Editorial Reviews
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In the 1980s, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli was the opera world's most talked about revisionist. Some hailed him for peeling off layers of tradition and diagnosing the neurotic opera characters like a Freudian analysis. Others thought he was just being neurotic himself. Surely, this Butterfly is dramatic, musical theater of the highest order though often extremely heavy handed: The Act I quotations of the "Star-Spangled Banner" are underscored to a fare thee well. Singers give passionate, committed performances, Mirella Freni being her vocally generous self and Carreras, in his last recording before falling ill with leukemia, sounding surprisingly secure and robust. --David Patrick Stearns
Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Mirella Freni / José Carreras / Teresa Berganza / Juan Pons / Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Philharmonia Orchestra / Giuseppe Sinopoli, Music, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Mirella Freni, José Carreras, Philharmonia Orchestra, Teresa Berganza, Juan Pons, Anthony Laciura, Kurt Rydl, Marianne Rorholm, Petteri Salomaa, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Classical, Classical Music, Italian Romantic Opera, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Opera/Operetta
Track Listings:
Track Listings
Ocean [Original recording remastered] [Import]
Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix [Original recording remastered] [Extra tracks]
Booze Brothers By Brewers Droop
The It Girl (2001 Original Off-Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording]
Top 10 of Classical Music, Vol. 6: 1842-1853
Storm Front [Import] [Original recording remastered]
The Best of Boogie Woogie, Vol. 2: 1935-1942