San Diego OperaTalk! Puccini's Madama Butterfly

[SandrineSoprano]

Very enjoyable, Sir....

[VinylToVideo]

The recordings that really are noteworthy are the ones usually not mentioned so I'm glad you stuck the Tucker recording in with the regular Pavarotti or Domingo garbage. How about the far greater Steber/Tucker recording from 1949 or better yet one of Licia Albanese's many Met broadcasts of "Butterfly?"

[clarebear112]

i love your videos. im learning so much about the operas, not the least of which is how to pronounce the names and titles! thank you so much.

[operaoaf]

Puccini used the passionate love affair as the surface story but underneath is the tragic death of her American dream. I get this sense by looking at the story. 1. Butterfly never met Pinkerton before the marriage, so her enthusiasm is anchored on what her suitor represented rather than his identity.(Pinkerton is so nasty that only a desperate woman would want him)2.Butterfly sings about how husbands are punished for leaving their wives.3.She would rather die than return to the life as a Geisha.