Madama Butterfly : Gavazzeni / Rome Opera, Angeles, di Stefano, Gobbi

GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924)
Madama Buttefly

Madama Butterfly - Victoria de los Angeles
B. F. Pinkerton - Giuseppe Di Stefano
Suzuki - Anna Maria Canali
Sharpless - Tito Gobbi
Goro - Renato Ercolani
Kate Pinkerton - Maria Huder

Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor

Recorded 26th-31st July and 2nd-6th, 8th-9th, 11th and 23rd August, 1954 in the Teatro dell’Opera, Rome

Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn

One of the finest ever recordings of Madama Butterfly, this 1954 taping has rarely been out of the catalogue.
Victoria de los Angeles, never in finer or fuller voice, sings with radiant beauty, Giuseppe Di Stefano is a thrilling yet moving Pinkerton while Tito Gobbi brings unexpected depth and feeling to the role of Sharpless.
The recording is further distinguished by idiomatic and characterful performances from the Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni, who was also a noted composer, author and musicologist. ( NAXOS )