliegio
  9. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Or Vienmi Ad Adornar
  10. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Humming Chorus
  11. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Oh Eh! Oh Eh! Oh Eh!
  12. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Povera Butterfly!
  13. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Lo So Che Alle Sue Pene
  14. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Addio, Fiorito Asil
  15. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Glielo Dirai?
  16. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Che Vuol Da Me?
  17. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Come Una Mosca Prigioniera
  18. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Con Onor Muore

Music reviews of Puccini: Madama Butterfly (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Lucia Danieli, Nicolai Gedda, Herbert von Karajan, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

Music Review: Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux...
Rating: 5 Stars

I've seen/heard Madame Butterfly many times (fully stage, concert form, and recordings), sung by other good, principal singers; none of them comes close to how great this one is. Callas elevates Cio-Cio San and the opera to an ideal (my ideal) form of drama. I'm also very amazed by how she's able to portray the character development so well with nothing but her voice! She does it here just as well as she did in Tosca (1953 recording). Her phrasing is very captivating; she creates an eloquent and poised Cio-Cio San, and you can't help but empathize with that fragile, little and betrayed butterfly that she is, and your heart trembles along with hers in her captive state. So much hope and so much loss. The tragic end is heartbreaking and disarmingly beautiful at the same time. At the end, it leaves you in a weird sort of melancholic state: heartbroken, wet-eyed, but also incredulously amazed and happy about this great achievement in art (music in general and the recording of it)...most notably by Callas and of course, by the genius of Puccini.

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