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This is a partial discography of Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), an operabyGiacomo Puccini. The original version of the opera premiered on February 17, 1904, at La Scala in Milan.

Audio recordings[edit]

Year Cast
(Cio-Cio San, Pinkerton,
Suzuki, Sharpless) 		Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra 		Label[1][2]/Notes
1921 Ottavia Giordano,
Santo Santonocito,
Ginevra Amato,
Adolfo Pacini 		Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 		LP: Società Nazionale del Grammofono
Cat: S 5410-5434
1929 Rosetta Pampanini,
Alessandro Granda,
Conchita Velasquez,
Gino Vanelli 		Lorenzo Molajoli
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 		LP: Columbia
Cat: D 14530-43
CD: Arkadia
Cat: 78041
1929-30 Margaret Burke Sheridan,
Lionello Cecil,
Ida Mannarini,
Vittorio Weinberg 		Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 		LP: HMV
Cat: S 10190-205
CD: Romophone
Cat: 89001-2
Arkadia, Cat: 78030
1939 Toti Dal Monte,
Beniamino Gigli,
Vittoria Palombini,
Mario Basiola 		Oliviero De Fabritiis
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus 		LP: HMV
DB 3859-3874
CD: EMI CHS
Cat: 7 69990-2
1948 Eleanor Steber,
Jan Peerce,
Suzanne Carré,
Richard Bonelli		 Eugene Ormandy
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and chorus		 CD: VAI
Cat: VAIA 1220
1949 Eleanor Steber,
Richard Tucker,
Jean Madeira,
Giuseppe Valdengo		 Max Rudolf
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus		 LP: Columbia Records
Cat: 13011D -13026D
CD: Sony
Cat: MH2K 62765
1951 Renata Tebaldi,
Giuseppe Campora,
Nell Rankin,
Giovanni Inghilleri		 Alberto Erede
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus		 LP: Decca
Cat: LXT 2638-2640
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.110254-55
1953 Clara Petrella,
Ferruccio Tagliavini,
Mafalda Masini,
Giuseppe Taddei		 Angelo Questa
RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus		 LP: Cetra
Cat: OLPC1248/1-3
CD: Warner-Fonit
Cat: 0927-43551-2
1954 Victoria de los Ángeles,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Anna Maria Canali,
Tito Gobbi 		Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus 		LP: HMV
cat: ALP 1215-1217
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.111291-92
1955 Maria Callas,
Nicolai Gedda,
Lucia Danieli,
Mario Borriello 		Herbert von Karajan
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 		LP: Columbia
Cat: 33CX 1296-1298
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.111026-27
1956 Dorothy Kirsten,
Daniele Barioni,
Mildred Miller,
Clifford Harvuot 		Dimitri Mitropoulos
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus 		LP: Metropolitan Opera Record Club
Cat: MO 722
CD: Living Stage
Cat: LS 1038
1957 Anna Moffo,
Cesare Valletti,
Rosalind Elias,
Renato Cesari		 Erich Leinsdorf
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus		 LP: RCA Victrola
Cat: VICS 6100
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 4145-2
1958 Renata Tebaldi,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Fiorenza Cossotto,
Enzo Sordello 		Tullio Serafin
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus 		LP: Decca
Cat: LXT 5468-5470
CD: Decca
Cat: 470 577-2
1959 Victoria de los Ángeles,
Jussi Björling,
Miriam Pirazzini,
Mario Sereni 		Gabriele Santini
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus 		LP: HMV
Cat: ALP 1795-1797
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 414446-5

1962 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

1962 Leontyne Price,
Richard Tucker,
Rosalind Elias,
Philip Maero 		Erich Leinsdorf
RCA Italiana Orchestra and chorus 		LP: RCA Victor
Cat: LSC 6160
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 09026 68884-2

1964 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording

1966 Renata Scotto,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Anna di Stasio,
Rolando Panerai 		John Barbirolli
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus 		LP: HMV
Cat: SAN 184-186
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 3.67720-2
1974 Mirella Freni,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Christa Ludwig,
Robert Kerns 		Herbert von Karajan
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus 		CD: Decca
Cat: 417 577-2
1976 Montserrat Caballé,
Bernabé Martí,
Silvana Mazzieri,
Franco Bordoni 		Armando Gatto
Gran Teatre del Liceu orchestra and chorus 		LP: Decca
Cat: D68DR 3
1977 Renata Scotto,
Plácido Domingo,
Gillian Knight,
Ingvar Wixell 		Lorin Maazel
Philharmonia Orchestra
Ambrosian Opera Chorus 		CD: Sony Classical
Cat: SM2K 91135
1987 Mirella Freni,
José Carreras,
Teresa Berganza,
Juan Pons 		Giuseppe Sinopoli
Philharmonia Orchestra
Ambrosian Opera Chorus 		LP: Deutsche Grammophon
423 567-1
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 423 567-2
1991 Miriam Gauci,
Yordy Ramiro,
Nelly Boschkowá,
Georg Tichy		 Alexander Rahbari
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Slovak Philharmonic chorus		 CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.660015-16
1997 Svetlana Katchour,
Bruce Rankin,
Fredrika Brillemburg,
Heikki Kilpelainen		 Günter Neuhold
Bremer Philharmoniker Staatsorchester
Bremer Theater chorus (Original 1904 version)		 CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.660078-79
2008 Angela Gheorghiu,
Jonas Kaufmann,
Enkelejda Shkosa,
Fabio Capitanucci		 Antonio Pappano
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus		 CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 2641872

