| Description |
2 audio discs (139 min.) : digital, monophonic ; 4 3/4 in + 1libretto (86 pages : illustrations ; 13 cm.). |
| Playing Time |
021900 |
| Note |
EMI Classics: 7243 5 56298 2 1 (7243 5 56299 2 0, 7243 5 56300 2 5). |
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Opera in 2 acts. |
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Based on the story by John Luther Long and the play by David Belasco. |
| Performer |
Maria Callas, soprano; Lucia Danieli, mezzo-soprano; Nicolai Gedda, tenor; Mario Borriello, baritone; supporting soloists; Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano; Herbert von Karajan, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Aug. 1-6, 1955, at Teatro alla Scala. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes by John Steane and Dyneley Hussey, synopsis, and libretto with English translation (86 p.) inserted in container. |
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GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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| Added Author |
Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist.
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Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist.
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Callas, Maria, 1923-1977. Performer.
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Danieli, Lucia. Performer.
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Gedda, Nicolai. Performer.
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Borriello, Mario. Performer.
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Karajan, Herbert von. Conductor.
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Long, John Luther, 1861-1927.
Madame Butterfly.
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Belasco, David, 1853-1931.
Madame Butterfly.
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Teatro alla Scala. Performer.
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| Standard No. |
724355629821 |
| Music No. |
7243 5 56298 2 1 EMI Classics |
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7243 5 56299 2 0 EMI Classics |
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7243 5 56300 2 5 EMI Classics |
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5 56298 2 EMI Classics |
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5 56299 2 EMI Classics |
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5 56300 2 EMI Classics |
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