I am so happy to see this again. I was the Registrar in this performance. (I sang one word - "Posterita" - as I smile at Pinkerton and try to get a tip from him right after the wedding.) Hal Prince, the director of this production when it originally opened, came to a few of the rehearsals - and it was such a privilege to be in his presence. Anna Tomowa-Sintow was lovely to all of us in every way. One special memory- the young boy playing Trouble was very sweet and obedient. (But he did tend to look out at the audience a bit too much.) A T-S could barely speak any English at all - but the first day that the boy came to rehearsal, she had a small bag of toys and gifts and spent a few minutes with him and his mom, bonding with him and getting him to be comfortable with her. It was a really sweet sight. By the way, it was a lucky thing that this ended up on PBS. The Lyric arranged for a given performance to be taped for television- and I remembe Ardis Krainik coming around to the dressing rooms and jokingly/seriously telling us that we needed to sing perfectly that night because they didn't want to have to pay to use more than one performance. Well ... the bass who sang Bonze had a complete brain short circuit that night in his dramatic entrance - and it was unusable. So they had to record a second performance, which was very costly to the Lyric. But they did it- and I will always be grateful that this splendid production and this very special performance is forever preserved. One other bit of trivia - In the wedding scene, Cio Cio San and Pinkerton signed their names in a big book. (That book was housed in a small lap desk that I carried around with a strap around my neck.) That book in which they signed their names was actually an old leather bound book dating back to the 1920's in which rehearsal schedules were written. So if you looked at what was written on the pages, you saw names there like Rosa Raisa and Mary Garden and other Chicago opera luminaries from six decades earlier. I was walking around that set with a precious memento from another era. Anyway, thanks for posting this.
Thank you so much for commenting. So nice to hear stories from that time and about the production and the people involved. I still am drawn to this version and when I have the house to myself I'll often play it. I think the big question we would like the answer to is "Is there a better quality recording somewhere?" I've asked others and nothing so far. Larry
@@TheLkoler I don't know if this is something you taped from the PBS telecast or if this is from another source. I know that this can be purchased from Premiere Opera (and at the moment, it's on sale for 6.98.) I actually ordered it from them but I don't recall whether or not the quality is markedly better than this. I'm so sorry that this was never commercially released. This came not long after a Lyric Opera Eugene Onegin (with Freni and Dvorsky, if I remember correctly) and at least one other Lyric Opera production that was (I think) released on commercial VHS. This production was SO cool- both from the vantage point of being onstage as well as from the audience. (I've been a season ticket subscriber to the Lyric for 33 years, so I got to see this production as an audience member several times. I was heartbroken when they retired this production in favor of another production that I think is rather pedestrian by comparison.)
I just did a quick search. It looks like Eugene Onegin was the only Lyric Opera telecast that was released on commercial video. They also had national telecasts of Gounod's Faust (with Freni and Alfredo Kraus) and Anthony and Cleopatra (with Malfitano.)
I remember watching this production just after I graduated from High School. When the stage hand draws out the lifeblood of Cio-Cio-San... Wow. That scene has haunted me for decades. Thank you for posting this. I hope someday a better copy is found but until then - thanks.
Thank you so much . I have been looking for this a long time . It reminds me of someone very dear to my heart. The sound is so beautiful . The introduction is my favorite. Thank you.
Evening from the U.K, I remember when I saw this performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 1990s, I was connected to the performance, I cried at least 90 percent of it in to my glass of champagne, when I hear opera music my heath just melts, also I absolutely love Japanese and Chinese etc music and performances ❤❤❤
My deep appreciation to Mr. Koler's effort in converting this VHS to share with opera lovers online. To be honest, I have searched for an appealing Madame Butterfly's performer and thus finally landed on this version. First of all, the make up and body movements are so much like an authentic one which helps to convince audience of this ever touching love story. Moreover, the performance of key performers is superb and stunning! The English subtitles are also a big help too. Thanks.