Video recordings[edit]

Year Cast
(Cio-Cio San, Pinkerton,
Suzuki, Sharpless) 		Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
(Production details) 		Label[1][2]
1956 Anna Moffo,
Renato Cioni,
Miti Truccato Pace,
Afro Poli		 Oliviero De Fabritiis,
RAI Milano orchestra and chorus		 DVD: VAI
Cat: VAI 4284
1974 Mirella Freni,
Plácido Domingo,
Christa Ludwig,
Robert Kerns		 Herbert von Karajan,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera chorus
(Film directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle)		 Blu-ray/DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 073 5131/073 4037
1986 Yasuko Hayashi,
Peter Dvorský,
Hak-Nam Kim,
Giorgio Zancanaro		 Lorin Maazel,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus		 DVD: Arthaus
Cat: 100 110
2004 Daniela Dessì,
Fabio Armiliato,
Rossana Rinaldi,
Juan Pons		 Plácido Domingo,
Festival PucciniatTorre del Lago
Città Lirica orchestra and chorus		 DVD/CD: Dynamic
Cat: 33457
Cat: CDS 599[3]
2009 Patricia Racette,
Marcello Giordani,
Maria Zifchak,
Dwayne Croft		 Patrick Summers,
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(Recorded live, 7 March 2009; production: Anthony Minghella)		 Streaming HD video:
Met Opera on Demand[4]
DVD: Sony Classical
Cat: 88697-80662-9 [5]
2009 Raffaella Angeletti,
Massimiliano Pisapia,
Annunziata Vestri,
Claudio Sgura		 Daniele Callegari,
Sferisterio Opera Festival
(Recorded live, 24 July – 2 August 2009; stage director, set and costume designer: Pier Luigi Pizzi)		 Blu ray/DVD: C Major[6]
2012 Alexia Voulgaridou,
Teodor Ilincai,
Cristina Damian,
Lauri Vasar		 Alexander Joel,
Hamburg Philharmonic, Hamburg State Opera Chorus
(Recorded live, November 2012; stage director: Vincent Boussard)		 Blu ray/DVD: ArtHaus Musik[7]
2016 Maria José Siri,
Bryan Hymel,
Annalisa Stroppa,
Carlos Álvarez		 Riccardo Chailly,
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus
(1904 version, recorded live, 2016)		 Blu ray/DVD: Decca[8]
Cat: 100 110
2017 Ermonela Jaho,
Marcelo Puente,
Elizabeth DeShong,
Scott Hendricks		 Antonio Pappano,
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
(Recorded live, 30 March 2017; stage directors: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier)		 Blu ray/DVD: Opus Arte[9]
2018 Olga Busuioc,
Joshua Guerrero,
Elizabeth DeShong,
Michael Sumuel		 Omer Meir Wellber,
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus
(Recorded live, 21 June 2018, Glyndebourne Festival; designer: Nicky Shaw[10])		 Blu ray/DVD: Opus Arte[11]
2022 Maria Agresta,
Joshua Guerrero,
Christine Rice,
Carlos Álvarez		 Nicola Luisotti,
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
(Recorded live, 27 September 2022; stage directors: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier)		 HD video: ROH Stream[12]

References[edit]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Recordings of Madama Butterfly on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  • ^ a b Note: "Cat:" is short for catalogue number by the label company.
  • ^ “Madama Butterfly review – Domingo, Festival Puccini 2004”. classicstoday.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020
  • ^ Madama Butterfly (7 March 2009), Met Opera on Demand.
  • ^ “Summers, Madama Butterfly review – The Met 2011”. classical.net. Retrieved 7 January 2020
  • ^ 2009 Sferisterio Opera Festival video: Blu-ray, OCLC 759381518, 937825436; DVD, OCLC 751308228.
  • ^ David Patrick Stearns, Review of 2012 Hamburg video, Gramophone, August 2014, pp. 90–91.
  • ^ 2016 La Scala video: Blu-ray, OCLC 1126667132; DVD, OCLC 1201548199.
  • ^ 2017 ROH video: Blu-ray, OCLC 1100422986; DVD, OCLC 1082520521.
  • ^ Nicky Shaw website.
  • ^ 2018 Glyndebourne video: Blu-ray, OCLC 1196034294; DVD, OCLC 1108766563.
  • ^ Madama Butterfly (2022), Royal Opera House Stream

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