Album · 1974

Madama Butterfly

Puccini; Freni, Pavarotti, Ludwig, Kerns, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Label

Decca Classics

Catalogue

417 577-2

Tracks

Runtime

145 min

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Tracklist

Disc 1

Madama Butterfly: Act 1 (Part 1). “… E soffitto… e pareti…”

Madama Butterfly

27:20

Madama Butterfly: Act 1 (Conclusion). “E un presente del Mikado”

Madama Butterfly

27:14

Disc 2

Madama Butterfly: Act 2, 1st Part (Part 1). “… E Izaghi ed Izanami”

Madama Butterfly

30:06

Madama Butterfly: Act 2, 1st Part (Conclusion). “Che tua madre”

Madama Butterfly

24:16

Disc 3

Madama Butterfly: Act 2, 2nd Part (Part 1). “Oh eh! Oh eh!”

Madama Butterfly

22:19

Madama Butterfly: Act 2, 2nd Part (Conclusion). “Tu, Suzuki, che sei tanto buona”

Madama Butterfly

14:00

In print

First pressed 1974, still pressed 2025 — 34 pressings across 13 countries.

Credits

Mastering · lacquer cut by

Bob Ludwig

Mastering · lacquer cut by

Horst Angenendt

Mastering · lacquer cut by

Ian Watson

Mastering · remastered by, mastered by [sacd]

Péter Horváth

Mastering · lacquer cut by

Ted Burkett

Mastering · lacquer cut by

Wiener Philharmoniker

Siegfried Lauterwasser

Photography

Andrew Rolland

Producer · reissue producer

Christopher Raeburn

Producer

Dominic Fyfe

Producer · reissue producer

Michael Woolcock

Producer · co-producer

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper

Vocal · choir

Christa Ludwig

Vocal · vocals [suzuki]

Elke Schary

Vocal · vocals [kate pinkerton]

Erna Maria Mühlberger

Vocal · vocals [la zia di cio-cio-san]

Evamaria Hurdes

Vocal · vocals [la madre di cio-cio-san]

Giorgio Stendoro

Vocal · vocals [il principe yamadori]

Hans Helm

Vocal · vocals [il commissario imperiale]

Luciano Pavarotti

Vocal · vocals [b.f. pinkerton]

Marius Rintzler

Vocal · vocals [il bonzo]

Martha Heigl

Vocal · vocals [la cugina di cio-cio-san]

Michel Sénéchal

Vocal · vocals [goro]

Mirella Freni

Vocal · vocals [madame butterfly]

Robert Kerns

Vocal · vocals [sharpless]

Siegfried Rudolf Frese

Vocal · vocals [l'ufficiale del registro]

Wolfgang Scheideler

Vocal · vocals [yakuside]

Wolfgang Scheider

Vocal · vocals [lo zio yakusidè]