Madama Butterfly [videorecording] : Japanese tragedy / by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica ; music by Giacomo Puccini ; staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle ; a production of UNITEL Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co.
Opera in 2 acts. Program notes and plot synopsis by Kenneth Chalmers in English (11 p. : ill.) inserted in container. Mirella Freni (Cic-Cio-San (Butterfly)) ; Plácido Domingo (B. F. Pinkterton) ; Christa Ludwig (Suzuki) ; Robert Kerns (Sharpless) ; Michel Sénéchal (Goro) ; Marius Rintzler (Il bonzo) ; Elke Schary (Kate Pinkerton) ; supporting soloists ; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor. Filmed Nov. and Dec. 1974 at Union Film, Berlin; sound recorded Jan. and Sept. 1974, Sofiensaal, Vienna.
Summary:
A heart-rending story about a sweet-natured Japanese girl and the caddish American lieutenant who marries then deserts her.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)60932032
Locations:
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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