by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Wolfgang Treu · Universal/Music/DVD · DVD · EAN 0044007140499
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«Madama Butterfly» is the opera film by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Wolfgang Treu (2001), with Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo and Christa Ludwig, on DVD.
Film adaptation of Giacomo Puccini's opera: the young geisha Cio-Cio-San, called Butterfly, marries a United States Navy officer and waits for his return in Nagasaki while separation and cultural differences turn her story into a drama of sacrifice and abandonment.
Musical direction by Herbert von Karajan leading the Wiener Philharmoniker. Duration: 144 minutes. Audio in Italian with subtitles in Spanish, French, English, German and Mandarin Chinese.
Will appeal to opera enthusiasts and fans of filmed lyric productions, with a historic cast headed by Freni, Domingo and Ludwig.
