At the Opera - 12/1/12 - Puccini: Madame Butterfly
Saturday, December 1, 2012


Listen Now:

Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two acts) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. The libretto of the opera is based in part on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther Long, which was dramatized by David Belasco. The story of the opera was based on events that actually occurred in Nagasaki in the early 1890s. This 1958 recording stars Renata Tebaldi and Carlo Bergonzi. Tullio Serafin conducts.


Play List

8:00p
8:00p
Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo - Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor; Label: Naxos; Number: 8550240 FindBUY FindBUY
8:10p
Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Saint Cecilia Academy Orchestra and Chorus; Tullio Serafin, conductor; Tebaldi/Bergonzi; Label: Polygram Records; Number: 452594 FindBUY FindBUY
10:00p
10:58p
Leo Delibes: Lakme: Act 1. Viens, Malika...Dome epais le jasmin - Joan Sutherland/Jane Berbie - Orchestra of Monte Carlo; Richard Bonynge, conductor; Joan Sutherland/Jane Berbie; Label: Polygram Records; Number: 4213222 FindBUY FindBUY
11:00p
11:04p
Georges Bizet: Carmen: Act 1. Habanera: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle - Marilyn Horne - Vienna Opera Orchestra; Henry Lewis, conductor; Marilyn Horne; Label: Polygram Records; Number: 4213222 FindBUY FindBUY
11:08p
Gioachino Rossini : Il barbiere di Siviglia: Act 1. Largo al factotum - Sherrill Milnes - London Philharmonic; Silvio Varviso, conductor; Sherrill Milnes; Label: Polygram Records; Number: 4213222 FindBUY FindBUY
11:13p
W.A. Mozart: Cosi fan tutte: Act 1. Soave sia il vento - Lucia Popp/Brigitte Fassbaender/Tom Krause - Vienna Haydn Orchestra; Istvan Kertesz, conductor; Lucia Popp/Brigitte Fassbaender/Tom Krause; Label: Polygram Records; Number: 4213222 FindBUY FindBUY
11:16p
Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco: Act 3. Va, pensiero Chorus - London Philharmonic; Roberto Benaglio, conductor; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Label: Polygram Records; Number: 4213222 FindBUY FindBUY
11:21p
Giuseppe Verdi: Aida: Act 1. Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aida - Luciano Pavarotti - Vienna Volksoper Orchestra; Leone Magiera, conductor; Luciano Pavarotti; Label: Polygram Records; Number: 4213222 FindBUY FindBUY
11:25p
Giacomo Puccini: Tosca: Act 1. Recondita armonia - Franco Corelli/Alfredo Mariotti - Accademia di Santa Cecilia di Roma; Lorin Maazel, conductor; Franco Corelli; Label: Polygram Records; Number: 4213222 FindBUY FindBUY
11:28p
Camille Saint-Saëns : Samson & Dalila: Act 2. Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix - Marilyn Horne - Wiener Opernorchester; Lorin Maazel, conductor; Marilyn Horne; Label: Polygram Records; Number: 4213222 FindBUY FindBUY
11:34p
Giuseppe Verdi : Verdi: Su, profetessa . . . Di'tu se fedele (Placido Domingo) - New Philharmonia Orch. with the Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Riccardo Muti, conductor; Placido Domingo; Label: EMI Classics; Number: 5099926419220 FindBUY FindBUY
11:38p
Giacomo Puccini: Puccini: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Montserrat Caballe) - New Philharmonia Orch. with the Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; Montserrat Caballe; Label: EMI Classics; Number: 5099926419220 FindBUY FindBUY
11:41p
Christoph Willibald Gluck: Gluck: Che faro senza Euridice? (David Daniels) - Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment; Harry Bicket, conductor; David Daniels; Label: EMI Classics; Number: 5099926419220 FindBUY FindBUY
11:45p
Wolfgang Korngold: Korngold: Gluck, das mir verblieb form Die tote Stadt - Philharmonia Orch.; Julius Rudel, conductor; Kiri Te Kanawa; Label: EMI Classics; Number: 5099926419220 FindBUY FindBUY
11:56p
Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo - Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor; Label: Naxos; Number: 8550240 FindBUY FindBUY

For information not listed here, please visit Overnight and Weekend Classical Music


Back