This is a partial discography of Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), an opera by Giacomo Puccini. The original version of the opera premiered on February 17, 1904, at La Scala in Milan.

Audio recordings

Year Cast
(Cio-Cio San, Pinkerton,
Suzuki, Sharpless) 		Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra 		Label[1][2]
1921 Ottavia Giordano,
Santo Santonocito,
Ginevra Amato,
Adolfo Pacini 		Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 		LP: Società Nazionale del Grammofono
Cat: S 5410-5434
1929 Rosetta Pampanini,
Alessandro Granda,
Conchita Velasquez,
Gino Vanelli 		Lorenzo Molajoli
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 		LP: Columbia
Cat: D 14530-43
CD: Arkadia
Cat: 78041
1929-30 Margaret Burke Sheridan,
Lionello Cecil,
Ida Mannarini,
Vittorio Weinberg 		Carlo Sabajno
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 		LP: HMV
Cat: S 10190-205
CD: Romophone
Cat: 89001-2
Arkadia, Cat: 78030
1939 Toti Dal Monte,
Beniamino Gigli,
Vittoria Palombini,
Mario Basiola 		Oliviero De Fabritiis
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus 		LP: HMV
DB 3859-3874
CD: EMI CHS
Cat: 7 69990-2
1948 Eleanor Steber,
Jan Peerce,
Suzanne Carré,
Richard Bonelli		 Eugene Ormandy
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and chorus		 CD: VAI
Cat: VAIA 1220
1949 Eleanor Steber,
Richard Tucker,
Jean Madeira,
Giuseppe Valdengo		 Max Rudolf
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus		 LP: Columbia Records
Cat: 13011D -13026D
CD: Sony
Cat: MH2K 62765
1951 Renata Tebaldi,
Giuseppe Campora,
Nell Rankin,
Giovanni Inghilleri		 Alberto Erede
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus		 LP: Decca
Cat: LXT 2638-2640
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.110254-55
1953 Clara Petrella,
Ferruccio Tagliavini,
Mafalda Masini,
Giuseppe Taddei		 Angelo Questa
RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus		 LP: Cetra
Cat: OLPC1248/1-3
CD: Warner-Fonit
Cat: 0927-43551-2
1954 Victoria de los Ángeles,
Giuseppe Di Stefano,
Anna Maria Canali,
Tito Gobbi 		Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus 		LP: HMV
cat: ALP 1215-1217
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.111291-92
1955 Maria Callas,
Nicolai Gedda,
Lucia Danieli,
Mario Borriello 		Herbert von Karajan
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus 		LP: Columbia
Cat: 33CX 1296-1298
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.111026-27
1956 Dorothy Kirsten,
Daniele Barioni,
Mildred Miller,
Clifford Harvuot 		Dimitri Mitropoulos
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus 		LP: Metropolitan Opera Record Club
Cat: MO 722
CD: Living Stage
Cat: LS 1038
1957 Anna Moffo,
Cesare Valletti,
Rosalind Elias,
Renato Cesari		 Erich Leinsdorf
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus		 LP: RCA Victrola
Cat: VICS 6100
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 4145-2
1958 Renata Tebaldi,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Fiorenza Cossotto,
Enzo Sordello 		Tullio Serafin
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus 		LP: Decca
Cat: LXT 5468-5470
CD: Decca
Cat: 470 577-2
1959 Victoria de los Ángeles,
Jussi Björling,
Miriam Pirazzini,
Mario Sereni 		Gabriele Santini
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus 		LP: HMV
Cat: ALP 1795-1797
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 414446-5
1962 Leontyne Price,
Richard Tucker,
Rosalind Elias,
Philip Maero 		Erich Leinsdorf
RCA Italiana Orchestra and chorus 		LP: RCA Victor
Cat: LSC 6160
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 09026 68884-2
1966 Renata Scotto,
Carlo Bergonzi,
Anna di Stasio,
Rolando Panerai 		John Barbirolli
Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus 		LP: HMV
Cat: SAN 184-186
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 3.67720-2
1974 Mirella Freni,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Christa Ludwig,
Robert Kerns 		Herbert von Karajan
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus 		CD: Decca
Cat: 417 577-2
1976 Montserrat Caballé,
Bernabé Martí,
Silvana Mazzieri,
Franco Bordoni 		Armando Gatto
Gran Teatre del Liceu orchestra and chorus 		LP: Decca
Cat: D68DR 3
1977 Renata Scotto,
Plácido Domingo,
Gillian Knight,
Ingvar Wixell 		Lorin Maazel
Philharmonia Orchestra
Ambrosian Opera Chorus 		CD: Sony Classical
Cat: SM2K 91135
1987 Mirella Freni,
José Carreras,
Teresa Berganza,
Juan Pons 		Giuseppe Sinopoli
Philharmonia Orchestra
Ambrosian Opera Chorus 		LP: Deutsche Grammophon
423 567-1
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 423 567-2
1991 Miriam Gauci,
Yordy Ramiro,
Nelly Boschkowá,
Georg Tichy		 Alexander Rahbari
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Slovak Philharmonic chorus		 CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.660015-16
1997 Svetlana Katchour,
Bruce Rankin,
Fredrika Brillemburg,
Heikki Kilpelainen		 Günter Neuhold
Bremer Philharmoniker Staatsorchester
Bremer Theater chorus (Original 1904 version)		 CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.660078-79
2008 Angela Gheorghiu,
Jonas Kaufmann,
Enkelejda Shkosa,
Fabio Capitanucci		 Antonio Pappano
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus		 CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 2641872

Video recordings

Year Cast
(Cio-Cio San, Pinkerton,
Suzuki, Sharpless) 		Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra 		Label[1][2]
1956 Anna Moffo,
Renato Cioni,
Miti Truccato Pace,
Afro Poli		 Oliviero De Fabritiis
RAI Milano orchestra and chorus		 DVD: VAI
Cat: VAI 4284
1974 Mirella Freni,
Plácido Domingo,
Christa Ludwig,
Robert Kerns		 Herbert von Karajan
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus		 DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 073 4037
1986 Yasuko Hayashi,
Peter Dvorský,
Hak-Nam Kim,
Giorgio Zancanaro		 Lorin Maazel
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus		 DVD: Arthaus
Cat: 100 110
2004 Daniela Dessì,
Fabio Armiliato,
Rossana Rinaldi,
Juan Pons		 Plácido Domingo
Festival Puccini at Torre del Lago
Città Lirica orchestra and chorus		 DVD/CD: Dynamic
Cat: 33457
Cat: CDS 599[3]
2011 Patricia Racette,
Marcello Giordani,
Maria Zifchak,
Greg Fedderly		 Patrick Summers
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus		 DVD: Sony Classical
Cat: 88697-80662-9 [4]
2019 Riccardo Chailly
Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus		 DVD/Blu ray: Decca
Cat: 100 110

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Recordings of Madama Butterfly on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. ^ a b Note: "Cat:" is short for catalogue number by the label company.
  3. ^ “Madama Butterfly review – Domingo, Festival Puccini 2004”. classicstoday.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020
  4. ^ “Summers, Madama Butterfly review – The Met 2011”. classical.net. Retrieved 7 January 2020

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