Madama Butterfly discography

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This is a partial discography of Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), an opera by Giacomo Puccini. The original version of the opera premiered on February 17, 1904, at La Scala in Milan.

Audio recordings[edit]

Year Cast
(Cio-Cio San, Pinkerton,
Suzuki, Sharpless)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[1][2]
1921 Ottavia Giordano,
Santo Santonocito,
Ginevra Amato,
Adolfo Pacini
Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
LP: Società Nazionale del Grammofono
Cat: S 5410-5434
1929 Rosetta Pampanini,
Alessandro Granda,
Conchita Velasquez,
Gino Vanelli
Lorenzo Molajoli
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
LP: Columbia
Cat: D 14530-43
CD: Arkadia
Cat: 78041
1929-30 Margaret Burke Sheridan,
Lionello Cecil,
Ida Mannarini,
Vittorio Weinberg
Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
LP: HMV
Cat: S 10190-205
CD: Romophone
Cat: 89001-2
Arkadia, Cat: 78030
1939 Toti Dal Monte,
Beniamino Gigli,
Vittoria Palombini,
Mario Basiola
Oliviero De Fabritiis
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus
LP: HMV
DB 3859-3874
CD: EMI CHS
Cat: 7 69990-2
1948 Eleanor Steber,
Jan Peerce,
Suzanne Carré,
Richard Bonelli
Eugene Ormandy
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and chorus
CD: VAI
Cat: VAIA 1220
1949 Eleanor Steber,
Richard Tucker,
Jean Madeira,
Giuseppe Valdengo
Max Rudolf
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
LP: Columbia Records
Cat: 13011D -13026D
CD: Sony
Cat: MH2K 62765
1951 Renata Tebaldi,
Giuseppe Campora,
Nell Rankin,
Giovanni Inghilleri
Alberto Erede
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus
LP: Decca
Cat: LXT 2638-2640
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.110254-55
1953 Clara Petrella,
Ferruccio Tagliavini,
Mafalda Masini,
Giuseppe Taddei
Angelo Questa
RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus
LP: Cetra
Cat: OLPC1248/1-3
CD: Warner-Fonit
Cat: 0927-43551-2
1954 Victoria de los Ángeles,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Anna Maria Canali,
Tito Gobbi
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus
LP: HMV
cat: ALP 1215-1217
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.111291-92
1955 Maria Callas,
Nicolai Gedda,
Lucia Danieli,
Mario Borriello
Herbert von Karajan
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
LP: Columbia
Cat: 33CX 1296-1298
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.111026-27
1956 Dorothy Kirsten,
Daniele Barioni,
Mildred Miller,
Clifford Harvuot
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
LP: Metropolitan Opera Record Club
Cat: MO 722
CD: Living Stage
Cat: LS 1038
1957 Anna Moffo,
Cesare Valletti,
Rosalind Elias,
Renato Cesari
Erich Leinsdorf
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus
LP: RCA Victrola
Cat: VICS 6100
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 4145-2
1958 Renata Tebaldi,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Fiorenza Cossotto,
Enzo Sordello
Tullio Serafin
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus
LP: Decca
Cat: LXT 5468-5470
CD: Decca
Cat: 470 577-2
1959 Victoria de los Ángeles,
Jussi Björling,
Miriam Pirazzini,
Mario Sereni
Gabriele Santini
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus
LP: HMV
Cat: ALP 1795-1797
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 414446-5
1962 Leontyne Price,
Richard Tucker,
Rosalind Elias,
Philip Maero
Erich Leinsdorf
RCA Italiana Orchestra and chorus
LP: RCA Victor
Cat: LSC 6160
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 09026 68884-2
1966 Renata Scotto,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Anna di Stasio,
Rolando Panerai
John Barbirolli
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus
LP: HMV
Cat: SAN 184-186
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 3.67720-2
1974 Mirella Freni,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Christa Ludwig,
Robert Kerns
Herbert von Karajan
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus
CD: Decca
Cat: 417 577-2
1976 Montserrat Caballé,
Bernabé Martí,
Silvana Mazzieri,
Franco Bordoni
Armando Gatto
Gran Teatre del Liceu orchestra and chorus
LP: Decca
Cat: D68DR 3
1977 Renata Scotto,
Plácido Domingo,
Gillian Knight,
Ingvar Wixell
Lorin Maazel
Philharmonia Orchestra
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
CD: Sony Classical
Cat: SM2K 91135
1987 Mirella Freni,
José Carreras,
Teresa Berganza,
Juan Pons
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Philharmonia Orchestra
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
LP: Deutsche Grammophon
423 567-1
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 423 567-2
1991 Miriam Gauci,
Yordy Ramiro,
Nelly Boschkowá,
Georg Tichy
Alexander Rahbari
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Slovak Philharmonic chorus
CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.660015-16
1997 Svetlana Katchour,
Bruce Rankin,
Fredrika Brillemburg,
Heikki Kilpelainen
Günter Neuhold
Bremer Philharmoniker Staatsorchester
Bremer Theater chorus (Original 1904 version)
CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.660078-79
2008 Angela Gheorghiu,
Jonas Kaufmann,
Enkelejda Shkosa,
Fabio Capitanucci
Antonio Pappano
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 2641872

Video recordings[edit]

Year Cast
(Cio-Cio San, Pinkerton,
Suzuki, Sharpless)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[1][2]
1956 Anna Moffo,
Renato Cioni,
Miti Truccato Pace,
Afro Poli
Oliviero De Fabritiis
RAI Milano orchestra and chorus
DVD: VAI
Cat: VAI 4284
1974 Mirella Freni,
Plácido Domingo,
Christa Ludwig,
Robert Kerns
Herbert von Karajan
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 073 4037
1986 Yasuko Hayashi,
Peter Dvorský,
Hak-Nam Kim,
Giorgio Zancanaro
Lorin Maazel
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
DVD: Arthaus
Cat: 100 110
2004 Daniela Dessì,
Fabio Armiliato,
Rossana Rinaldi,
Juan Pons
Plácido Domingo
Festival Puccini at Torre del Lago
Città Lirica orchestra and chorus
DVD/CD: Dynamic
Cat: 33457
Cat: CDS 599[3]
2011 Patricia Racette,
Marcello Giordani,
Maria Zifchak,
Greg Fedderly
Patrick Summers
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
DVD: Sony Classical
Cat: 88697-80662-9 [4]
2019 Riccardo Chailly
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
DVD/Blu ray: Decca
Cat: 100 110

References[edit]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Recordings of Madama Butterfly on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. ^ a b Note: "Cat:" is short for catalogue number by the label company.
  3. ^ “Madama Butterfly review – Domingo, Festival Puccini 2004”. classicstoday.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020
  4. ^ “Summers, Madama Butterfly review – The Met 2011”. classical.net. Retrieved 7 January 2020

Sources

  • Blyth, Alan, ed. Opera on Record. Hutchinson & Co., London. 1979.
  • Gruber, Paul, ed. The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera. W.W. Norton & Co., New York. 1993.