Larry koler thank you so much for giving us this on RUclips. It is indeed a treasure. My father did the same thing with me to get me into Opera as you did with your daughter and I'm eternally grateful. He unfortunately couldn't stand Puccini. I however quickly got over that
I remember this! I am from Chicago and I had season tickets since my sophomore year in High school ('73) and I would take the Burlington Northern downtown and then cross the river to the opera house. Even in college, I had Friday Night season tickets with others from choir and we would all ride up for two hours to see these productions. So many Italian imports... who were WONDERFUL. Elena Zilio (an amazing Musetta) and Richard Stilwell (as Orpheus). And Anna's high "D" in the entrance. Sorry, but important to me. This is wonderful! Worth watching every actor/singer in these creations.
Absolutely stunning! Didn't know Richard Stilwell before. Really amazing. And lovely to see Elena Zilio in such an old recording. Thank you for uploading!
Thanks for the work you put into making this available to share with us, I've never seen this before now. I'm a bit surprised that the VHS tape lasted this long. A good production with solid performances, liked the intro by Harold Prince too.
Larry: Thanks a lot for sharing this jewel ! I love Miss Tomowa-Sintow and only have seen short videos, this is the first time a see the whole opera. Thank you very much. Greetings from Monterrey, México. José. Dec/8/2016
pepe valadez Nice to hear. Quite a claim and I can only say that this is an incredible performance for all the three main performers. What first impressed me was Dvorsky and with each listening I found that they each have something special to offer in this performance. Tomowa-Sintow is a gem for sure and she often brings me to tears in portraying this wretched and torn soul confronted with an impossible situation and choice. She acts only with hope and and much love and fate delivers to her a cruel blow for her trouble.
Larry: Thanks for your answer. Totally agree ! Guess what ? I wrote an email to Miss Tomowa Sintow and received an answer from her daughter, after several messages where I explained the admiration and respect I fell, she asked me if I would like to have a photo autographed, of course I said yes and after sending her my address, I received ( via snail mail ) an envelope with 6 photographs, all signed for Miss Tomowa Sintow specially for me ! Those photos are part of my special personal belongings. Thanks again for sharing this jewel. Greetings from Monterrey, México. Sincerely, José. Nov/22/2017
KASH10043: It was pretty easy to do as it turned out and I was able to remove some of the ads from the local PBS station. I would gladly pay Lyric Opera of Chicago for a copy of this if they would make this available. I wonder why they don't. I think that Dvorsky's and Tomowa-Sintow's voices really blend well together and the first act's duets with Stilwell and Dvorsky are really lovely. But, of course, it all comes down to my own sentimental attachment to this particular opera because it was part of my early love affair with opera.
Na minha longa cronologia de Madama Butterfly, está ocupa o terceiro lugar. adoro Tomow Sintowe gostei muito da sua Butterfly. o conjunto do espectáculo está mt bom....mas Madama Butterfly como a cantada em cenário natural em 1974por Plácido Domingo e Mirella Freni não há existe. tenho o Dvd e não me canso de ouvir e ver. por fim está um Madama Butterfly tb em cenario natural cantada pelo americano Richard Troxell . Fico muito grata por esta oportunidade. obrigada e venham mais óperas.
Thanks for the comment. I just purchased the Domingo/Freni 1974 Butterfly DVD. Thanks so much for the suggestion. I couldn't find a copy of the Troxell version. I, too, never seem to tire of this magnificent opera. And the story is so very compelling and moving that it often brings tears to my eyes.
The description notes refer to cio-cio San as a young woman. In the opera, she is 15 years old. This fact might explain why some viewers think she is foolishly unrealistic in expecting Pinkerton to return. She is just naive and gullible.
Yes, the story in opera form has to have adult performers but you are right she's just a person full of hope and looking for someone to take care of her. This story -- and especially in this form -- is a tear-jerker.
@@TheLkoler - A tear jerker indeed. I live alone. Most days, to relieve the feeling of confinement that comes with "sheltering in place" during the Covid virus pandemic, I go for long walks in my neighborhood. I've loaded my iPod with whole operas which I listen to as I walk. I've heard many so far. Some that I am familiar with. Some that are new to me. When I saw '' Madama Butterfly'' here, I realized that I had failed to consider adding it to my list. I know the opera well. But it never entered my mind to include it. Why? Because it is the saddest opera I know. And I think that ,unconsciously, I blotted it out of my memory. Mimi, Liu, Cio-Cio San, Manon, Suor Angelica, Tosca It seems that Puccini's operas are populated with young women who suffer terribly and tragically. But none, perhaps, more than Butterfly.
