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. 1.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. Introduction
    1:01
  2. 2.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “E soffito e pareti”
    5:02
  3. 3.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Dovunque al mondo”
    3:50
  4. 4.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Amore e grillo”
    3:24
  5. 5.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Ancora un passo or via”
    2:55
  6. 6.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Gran ventura”
    3:27
  7. 7.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “L’Imperial Commisario”
    2:56
  8. 8.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Vieni, amor mio!”
    2:41
  9. 9.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Ieri son salita tutta sola”
    1:43
  10. 10.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Tutti zitti!”
    1:16
  11. 11.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Madame Butterfly”
    2:10
  12. 12.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Cio‐Cio‐San!”
    2:37
  13. 13.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Bimba, bimba, non piangere”
    5:39
  14. 14.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Bimba dagli occhi”
    3:23
  15. 15.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Vogliatemi bene”
    7:01
  16. 16.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “E Izaghi ed Izamami”
    7:00
  17. 17.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Un bel dì”
    4:13

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “C’è. Entrate”
    4:16
  2. 3.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Yamadori, ancor le pene”
    4:32
  3. 4.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Ora a noi”
    3:09
  4. 5.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Due cose potrei far”
    1:59
  5. 6.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Ah! M’ha scordata?”
    4:37
  6. 7.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Io scendo al piano”
    3:08
  7. 8.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Il cannone del porto!”
    3:16
  8. 9.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Tutti i fior?”
    3:41
  9. 10.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. “Or vienmi ad adornar”
    5:10
  10. 11.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 1. Humming Chorus
    3:23
  11. 12.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 2. “Oh eh! Oh eh!”
    7:02
  12. 13.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 2. “Già il sole!”
    4:22
  13. 14.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 2. “Io so che alle sue pene”
    3:23
  14. 15.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 2. “Addio, fiorito asil”
    2:51
  15. 16.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 2. “Suzuki, Suzuki”
    6:15
  16. 17.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 2. “Come una mosca”
    2:58
  17. 18.
    Madama Butterfly: Atto II, scena 2. “Con onor muore…”
    4:43

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