CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 -- CD 3. Act 3 ; Closing remarks (Allen) ; Opera News on the Air (Gregg Whiteside speaks with Rudolph Giuliani) ; Martin Bernheimer pays tribute to Edward Downes ; Synopsis of Acts 2 & 3 (Allen).
Call number
*LDC 27394
Note
Compact discs.
Performer (note)
Daniela Dessì (Cio Cio San) ; Jane Bunnell (Suzuki) ; Fabio Armiliato (B.F. Pinkerton) ; William Shimell (Sharpless) ; Richard Fracker (Goro) ; Alfred Walker (Imperial commissary) ; Marty Singleton (Registrar) ; Michael Devlin (Uncle-priest) ; Richard Hobson (Yamadori) ; Reveka Mavrovitis (Kate Pinkerton) ; Marco Armiliato, conductor ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 30, 2002.
Source (note)
Metropolitan Opera;
Language (note)
Sung in Italian.
Author
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Title
Madama Butterfly [sound recording] / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by L. Illica and G. Giacosa.
Series
ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 30, 2002.
ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of] Mar. 30, 2002.
Cast
Daniela Dessì (Cio Cio San) ; Jane Bunnell (Suzuki) ; Fabio Armiliato (B.F. Pinkerton) ; William Shimell (Sharpless) ; Richard Fracker (Goro) ; Alfred Walker (Imperial commissary) ; Marty Singleton (Registrar) ; Michael Devlin (Uncle-priest) ; Richard Hobson (Yamadori) ; Reveka Mavrovitis (Kate Pinkerton) ; Marco Armiliato, conductor ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 30, 2002.