Stupenda edizione di Madama Butterfly, ma Butterfly che canta "ancora un passo or via" già in scena no.... si c'è il girevole ed è come la scena fosse vista da dietro le quinte, ma nel libretto c'è scritto chiaro INTERNO!!!!! Butterfly e lo sciame di amiche compaiono poche battute prima di "Siam giunte!"
I can't believe that so many years have lapsed since I saw this performance. I found much to admire in it, though I had/have only caveat: why does Butterfly appear in an American type dress for Act II? I suppose that many will say (with validity) that it's because in her mind she's already an American (which definitely demonstrates her naivete), but for some odd reason, I'd prefer seeing her in a kimono, which makes her Death Scene so much more believable. Only my opinion. No one else seemed to have minded.
Yes, that's clearly what is being implied about Butterfly. She has been renounced by her community and has pinned all her hopes on Lt. Pinkerton. She wants to be seen as an American wife in full standing, thus giving a reason to her family and detractors for having married a foreigner.
According to Lyric Opera's archives, this performance dates from 27 September 1985. There were eight performances of BUTTERFLY in September and October 1985, with Tomowa-Sintow, Dvorský, Stilwell, and Zilio, and four additional performances in January 1986, with Yoko Watanabe, Ermanno Mauro, Sesto Bruscantini, and Sharon Graham. MADAMA BUTTERFLY was not in LOC's repertory in the spring or autumn of 1989, but the GREAT PERFORMANCES telecast may have been delayed, as has often been the case. The complete cast for this performance is as follows: Cio-Cio-San - Anna Tomowa-Sintow Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton - Peter Dvorský Suzuki - Elena Zilio Sharpless - Richard Stilwell Goro - Florindo Andreolli Il Principe Yamadori - Paul Kreider Lo zio Bonzo - John Del Carlo Commissario - Mark S. Doss Ufficiale - David Gregory Berg Kate Pinkerton - Catherine Stoltz Trouble [Dolore] - Christopher Michael Pessetto Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago Miguel Gómez-Martínez, conductor Thank you very much for uploading this performance. I prefer Tomowa-Sintow's Cio-Cio-San in this LOC telecast to her studio recording with Jaime Aragall.
Thanks for the information and comment, Joseph. How do we confirm the date? I remember recording this in 1989. Was it a re-broadcast of the 1985 production?
This is the link to the LOC archive database for the 1985 - 1986 Season: www.lyricopera.org/about/production-archives/1980-1989-performance-and-cast-archive/1985-86-performance-and-cast-archive It is possible that the telecast was derived from any (or edited from some or all) of the eight performances in September and October 1985, but LOC broadcasts/telecasts have generally been of opening nights.
CrosslandLotus thank you for your words. encontro agora no RUclips a Madama Buterfly por Richard Troxell. Vaibao RUclips e na lupa clica e aparece perguntas ao RUclips. escreve Madama Buterfly cantada por Richard Troxell. aparece logo. eu não sei se tenho alguma maneira , senão partilhava para si.Estounao dispor.
Una grande cantante poco conosciuta in Italia...ottima interprete verdiana, poteva cantare bene quasi tutto il repertorio ottocentesco, grande musicista, si accompagnava in concerto da sola col pianoforte nei bis...in Italia e' venuta poco. Anche Marschallin di gran lunga migliore della tanto osannata Schwarzkopf.
Thank you for the upload. I had never heard Anna Tomowa-Sintow before. But I dare say, after hearing this, I believe Anna Tomowa-Sintow may be one of the best Cio-Cio Sans ever recorded. Better than Tebaldi, better than Freni, better than Price. Even better than Callas. Yes, better than Callas. There, I said it, twice.
Another unheralded Cio-Cio San who is one of the greats is Mihoko Kinoshita. Seen here in a japanese production of Madama Butterfly -- ruclips.net/video/ENaDBUvcdAc/видео.html
Ouch! You've trampled on some sacred ground but I think you may be correct. (My only reservation is Freni; I idolize her ) But Tomowa-Sintow IS spectacular!
