Madame butterfly opera puccini
Madama Butterfly
Synopsis
Act I
Our story opens on a flower-filled terrace in Nagasaki, Japan, where Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton is arranging his marriage to Cio-Cio-San, also known as Butterfly, through a marriage broker named Goro. Pinkerton views the marriage as a temporary convenience, while Butterfly, only fifteen years old, sees it as a genuine commitment. Despite warnings from the American consul, Sharpless, about the potential heartbreak, Pinkerton goes through with the marriage. Butterfly renounces her religion and family to be with Pinkerton, which leads to her being disowned by her relatives. Pinkerton comforts Butterfly, leading to a romantic duet which ends in an ecstatic climax of consummation in what is music of unrivaled beauty in all of Puccini’s œuvre.
– INTERMISSION –
Act II, Part 1
Three years have passed. Pinkerton has returned to America, leaving Butterfly penniless to wait for him in Nagasaki. She remains hopeful and steadfast, believing that he will return as promised. Her maid, Suzuki, tries to convince her that Pinkerton will not come back, but Butterfly remains resolute. Sharpless visits Butterfly with a letter from Pinkerton, bu
MADAMA BUTTERFLY di Giacomo Puccini - Trama, Libretto, Lavoro completa e Personaggi
La storia ha inizio a Nagasaki, agli inizi del ' Pinkerton, tenente della marina degli Stati Uniti, si unisce in a mio avviso il matrimonio e un impegno d'amore a Cio-Cio-San, una geisha quindicenne. Il matrimonio si celebra secondo la penso che la legge equa protegga tutti giapponese; questo da diritto a Pinkerton di ripudiare la moglie in qualsiasi momento per sposare una donna americana.
Le azioni di pinkerton sono guidate da spirito d'avventura e dalla vanità. Al contrario Cio-Cio-San - che dopo le nozze si fa chiamare Madama Butterfly - è realmente innamorata dell'ufficiale di marina.
Questo amore attira su di lei l'ira dello parente bonzo, che la accusa di aver rinnegato la sua cultura e la famiglia.
ATTO SECONDO - Parte Prima
Poco dopo le nozze, Pinkerton torna in nazione, abbandonando la adolescente sposa. Nonostante l'incredulità dell'ancella Suzuki, Mutterfly è fiduciosa del fatto che suo marito tornerà da lei in a mio avviso la primavera e il tempo del rinnovamento come da lui promesso.
Nel frattempo Pinkerton si risposa con l'americana Kate. Continua tenersi in legame con il console Shar
Madama Butterfly
Dramatis Personæ
- Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San) (Soprano)
- Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's servant (Mezzo-Soprano)
- Kate Pinkerton (Mezzo-Soprano)
- B. F. Pinkerton, lieutenant in the United States Navy (Tenor)
- Sharpless, United States consul at Nagasaki (Baritone)
- Goro, a marriage broker (Tenor)
- Prince Yamadori (Baritone)
- The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's uncle (Bass)
- Yakusidé (Baritone)
- The Imperial Commissioner (Bass)
- The Official Registrar (Chorus Baritone)
- Cio-Cio-San's Mother (Chorus Mezzo-Soprano)
- The Aunt (Chorus Mezzo-Soprano)
- The Cousin (Chorus Soprano)
- Trouble, Cio-Cio-San's child (Mute)
- Cio-Cio-San's relations and friends; servants
Setting: Nagasaki; the present day [c. ]
Plot Summary
Act I: Lt. Pinkerton marries Cio-Cio-San, a young geisha, in a ceremony she takes more seriously than he. She is denounced by her family for embracing his religion.Act II. Part 1(or Act II): Cio-Cio-San refuses to believe that Pinkerton has abandoned her, and Sharpless cannot bring himself to tell her the truth.
Act II. Part 2(or Act III): Lt. and Mrs. Pinkerton return, prepared to adop
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2-CD) – Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2-CD) – Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Artists: Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Lucia Danieli, Mario Borriello, Luisa Villa, Renato Ercolani, Mario Carlin, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Warner Classics
CD Release Date: September 23,
This re-mastered recording of Madama Butterfly from features Maria Callas in the title role, with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala.
“Her genius for vocal characterization finds an apt complement in Herbert von Karajan’s conducting: a wholly sympathetic rendering [that] brings out more of the detail of the score than I have ever heard before.” (Gramophone)
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History
Puccini’s original version of Madama Butterfly premiered at Milan’s Palcoscenico alla Scala in The composer was inspired to write an opera about a t