| Description |
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD hi-fi Dolby surround stereo. |
| Cast |
Ying Huang (Madame Butterfly), Richard Troxell (Pinkerton), Ning Liang (Suzuki), Richard Cowan (Sharpless), Jing Ma Fan (Goro), Christopheren Nomura (Prince Yamadori), Constance Hauman (Kate Pinkerton), Edmund Zelotes Toliver (Imperial Commissioner, The Bonze), Catherine Napoli (Cio-Cio San's cousin), Laurence Monteyrol (Cio-Cio San's mother), Asayo Otsuka (Cio-Cio San's aunt), Richard Tronc (Yakusidé), Chœurs de Radio France, Orchestre de Paris, James Conlon, conductor. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Philippe Welt ; editor, Luc Barnier. |
| Note |
From the opera by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Guiseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica. |
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Deluxe widescreen presentation. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
An American naval officer falls in love with a Japanese geisha girl known as Butterfly and marries her, with no intention of ever taking her home to America. |
| Contents |
Special features: Widescreen presentation -- Making-of featurette -- Interactive menus -- Scene selections -- Language: Italian -- Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian with English subtitles; credits in French. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Music videos.
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| Added Author |
Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Librettist.
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Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. Librettist.
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Mitterrand, Frédéric.
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Huang, Ying (Soprano)
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Troxell, Richard.
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Liang, Ning, 1957-
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Cowan, Richard, 1957-2015
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Fan, Jing Ma.
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Nomura, Christòpheren.
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Hauman, Constance.
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Toliver, Edmund Zelotes.
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Napoli, Catherine.
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Monteyrol, Laurence.
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Otsuka, Asayo.
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Tronc, Richard.
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Conlon, James, 1950- Conductor.
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Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Madama Butterfly.
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Radio-France. Chœurs.
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Orchestre de Paris.
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Sony Classical (Firm)
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Erato Films.
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Idéale Audience International.
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Studio Canal+.
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Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
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S4C (Firm)
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France 3 cinéma (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0767857755 |
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9780767857758 |
| Standard No. |
043396056701 |
| Music No. |
05670 Columbia TriStar Home Video |
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