@@rationalsceptic7634 I wouldn't expect a sceptic to want to proffer absolute truth so no worries. I'm not all that knowledgeable about Opera but for me her voice and Dvosrky's work very well together. And Stillwell and Dvorsky's duets really are superb.
Hmmm I see what you mean! I guess I'm more used to voices like Tucker, Barioni or Del Monaco singing this... although everyone from Conley and Kozlovsky to Del Monaco has recorded it!
Did you read what I wrote? Please start there and answer this for yourself. And regarding Callas, why didn't you just go find what you want on RUclips? There are plenty of things about and by Callas.
To make it clear....T-S is better. Why must Callas fans always interfere in otherwise sensible discussions. There were other (and often better) singers you know.
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I am so happy to see this again. I was the Registrar in this performance. (I sang one word - "Posterita" - as I smile at Pinkerton and try to get a tip from him right after the wedding.) Hal Prince, the director of this production when it originally opened, came to a few of the rehearsals - and it was such a privilege to be in his presence. Anna Tomowa-Sintow was lovely to all of us in every way. One special memory- the young boy playing Trouble was very sweet and obedient. (But he did tend to look out at the audience a bit too much.) A T-S could barely speak any English at all - but the first day that the boy came to rehearsal, she had a small bag of toys and gifts and spent a few minutes with him and his mom, bonding with him and getting him to be comfortable with her. It was a really sweet sight. By the way, it was a lucky thing that this ended up on PBS. The Lyric arranged for a given performance to be taped for television- and I remembe Ardis Krainik coming around to the dressing rooms and jokingly/seriously telling us that we needed to sing perfectly that night because they didn't want to have to pay to use more than one performance. Well ... the bass who sang Bonze had a complete brain short circuit that night in his dramatic entrance - and it was unusable. So they had to record a second performance, which was very costly to the Lyric. But they did it- and I will always be grateful that this splendid production and this very special performance is forever preserved. One other bit of trivia - In the wedding scene, Cio Cio San and Pinkerton signed their names in a big book. (That book was housed in a small lap desk that I carried around with a strap around my neck.) That book in which they signed their names was actually an old leather bound book dating back to the 1920's in which rehearsal schedules were written. So if you looked at what was written on the pages, you saw names there like Rosa Raisa and Mary Garden and other Chicago opera luminaries from six decades earlier. I was walking around that set with a precious memento from another era. Anyway, thanks for posting this.
Thank you so much for commenting. So nice to hear stories from that time and about the production and the people involved. I still am drawn to this version and when I have the house to myself I'll often play it.
I think the big question we would like the answer to is "Is there a better quality recording somewhere?" I've asked others and nothing so far.
Larry
@@TheLkoler I don't know if this is something you taped from the PBS telecast or if this is from another source. I know that this can be purchased from Premiere Opera (and at the moment, it's on sale for 6.98.) I actually ordered it from them but I don't recall whether or not the quality is markedly better than this. I'm so sorry that this was never commercially released. This came not long after a Lyric Opera Eugene Onegin (with Freni and Dvorsky, if I remember correctly) and at least one other Lyric Opera production that was (I think) released on commercial VHS. This production was SO cool- both from the vantage point of being onstage as well as from the audience. (I've been a season ticket subscriber to the Lyric for 33 years, so I got to see this production as an audience member several times. I was heartbroken when they retired this production in favor of another production that I think is rather pedestrian by comparison.)
I just did a quick search. It looks like Eugene Onegin was the only Lyric Opera telecast that was released on commercial video. They also had national telecasts of Gounod's Faust (with Freni and Alfredo Kraus) and Anthony and Cleopatra (with Malfitano.)
How great for you ... and an important part even One word..spoken well makes a difference
I remember watching this production just after I graduated from High School. When the stage hand draws out the lifeblood of Cio-Cio-San... Wow. That scene has haunted me for decades. Thank you for posting this. I hope someday a better copy is found but until then - thanks.
Thank you so much . I have been looking for this a long time . It reminds me of someone very dear to my heart. The sound is so beautiful . The introduction is my favorite. Thank you.
Evening from the U.K, I remember when I saw this performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 1990s, I was connected to the performance, I cried at least 90 percent of it in to my glass of champagne, when I hear opera music my heath just melts, also I absolutely love Japanese and Chinese etc music and performances ❤❤❤
A mature Cio Cio San, but a luscious one. Love Tomowa-Sintow; what beauty of tone and timbre. Very nice production.
