Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2-CD) – Melody Moore, Stefano Secco
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2-CD) – Melody Moore, Stefano Secco
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Artists: Melody Moore, Stefano Secco, Elisabeth Kulman, Lester Lynch, Alexander Kaimbacher, Kevin Short, Amitai Pati, Liesbeth Devos, Florian Köfler, Coro & Orquestra Gulbenkian
Conductor: Lawrence Foster
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Pentatone
CD Release Date: October 5, 2021
After having recorded La Fanciulla del West, conductor Lawrence Foster now expands his Puccini discography on PENTATONE with Madama Butterfly, together with the Coro & Orquestra Gulbenkian, as well as Elisabeth Kulman (Suzuki), Stefano Secco (Pinkerton), Lester Lynch (Sharpless) and Melody Moore (Cio-Cio-San) in the title role.
Despite its disastrous premiere, Madama Butterfly has become one of Puccini’s most successful and popular operas. Lawrence Foster’s interpretation brings out the symphonic character of the opera, while Melody Moore’s charismatic interpretation of the title role fully realizes the work’s tragic and dramatic potential.
History
Puccini’s original version of Madama Butterfly premiered at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala in 1904. The composer was inspired to write an opera about a tragic love between a young Japanese geisha and an American Navy officer after seeing David Belasco’s play by the same name performed in London in June 1900. Puccini’s score includes many Japanese folk melodies, and is one of his most sweeping and sophisticated. It remains one of the world’s most popular operas.
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