Puccini's Madama Butterfly (1974)
Karajan magnificent in unique treatment of familiar tragedy
Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, and Robert Kerns star in this Jean-Pierre Ponnelle-directed version of the Puccini opera, with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Madama Butterfly is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire for companies around the world, ranking 7th in the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide.
- Date of release
- 1974-09-14
- TMDB
- 9.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Genres
- Music, History
- Director
- Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Casting
- Mirella Freni — Cio-Cio-San, known as Butterfly
- Plácido Domingo — Pinkerton
- Robert Kerns — Sharpless
- Christa Ludwig — Suzuki
- Michel Sénéchal — Goro
- Marius Rintzler — Bonze
- Hans Helm — Comisario imperial
- Elke Schary — Kate Pinkerton
- Herbert von Karajan — Self - Conductor
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