So appreciate seeing this. A truly satisfying production of Butterfly. I'm a huge fan of Mme. Tomowa-Sintow
My deep appreciation to Mr. Koler's effort in converting this VHS to share with opera lovers online. To be honest, I have searched for an appealing Madame Butterfly's performer and thus finally landed on this version. First of all, the make up and body movements are so much like an authentic one which helps to convince audience of this ever touching love story. Moreover, the performance of key performers is superb and stunning! The English subtitles are also a big help too. Thanks.
Thank you this was great💜
She is quite wonderful
Thank you for the video ,very beautiful, bravisima
Larry koler thank you so much for giving us this on RUclips. It is indeed a treasure. My father did the same thing with me to get me into Opera as you did with your daughter and I'm eternally grateful. He unfortunately couldn't stand Puccini. I however quickly got over that
Maravilloso Peter Dvorsky
I agree. He is superb in this.
Thank you so very very much for posting this version. Beautiful, simplly beautiful. Thank you.
What a lot of heart went into this performance. I've never heard this before the way I was able to today. It's just tremendous. Thank you for posting.
I remember this! I am from Chicago and I had season tickets since my sophomore year in High school ('73) and I would take the Burlington Northern downtown and then cross the river to the opera house. Even in college, I had Friday Night season tickets with others from choir and we would all ride up for two hours to see these productions. So many Italian imports... who were WONDERFUL. Elena Zilio (an amazing Musetta) and Richard Stilwell (as Orpheus). And Anna's high "D" in the entrance. Sorry, but important to me. This is wonderful! Worth watching every actor/singer in these creations.
Great remembrance. Thanks.
Just Fantastic
Thank you so much!!!!
Absolutely stunning! Didn't know Richard Stilwell before. Really amazing. And lovely to see Elena Zilio in such an old recording. Thank you for uploading!
Thank you for the upload. Recorded versions of this are impossible to find.
Thanks for the work you put into making this available to share with us, I've never seen this before now. I'm a bit surprised that the VHS tape lasted this long. A good production with solid performances, liked the intro by Harold Prince too.
Thank you for uploading!! It's beautiful...
Happy 80th Birthday, Madama T-S! (22 Sep)
I'm so glad you mentioned this. It doesn't seem she could be that old.
Una Cio Cio San di lusso e bravissima.
I'm glad you liked her. Thanks for commenting.
chicago looks so different:) beautiful opera!
Larry: Thanks a lot for sharing this jewel ! I love Miss Tomowa-Sintow and only have seen short videos, this is the first time a see the whole opera. Thank you very much. Greetings from Monterrey, México. José. Dec/8/2016
pepe valadez Nice to hear. Quite a claim and I can only say that this is an incredible performance for all the three main performers. What first impressed me was Dvorsky and with each listening I found that they each have something special to offer in this performance.
Tomowa-Sintow is a gem for sure and she often brings me to tears in portraying this wretched and torn soul confronted with an impossible situation and choice. She acts only with hope and and much love and fate delivers to her a cruel blow for her trouble.
Larry: Thanks for your answer. Totally agree ! Guess what ? I wrote an email to Miss Tomowa Sintow and received an answer from her daughter, after several messages where I explained the admiration and respect I fell, she asked me if I would like to have a photo autographed, of course I said yes and after sending her my address, I received ( via snail mail ) an envelope with 6 photographs, all signed for Miss Tomowa Sintow specially for me ! Those photos are part of my special personal belongings. Thanks again for sharing this jewel. Greetings from Monterrey, México. Sincerely, José. Nov/22/2017
She's wonderful in Ariadne auf Naxos, too.
In the end the poor video quality is very frustrating. I ended up watching another performance with good quality.
Wonderful upload !!
KASH10043: It was pretty easy to do as it turned out and I was able to remove some of the ads from the local PBS station. I would gladly pay Lyric Opera of Chicago for a copy of this if they would make this available. I wonder why they don't.
I think that Dvorsky's and Tomowa-Sintow's voices really blend well together and the first act's duets with Stilwell and Dvorsky are really lovely.
