Madama Butterfly
Album by Giacomo Puccini & Maria Chiara & James King & Hermann Prey & Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Münchner Rundfunkorchester & Giuseppe Patanè
Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, first performed in 1904. The work exemplifies Puccini's late-Romantic, verismo-influenced style, featuring lush orchestration, sweeping lyrical vocal writing and evocative use of pentatonic and modal colouring to suggest its Japanese setting, and it marks a significant development in his career as a composer of Italian opera.
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Disc 1
- 1.Madama Butterfly: Atto I. Introduction1:01
- 2.Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “E soffito e pareti”5:02
- 3.Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Dovunque al mondo”3:50
- 4.Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Amore e grillo”3:24
- 5.Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Ancora un passo or via”2:55
- 6.Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Gran ventura”3:27
- 7.Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “L’Imperial Commisario”2:56
- 8.Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Vieni, amor mio!”2:41
- 9.Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Ieri son salita tutta sola”1:43
- 10.Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Tutti zitti!”1:16
- 11.Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Madame Butterfly”2:10
- 12.Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Cio‐Cio‐San!”2:37
- 13.Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Bimba, bimba, non piangere”5:39
- 14.Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Bimba dagli occhi”3:23
- 15.Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Vogliatemi bene”7:01
- 16.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “E Izaghi ed Izamami”7:00
- 17.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Un bel dì”4:13
Disc 2
- 2.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “C’è. Entrate”4:16
- 3.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Yamadori, ancor le pene”4:32
- 4.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Ora a noi”3:09
- 5.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Due cose potrei far”1:59
- 6.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Ah! M’ha scordata?”4:37
- 7.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Io scendo al piano”3:08
- 8.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Il cannone del porto!”3:16
- 9.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Tutti i fior?”3:41
- 10.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Or vienmi ad adornar”5:10
- 11.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. Humming Chorus3:23
- 12.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 2. “Oh eh! Oh eh!”7:02
- 13.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 2. “Già il sole!”4:22
- 14.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 2. “Io so che alle sue pene”3:23
- 15.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 2. “Addio, fiorito asil”2:51
- 16.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 2. “Suzuki, Suzuki”6:15
- 17.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 2. “Come una mosca”2:58
- 18.Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 2. “Con onor muore…”4:43













