Puccini's Madama Butterfly

Name: Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Genre: Music, History
Released: 1974-09-14
Duration: 145 min
Rating: 9.5
Cast: Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Robert Kerns, Christa Ludwig, Michel Sénéchal

“Karajan magnificent in unique treatment of familiar tragedy”

9.5(2)19742h 25mIT

Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

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.

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