Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Artist(s):

Melody Moore, Lester Lynch, Elisabeth Kulman, Lawrence Foster, Stefano Secco

Composer(s):

Giacomo Puccini
Release Date: 19-11-2021
PTC: 5186783
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Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1904/1907)

CD1

Act 1

1) E soffitto … e pareti … (Pinkerton, Goro) 2.22
2) Questa è la cameriera (Goro, Pinkerton, Suzuki, Sharpless) 4.39
3) Dovunque al mondo (Pinkerton, Sharpless,Goro) 4.19
4) Quale smania vi prende! (Sharpless, Pinkerton, Chorus, Goro) 4.16
5) Quanto cielo! … Ancora un passo or via (Chorus, Butterfly, Sharpless) 3.09
6) Gran ventura (Butterfly, Chorus, Pinkerton, Sharpless, Goro) 3.58
7) L’Imperial Commissario (Goro, Pinkerton, Chorus, Butterfly, Cugina, La Madre, Yakusidé, Zia, Sharpless) 2.57
8) Vieni, amor mio! (Pinkerton, Butterfly, Goro) 2.42
9) Ieri son salita tutta sola (Butterfly, Goro, Il. Commissario, Chorus, Sharpless, L’Ufficiale del Registro, Pinkerton) 4.46
10) Ed eccoci in famiglia (Pinkerton, Chorus, Lo Zio Bonzo, Butterfly, Goro, Suzuki) 5.53
11) Viene la sera (Pinkerton, Butterfly, Suzuki) 3.34
12) Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malìa (Pinkerton, Butterfly) 4.05
13) Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino (Butterfly, Pinkerton) 7.33

Act 2, First Part

14) E Izaghi ed Izanami (Suzuki, Butterfly) 7.41
15) Un bel dì vedremo (Butterfly) 4.36

CD2

1) C’è. Entrate (Goro, Sharpless, Butterfly) 3.49
2) Non lo sapete insomma (Butterfly, Sharpless, Goro, Yamadori) 2.05
3) A voi però giurerei fede costante (Yamadori, Sharpless, Goro, Butterfly) 4.06
4) Ora a noi (Sharpless, Butterfly) 5.57
5) E questo? E questo? (Butterfly, Sharpless) 2.40
6) Che tua madre dovrà (Butterfly) 3.11
7) Io scendo al piano (Sharpless, Butterfly) 1.37
8) Vespa! Rospo maledetto! (Suzuki, Butterfly, Goro) 2.16
9) Una nave da guerra … (Suzuki, Butterfly) 2.55
10) Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio (Butterfly, Suzuki) 5.25
11) Or vienmi ad adornar (Butterfly, Suzuki) 5.08
12) Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus) 2.52

Act 2, Second Part

13) Oh eh! Oh eh! Oh eh! (Chorus) 7.52
14) Già il sole! (Suzuki, Butterfly) 1.49
15) Povera Butterfly (Suzuki, Sharpless, Pinkerton) 3.08
16) Io so che alle sue pene (Sharpless, Pinkerton, Suzuki) 3.55
17) Addio, fiorito asil (Pinkerton, Sharpless) 1.52
18) Glielo dirai? (Kate, Suzuki, Butterfly) 2.56
19) Tu, Suzuki (Butterfly, Suzuki) 1.42
20) Son la causa innocente (Kate, Butterfly) 1.47
21) Sotto il gran ponte del cielo (Butterfly, Kate, Sharpless) 1.30
22) Come una mosca prigioniera (Suzuki, Butterfly) 2.53
23) Con onor muore (Butterfly, Pinkerton) 5.06
Total Tracks 38
Total Duration 02hr 01min

Album information

JAPANESE TRAGEDY WITH SYMPHONIC QUALITIES

After having recorded La Fanciulla del West, conductor Lawrence Foster now expands his Puccini discography on PENTATONE with Madama Butterfly, together with the Coro & Orquestra Gulbenkian, as well as Elisabeth Kulman (Suzuki), Stefano Secco (Pinkerton), Lester Lynch (Sharpless) and Melody Moore (Cio-Cio-San) in the title role. Despite its disastrous premiere, Madama Butterfly has become one of Puccini’s most successful and popular operas. While the Japanese ambience usually captures the attention, the original dramatic conception and exceptional symphonic qualities of the work are often overlooked. Lawrence Foster’s interpretation brings out the symphonic character of the opera, while Melody Moore’s charismatic interpretation of the title role fully realizes the work’s tragic and dramatic potential.

Lawrence Foster has a vast PENTATONE discography, including operettas and operas such as Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus (2018) and Der Zigeunerbaron (2016), as well as Verdi’s Otello (2017) and Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West (2020). The latter album features Melody Moore and Lester Lynch, who have also starred in recordings of Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana and Puccini’s Il Tabarro (both 2020), whereas Elisabeth Kulman starred in Die Fledermaus. The Coro & Orquestra Gulbenkian have a substantial PENTATONE discography together with Lawrence Foster, while Stefano Secco makes his PENTATONE debut.

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