Tracklist
In print
First pressed 1960, still pressed 1990 — 22 pressings across 8 countries.
Credits
Giacomo Puccini
Composer
Gabriele Santini
Conductor
Francis Dillnutt
Engineer
George Harvey
Illustration · painting
M. Kataoka 2
Illustration
Dyneley Hussey
Liner Notes
Frank Granville Barker
Liner Notes
Jacques Slyper
Liner Notes
Maurice Tassart
Liner Notes
William Fense Weaver
Liner Notes
David Bell
Mastering · remastered by
Peter Bown
Mastering · remastered by
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Performing Orchestra
Angus McBean
Photography
Victor Olof
Producer
Antonio Sacchetti
Vocal · bass vocals [the comissioner]
Arturo La Porta
Vocal · baritone vocals [prince yamadori]
Bonaldo Giaiotti
Vocal · bass vocals [uncle yakusidé]
Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Vocal · chorus
Giuseppe Conca
Vocal · chorus [master]
Jussi Björling
Vocal · tenor vocals [lt. b.f. pinkerton]
Mario Sereni
Vocal · baritone vocals [sharpless]
Miriam Pirazzini
Vocal · mezzo-soprano vocals [suzuki]
Nina De Courson
Vocal · soprano vocals [the aunt]
Paolo Caroli
Vocal · tenor vocals [official registrar]
Paolo Montarsolo
Vocal · bass vocals [the bonze]
Piero de Palma
Vocal · tenor vocals [goro]
Silvia Bertona
Vocal · soprano vocals [kate pinkerton; the cousin]
Silvia Bertona
Vocal · soprano vocals [kate pinkerton], soprano vocals [the cousin]
Vera Magrini
Vocal · mezzo-soprano vocals [the mother]
Vera Mangrini
Vocal · mezzo-soprano vocals [mother of madame butterfly]
Victoria de los Ángeles
Vocal · soprano vocals [mme. butterfly]