Madama Butterfly discography explained

This is a partial discography of Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), an opera by Giacomo Puccini. The original version of the opera premiered on February 17, 1904, at La Scala in Milan.

Audio recordings

YearCast
(Cio-Cio San, Pinkerton,
Suzuki, Sharpless)		Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra		Label[1] [2] /Notes
1921Ottavia Giordano,
Santo Santonocito,
Ginevra Amato,
Adolfo Pacini		Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus		LP: Società Nazionale del Grammofono
Cat: S 5410-5434
1929Rosetta Pampanini,
Alessandro Granda,
Conchita Velasquez,
Gino Vanelli		Lorenzo Molajoli
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus		LP: Columbia
Cat: D 14530-43
CD: Arkadia
Cat: 78041
1929-30Margaret Burke Sheridan,
Lionello Cecil,
Ida Mannarini,
Vittorio Weinberg		Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus		LP: HMV
Cat: S 10190-205
CD: Romophone
Cat: 89001-2
Arkadia, Cat: 78030
1939Toti Dal Monte,
Beniamino Gigli,
Vittoria Palombini,
Mario Basiola		Oliviero De Fabritiis
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus		LP: HMV
DB 3859-3874
CD: EMI CHS
Cat: 7 69990-2
1948 Eugene Ormandy
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and chorus		CD: VAI
Cat: VAIA 1220
1949 Max Rudolf
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus 		LP: Columbia Records
Cat: 13011D -13026D
CD: Sony
Cat: MH2K 62765
1951 Renata Tebaldi,
Giuseppe Campora,
Nell Rankin,
Giovanni Inghilleri 		Alberto Erede
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus 		LP: Decca
Cat: LXT 2638-2640
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.110254-55
1953 Angelo Questa
RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus 		LP: Cetra
Cat: OLPC1248/1-3
CD: Warner-Fonit
Cat: 0927-43551-2
1954Victoria de los Ángeles,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Anna Maria Canali,
Tito Gobbi		Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus		LP: HMV
cat: ALP 1215-1217
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.111291-92
1955Maria Callas,
Nicolai Gedda,
Lucia Danieli,
Mario Borriello		Herbert von Karajan
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus		LP: Columbia
Cat: 33CX 1296-1298
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.111026-27
1956Dorothy Kirsten,
Daniele Barioni,
Mildred Miller,
Clifford Harvuot		Dimitri Mitropoulos
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus		LP: Metropolitan Opera Record Club
Cat: MO 722
CD: Living Stage
Cat: LS 1038
1957 Anna Moffo,
Cesare Valletti,
Rosalind Elias,
Renato Cesari 		Erich Leinsdorf
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus 		LP: RCA Victrola
Cat: VICS 6100
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 4145-2
1958Renata Tebaldi,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Fiorenza Cossotto,
Enzo Sordello		Tullio Serafin
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus		LP: Decca
Cat: LXT 5468-5470
CD: Decca
Cat: 470 577-2
1959Victoria de los Ángeles,
Jussi Björling,
Miriam Pirazzini,
Mario Sereni		Gabriele Santini
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus		LP: HMV
Cat: ALP 1795-1797
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 414446-51962 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
1962Leontyne Price,
Richard Tucker,
Rosalind Elias,
Philip Maero		Erich Leinsdorf
RCA Italiana Orchestra and chorus		LP: RCA Victor
Cat: LSC 6160
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 09026 68884-21964 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
1966Renata Scotto,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Anna di Stasio,
Rolando Panerai		John Barbirolli
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus		LP: HMV
Cat: SAN 184-186
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 3.67720-2
1974Mirella Freni,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Christa Ludwig,
Robert Kerns		Herbert von Karajan
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus		CD: Decca
Cat: 417 577-2
1976Montserrat Caballé,
Bernabé Martí,
Silvana Mazzieri,
Franco Bordoni		Armando Gatto
Gran Teatre del Liceu orchestra and chorus		LP: Decca
Cat: D68DR 3
1977Renata Scotto,
Plácido Domingo,
Gillian Knight,
Ingvar Wixell		Lorin Maazel
Philharmonia Orchestra
Ambrosian Opera Chorus		CD: Sony Classical
Cat: SM2K 91135
1987Mirella Freni,
José Carreras,
Teresa Berganza,
Juan Pons		Giuseppe Sinopoli
Philharmonia Orchestra
Ambrosian Opera Chorus		LP: Deutsche Grammophon
423 567-1
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 423 567-2
1991 Miriam Gauci,
Yordy Ramiro,
Nelly Boschkowá,
Georg Tichy 		Alexander Rahbari
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Slovak Philharmonic chorus		CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.660015-16
1997 Svetlana Katchour,
Bruce Rankin,
Fredrika Brillemburg,
Heikki Kilpelainen 		Günter Neuhold
Bremer Philharmoniker Staatsorchester
Bremer Theater chorus (Original 1904 version)		CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.660078-79
2008 Angela Gheorghiu,
Jonas Kaufmann,
Enkelejda Shkosa,
Fabio Capitanucci 		Antonio Pappano
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus		CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 2641872