But, of course, it all comes down to my own sentimental attachment to this particular opera because it was part of my early love affair with opera.
Na minha longa cronologia de Madama Butterfly, está ocupa o terceiro lugar. adoro Tomow Sintowe gostei muito da sua Butterfly. o conjunto do espectáculo está mt bom....mas Madama Butterfly como a cantada em cenário natural em 1974por Plácido Domingo e Mirella Freni não há existe. tenho o Dvd e não me canso de ouvir e ver. por fim está um Madama Butterfly tb em cenario natural cantada pelo americano Richard Troxell . Fico muito grata por esta oportunidade. obrigada e venham mais óperas.
Thanks for the comment. I just purchased the Domingo/Freni 1974 Butterfly DVD. Thanks so much for the suggestion. I couldn't find a copy of the Troxell version.
I, too, never seem to tire of this magnificent opera. And the story is so very compelling and moving that it often brings tears to my eyes.
Do you happen to have her Eugene Onegin from Lyric circa 1990? I had it once and have misplaced it.
Nope. Sorry.
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I have a poster from this production. Tomowa-Sintow is wonderful as is the whole cast and staging.
Can you take a picture of the poster and put it up somewhere? I don't if this forum allows pictures. I'll try:
It is rolled up actually. I need to have it framed. It resembles the show curtain as I remember.
The description notes refer to cio-cio San as a young woman.
In the opera, she is 15 years old.
This fact might explain why some viewers think she is foolishly unrealistic in expecting Pinkerton to return.
She is just naive and gullible.
Yes, the story in opera form has to have adult performers but you are right she's just a person full of hope and looking for someone to take care of her. This story -- and especially in this form -- is a tear-jerker.
@@TheLkoler - A tear jerker indeed.
I live alone.
Most days, to relieve the feeling of confinement that comes with "sheltering in place" during the Covid virus pandemic, I go for long walks in my neighborhood.
I've loaded my iPod with whole operas which I listen to as I walk.
I've heard many so far.
Some that I am familiar with. Some that are new to me.
When I saw '' Madama Butterfly'' here, I realized that I had failed to consider adding it to my list.
I know the opera well. But it never entered my mind to include it.
Why?
Because it is the saddest opera I know.
And I think that ,unconsciously, I blotted it out of my memory.
Mimi, Liu, Cio-Cio San, Manon, Suor Angelica, Tosca
It seems that Puccini's operas are populated with young women who suffer terribly and tragically.
But none, perhaps, more than Butterfly.
Stupenda edizione di Madama Butterfly, ma Butterfly che canta "ancora un passo or via" già in scena no.... si c'è il girevole ed è come la scena fosse vista da dietro le quinte, ma nel libretto c'è scritto chiaro INTERNO!!!!! Butterfly e lo sciame di amiche compaiono poche battute prima di "Siam giunte!"
I can't believe that so many years have lapsed since I saw this performance. I found much to admire in it, though I had/have only caveat: why does Butterfly appear in an American type dress for Act II? I suppose that many will say (with validity) that it's because in her mind she's already an American (which definitely demonstrates her naivete), but for some odd reason, I'd prefer seeing her in a kimono, which makes her Death Scene so much more believable. Only my opinion. No one else seemed to have minded.
Yes, that's clearly what is being implied about Butterfly. She has been renounced by her community and has pinned all her hopes on Lt. Pinkerton. She wants to be seen as an American wife in full standing, thus giving a reason to her family and detractors for having married a foreigner.
Lyric Opera of Chicago shows this on their website as 1989. Perhaps it was done in 1985, also?
Oh that would be great. I will look forward to viewing it. Thanks
According to Lyric Opera's archives, this performance dates from 27 September 1985.
There were eight performances of BUTTERFLY in September and October 1985, with Tomowa-Sintow, Dvorský, Stilwell, and Zilio, and four additional performances in January 1986, with Yoko Watanabe, Ermanno Mauro, Sesto Bruscantini, and Sharon Graham. MADAMA BUTTERFLY was not in LOC's repertory in the spring or autumn of 1989, but the GREAT PERFORMANCES telecast may have been delayed, as has often been the case.
