Madama Butterfly discography
Year Cast ( Cio-Cio San , Pinkerton , Suzuki , Sharpless ) Conductor , Opera house and orchestra Label
1921 Ottavia Giordano , Santo Santonocito , Ginevra Amato , Adolfo Pacini Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus LP : Società Nazionale del Grammofono Cat : S 5410-5434
1929 Rosetta Pampanini , Alessandro Granda , Conchita Velasquez , Gino Vanelli Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus LP : Columbia Cat : D 14530-43 CD : Arkadia Cat : 78041
1929-30 Margaret Burke Sheridan , Lionello Cecil , Ida Mannarini , Vittorio Weinberg Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus LP : HMV Cat : S 10190-205 CD : Romophone Cat : 89001-2 Arkadia , Cat : 78030
1939 Toti Dal Monte , Beniamino Gigli , Vittoria Palombini , Mario Basiola Oliviero De Fabritiis Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus LP : HMV DB 3859-3874 CD : EMI CHS Cat : 7 69990-2
1948 Eleanor Steber , Jan Peerce , Suzanne Carré , Richard Bonelli Eugene Ormandy Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and chorus CD : VAI Cat : VAIA 1220
1949 Eleanor Steber , Richard Tucker , Jean Madeira , Giuseppe Valdengo Max Rudolf Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus LP : Columbia Records Cat : 13011D -13026D CD : Sony Cat : MH2K 62765
1951 Renata Tebaldi , Giuseppe Campora , Nell Rankin , Giovanni Inghilleri Alberto Erede Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus LP : Decca Cat : LXT 2638-2640 CD : Naxos Historical Cat : 8.110254-55
1953 Clara Petrella , Ferruccio Tagliavini , Mafalda Masini , Giuseppe Taddei Angelo Questa RAI National Symphony Orchestra and chorus LP : Cetra Cat : OLPC1248/1-3 CD : Warner-Fonit Cat : 0927-43551-2
1954 Victoria de los Ángeles , Giuseppe Di Stefano , Anna Maria Canali , Tito Gobbi Gianandrea Gavazzeni Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus LP : HMV cat : ALP 1215-1217 CD : Naxos Historical Cat : 8.111291-92
1955 Maria Callas , Nicolai Gedda , Lucia Danieli , Mario Borriello Herbert von Karajan Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus LP : Columbia Cat : 33CX 1296-1298 CD : Naxos Historical Cat : 8.111026-27
1956 Dorothy Kirsten , Daniele Barioni , Mildred Miller , Clifford Harvuot Dimitri Mitropoulos Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus LP : Metropolitan Opera Record Club Cat : MO 722 CD : Living Stage Cat : LS 1038
1957 Anna Moffo , Cesare Valletti , Rosalind Elias , Renato Cesari Erich Leinsdorf Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus LP : RCA Victor Cat : LM 6165 CD : RCA Victor Cat : 4145-2
1958 Renata Tebaldi , Carlo Bergonzi , Fiorenza Cossotto , Enzo Sordello Tullio Serafin Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus LP : Decca Cat : LXT 5468-5470 CD : Decca Cat : 470 577-2
1959 Victoria de los Ángeles , Jussi Björling , Miriam Pirazzini , Mario Sereni Gabriele Santini Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus LP : HMV Cat : ALP 1795-1797 CD : EMI Classics Cat : 414446-5
1962 Leontyne Price , Richard Tucker , Rosalind Elias , Philip Maero Erich Leinsdorf RCA Italiana Orchestra and chorus LP : RCA Victor Cat : LM 6160 CD : BMG RCA Cat : 09026 68884-2
1966 Renata Scotto , Carlo Bergonzi , Anna di Stasio , Rolando Panerai John Barbirolli Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma orchestra and chorus LP : HMV Cat : SAN 184-186 CD : EMI Classics Cat : 3.67720-2
1974 Mirella Freni , Luciano Pavarotti , Christa Ludwig , Robert Kerns Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus CD : Decca Cat : 417 577-2
1976 Montserrat Caballé , Bernabé Martí , Silvana Mazzieri , Franco Bordoni Armando Gatto Gran Teatre del Liceu orchestra and chorus LP : Decca Cat : D68DR 3
1977 Renata Scotto , Plácido Domingo , Gillian Knight , Ingvar Wixell Lorin Maazel Philharmonia Orchestra Ambrosian Opera Chorus CD : Sony Classical Cat : SM2K 91135
1987 Mirella Freni , José Carreras , Teresa Berganza , Juan Pons Giuseppe Sinopoli Philharmonia Orchestra Ambrosian Opera Chorus LP : Deutsche Grammophon 423 567-1 CD : Deutsche Grammophon Cat : 423 567-2
Audio recordings
This is a partial discography of Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), an opera by Giacomo Puccini. The original version of the opera premiered on February 17, 1904, at La Scala in Milan.