Madame Butterfly by Puccini - Love Duet (Opera Movie, 1995 - subtitled)

Madame Butterfly (1995)
Directed by Frédéric Mitterrand.
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Ying Huang - Cio-Cio-San (Mme Butterfly)
Richard Troxell .. B. F. PINKERTON, (Lieutenant, U.S.N)
Directed by Frédéric Mitterrand 1995.
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Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two acts) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Puccini based his opera in part on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther Long, which was dramatized by David Belasco. Puccini also based it on the novel Madame Chrysanthème (1887) by Pierre Loti. According to one scholar, the opera was based on events that actually occurred in Nagasaki in the early 1890s.
The original version of the opera, in two acts, premiered on February 17, 1904, at La Scala in Milan. It was very poorly received despite the presence of such notable singers as soprano Rosina Storchio, tenor Giovanni Zenatello and baritone Giuseppe De Luca in the lead roles. This was due in large part to the late completion and inadequate time for rehearsals. Puccini revised the opera, splitting the second act into two acts and making other changes. On May 28, 1904, this version was performed in Brescia and was a huge success.
The opera is set in the city of Nagasaki. Japan's best-known opera singer Tamaki Miura won international fame for her performances as Cio-Cio San; her statue, along with that of Puccini, can be found in Nagasaki's Glover Garden.
Butterfly is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire for companies around the world and it is the most-performed opera in the United States, where it ranks as Number 1 in Opera America's list of the 20 most-performed operas in North America.
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[@barbaratrehy4742]

I'm now 75 years old I have known and loved this music since I was 12 when my big sister took me to the local flea house (literally - small country town in NSW) where an Italian production of this was screening. I have NEVER recovered from it. I have studied all sorts of music from 400 AD up to the horrors of 20th century music, and I come back again and again to the beauty and passion of Puccini, and in particular to this opera. No one else comes close for melody that cuts clear into your heart and never lets go. May you have earned eternal rest, Signor Puccini, for the joy you have given to the world.

[@larrykaufman8100]

I cry every time I hear any of the music from this Opera! Greatest Opera of all time!

[@rosita.handle]

I will always come back to this duet....it is so beautiful and touches me in a way that no other music can do.... I adore this film but this scene will always hold a special place in my heart :) xx

[@bassethound1]

A love duet like no other on stage, screen or otherwise. The ultimate.

[@Nello353]

I am 92 now but as a young airman stationed in Japan in 1957 this opera was produced in Tokyo at the Ernie Pyle theater with an all Japanese cast,it was nothing short of magnificent.

[@PeterBrownPianist]

My favourite scene in all opera.

[@gurt49]

Takes your breath away.....WOW !!!

[@EduardoMarta]

Puccini did so much so much for the listener. Simply add ears and a heart and this scene will smooth out any blemishes and deficits of talent in the singers. But...I love this version, and the film is magnificent.

[@xiaoyigan]

Puccini, the greatest! Can't imagine a world without his creations.

[@scordero12]

This is, in my opinion, as good as music can get. There isn’t anything above this. Just beautiful.

[@dcmonsterreviews2987]

I cried when they embraced. Such love, such passion.

[@user-od4gt7sj1d]

Heartbreaking story, outstanding orchestration, and beyond amazing voices. Incredible. ❣

[@ruthjacobs2714]

heart breaking

[@albertohinojosa7198]

The best Cio-cio-san, the most sweet voiced soprano I've ever heard.

[@kwestakwella]

For me I think it's visually and vocally very well done.Ying Huang looks the part of a teen ager.

[@mahlergaudi]

This soprano is so perfect for this role! And the American, so fiting as well. Plus the setting, so authentic and believable. In sum, a perfect and memorable scene! Thank you so much for posting!

[@gspaulsson]

My mother took me to see Madama Butterfly at Covent Garden when I was 8, but I was too young to appreciate it. Pity.

[@schopenhauer1962]

Magnificent music, the soprano is just wonderful. My favourite piece of music.

[@cissou357]

Ying Huang est parfaite, bouleversante, fantastique ! Ying Huang is perfect, upsetting, fantastic !

[@caitlinmaher3676]

I love this film for its cast and the production values. For me it is so authentic and touching. One of the remarkable aspects is that Ying Huang was relatively inexperienced and unknown, and had NEVER acted (in film) before only on opera stage. Mitterand worked carefully with her. (In interviews she stated that intimacy of the passionate love scenes were a challenge for her.) Also I love the fact that this tenor really is American and captures the assumed privileges of his character flawlessly. The chorus is also spectacular. If you can find the complete version it is worth the effort to do so and to spend time with the full performance. Utterly charming and tragic.