Madama Butterfly

★9.5

Karajan magnificent in unique treatment of familiar tragedy

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 Ponnelle

Director

Giuseppe Giacosa,David Belasco,Luigi Illica

Writers

No information

Producers

Budget

Revenue

14-09-1974

Release Date

Country

9.5

Rating

Votes

Age Rating

145 min

Runtime

Released

Status

Italian

Language

★ 9.5