Puccini: Madam Butterfly

Puccini: Madam Butterfly

An unexceptional staging in a bathtub acoustic. Angeletti’s Butterfly is vocally uneven, although passionate, while the conductor and Pinkerton are serviceable. All else is routine. Michael Scott Rohan

 

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Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:39 pm

COMPOSERS: Puccini
LABELS: C Major
WORKS: Madam Butterfly
PERFORMER: Angeletti, Vestri; Fondazione Orchestra Regionale delle Marche/Callegari; dir. Pizzi (Sferisterio Opera Festival, 2010)
CATALOGUE NO: C Major 706208



An unexceptional staging in a bathtub acoustic. Angeletti’s Butterfly is vocally uneven, although passionate, while the conductor and Pinkerton are serviceable. All else is routine. Michael Scott Rohan

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