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Books

Madama Butterfly with Audio CD Author: Giacomo Puccini. Notes: Learn about the origins of the opera, the lives of the composer, and the world of opera singers and conductors, with complete libretto for Madama Butterfly and 2 CDʼs. English. 144 pages. Black Dog Opera Library. 2005.

Madama Butterfly: Full Orchestral Score Author: Giacomo Puccini. Notes: Full orchestral score featuring images from Casa Ricordiʼs archives. English. 493 pages. Ricordi. 2000.

Madama Butterfly: In Full Score Author: Giacomo Puccini. Notes: Reprinted complete and unabridged from the authoritative G. Ricordi edition. English. 496 pages. Dover Publications. 1990.

Madama Butterfly: Vocal Score Author: Giacomo Puccini. Editors: Thomas Martin and Ruth Martin. Notes: Full orchestral score featuring images from Casa Ricordiʼs archives. English. 278 pages. Ricordi. 1986.

Madama Butterfly 1904-2004: Opera at an Exhibition Author: Giacomo Puccini. Adapter: J. Alison James. Notes: Premium collectorʼs book celebrates the 100th anniversary of Madama Butterfly. Includes period photos, scene and costume sketches, period posters and postcards with essays and complete libretto. 176 pages. Ricordi. 2004.

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly): English National Opera Guides Author: Giacomo Puccini. Editor: Nicholas John. Notes: Complete libretto for Puccini's Madama Butterfly, featuring thematic guide with musical themes, bibliography and discography. English. 132 pages. Oneworld Classics. 1984.

Madame Butterfly and a Japanese Nightingale: Two Orientalist Texts Author: John Luther Long and Onoto Watanna. Notes: Two novellas, Madame Butterfly (1898) and A Japanese Nightingale (1901) written at the turn of the century. English. John Luther Long's Madame Butterfly inspired the David Belasco play. 200 pages. Rutgers University Press. 2002.

Madame Butterfly: Japonisme, Puccini, and the Search for the Real Cho-Cho-San Author: Jan van Rij. Notes: Author Jan van Rij searches for the “real” Madame Butterfly. English. 192 pages. Stone Bridge Press. 2001.

Madame Butterfly: The Story of the Opera Author: Giacomo Puccini. Adapter: J. Alison James. Notes: A picture book version of Pucciniʼs opera written for ages 9-12. 40 pages. Purple Bear Books. 2005.

Puccini's Madama Butterfly: Opera Classics Library Series Author: Giacomo Puccini. Editor: Burton D. Fisher. Notes: A comprehensive guide to Puccini's Madama Butterfly, featuring insightful and in depth commentary and analysis, and a complete, newly translated libretto. English. 124 pages. Opera Journeys Publishing. 2005.

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Films/DVDs

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2004) Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Director: Franco Zeffirelli. Performers: Fiorenza Cedolins, Marcello Giordani, Juan Pons, Francesca Franci, Carlo Bosi. Language: Italian. Conductor: Daniel Oren. Arena di Verona. 2006.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1986) Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Director: Keita Asari. Performers: Yasuko Hayashi, Hack-Nam Kim, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Peter Dvorsky, Giorgio Zancanaro. Language: Italian. Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Teatro Alla Scala, Milan. 2009.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1983) Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Directors: Brian Large, Giulio Chazalettes. Performers: Raina Kabaivanska, Nazzareno Antinori, Eleonora Jankovic, Lorenzo Saccomani. Language: Italian. Conductor: Maurizo Arena. Arena di Verona. 2004.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1983) Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Director: Robert Wilson. Performers: Cheryl Barker, Martin Thompson, Catherine Keen, Richard Stilwell, Anneleen Bijnen, Peter Blanchet. Language: Italian. Conductor: Edo de Waart. Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra. Netherlands Opera. 2008.

