Madama Butterfly discography

This is a partial discography of Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), an opera by Giacomo Puccini, first staged in Milan at La Scala on February 17, 1904.

Audio recordings

Year	Cast (Cio-Cio San, Pinkerton, Suzuki, Sharpless)	Conductor, Opera house and orchestra	Label[1][2]/Notes
1921	Ottavia Giordano, Santo Santonocito, Ginevra Amato, Adolfo Pacini	Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	LP: Società Nazionale del Grammofono Cat: S 5410-5434
1929	Rosetta Pampanini, Alessandro Granda, Conchita Velasquez, Gino Vanelli	Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	LP: Columbia Cat: D 14530-43 CD: Arkadia Cat: 78041
1929-30	Margaret Burke Sheridan, Lionello Cecil, Ida Mannarini, Vittorio Weinberg	Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	LP: La voce del padrone Cat: S 10190-205 CD: Romophone Cat: 89001-2 Arkadia, Cat: 78030
1939	Toti Dal Monte, Beniamino Gigli, Vittoria Palombini, Mario Basiola	Oliviero De Fabritiis Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus	LP: La voce del padrone DB 3859-3874 CD: EMI CHS Cat: 7 69990-2
1948	Eleanor Steber, Jan Peerce, Suzanne Carré, Richard Bonelli	Eugene Ormandy Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and chorus	CD: VAI Cat: VAIA 1220
1949	Eleanor Steber, Richard Tucker, Jean Madeira, Giuseppe Valdengo	Max Rudolf Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	LP: Columbia Records Cat: 13011D -13026D CD: Sony Cat: MH2K 62765
1951	Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Campora, Nell Rankin, Giovanni Inghilleri	Alberto Erede Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus	LP: Decca Cat: LXT 2638-2640 CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110254-55
1953	Clara Petrella, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Mafalda Masini, Giuseppe Taddei	Angelo Questa RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus	LP: Cetra Cat: OLPC1248/1-3 CD: Warner-Fonit Cat: 0927-43551-2
1954	Victoria de los Ángeles, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Anna Maria Canali, Tito Gobbi	Gianandrea Gavazzeni Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus	LP: La voce del padrone cat: ALP 1215-1217 CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.111291-92
1955	Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Lucia Danieli, Mario Borriello	Herbert von Karajan Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	LP: Columbia Cat: 33CX 1296-1298 CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.111026-27
1956	Dorothy Kirsten, Daniele Barioni, Mildred Miller, Clifford Harvuot	Dimitri Mitropoulos Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus	LP: Metropolitan Opera Record Club Cat: MO 722 CD: Living Stage Cat: LS 1038
1957	Anna Moffo, Cesare Valletti, Rosalind Elias, Renato Cesari	Erich Leinsdorf Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus	LP: RCA Victrola Cat: VICS 6100 CD: RCA Victor Cat: 4145-2
1958	Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Fiorenza Cossotto, Enzo Sordello	Tullio Serafin Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus	LP: Decca Cat: LXT 5468-5470 CD: Decca Cat: 470 577-2
1959	Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni	Gabriele Santini Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus	LP: La voce del padrone Cat: ALP 1795-1797 CD: EMI Classics Cat: 414446-5 1962 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
1962	Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker, Rosalind Elias, Philip Maero	Erich Leinsdorf RCA Italiana Orchestra and chorus	LP: RCA Victor Cat: LSC 6160 CD: RCA Victor Cat: 09026 68884-2 1964 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
1966	Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Anna di Stasio, Rolando Panerai	John Barbirolli Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus	LP: La voce del padrone Cat: SAN 184-186 CD: EMI Classics Cat: 3.67720-2
1974	Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns	Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus	CD: Decca Cat: 417 577-2
1976	Montserrat Caballé, Bernabé Martí, Silvana Mazzieri, Franco Bordoni	Armando Gatto Gran Teatre del Liceu orchestra and chorus	LP: Decca Cat: D68DR 3
1977	Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Gillian Knight, Ingvar Wixell	Lorin Maazel Philharmonia Orchestra Ambrosian Opera Chorus	CD: Sony Classical Cat: SM2K 91135
1987	Mirella Freni, José Carreras, Teresa Berganza, Juan Pons	Giuseppe Sinopoli Philharmonia Orchestra Ambrosian Opera Chorus	LP: Deutsche Grammophon 423 567-1 CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 423 567-2
1991	Miriam Gauci, Yordy Ramiro, Nelly Boschkowá, Georg Tichy	Alexander Rahbari Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic chorus	CD: Naxos Cat: 8.660015-16
1997	Svetlana Katchour, Bruce Rankin, Fredrika Brillemburg, Heikki Kilpelainen	Günter Neuhold Bremer Philharmoniker Staatsorchester Bremer Theater chorus (Original 1904 version)	CD: Naxos Cat: 8.660078-79
2008	Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Enkelejda Shkosa, Fabio Capitanucci	Antonio Pappano Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 2641872

