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Puccini - Madama Butterfly Maazel, Hayashi, Kim, Dvorsky, Teatro Alla Scala
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Puccini - Madama Butterfly Maazel, Hayashi, Kim, Dvorsky, Teatro Alla Scala
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by Yasuko Hayashi, Hack-Nam Kim, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Peter Dvorsky
Sales Rank: 78313
Price:$17.70
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Listener Reviews & Comments
If one can get over a need for superstars in this opera, here is the DVD to have. Directed by a Japanese director for La Scala, it is totally convincing. Butterfly and Susuki don't have to pretend that they are small Oriental women because they ARE small Oriental women. Hayashi, who sings the title role, does not have as much strength in her lower register as a western soprano but she embodies the role completely. Susuki is excellent in voice and appearance. Dvorsky's Pinkerton is one dimensional...but that's the kind of person who would marry a Butterfly and then forget about her. One cannot say enough good about Zancanaro's Sharpless. Here is a singer whose every line is beatifully shaped. His voice is effortlessly and evenly produced from top to bottom. Having no musical or techincal problems to deal with he is free to act with great sensitivity to the text. Though rarely in leading roles, his presence on a DVD is enough to make me consider owning it. My only quibbles with this performance are 1) the distraction provided by the hooded "zombies" who enter to push the scenery around when it is required, 2) the English translation is not that faithful to the text of the libretto and 3) there are not nearly enough blossoms in the flower duet. Aside from that...highly recommended.
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Puccini - Madama Butterfly Maazel, Hayashi, Kim, Dvorsky, Teatro Alla Scala
by Yasuko Hayashi, Hack-Nam Kim, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Peter Dvorsky
Price:$17.70
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