Madama Butterfly (Highlights) [Audio CD] Puccini and Alexander Rahbari - Very Good

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Amazon.caMadama Butterfly tells the story of the Japanese geisha Cio-Cio-San--rapturously sung here by Miriam Gauci--and her love for her American husband, Pinkerton, who cynically regards their marriage as a thing of the moment, to be dismissed when he returns to America. Their affair can only end in tragedy, though the premiere in 1904 at La Scala in Milan ended in farce, the audience responding to the bird-noises designed to evoke the Japanese countryside by making their own farmyard noises. Puccini withdrew and revised the opera, leading to its eventual acclaim and permanent place in the repertoire. This selection of highlights concentrates on Act I, though includes all the most memorable of Puccini's lush and extravagantly romantic arias, with Act II's famous "Un bel di, vedremo" being overwhelming in its passion. All the cast are in strong voice, though Gauci really is exceptional, and conductor Alexander Rahbari elicits the rich orchestral sound so vital to Puccini's luxuriant musical world, such that this release really is a sensual delight. At super-budget price, you'd be as well advised to invest in the complete version of Madama Butterfly from which these highlights are taken (Rahbari and the Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra have also recorded Puccini's La Bohème, a performance again available as highlights or complete). --Gary S. DalkinProduct DescriptionPuccini

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