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1 videocassette (150 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages ; 17 cm.) inserted into container.
An American naval officer falls in love with a Japanese geisha girl known as Butterfly and goes through a ceremony of marriage with her. He then goes back to America while Butterfly waits for his return with their child. Pinkerton returns with his new American wife and learns that he has a son. The grief-stricken Butterfly kills herself.
by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa ; produced by Giulio Chazalettes ; director, Brian Large ; produced by National Video Corporation [and] Radiotelevisione Italiana in association with RTSI.
Sung in Italian, with English subtitles.
Booklet contains synopsis and libretto with English translation.
Raina Kabaivanska, Nazzareno Antinori, Eleonora Jankovic, Lorenzo Saccomani ; Orchestra and Chorus of the Arena di Verona ; Corrado Mirandola, chorus master ; Maurizio Arena, conductor.
Performed and recorded live at the Arena di Verona in 1983.