Madama Butterfly
Album by Giacomo Puccini & Melody Moore & Stefano Secco & Elisabeth Kulman & Lester Lynch & Coro Gulbenkian & Orquestra Gulbenkian & Lawrence Foster
Madama Butterfly is an opera by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, first performed in 1904. Musically it is a late-Romantic Italian opera rooted in the verismo tradition, characterised by sweeping orchestration, emphasised melodic vocal lines and the incorporation of musical touches intended to evoke Japanese colour, and it followed Tosca as part of Puccini's continued development of his lyric-theatrical style in the early 20th century.
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Disc 1
- 1.Madama Butterfly, Act I: E soffitto… e pareti… (Pinkerton, Goro)2:22
- 2.Madama Butterfly, Act I: Questa è la cameriera (Goro, Pinkerton, Suzuki, Sharpless)4:39
- 3.Madama Butterfly, Act I: Dovunque al mondo (Pinkerton, Sharpless, Goro)4:18
- 4.Madama Butterfly, Act I: Quale smania vi prende! (Sharpless, Pinkerton, Chorus, Goro)4:17
- 5.Madama Butterfly, Act I: Quanto cielo! … Ancora un passo or via (Chorus, Butterfly, Sharpless)3:09
- 6.Madama Butterfly, Act I: Gran ventura (Butterfly, Chorus, Pinkerton, Sharpless, Goro)3:59
- 7.Madama Butterfly, Act I: L’Imperial Commissario (Goro, Pinkerton, Chorus, Butterfly, Cugina, Madre, Yakusidé, Zia, Sharpless)2:58
- 8.Madama Butterfly, Act I: Vieni, amor mio! (Pinkerton, Butterfly, Goro)2:42
- 9.Madama Butterfly, Act I: Ieri son salita tutta sola (Butterfly, Goro, Il Commissario Imperiale, Chorus, Sharpless, L’Ufficiale del registro, Pinkerton)4:45
- 10.Madama Butterfly, Act I: Ed eccoci in famiglia (Pinkerton, Chorus, Lo Zio Bonzo, Butterfly, Goro, Suzuki)5:32
- 11.Madama Butterfly, Act I: Viene la sera (Pinkerton, Butterfly, Suzuki)3:34
- 12.Madama Butterfly, Act I: Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malìa (Pinkerton, Butterfly)4:05
- 13.Madama Butterfly, Act I: Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino (Butterfly, Pinkerton)7:33
- 14.Madama Butterfly, Act II: E Izaghi ed Izanami (Suzuki, Butterfly)7:41
- 15.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Un bel dì, vedremo (Butterfly)4:38
Disc 2
- 2.Madama Butterfly, Act II: C’è. Entrate (Goro, Sharpless, Butterfly)3:49
- 3.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Non lo sapete insomma (Butterfly, Sharpless, Goro, Yamadori)2:05
- 4.Madama Butterfly, Act II: A voi però giurerei fede costante (Yamadori, Sharpless, Goro, Butterfly)4:06
- 5.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Ora a noi (Sharpless, Butterfly)5:49
- 6.Madama Butterfly, Act II: E questo? E questo? (Butterfly, Sharpless)2:40
- 7.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Che tua madre dovrà (Butterfly, Sharpless)3:11
- 8.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Io scendo al piano (Sharpless, Butterfly)1:38
- 9.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Vespa! Rospo maledetto! (Suzuki, Butterfly, Goro)2:14
- 10.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Una nave da guerra (Suzuki, Butterfly)2:54
- 11.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio (Butterfly, Suzuki)5:25
- 12.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Or vienmi ad adornar (Butterfly, Suzuki)5:07
- 13.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)2:47
- 14.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Oh eh! Oh eh! Oh eh! (Chorus)7:52
- 15.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Già il sole! (Suzuki, Butterfly)1:49
- 16.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Povera Butterfly (Suzuki, Sharpless, Pinkerton)3:15
- 17.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Io so che alle sue pene (Sharpless, Pinkerton, Suzuki)3:55
- 18.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Addio, fiorito asil (Pinkerton, Sharpless)1:51
- 19.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Glielo dirai? (Kate, Suzuki, Butterfly)2:56
- 20.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Tu, Suzuki (Butterfly, Suzuki)1:42
- 21.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Son la causa innocente (Kate, Butterfly)1:48
- 22.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Sotto il gran ponte del cielo (Butterfly, Kate, Sharpless)1:15
- 23.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Come una mosca prigioniera (Suzuki, Butterfly)2:54
- 24.Madama Butterfly, Act II: Con onor muore (Butterfly, Pinkerton)5:20
