| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| Series |
Opera explained |
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Opera explained.
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| Contents |
An Introduction to? PUCCINI Madama Butterfly / Giacomo Puccini (David Timson, reader) |
| Summary |
This series introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the Naxos recording of the complete work, Thomson Smillie is informative yet entertaining, enabling the listener to get more from this remarkable art form. Madama Butterfly runs the gamut of operatic emotions. The title heroine has a fragility wonderfully expressed in her entry music, deep sexual instincts as shown in the love duet, and immense tragic stature in her last hours. The fate of Madama Butterfly - married to an American sailor and then abandoned - engages our emotions, as it obviously did Puccini's to a degree equalled by few other opera heroines. The oriental setting and the exquisite orchestral and choral writings are treasured bonuses |
| Notes |
Streaming audio |
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Title from image of compact disc cover on Web page (viewed May 10, 2006) |
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Includes program notes |
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Unabridged |
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Duration: 65:33 |
| Performer |
Unidentified performers ; David Timson, narrator |
| Notes |
Narrated in English; opera excerpts sung in Italian |
| Subject |
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Madama Butterfly.
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| SUBJECT |
Madama Butterfly (Puccini, Giacomo) fast |
| Subject |
Operas -- Analysis, appreciation.
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Operas -- Stories, plots, etc.
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Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas
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Operas -- Analysis, appreciation
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Operas -- Excerpts
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| Genre/Form |
Stories, plots, etc.
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| Form |
Streaming audio
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| Author |
Timson, David.
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Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Madama Butterfly. Selections.
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