Madama Butterfly

Album by Giacomo Puccini & Eleanor Steber & Richard Tucker & Giuseppe Valdengo & Jean Madeira & Max Rudolf & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Madama Butterfly is an opera by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, first performed in 1904. Musically it blends elements of verismo and late Romantic lyricism, uses orchestral colour and recurring motifs to support expressive vocal lines, and comes after Tosca in Puccini's sequence of operas as part of his mature period with an interest in exotic settings.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. Overture
    0:59
  2. 2.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “E soffitto e pareti” (Pinkerton, Goro)
    5:06
  3. 3.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Dovunque al mondo lo Yankee” (Pinkerton, Sharpless)
    3:40
  4. 4.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Amore o grillo” (Pinkerton)
    3:13
  5. 5.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Ancora un passo or via” (Butterfly)
    2:50
  6. 6.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Gran ventura” (Butterfly, Pinkerton, Sharpless, Friends)
    3:34
  7. 7.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “L’Imperial Commissario” (Goro)
    2:12
  8. 8.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Vieni, amor mio!” (Pinkerton, Butterfly)
    2:42
  9. 9.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Ieri son salita tutta sola” (Butterfly)
    1:56
  10. 10.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Tutti zitti!” (Goro, Commissioner)
    1:16
  11. 11.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Madama Butterfly” (Ensemble)
    2:08
  12. 12.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Cio‐Cio‐san!” (Bonze, Ensemble)
    7:46
  13. 13.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Bimba dagli occhi” (Pinkerton)
    3:30
  14. 14.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Vogliatemi bene” (Butterfly)
    7:11
  15. 15.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “E Izaghi ed Izanami” (Suzuki, Butterfly)
    6:49
  16. 16.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì” (Butterfly)
    4:18

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “C’è. Entrate” (Goro)
    3:48
  2. 3.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Yamadori, ancor le pene” (Butterfly, Yamadori, Goro, Sharpless)
    4:52
  3. 4.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Ora a noi” (Sharpless)
    3:10
  4. 5.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Due cose potrei far” (Butterfly)
    2:08
  5. 6.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Ah! M’ha scordata” (Butterfly)
    5:01
  6. 7.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Io scendo al piano” (Sharpless)
    3:20
  7. 8.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Il cannone del porto!” (Suzuki)
    3:28
  8. 9.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Tutti i fior?” (Butterfly, Suzuki)
    3:36
  9. 10.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Or vienmi ad adornar” (Butterfly)
    5:13
  10. 11.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Humming Chorus (Ensemble)
    2:55
  11. 12.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto III. “Oh eh! Oh eh!” (Chorus of Sailors)
    7:23
  12. 13.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto III. “Già il sole!” (Suzuki, Butterfly)
    4:45
  13. 14.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto III. “Io so che alle sue pene” (Sharpless)
    2:43
  14. 15.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto III. “Addio, fiorito asil” (Pinkerton, Sharpless)
    3:26
  15. 16.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto III. “Suzuki, Suzuki!” (Butterfly)
    5:44
  16. 17.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto III. “Come una mosca” (Suzuki)
    2:41
  17. 18.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto III. “Con onor muore” (Butterfly)
    5:01

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