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    Madama Butterfly

    Madama Butterfly

    "Karajan magnificent in unique treatment of familiar tragedy"

    1974

    2:25:00

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    Madama Butterfly

    Genre

    Music

    Plot

    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.

    Director

    Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

    Writers

    David Belasco, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa,

    Stars

    Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Robert Kerns, Christa Ludwig, Michel Sénéchal,