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CHAN 3070
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Puccini: Madam Butterfly
Running Time: 138:28
Release Date: October 2001
Originally recorded in December 2000
Composer (1858-1924)
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Soprano Voice soprano - Cio-Cio-San (Madam Butterfly)
Cheryl Barker
Cheryl Barker
Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano - Suzuki
Jean Rigby
Jean Rigby
Solo tenor - B.F. Pinkerton
Paul Charles Clarke
Paul Charles Clarke
Solo baritone - Sharpless
Gregory Yurisich
Gregory Yurisich
Solo tenor - Goro
Stuart Kale
Stuart Kale
Solo baritone - Prince Yamadori
D'Arcy Bleiker
D'Arcy Bleiker
Solo bass - The Bonze
Clive Bayley
Clive Bayley
Solo bass - Yakuside
Simon Birchall
Simon Birchall
Solo bass - The Imperial Commissioner
Roland Wood
Roland Wood
Solo bass - The Official Registrar
Frances Brett
Frances Brett
Solo soprano - Cio-Cio-San's mother
Anne Sheridan Jinks
Anne Sheridan Jinks
Solo soprano - The Aunt
Paula Bott
Paula Bott
Solo mezzo-soprano - Kate Pinkerton
Ann Taylor
Ann Taylor
Choral
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
Yves Abel
Yves Abel
Venue
Blackheath Halls, London
Blackheath Halls, London
Producer
Brian Couzens
Brian Couzens
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (Assistant)
Christopher Brooke
Christopher Brooke
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
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Opera - Madam Butterfly
GIACOMO PUCCINI
(1858-1924)Madam Butterfly
137:10
Opera in two acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after the book by John Luther Long and the play by David Belasco
English version based on that of R.H. Elkin
COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I
1.
Introduction
1:05
2.
'So the walls and the ceiling . . .'
2:06
Pinkerton, Goro
3.
'I think Your Honour's smiling'
2:17
Suzuki, Pinkerton, Goro
4.
'It can't be much further now!'
1:20
Sharpless, Goro, Pinkerton
5.
'The whole world over'
2:22
6.
'Fate can't crush him'
1:13
Pinkerton, Sharpless
7.
'Is the bride very pretty?'
1:06
Sharpless, Goro, Pinkerton
8.
'True love or fancy'
3:23
Pinkerton, Sharpless
9.
'See them! They're climbing the summit of the hill!'
3:30
Goro, Butterfly's Girl Friends, Butterfly, Sharpless
10.
'We are honoured'
3:34
Butterfly, Girl Friends, Pinkerton, Sharpless, Goro
11.
'The Imperial Commissioner'
1:48
Goro, Pinkerton, Relations and Friends, Butterfly, Yakuside
12.
'Oh, indeed, my friend, you're lucky!'
1:16
Sharpless, Butterfly
13.
'Come, my beloved'
3:25
Pinkerton, Butterfly, Goro
14.
'My fate I have to follow'
1:17
Butterfly
15.
'Silence! Silence!'
1:52
Goro, Commissioner, Girl Friends, Butterfly
16.
'Congratulations'
4:33
Commissioner, Pinkerton, Sharless, Registrar, Relatives, the Bonze, Goro
17.
'Dearest, my dearest, weep no more'
2:06
Pinkerton, Butterfly, Suzuki
18.
'Evening is falling . . .'
3:31
Pinkerton, Butterfly, Suzuki
19.
'Child, from whose eyes the witchery is shining'
3:52
Pinkerton, Butterfly
20.
'Ah, love me a little'
7:28
Butterfly, Pinkerton
Act II
Part 1
21.
'Izaghi Izanami'
6:47
Suzuki, Butterfly
22.
'One fine day'
4:35
Butterfly
64:37
COMPACT DISC TWO
1.
'Come, let's enter'
4:22
Goro, Sharpless, Butterfly
2.
'Yamadori, and has your unrequitted love not yet released you?'
4:53
Butterfly, Yamadori, Sharpless, Goro
3.
'Now, at last!'
3:01
Sharpless, Butterfly
4.
'Just two things I could do'
2:07
5.
'This child! This child, then!'
1:49
Butterfly, Sharpless
6.
'Do you know, my darling'
3:24
Butterfly
7.
'I must be going'
1:43
Sharpless, Butterfly, Suzuki
8.
'Ah! Ah!'
1:52
Goro, Suzuki, Butterfly
9.
'Look, it's a man-of-war!'
2:33
Suzuki, Butterfly
10.
Flower duet: 'Shake the cherry tree'
9:55
Butterfly, Suzuki
11.
Humming Chorus
2:55
Act II
Part 2
12.
Prelude
4:29
13.
Daybreak over Nagasaki
2:52
14.
'It's morning'
2:01
Suzuki, Butterfly
15.
'Who is it? . . .'
2:42
Suzuki, Pinkerton, Sharples
16.
'I know for such misfortune there is no consolation'
3:59
Sharpless, Suzuki, Pinkerton
17.
'Farewell, oh happy home!'
1:51
Pinkerton, Sharpless
18.
'Then will you tell her?'
1:19
Kate, Suzuki
19.
'Suzuki, where are you?'
1:47
20.
'You, Suzuki, you're always so faithful'
1:14
Butterfly, Suzuki
21.
'Viper! I want you to answer'
3:40
Butterfly, Suzuki, Sharpless, Kate
22.
'Your little fluttering heart is beating'
2:55
Suzuki, Butterfly
23.
'Death with honour is better than life with dishonour'
5:04
Butterfly
72:33
Solo: Paul Charles Clarke tenor - B.F. Pinkerton
Solo: Gregory Yurisich baritone - Sharpless
Solo: Stuart Kale tenor - Goro
Solo: D'Arcy Bleiker baritone - Prince Yamadori
Solo: Clive Bayley bass - The Bonze
Solo: Simon Birchall bass - Yakuside
Solo: Roland Wood bass - The Imperial Commissioner
Solo: Frances Brett bass - The Official Registrar
Solo: Anne Sheridan Jinks soprano - Cio-Cio-San's mother
Solo: Paula Bott soprano - The Aunt
Solo: Ann Taylor mezzo-soprano - Kate Pinkerton
Cio-Cio-San's relations and friends and servants
Choral: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Yves Abel
13-17 December 2000
