COMPOSERS: Puccini
LABELS: Alto
WORKS: Madama Butterfly
PERFORMER: Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Sordello, etc; Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome/Serafin
CATALOGUE NO: Alto ALC 2015 Reissue (1960)
This is Tebaldi’s second complete Butterfly and her voice is still incomparable in the title role. Yet the drama eludes her. Christopher Cook