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An introduction to-- Puccini : Madama Butterfly / written by Thomson Smillie.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Smillie, Thomson.
- Series:
- Opera explained
- Naxos Music Library.
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Madama Butterfly.
- Puccini, Giacomo.
- Operas--Analysis, appreciation.
- Operas.
- Operas--Stories, plots, etc.
- Operas--Excerpts.
- Genre:
- Stories, plots, etc.
- Streaming audio.
- Sound recordings.
- Plot summaries.
- Excerpts.
- Other Title:
- Puccini, Madama Butterfly
- Madama Butterfly
- Place of Publication:
- [Hong Kong] : Naxos Music Library, [2007]
- Language Note:
- Narrated in English; opera excerpts sung in Italian.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- System requirements: MS Windows 98SE, or 2000, or XP; MS Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla 1.7.1, FireFox 1PR, Netscape 7.1, or Opera 7.53; and Media Player 9 or 10.
- System requirements: Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.2.8 or 10.3.5; MS Internet Explorer 5.2, Mozilla 1.7, Netscape 7.1, Opera 7.53, or Safari 1.0; Media Player 9.0. Or, Mac OS 8.6 / 9.0; MS Internet Explorer 5.1; Windows Media Player 7.1.
- stereo
- digital recording
- Summary:
- This series introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the Naxos recording of the complete work, Thomson Smillie is informative yet entertaining, enabling the listener to get more from this remarkable art form. Madama Butterfly runs the gamut of operatic emotions. The title heroine has a fragility wonderfully expressed in her entry music, deep sexual instincts as shown in the love duet, and immense tragic stature in her last hours. The fate of Madama Butterfly - married to an American sailor and then abandoned - engages our emotions, as it obviously did Puccini's to a degree equalled by few other opera heroines. The oriental setting and the exquisite orchestral and choral writings are treasured bonuses.
- Participant:
- Unidentified performers ; David Timson, narrator.
- Notes:
- Includes program notes.
- Unabridged.
- Contains:
- Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Madama Butterfly. Selections
- ISBN:
- 1843790416
- 9781843790419
- OCLC:
- 123757595
- Publisher Number:
- 8.558049 Naxos Music Library
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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