Bibliograph

Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini ; staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Type

Label

Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini ; staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Language

ita

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Main title

Madama Butterfly

Oclc number

991966264

Responsibility statement

Giacomo Puccini ; staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Runtime

145

Summary

The pathos of this heart-rending story about a sweet-natured Japanese girl and the caddish American naval lieutenant who marries then deserts her has seldom been conveyed with such emotional directness. In his sumptuous filming of Puccini's opera, director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle uses an array of cinematic effects to evoke the protagonists' irreconcilably separate lives and worlds. As Butterfly, Mirella Freni is unbearably moving in one of the finest performances of her career, while Plácido Domingo makes Lt. Pinkerton a more sympathetic figure than usual

Technique

live action

Contributor

Creator