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Summary:

Bonus features (all on disc 2): Backstage at the Met with host Renée Fleming: interviews with Patricia Racette, Marcello Giordani, Maria Zifchak and Carolyn Choa; Anthony Minghella talks about Madama Butterfly.

Contributors:

Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919 , librettist

Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906 , librettist

Racette, Patricia, 1967- , performer, interviewee

Zifchak, Maria , performer, interviewee

Giordani, Marcello , performer, interviewee

Croft, Dwayne , performer

Fedderly, Greg, 1961- , performer

Miller, Keith (Bass-baritone) , performer

Jeong, Christian , performer

Peterson, Dean , performer

Won, David , performer

Kulczak, Edyta , performer

Summers, Patrick , conductor

Fleming, Renée , host, interviewer

Minghella, Anthony , producer

Halvorson, Gary , director

Choa, Carolyn , director, choreographer

Levine, Michael, 1961- , designer

Feng, Han, 1962- , designer

Mumford, Peter , designer

Down, Mark , puppeteer

Barnes, Nick , puppeteer

Belasco, David, 1853-1931

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924

Blind Summit Theatre , director, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/drt

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

English National Opera

Lietuvos TSR Valstybinis akademinis operos ir baleto teatras

Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.

Sony Classical (Firm)

Languages:

Italian
English
French
German
Spanish

Language Notes:

Sung in Italian; subtitles in English, French, German and Spanish. Hosted portion in English.

Included Works:

Madama Butterfly [by Puccini, G.]

Related Works:

Madame Butterfly [by Belasco, D.]

Related Series:

Metropolitan Opera HD live

Subjects:

Operas

Genres:

Operas

Feature films

Nonfiction films

System Details:

DVD; PCM stereo.; DTS surround; NTSC.

Performers:

Patricia Racette (Cio-Cio-San) ; Maria Zifchak (Suzuki) ; Marcello Giordani (B.F. Pinkerton) ; Dwayne Croft (Sharpless) ; Greg Fedderly (Goro) ; Keith Miller (Imperial Commissioner) ; Christian Jeong (The registrar) ; Dean Peterson (Cio-Cio San's uncle) ; David Won (Yamadori) ; Edyta Kulczak (Kate Pinkerton) ; supporting soloists ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet; Patrick Summers, conductor ; host, Renée Fleming.

Production Credits:

Director and choreographer, Carolyn Choa ; set designer, Michael Levine ; costume designer, Han Feng ; lighting designer, Peter Mumford ; puppetry, Blind Summit Theatre, Mark Down, Nick Barnes.

General Notes:

c.2 from the collection of David Simmons
Opera in 2 acts.
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, based on the play by David Belasco.
Broadcast live in HD transmission at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, March 7, 2009.
"A Metropolitan Opera high-definition production"--Container.
A co-production with English National Opera and the Lithuanian Opera.
Program notes and synopsis ([10] p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container.
Bonus features (all on disc 2): Backstage at the Met with host Renée Fleming: interviews with Patricia Racette, Marcello Giordani, Maria Zifchak and Carolyn Choa; Anthony Minghella talks about Madama Butterfly.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; stereo

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video

Call Numbers:

MDVD 00892- 00893

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 886978066299
Publisher Number, Sony Classical: 88697 80662 9

OCLC Numbers:

699495258