Puccini - Price - Tucker - Maero - Elias / Leinsdorf - Madame Butterfly

Tracklist

A	Act I (Part 1)	23:05
B	Act I (Part 2)	19:23
C1	Act I (Concl.)	6:58
C2	Act II (Part 1)	10:47
D	Act II (Part 2)	21:53
E1	Act II (Concl.)	14:56
E2	Act III (Part 1)	7:36
F	Act III (Concl.)	23:43

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – TELDEC »Telefunken-Decca« Schallplatten GmbH
• Recorded At – RCA Studios, Rome
• Copyright (c) – Radio Corporation of America

Credits

• Baritone Vocals [Imperial Commissioner] – Arturo La Porta
• Baritone Vocals [Prince Yamadori] – Robert Kerns
• Baritone Vocals [Sharpless] – Philip Maero
• Bass Vocals [The Bonze] – Virgilio Carbonari
• Bass Vocals [The Registrar] – Mario Rinaudo
• Bass Vocals [Yakuside] – Leo Pudis
• Chorus – RCA Italiana Opera Chorus
• Chorus Master – Nino Antonellini
• Composed By – Giacomo Puccini
• Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
• Conductor [Assistant Conductor] – Fernando Cavaniglia, Luigi Ricci, Ugo Catania
• Libretto By – Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Kate Pinkerton] – Anna Di Stasio
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Mother Of Cio-cio-san] – Fernanda Cadoni
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Suzuki] – Rosalind Elias
• Orchestra – RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
• Producer – Richard Mohr
• Recorded By [Recording Engineer] – Lewis Layton
• Soprano Vocals [Madama Butterflu, Cio-cio-san] – Leontyne Price
• Soprano Vocals [The Aunt] – Gianna Lollini
• Soprano Vocals [The Cousin] – Silvia Bertona
• Stage Manager [Stereophonic Stage Manager] – Carl O. Von Hoersten
• Tenor Vocals [B.f. Pinkerton] – Richard Tucker
• Tenor Vocals [Goro] – Piero De Palma

Notes

Includes a 12" book of 18 pages with photos, info and notes in English and the complete libretto in Italian and English.

Includes a 12" leaflet with German info and notes.

© 1963 Radio Corporation of America
Opera in Three Acts
Based on the story by John Luther Long and the drama by David Belasco.
First performed at La Scala, Milan, February 17, 1904.
Sung in Italian.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: BIEM

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
82876-82622-2	Puccini* - Price* - Tucker* - Maero* - Elias* / Leinsdorf*	Puccini* - Price* - Tucker* - Maero* - Elias* / Leinsdorf* - Madame Butterfly ‎(2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album)	RCA Red Seal, Sony BMG Music Entertainment	82876-82622-2	Europe	2006
88765414972-46	Puccini* / Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker , Rosalind Elias, Philip Maero / Erich Leinsdorf	Puccini* / Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker , Rosalind Elias, Philip Maero / Erich Leinsdorf - Madame Butterfly [Disc 2] ‎(CD, RE, RM, Car)	RCA Red Seal, Sony Music	88765414972-46	Europe	2012
88697720602, S70475C	Puccini*, Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker , Rosalind Elias, Philip Maero, Erich Leinsdorf	Puccini*, Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker , Rosalind Elias, Philip Maero, Erich Leinsdorf - Madame Butterfly [Disc 1] ‎(CD, RE, RM, Car)	RCA Red Seal, Sony Music	88697720602, S70475C	Asia	2010
VLS 45141-2	Giacomo Puccini, Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker , Erich Leinsdorf	Giacomo Puccini, Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker , Erich Leinsdorf - Madama Butterfly ‎(LP, Album)	RCA Victrola	VLS 45141-2	Italy	1982
SER5504/6	Puccini* - Price* - Tucker* - Maero* - Elias* / Leinsdorf*	Puccini* - Price* - Tucker* - Maero* - Elias* / Leinsdorf* - Madame Butterfly ‎(3xLP + Box)	RCA Red Seal	SER5504/6	UK	1962