Opera in two acts
Music by Puccini
Libretto by GIUSEPPE GIACOSA and LUIGI ILLICA
Sung in Italian: gramophone records
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF the OPERA HOUSE, ROME
Conducted by Sir John Barbirolll
The action takes place in the early 1900s. at Nagasaki. Japan
ACT 1
A house with a garden overlooking the harbour
3.57* Interval
4.26* ACT 2
Inside Butterfly's house
Third of five weekly broadcasts ot operas by Puccini, with chamber music by Bocchertni during the Intervals between the acts. Botll composers were born in Lucca.
The Girl of the Golden West
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During the Interval (at 3.57*)
BOCCHERINI: String Quintets
C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 D major, Op 50 No. 2
AEOLIAN STRING QUARTET with BRUNO SCHRECKER (cello)