Madama Butterfly : opera in three acts / by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa, after John Luther Long's story and David Belasco's play ; from the Sydney Opera House, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Opera Australia ; director, Moffatt Oxenbould ; producer, Cameron Kirkpatrick ; TV producer, Cheryl Forrest-Smith.
Cheryl Barker (Madama butterfly) ; Jay Hunter Morris (B.F. Pinkerton) ; Graeme MacFarlane (Goro) ; Douglas McNicol (Sharpless) ; Ingrid Silveus (Suzuki) ; Julie Edwardson (Kate Pinkerton) ; Matt Smith (Trouble) ; Michael Saunders (Bonze) ; Angus Wood (Prince Yamadori) ; John Cummins (Imperial commissioner) ; Gregory Brown (Official registrar) ; The Opera Australia Chorus ; The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra ; Patrick Summers, conductor. Picture format 4:3, letterboxed, NTSC. Recorded Aug. 6, 1997 at the Sydney Opera House.
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