An introduction to-- Puccini, Madama Butterfly

Resource Information

The work An introduction to-- Puccini, Madama Butterfly represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vaughan Public Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Audio, Nonmusical, Sounds, Music.

Label

An introduction to-- Puccini, Madama Butterfly

Statement of responsibility

Thomson Smillie

Title variation

Madama Butterfly

Creator

• Smillie, Thomson

Contributor

• hoopla digital
• Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924
• Timson, David

Narrator

• Timson, David

Subject

• Operas -- Analysis, appreciation
• Operas -- Stories, plots, etc
• Audiobooks

Genre

• Stories, plots, etc
• Audiobooks

Language

eng

Summary

Madama Butterfly runs the gamut of operatic emotions. The title heroine has a fragility wonderfully expressed in her entry music, deep sexual instincts as shown in the love duet, and immense tragic stature in her last hours. The fate of Madama Butterfly - married to an American sailor and then abandoned - engages our emotions, as it obviously did Puccini's to a degree equalled by few other opera heroines. The oriental setting and the exquisite orchestral and choral writings are treasured bonuses. This audiobook is the perfect introduction to Madama Butterfly. We learn about the background to Puccini's 'Japanese' opera, the social themes of honour and loyalty it involves, and how it progressed from a surprisingly unsuccessful premiere to one of the central and best-loved works of the international operatic repertory. As the story unfolds, we get to know the melodies which make this such a moving and compelling opera

Accompanying matter

technical information on music

Cataloging source

Midwest

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

other

PerformerNote

Narrated by David Timson

Target audience

adult

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable