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Director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1932-1988) has been called "a weaver of magic, a curator of the sublime, a master choreographer, a footloose farceur" (The Wall Street Journal). One of the most imaginative director-designers of our times, Ponnelle was also the first significant opera director to have a large portion of his work preserved on film. In his chilling and poignant account of "Madama Butterfly", he tried to use all the typical resources of film such as flashbacks, slow motion and "inner monologues", where the singers do not move their lips to sing. Under the direction of Herbert von Karajan, the stellar cast includes Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo and Christa Ludwig.

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Production Year:

1974
Genres:

progressive
Age rating:

6+
Audio Language:

Italian
Subtitle Language:

English
Country:

Germany

Besetzung

composer:

Giacomo Puccini
conductor:

Herbert von Karajan
staging:

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Stage design:

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
costume:

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
vocal soloist:

Mirella Freni
(Butterfly (Cho-Cho-San))

Plácido Domingo
(F.B. Pinkerton)

Robert Kerns
(Konsul Sharpless)

Christa Ludwig
(Suzuki)

Giorgio Stendoro
(Fürst Yamadori)

Michel Sénéchal
(Goro)

Marius Rintzler
(Onkel Bonze)
chorus:

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
orchestra:

Wiener Philharmoniker
video director:

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

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