Puccini's Madama Butterfly

(1974)

★ 9.5 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Music, History

Year: 1974

Runtime: 145 мин

Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Cast: Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Robert Kerns, Christa Ludwig, Michel Sénéchal, Marius Rintzler, Hans Helm, Elke Schary, Herbert von Karajan

Plot

Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, and Robert Kerns star in this Jean-Pierre Ponnelle-directed version of the Puccini opera, with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Madama Butterfly is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire for companies around the world, ranking 7th in the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide.