Madama Butterfly

"Karajan magnificent in unique treatment of familiar tragedy"Movie

Audience Score

95

Madama Butterfly

NR 2 hr 25 minMusic

Mirella Freni Placido Domingo Christa Ludwig and Robert Kerns star in this JeanPierre Ponnelledirected 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 mostperformed operas worldwide

StarringMirella FreniPlácido DomingoRobert Kerns

DirectorJean-Pierre Ponnelle

WritersGiuseppe GiacosaLuigi Illica

Movie Details Full Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

as Cio-Cio-San, known as Butterfly

Plácido Domingo

Michel Senechal

Marius Rintzler

G

Giuseppe Giacosa

Writer

L

Luigi Illica

Writer

Giacomo Puccini

J

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Director

Movie Details

Original Language:Italian

Production Companies:Deutsche Grammophon

Movie Tags:opera

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