Puccini: Madame Butterfly (2002) Widescreen Film Version Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Director: Frédéric Mitterrand. Performers: Ying Huang, Richard Troxell, Ning Liang, Richard Cowan, Jing Ma Fan. Language: Italian. 2002.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1974) Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Performers: Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns, Michel Sénéchal. Language: Italian. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Vienna State Opera. 2005.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1974) Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Director: Moffatt Oxenbould. Performers: Cheryl Barker, Jay Hunter Morris, Douglas McNicol, Ingrid Silveus. Language: Italian. Conductor: Patrick Summers, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. Opera Australia. 2008.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1956) Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Directors: Mario Lanfranchi. Performers: Anna Moffo, Renato Cioni, Afro Poli, Oliviero de Fabritis. Language: Italian. Radiotelevisione Italiana Milano Opera. 2004.

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CDs

Puccini: Madama Butterfly Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Performers: Michele Cazzato, Fiorenza Cossotto, Virgilio Carbonari, Lidia Nerozzi, Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Tebaldi, Enzo Sordello, Paolo Washington, Oscar Nanni, Angelo Mercuriali. Language: Italian. Conductor: Tullio Serafin, Saint Cecilia Academy Orchestra. 2002.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Performers: Angelo Mercuriali, Carlo Bergonzi, Enzo Sordello, Fiorenza Cossotto, Lidia Nerozzi, Michele Cazzato, Oscar Nanni, Paolo Washington, Renata Tebaldi, Virgilio Carbonari. Language: Italian. Conductor: Tullio Serafin, Saint Cecilia Academy Orchestra. 1999.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Performers: Enrico Campi, Lucia Danieli, Luisa Villa, Maria Callas, Mario Borriello, Mario Carlin, Nicolai Gedda, Plinio Clabassi, Renato Ercolani. Language: Italian. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan, La Scala Theater Orchestra. 1997.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly Highlights Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Performers: Jing Ma Fan, Ning Liang, Constance Hauman, Richard Troxell, Richard Cowan, Ying Huang, Christopher Nomura. Language: Italian. Conductor: James Conlon, Orchestre de Paris. 1996.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Performers: Nell Rankin, Piero de Palma, Fernando Corena, Giovanni Inghilleri, Giuseppe Campora, Luigi Pizzeri, Michele Calvino, Renata Tebaldi, Melchiorre Luise, Gianna Diozzi. Language: Italian. Conductor: Alberto Erede, Saint Cecilia Academy Orchestra. 1994.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Performers: Fernando Corena, Leonardo Monreale, Rosalind Elias, Anna Moffo, Cesare Valletti, Mario Carlin, Maria Grazia Ciferri, Andrea Mineo, Miti Truccato Pace, Nestore Catalani, Maria Luisa Zeri, Renata Mattioli, Renato Cesari. Language: Italian. Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf, Rome Opera House Orchestra. 1990.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Performers: Renata Scotto, Silvana Padoan, Rolando Panerai, Carlo Bergonzi, Giuseppe Morresi, Piero dePalma, Anna di Stasio, Mario Rinaudo. Language: Italian. Conductor: Paola Montarsolo, Rome Opera Orchestra. 1990.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Performers: Renata Scotto, Jean Temperley, Malcolm King, Christopher Keyte, Gillian Knight, Ingvar Wixell, Jonathan Summers, Placido Domingo, Leslie Fyson, Florindo Andreolli, Alan Byers, Gloria Jennings, Ann Murray, Linda Richardson. Language: Italian. Conductor: Lorin Maazel, London Philharmonia Orchestra. 1990.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Performers: Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Marius Rintzler, Evamaria Hurdes, Giorgio Stendoro, Martha Heigl, Michel Senechal, Christa Ludwig, Elke Schary, Luciano Pavarotti, Hans Helm, Mirella Freni, Wolfgang Scheider. Language: Italian. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. 1990.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly Highlights Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Performers: Luciano Pavarotti, Christa Ludwig, Michel Sénéchal, Mirella Freni, et al. Language: Italian. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. 1990.

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