The complete cast for this performance is as follows:
Cio-Cio-San - Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton - Peter Dvorský
Suzuki - Elena Zilio
Sharpless - Richard Stilwell
Goro - Florindo Andreolli
Il Principe Yamadori - Paul Kreider
Lo zio Bonzo - John Del Carlo
Commissario - Mark S. Doss
Ufficiale - David Gregory Berg
Kate Pinkerton - Catherine Stoltz
Trouble [Dolore] - Christopher Michael Pessetto
Chorus and Orchestra of Lyric Opera of Chicago
Miguel Gómez-Martínez, conductor
Thank you very much for uploading this performance. I prefer Tomowa-Sintow's Cio-Cio-San in this LOC telecast to her studio recording with Jaime Aragall.
Thanks for the information and comment, Joseph.
How do we confirm the date? I remember recording this in 1989. Was it a re-broadcast of the 1985 production?
This is the link to the LOC archive database for the 1985 - 1986 Season:
www.lyricopera.org/about/production-archives/1980-1989-performance-and-cast-archive/1985-86-performance-and-cast-archive
It is possible that the telecast was derived from any (or edited from some or all) of the eight performances in September and October 1985, but LOC broadcasts/telecasts have generally been of opening nights.
Thanks, I will change the info.
CrosslandLotus thank you for your words. encontro agora no RUclips a Madama Buterfly por Richard Troxell. Vaibao RUclips e na lupa clica e aparece perguntas ao RUclips. escreve Madama Buterfly cantada por Richard Troxell. aparece logo. eu não sei se tenho alguma maneira , senão partilhava para si.Estounao dispor.
Una grande cantante poco conosciuta in Italia...ottima interprete verdiana, poteva cantare bene quasi tutto il repertorio ottocentesco, grande musicista, si accompagnava in concerto da sola col pianoforte nei bis...in Italia e' venuta poco. Anche Marschallin di gran lunga migliore della tanto osannata Schwarzkopf.
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Act 1: 1:30
Thank you for the upload. I had never heard Anna Tomowa-Sintow before. But I dare say, after hearing this, I believe Anna Tomowa-Sintow may be one of the best Cio-Cio Sans ever recorded. Better than Tebaldi, better than Freni, better than Price. Even better than Callas. Yes, better than Callas. There, I said it, twice.
Another unheralded Cio-Cio San who is one of the greats is Mihoko Kinoshita. Seen here in a japanese production of Madama Butterfly -- ruclips.net/video/ENaDBUvcdAc/видео.html
She's lovely in many sections. But shes flat in the c# in the entrance AND in the C in the love duet.
Ouch! You've trampled on some sacred ground but I think you may be correct. (My only reservation is Freni; I idolize her ) But Tomowa-Sintow IS spectacular!
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Anna has the voice for Turandot not Butterfy
Pffft!
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Her voice seems too heavy for me..my opinion not absolute truth
@@rationalsceptic7634 I wouldn't expect a sceptic to want to proffer absolute truth so no worries. I'm not all that knowledgeable about Opera but for me her voice and Dvosrky's work very well together. And Stillwell and Dvorsky's duets really are superb.
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Absolutely...they are wonderful but she has never been my favourite Soprano
Wonderful production! Is Dvorsky a tad light for Pinkerton I wonder?
Certainly not!
Actually, his character is supposed to be untested and naive. This experience, for him, is painful and he learns a very difficult lesson.
Hmmm I see what you mean! I guess I'm more used to voices like Tucker, Barioni or Del Monaco singing this... although everyone from Conley and Kozlovsky to Del Monaco has recorded it!
Personal taste, I guess.
Yeah.. although I'm definitely a fan of Dvorsky and he definitely sings the role with great feeling
Why upload a video of such terrible quality? Why not a good audio recording of Maria Callas instead?
Did you read what I wrote? Please start there and answer this for yourself.
And regarding Callas, why didn't you just go find what you want on RUclips? There are plenty of things about and by Callas.
Because she's better!!
To make it clear....T-S is better. Why must Callas fans always interfere in otherwise sensible discussions. There were other (and often better) singers you know.
Yeah, Callas, Callas, Callas. (eye roll)
I’ve long been a Tomowa-Sintow fan, but watching this performance I am now a SUPER FAN 🙌🏻 Magnificent!! Thank you so much for uploading!!!