COMPOSERS: Puccini
LABELS: DG
ALBUM TITLE: Madame Butterfly
WORKS: Madame Butterfly
PERFORMER: Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Christa Ludwig; VPO/Karajan; dir
CATALOGUE NO: 073 4037
One of the finest Butterflys in any medium. Ponnelle’s imaginative direction matches Karajan’s sensuously dramatic conducting and a superlative cast with the young Domingo, and Freni deeply touching as the heroine. Michael Scott Rohan
Puccini: Madame Butterfly
One of the finest Butterflys in any medium. Ponnelle’s imaginative direction matches Karajan’s sensuously dramatic conducting and a superlative cast with the young Domingo, and Freni deeply touching as the heroine. Michael Scott Rohan
Our rating
5
Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:56 pm