Cio-Cio San aria from "Madama Butterfly" Rigina Valieva sings 蝶々夫人 オペラ

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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.[1]
The original version of the opera, in two acts, had its premiere 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.[2]

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  • Bravo .... fantastic ....

  • I don`t think she can project with that tremolo...

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  • Нет чувств. Только волнение певицы. Голос дрожжит. Надо еще учиться. Очевидно!!!

  • @Tommyfazz it's called vabrato, or tremolo it is one of the most difficult methods of singing

  • what's with the quivery voice?

  • а твоя маэстра по пению говорила,что перд началом петь нужно взять хорошее дыхание и сконцентрироватьзвук,а не махать веерочком....?не плохо было бы также выучить текст -слова и ритм....

  • @hailibuable that was me, I beated you

  • Esta muy "histerizado"

  • you made me cry

  • brawo.......brawo........

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