Madama Butterfly
Directed by Jean-Pierre PonnelleMirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, and Robert Kerns star in this Jean-Pierre Ponnelle-directed version of the Puccini opera, with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Madama Butterfly is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire for companies around the world, ranking 7th in the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide.
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Madama Butterfly Trivia
Madama Butterfly was released on December 28, 1979.
Madama Butterfly was directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.
Madama Butterfly has a runtime of 2h 25m.
Madama Butterfly was produced by Fritz Buttenstedt.
Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, and Robert Kerns star in this Jean-Pierre Ponnelle-directed version of the Puccini opera, with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Madama Butterfly is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire for companies around the world, ranking 7th in the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide.
The key characters in Madama Butterfly are Cio-Cio-San, known as Butterfly (Mirella Freni), Pinkerton (Plácido Domingo), Sharpless (Robert Kerns).
Madama Butterfly is a Drama, Music, History film.
Madama Butterfly has an audience rating of 7.8 out of 10.