Over a century after Madama Butterfly’s premiere in 1904, conductor Riccardo Chailly restores Puccini’s original two act version to the La Scala stage in Italy.
This is the first ever video release of the original two-act version of Madama Butterfly from 1904, making this a truly unique recording.
Drawing inspiration from Japanese Kabuki theater, this magical new production features an international star cast with:
- María José Siri (Butterfly), Bryan Hymel (Pinkerton), Carlos Álvarez (Sharpless), and Annalisa Stroppa (Suzuki)
The Financial Times wrote:
”This was a performance endowed with abundant detail, an impressive depth of sound and a suppleness in lyrical passages that was nowhere more luxuriant than in the glittering evocation of a Nagasaki dawn.”
Here is a full performance of this amazing work:
