Madama Butterfly (Television program : 2004 : Zeffirelli)
Title:
Madama Butterfly / [music by] Giacomo Puccini ; a co-production between Rai Trade and TDK Recording Media Europe S.A. ; stage director, Franco Zeffirelli.
Opera in three acts. Filmed live at the Arena di Verona, Italy, 2004. Fiorenza Cedolins, soprano ; Francesca Franci, Mina Blum, mezzo-sopranos ; Marcello Giordani, tenor ; Juan Pons, baritone ; additional soloists ; Orchestra and Chorus of the Arena di Verona ; Daniel Oren, conductor. Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, based on the story by John Luther Long and the play by David Belasco. DTS 5.1, anamorphic wide screen 1.78:1.
Summary:
Filmed performance of Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly.
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