Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly 2-CD Set by Warner Classics

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Product Details

• UPC: 5099945621529
• Product Type: Audio CD
• Brand Name: Warner Classics
• MPN: 50999 4 562152 9
• Genre: Classical / Opera
• Style: Italian Opera
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
• Primary Artists: Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann
• Conductor: Antonio Pappano
• Orchestra/Chorus: Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
• Release Year: 2009

Product Features

• Format: 2 Compact Discs
• Recording Standard: STEREO DDD
• Total Runtime: CD1: 62:04; CD2: 73:08
• Language: Italian (Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica)
• Cast:
  • Butterfly: Angela Gheorghiu
  • B.F. Pinkerton: Jonas Kaufmann
  • Suzuki: Enkelejda Shkosa
  • Sharpless: Fabio Capitanucci
  • Goro: Gregory Bonfatti
  • Bonzo: Raymond Aceto

Overview

Experience one of the most poignant masterpieces in the operatic canon with this stunning 2009 recording of Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. This production brings together a legendary cast to tell the heartbreaking story of Cio-Cio-San, the Japanese "Butterfly" whose devotion to an American Navy Lieutenant leads to a tragic end.

Angela Gheorghiu delivers an incomparable performance in a role she long cherished, capturing every nuance of one of opera's most vulnerable heroines. She is joined by Jonas Kaufmann, who masterfully embodies the conflicted B.F. Pinkerton. Conducted by Antonio Pappano—whom Gheorghiu describes as her "No. 1 conductor"—this recording unites world-class soloists with the native Italian forces of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia to create a definitive, idiomatic Butterfly for the 21st century.

Interesting Facts

• Ambition Realized: Angela Gheorghiu had a long-standing ambition to record the role of Cio-Cio-San, viewing it as one of Puccini's best-loved and most complex roles.
• Star Collaboration: This recording features Jonas Kaufmann by special permission of Decca Music Group Limited.
• Authentic Sound: By using the Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the production achieves a "consummately idiomatic" Italian sound.
• Technical Excellence: The "DDD" technical specification indicates that the music was digitally recorded, mixed, and mastered for maximum audio fidelity.

Track Listing

• CD 1 (62:04): Includes Act I, featuring the introduction of Butterfly and the world-famous love duet.
• CD 2 (73:08): Includes Act II, featuring the poignant wait for Pinkerton's return and the opera's dramatic conclusion.

Publishers

This recording was produced by David Groves and manufactured in the EU. ℗ 2009 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. © 2009 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.

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