Madama Butterfly opera in three acts

DVD 2008

An American lieutenant marries a beautiful young geisha, to the dismay of her family. Shortly after the wedding the lieutenant departs for America, and his wife bears him a child, alone. Three years later she excitedly awaits his return, only to find to her shock and despair, that he is returning with an American wife.

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ISBN:

9780769787152
0769787150

Description:

1 videodisc (130 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital optical
video file DVD video region 1

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: NR

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Director, Moffatt Oxenbould; designers, Russell Cohen, Peter England; lighting designer, Robert Bryan; producer, Cameron Kirkpatrick
Cheryl Barker (Madama butterfly) ; Jay Hunter Morris (B.F. Pinkerton) ; Graeme MacFarlane (Goro) ; Douglas McNicol (Sharpless) ; Ingrid Silveus (Suzuki) ; supporting soloists ; The Opera Australia Chorus ; The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra ; Patrick Summers, conductor
Recorded Aug. 6, 1997 at the Sydney Opera House
DVD ; full screen presentation
For private home use only
Includes audio tracks in Italian with subtitles in English

Control Number:

525174

UPC:

032031434790

Other Authors:

Australian Broadcasting Commission
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
Barker, Cheryl
Belasco, David, 1853-1931. Madame Butterfly DVD
Bryan, Robert
Cohen, Russell
England, Peter
Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906
Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919
Kirkpatrick, Cameron
Kultur International Films
Long, John Luther, 1861-1927
MacFarlane, Graeme
McNicol, Douglas
Morris, Jay Hunter
Opera Australia
Opera Australia. Chorus
Oxenbould, Moffatt, 1943-
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924
Silveus, Ingrid
Summers, Patrick

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