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Mirella Freni

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

The last in the series of operatic performances by the great soprano, presented by Gordon Stewart in conversation with Mirella Freni. Today,
Puccini's Madama Butterfly, a two-act opera to a libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica. Sung in Italian.
Vienna State Opera Chorus Vienna Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor
Herbert von Karajan
Including at 2.10 Mirella
Freni talking about the role. Senes producer Peter Tanner

Contributors

Presented By:
Gordon Stewart
Unknown:
Giuseppe Giacosa
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Producer:
Peter Tanner
Cio-Cio-San (Madame Butterfly):
Mirella Freni(soprano)
Lt BF Pinkerton:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Suzuki:
Christa Ludwig (mezzo)
Sharpless:
Robert Kerns (bar)
Goro:
Michael Senechal (tenor)
Bonze:
Marius Rintzler (bass)
Yakuside:
Wolfgang Scheider (bar)
Imperial Commissioner:
Hans Helm (baritone)
Registrar:
Siegfried Rudolf Frese (bar)
Prince Yamadori:
Giorgio Stendoro (bar)
Kate Pinkerton:
Elke Schary (mezzo)
Source: Radio Times

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