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Puccini: Madama Butterfly (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Lucia Danieli, Nicolai Gedda, Herbert von Karajan, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan | 
| Creators: Giacomo Puccini, Herbert von Karajan, La Scala Theater Orchestra, Enrico Campi, Lucia Danieli, Luisa Villa, Maria Callas, Mario Borriello, Mario Carlin, Nicolai Gedda, Plinio Clabassi, Renato Ercolani
Label: EMI Classics
Category: Music
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Rating:  56 reviews
Sales Rank: 14073
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.1 x 1.3
MPN: 56298
UPC: 724355629821
EAN: 0724355629821
ASIN: B000002RXX
Release Date: August 19, 1997
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: E Soffitto... E Pareti... | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Questa È La Cameriera | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Dovunque Al Mondo | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Quale Smania Vi Prende! | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Quanto Cielo!...Ancora Un Passo Or Via | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Gran Ventura | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: L'imperial Commissario | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Vieni, Amor Mio! | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Leri Son Salita Tutta Sola | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Ed Eccoci In Famiglia | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Vieni La Sera | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Bimba Dagli Occhi Pieni Di Malia | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act One: Vogliatemi Bene, un Bene Piccolino | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: E Lzaghi Ed Lzanami | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Un Bel Di Vedremo | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: C'è. Entrate | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Non Lo Sapete Insomma |
Disc 2
| • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: A Voi Però Giurerei Fede Costante | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Ora A Noi | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: E Questo? E Questo? | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Che Tua Madre Dovr | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Lo Scendo Al piano | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Vespa! Rospo Maledetto! | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Una Nave Da Guerra | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Scuoti Quella Fronda Di Ciliegio | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Or Vienmi Ad Adornar | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Humming Chorus | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Oh Eh! Oh Eh! Oh Eh! | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Povera Butterfly! | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Lo So Che Alle Sue Pene | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Addio, Fiorito Asil | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Glielo Dirai? | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Che Vuol Da Me? | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Come Una Mosca Prigioniera | | • | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act Two: Con Onor Muore |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 56
 Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux... August 17, 2009
Irvino al-Montegue (Chicago, IL)
I've seen/heard Madame Butterfly many times (fully stage, concert form, and recordings), sung by other good, principal singers; none of them comes close to how great this one is. Callas elevates Cio-Cio San and the opera to an ideal (my ideal) form of drama. I'm also very amazed by how she's able to portray the character development so well with nothing but her voice! She does it here just as well as she did in Tosca (1953 recording). Her phrasing is very captivating; she creates an eloquent and poised Cio-Cio San, and you can't help but empathize with that fragile, little and betrayed butterfly that she is, and your heart trembles along with hers in her captive state. So much hope and so much loss. The tragic end is heartbreaking and disarmingly beautiful at the same time. At the end, it leaves you in a weird sort of melancholic state: heartbroken, wet-eyed, but also incredulously amazed and happy about this great achievement in art (music in general and the recording of it)...most notably by Callas and of course, by the genius of Puccini.
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Does one need another Butterfly? June 1, 2009
tom h. (Greenport, NY)
For myself I can only say that this set is one of the most engrossing, moving, stirring, tear-jerking, etc. etc. sets I've ever heard.
What that means is I was focusing on the story, not on Callas' singing or Von Karajan's conducting or anything else. Just the story of a former geisha and her American lover.
When this is the case, when one is focusing on the story and not the success or failure of the musicians and performers, then the musicians and performers have succeded in the highest possible way.
Stick with the Plot February 8, 2007
Leo Fender was a genius says - (London)
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
Puccini.
Up there with Mozart when it comes to tearing the heart out of your soul.
Maria Callas - what a sexy women - no wonder that rich Greek fella courted her. She is a diamond, a truly wonderful opera singer. No, she is better than that. Maria Callas interprets the music into an emotional fury that extends passion and mundanity to their horizons.
Why buy Playboy when you can get the real deal right here. Smouldering femininity with knobs on. Simply the best.
 Callas, an over-rated soprano December 22, 2006
Alex Bond (Australia)
3 out of 19 found this review helpful
Nicolai Gedda as B.F Pinkerton is brilliant, a true showman in the role and a brilliant tenor full-stop. Callas on the other was not good at Cio-Cio San, in fact she was terrible.
It truly shows the difference between the two lead roles vocal technique and capability, in 'Vogliatemi bene', Gedda was brilliant note perfect and tone perfect, Callas was terrible she shrieked most of her way through the duet and sang a shrill top C at the end which compared with Gedda's masterful top C was a piece of dirt.
If you disagree listen the the track over and over again, see how shrill and whiney Callas's top C really is.
All over brilliant performance by Gedda, Callas was unworthy of such a great Pinkerton.
It's a SHOCK! December 21, 2005
Vissi d'arte
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
It's a SHOCK how Callas interpreted "Madama Butterfly" It's close to perfect. Must listen for opera lovers!
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