Madama Butterfly

Album by Giacomo Puccini & Mirella Freni & José Carreras & Teresa Berganza & Juan Pons & Ambrosian Singers & Philharmonia Orchestra & Giuseppe Sinopoli

Madama Butterfly is an opera by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, premiered in 1904. The work combines late-Romantic orchestration and sweeping lyricism with musical references to Japanese sonorities to convey its tragic storyline, and it represents a key work of Puccini's mature operatic output.
First released: 20th September 1988

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "E lzaghi ed Izanami, Sarundasico e Kami"
    7:39
  2. 2.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. Intermezzo / "Oh eh! oh eh!"
    10:46
  3. 3.
    Madama Butterfly: Act I. Introduction / "E soffito e pareti"
    2:57
  4. 4.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "Un bel dì vedremo levarsi un fil di fumo"
    4:57
  5. 5.
    Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Sorride Vostro Onore?"
    3:08
  6. 6.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. "Già il sole! Cio-cio-san"
    2:19
  7. 7.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "C'è. Entrate" / "Chiedo scusa"
    4:40
  8. 8.
    Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Dovunque al mondo lo Yankee vagabondo"
    3:41
  9. 9.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. "Chi sia?" / "Zitta!" / "Non la destar"
    3:10
  10. 10.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "Yamadori, ancor le pene dell'amor non v'han delluso?"
    5:18
  11. 11.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. "lo so che alle sue pene non ci sono conforti!"
    4:32
  12. 12.
    Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Ed è bella la sposa?"
    1:00
  13. 13.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. "Addio fiorito asil"
    1:55
  14. 14.
    Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Amore o grillo, dir non saprei"
    3:36
  15. 15.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "Ora a noi. Sedete qui"
    3:26
  16. 16.
    Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Ecco! Son giunte al sommo del pendio"
    3:46
  17. 17.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "Due cose potrei far"
    2:38
  18. 18.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. "Glielo dirai!" / "Prometto"
    5:20
  19. 19.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. "Vespa! Voglio che tu risponda"
    7:45
  20. 20.
    Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Gran ventura" / "Riverenza" / "È un po' dura la scalata?"
    4:17
  21. 21.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "E questo? Egli potrà pure scordare?"
    8:17
  22. 22.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. "Tu? tu? Piccolo Iddio!"
    5:14
  23. 23.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "Vespa! Rospo maledetto!"
    1:08
  24. 24.
    Madama Butterfly: Act I. "L'imperial commissario"
    3:12
  25. 25.
    Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Vieni, amor mio"
    3:12
  26. 26.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "Vedrai, piccolo amor, mia pena e mio conforto"
    3:39
  27. 27.
    Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Ieri son salita tutta sola secreto"
    2:17
  28. 28.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. "Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio"
    11:21
  29. 29.
    Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part I. Coro a bocca chiusa
    3:05
  30. 30.
    Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Tutti zitti!" / "È concesso al nominato Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton"
    3:00
  31. 31.
    Madama Butterfly: Act I. "O Kami! O Kami!"
    3:17
  32. 32.
    Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Bimba, bimba, non piangere"
    2:18
  33. 33.
    Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Viene la sera"
    4:28
  34. 34.
    Madama Butterfly: Act I. "Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia"
    12:37

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