Video recordings

YearCast
(Cio-Cio San, Pinkerton,
Suzuki, Sharpless)		Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
(Production details)		Label
1956 Oliviero De Fabritiis,
RAI Milano orchestra and chorus		DVD: VAI
Cat: VAI 4284
1974 Herbert von Karajan,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera chorus
(Film directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle) 		Blu-ray/DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 073 5131/073 4037
1986 Lorin Maazel,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 		DVD: Arthaus
Cat: 100 110
2004 Plácido Domingo,
Festival Puccini at Torre del Lago
Città Lirica orchestra and chorus		DVD/CD: Dynamic
Cat: 33457
Cat: CDS 599[3]
2009 Patrick Summers,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(Recorded live, 7 March 2009; production: Anthony Minghella)		Streaming HD video:
Met Opera on Demand[4]
DVD: Sony Classical
Cat: 88697-80662-9 [5]
2009 Raffaella Angeletti,
,
Annunziata Vestri,
Claudio Sgura 		Daniele Callegari,
Sferisterio Opera Festival
(Recorded live, 24 July – 2 August 2009; stage director, set and costume designer: Pier Luigi Pizzi) 		Blu ray/DVD: C Major[6]
2012 Alexia Voulgaridou,
Teodor Ilincai,
Cristina Damian,
Lauri Vasar		Alexander Joel,
Hamburg Philharmonic, Hamburg State Opera Chorus
(Recorded live, November 2012; stage director: Vincent Boussard) 		Blu ray/DVD: ArtHaus Musik[7]
2016 Maria José Siri,
Bryan Hymel,
Annalisa Stroppa,
Carlos Álvarez		Riccardo Chailly,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
(1904 version, recorded live, 2016) 		Blu ray/DVD: Decca[8]
Cat: 100 110
2017 Ermonela Jaho,
Marcelo Puente,
Elizabeth DeShong,
Scott Hendricks		Antonio Pappano,
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
(Recorded live, 30 March 2017; stage directors: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier) 		Blu ray/DVD: Opus Arte[9]
2018 Olga Busuioc,
Joshua Guerrero,
Elizabeth DeShong,
Michael Sumuel		Omer Meir Wellber,
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus
(Recorded live, 21 June 2018, Glyndebourne Festival; designer: Nicky Shaw[10]) 		Blu ray/DVD: Opus Arte[11]
2022 Maria Agresta,
Joshua Guerrero,
Christine Rice,
Carlos Álvarez		Nicola Luisotti,
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
(Recorded live, 27 September 2022; stage directors: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier) 		HD video: ROH Stream[12]

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLPUMADA.HTM Recordings of Madama Butterfly on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. Note: "Cat:" is short for catalogue number by the label company.
  3. https://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-10942/ “Madama Butterfly review – Domingo, Festival Puccini 2004”
  4. https://ondemand.metopera.org/performance/detail/052ab0ca-a575-59ca-8058-51478e4ef1c6 Madama Butterfly (7 March 2009)
  5. http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/s/sny80662dvda.php “Summers, Madama Butterfly review – The Met 2011”
  6. 2009 Sferisterio Opera Festival video: Blu-ray, ; DVD, .
  7. David Patrick Stearns, Review of 2012 Hamburg video, Gramophone, August 2014, pp. 90–91.
  8. 2016 La Scala video: Blu-ray, ; DVD, .
  9. 2017 ROH video: Blu-ray, ; DVD, .
  10. http://nickyshaw.co.uk/biography/#:~:text=Nicky%20is%20an%20international%20set,musical%20theatre%2C%20t.v.%20and%20film. Nicky Shaw website
  11. 2018 Glyndebourne video: Blu-ray, ; DVD, .
  12. https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/madama-butterfly-2022-digital Madama Butterfly (2022)

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