Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker, Rosalina Elias, Piero de Palma, Philip Maero / RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf / RCA Red Seal 2x Audio CD 1997 Stereo

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Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian opera composer who has been called "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi".

Puccini's early work was rooted in traditional late-19th-century Romantic Italian opera. Later, he successfully developed his work in the realistic verismo style, of which he became one of the leading exponents.

Puccini's most renowned works are La bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), Madama Butterfly (1904), and Turandot (1924), all of which are among the important operas played as standards.

OPERA IN THREE ACTS

Madama Butterfly (Cho-Cho-San).......Leontyne Price

Suzuki ...............Rosalind Elias

B.F Pinkerton ....................... Richard Tucker

Kate Pinkerton.............Anna di Stasio

Sharpless.............Philip Maero

Goro..................Piero de Palma

Prince Yamadori...................Robert Kerns

The Bonze......................Vigilio Carbonari

Imperial Commissioner.............Arturo La Porta

The Registrar ......................Mario Rinaudo

Yakuside......................Leo Pudis

Mother of Cho-Cho-San ..............Fernanda Cadoni

The Aunt .............................Gianna Lollini

The Cousin ............................Silvia Bertona

• Orchestra, Choir - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus
• Conducted by - Erich Leinsdorf