This is a partial discography of Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), an opera by Giacomo Puccini, first staged in Milan at La Scala on February 17, 1904.
Audio recordings YearCast(Cio-Cio San, Pinkerton,Suzuki, Sharpless)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabelRecordings of Madama Butterfly on operadis-opera-discography.org.ukNote: "Cat:" is short for catalogue number by the label company./Notes1921Ottavia Giordano, Santo Santonocito, Ginevra Amato,Adolfo PaciniCarlo SabajnoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusLP: Società Nazionale del GrammofonoCat: S 5410-54341929Rosetta Pampanini, Alessandro Granda, Conchita Velasquez, Gino VanelliLorenzo MolajoliTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusLP: ColumbiaCat: D 14530-43 CD: Arkadia Cat: 780411929-30Margaret Burke Sheridan, Lionello Cecil, Ida Mannarini, Vittorio WeinbergCarlo SabajnoTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusLP: La voce del padroneCat: S 10190-205 CD: RomophoneCat: 89001-2Arkadia, Cat: 780301939Toti Dal Monte, Beniamino Gigli, Vittoria Palombini, Mario BasiolaOliviero De FabritiisTeatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorusLP: La voce del padrone DB 3859-3874CD: EMI CHSCat: 7 69990-2 1948 Eleanor Steber,Jan Peerce, Suzanne Carré, Richard Bonelli Eugene OrmandyHollywood Bowl Orchestra and chorusCD: VAICat: VAIA 1220 1949 Eleanor Steber,Richard Tucker, Jean Madeira, Giuseppe Valdengo Max RudolfMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus LP: Columbia RecordsCat: 13011D -13026DCD: SonyCat: MH2K 62765 1951 Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Campora, Nell Rankin, Giovanni Inghilleri Alberto EredeAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus LP: DeccaCat: LXT 2638-2640CD: Naxos HistoricalCat: 8.110254-551953 Clara Petrella, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Mafalda Masini, Giuseppe Taddei Angelo Questa RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus LP: CetraCat: OLPC1248/1-3CD: Warner-FonitCat: 0927-43551-21954Victoria de los Ángeles, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Anna Maria Canali, Tito GobbiGianandrea GavazzeniTeatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorusLP: La voce del padronecat: ALP 1215-1217CD: Naxos HistoricalCat: 8.111291-921955Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Lucia Danieli, Mario BorrielloHerbert von KarajanTeatro alla Scala orchestra and chorusLP: ColumbiaCat: 33CX 1296-1298CD: Naxos HistoricalCat: 8.111026-271956Dorothy Kirsten, Daniele Barioni, Mildred Miller, Clifford HarvuotDimitri MitropoulosMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusLP: Metropolitan Opera Record Club Cat: MO 722CD: Living StageCat: LS 1038 1957 Anna Moffo, Cesare Valletti, Rosalind Elias, Renato Cesari Erich LeinsdorfTeatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus LP: RCA VictrolaCat: VICS 6100CD: RCA VictorCat: 4145-21958Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Fiorenza Cossotto, Enzo SordelloTullio Serafin Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorusLP: DeccaCat: LXT 5468-5470 CD: DeccaCat: 470 577-21959Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario SereniGabriele SantiniTeatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorusLP: La voce del padroneCat: ALP 1795-1797CD: EMI ClassicsCat: 414446-5 1962 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording1962Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker, Rosalind Elias, Philip MaeroErich LeinsdorfRCA Italiana Orchestra and chorusLP: RCA VictorCat: LSC 6160CD: RCA VictorCat: 09026 68884-2 1964 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording1966Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Anna di Stasio, Rolando PaneraiJohn Barbirolli Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorusLP: La voce del padroneCat: SAN 184-186CD: EMI ClassicsCat: 3.67720-21974Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Christa Ludwig, Robert KernsHerbert von KarajanVienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera chorusCD: DeccaCat: 417 577-21976Montserrat Caballé, Bernabé Martí, Silvana Mazzieri, Franco BordoniArmando GattoGran Teatre del Liceu orchestra and chorusLP: DeccaCat: D68DR 31977Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Gillian