Video recordings

Year	Cast (Cio-Cio San, Pinkerton, Suzuki, Sharpless)	Conductor, Opera house and orchestra (Production details)	Label[1][2]
1956	Anna Moffo, Renato Cioni, Miti Truccato Pace, Afro Poli	Oliviero De Fabritiis, RAI Milano orchestra and chorus	DVD: VAI Cat: VAI 4284
1974	Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns	Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera chorus (Film directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle)	Blu-ray/DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 5131/073 4037
1986	Yasuko Hayashi, Peter Dvorský, Hak-Nam Kim, Giorgio Zancanaro	Lorin Maazel, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus	DVD: Arthaus Cat: 100 110
2004	Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armiliato, Rossana Rinaldi, Juan Pons	Plácido Domingo, Festival Puccini at Torre del Lago Città Lirica orchestra and chorus	DVD/CD: Dynamic Cat: 33457 Cat: CDS 599[3]
2009	Patricia Racette, Marcello Giordani, Maria Zifchak, Dwayne Croft	Patrick Summers, Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 7 March 2009; production: Anthony Minghella)	Streaming HD video: Met Opera on Demand[4] DVD: Sony Classical Cat: 88697-80662-9 [5]
2009	Raffaella Angeletti, Massimiliano Pisapia, Annunziata Vestri, Claudio Sgura	Daniele Callegari, Sferisterio Opera Festival (Recorded live, 24 July – 2 August 2009; stage director, set and costume designer: Pier Luigi Pizzi)	Blu ray/DVD: C Major[6]
2012	Alexia Voulgaridou, Teodor Ilincai, Cristina Damian, Lauri Vasar	Alexander Joel, Hamburg Philharmonic, Hamburg State Opera Chorus (Recorded live, November 2012; stage director: Vincent Boussard)	Blu ray/DVD: ArtHaus Musik[7]
2016	Maria José Siri, Bryan Hymel, Annalisa Stroppa, Carlos Álvarez	Riccardo Chailly, Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (1904 version, recorded live, 2016)	Blu ray/DVD: Decca[8] Cat: 100 110
2017	Ermonela Jaho, Marcelo Puente, Elizabeth DeShong, Scott Hendricks	Antonio Pappano, Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 30 March 2017; stage directors: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier)	Blu ray/DVD: Opus Arte[9]
2018	Olga Busuioc, Joshua Guerrero, Elizabeth DeShong, Michael Sumuel	Omer Meir Wellber, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus (Recorded live, 21 June 2018, Glyndebourne Festival; designer: Nicky Shaw[10])	Blu ray/DVD: Opus Arte[11]
2022	Maria Agresta, Joshua Guerrero, Christine Rice, Carlos Álvarez	Nicola Luisotti, Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 27 September 2022; stage directors: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier)	HD video: ROH Stream[12]