Reference Recording: Scotto’s First Butterfly

Robert Levine

Artistic Quality:

10

Sound Quality:

10

[A re-post from our archives in memorial tribute to Renata […]

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Recording Details:

Reference Recording: This one, Callas (EMI)

PUCCINI, GIACOMO:
Madama Butterfly

Soloists: Renata Scotto (soprano)
Anna di Stasio (mezzo-soprano)
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
Rolando Panerai (baritone)
others

Conductor: Barbirolli, John
Orchestra: Rome Opera Orchestra & Chorus

Record Label: EMI - 5 67888 2
Medium: CD

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