Puccini's Madama Butterfly

Name: Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Cast: Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Robert Kerns, Christa Ludwig, Michel Sénéchal

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Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, and Robert Kerns star in this Jean-Pierre Ponnelle-directed version of the Puccini opera, with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Madama Butterfly is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire for companies around the world, ranking 7th in the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Jean-Pierre PonnelleWriters: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica

Mirella Freni

as Cio-Cio-San, known as Butterfly

Plácido Domingo

as Pinkerton

Robert Kerns

as Sharpless

Christa Ludwig

as Suzuki

Michel Sénéchal

as Goro

Marius Rintzler

as Bonze

Hans Helm

as Comisario imperial

Elke Schary

as Kate Pinkerton

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