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Madam Butterfly

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Opera in two acts Music by PUCCINI
Libretto by GIUSEPPE GIACOSA and LUIGI ILLICA (sung in Italian)
(gramophone records)
Cast in order of singing:
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE OPERA HOUSE. ROME conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
The action takes place in the early 1900s at Nagasaki, Japan. Act 1 A house with a garden overlooking the harbour
3.45* during the interval EDWARD GREENFIELD discusses the musical structure of Puccini's operas.
4.0* Madam Butterfly Act 2 Inside the house

Contributors

Unknown:
Giuseppe Giacosa
Unknown:
Luigi Illica
Conducted By:
Sir John Barbirolli
Unknown:
Edward Greenfield
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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