Puccini's Madama Butterfly

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.

• Jean-Pierre PonnelleDirector
• Luigi IllicaWriter
• Giuseppe GiacosaWriter

• Mirella FreniCio-Cio-San, known as Butterfly
• Plácido DomingoPinkerton
• Robert KernsSharpless
• Christa LudwigSuzuki
• Michel SénéchalGoro
• Marius RintzlerBonze
• Hans HelmComisario imperial
• Elke ScharyKate Pinkerton
• Herbert von KarajanSelf - Conductor