Knight, Ingvar WixellLorin Maazel Philharmonia OrchestraAmbrosian Opera ChorusCD: Sony ClassicalCat: SM2K 911351987Mirella Freni, José Carreras, Teresa Berganza, Juan PonsGiuseppe Sinopoli Philharmonia OrchestraAmbrosian Opera ChorusLP: Deutsche Grammophon423 567-1CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 423 567-21991 Miriam Gauci, Yordy Ramiro, Nelly Boschkowá, Georg Tichy Alexander RahbariSlovak Radio Symphony OrchestraSlovak Philharmonic chorus CD: NaxosCat: 8.660015-161997 Svetlana Katchour,Bruce Rankin, Fredrika Brillemburg, Heikki Kilpelainen Günter NeuholdBremer Philharmoniker Staatsorchester Bremer Theater chorus (Original 1904 version)CD: NaxosCat: 8.660078-792008 Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Enkelejda Shkosa, Fabio Capitanucci Antonio Pappano Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus CD: EMI ClassicsCat: 2641872
Video recordings YearCast(Cio-Cio San, Pinkerton,Suzuki, Sharpless)Conductor,Opera house and orchestra(Production details)Label1956 Anna Moffo, Renato Cioni, Miti Truccato Pace,Afro Poli Oliviero De Fabritiis,RAI Milano orchestra and chorus DVD: VAICat: VAI 4284 1974 Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns Herbert von Karajan,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera chorus(Film directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle) Blu-ray/DVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 073 5131/073 4037 1986 Yasuko Hayashi, Peter Dvorský, Hak-Nam Kim, Giorgio Zancanaro Lorin Maazel,Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus DVD: ArthausCat: 100 110 2004 Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armiliato, Rossana Rinaldi, Juan Pons Plácido Domingo,Festival Puccini at Torre del LagoCittà Lirica orchestra and chorus DVD/CD: DynamicCat: 33457Cat: CDS 599“Madama Butterfly review – Domingo, Festival Puccini 2004”. classicstoday.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020 2009 Patricia Racette, Marcello Giordani, Maria Zifchak, Dwayne Croft Patrick Summers,Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Recorded live, 7 March 2009; production: Anthony Minghella) Streaming HD video:Met Opera on DemandMadama Butterfly (7 March 2009), Met Opera on Demand.DVD: Sony ClassicalCat: 88697-80662-9 “Summers, Madama Butterfly review – The Met 2011”. classical.net. Retrieved 7 January 2020 2009 Raffaella Angeletti,,Annunziata Vestri,Claudio Sgura Daniele Callegari,Sferisterio Opera Festival(Recorded live, 24 July – 2 August 2009; stage director, set and costume designer: Pier Luigi Pizzi) Blu ray/DVD: C Major2009 Sferisterio Opera Festival video: Blu-ray, ; DVD, . 2012 Alexia Voulgaridou,Teodor Ilincai,Cristina Damian,Lauri Vasar Alexander Joel,Hamburg Philharmonic, Hamburg State Opera Chorus(Recorded live, November 2012; stage director: Vincent Boussard) Blu ray/DVD: ArtHaus MusikDavid Patrick Stearns, Review of 2012 Hamburg video, Gramophone, August 2014, pp. 90–91. 2016 Maria José Siri,Bryan Hymel,Annalisa Stroppa,Carlos Álvarez Riccardo Chailly,Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus(1904 version, recorded live, 2016) Blu ray/DVD: Decca2016 La Scala video: Blu-ray, ; DVD, .Cat: 100 110 2017 Ermonela Jaho,Marcelo Puente,Elizabeth DeShong,Scott Hendricks Antonio Pappano,Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus(Recorded live, 30 March 2017; stage directors: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier) Blu ray/DVD: Opus Arte2017 ROH video: Blu-ray, ; DVD, . 2018 Olga Busuioc,Joshua Guerrero,Elizabeth DeShong,Michael Sumuel Omer Meir Wellber,London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus(Recorded live, 21 June 2018, Glyndebourne Festival; designer: Nicky ShawNicky Shaw website.) Blu ray/DVD: Opus Arte2018 Glyndebourne video: Blu-ray, ; DVD, . 2022 Maria Agresta,Joshua Guerrero,Christine Rice,Carlos Álvarez Nicola Luisotti,Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus(Recorded live, 27 September 2022; stage directors: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier) HD video: ROH StreamMadama Butterfly (2022), Royal Opera House Stream
References Notes
Sources Blyth, Alan, ed. Opera on Record. Hutchinson & Co., London. 1979. Gruber, Paul, ed. The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera. W.W. Norton & Co., New York. 1993.