Robin Ray introduces an all-star cast in a specially filmed production of Madama Butterfly by GIACOMO PUCCINI with Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan Opera in three acts in Italian, libretto by G. GIACOSA , L. ILLICA
Sub-titles by GILLIAN WIDDICOMBE
Cast
Costumes and set design by JEAN-PIERRE PONNELLE and OTTO PISCHINGER
Director of photography WOLFGANG TREV Executive producer FRITZ BUTTENSTEDT Director JEAN-PIERRE PONNELLE A UNITEL production
A simultaneous stereo broadcast with Radio 3. (To obtain the best effect viewers with stereo Radio 3 should turn off TV sound and position their loudspeakers on either side of the screen but close enough to relate stereo image to picture size. Stereo headphones provide a suitable alternative)
Two-minute intervals at 9.10*. 10.15*