Madama Butterfly

9.5 / 10

(2 votes)

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.

Country:
Genre:

Music

Duration:

145 minutes

Year:

1974

Director:

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

)}
Company:

Deutsche Grammophon

Cast:
Mirella Freni

Cio-Cio-San, known as Butterfly

Plácido Domingo

Pinkerton

Robert Kerns

Sharpless

Christa Ludwig

Suzuki

Michel Sénéchal

Goro

Crew:
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Director

Giacomo Puccini

Compositors

David Belasco

Novel

Luigi Illica

Writer

Giuseppe Giacosa

Writer