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This traditional production of Puccini's enduringly popular opera Madama Butterfly should give much pleasure. It was recorded at the open-air theatre in Verona in 1983 with the local orchestra and chorus under the aptly named Maurizio Arena. The video direction is by an expert in the field, Brian Large, who brings home all the intimate moments of Puccini's drama from an open set that ascends and sprawls across rows of seating. His camera draws the viewer into scenes that the audience cannot witness from a distance--most movingly when Sharpless, the American consul in Nagasaki, gives up his attempt to read Pinkerton's letter to Butterfly saying he has no intention of seeing her again (set to that magical melody which will recur as the humming chorus).

It's of little matter that there are no operatic stars in the cast, for this ensemble consists of experienced singers who fill the night air with lungs to match Puccini's heaviest demands. The audience greets the show-stopping moments with waves of applause. Their enthusiasm may drown a few bars of orchestral continuity, but the orchestra itself is always at the service of the singers on a soundtrack that captures the atmosphere of an open-air performance with astonishing verisimilitude. Butterfly, sung by the statuesque Raina Kabaivanska, may not look 16 and some of her arm movements are overdone, but her big number, "Un bel di," and its reprise are touchingly conveyed. Nor does she overplay the final scene--a moment that sends a shiver down the spine in its economy. Nazzareno Antinori as her Pinkerton, with his matinee idol looks and resonant voice, complements her well; their singing of Puccini's spacious love duet at the close of Act One is a treat with the crowd. --Adrian Edwards

CATEGORY: DVD
DIRECTOR: Brian Large
THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: 1983
MANUFACTURER: Kultur Video
MPAA RATING: NR (Not Rated)
FEATURES: Classical, Color, NTSC
TYPE: Classical, Music Video, Musicals, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Opera/Operetta, Performance
MEDIA: DVD
# OF MEDIA: 1
UPC: 032031210394

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Customer Reviews of Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Arena, Kaibaivanska, Antinori, Jankovic, Ferrara, Verona

Quanto cielo!
Criticisms about this "Butterfly" are foolisheness.What a marvellous night when all the vocal performers was nothing less than shinning.Antinori,a very diligent singer here,just watching all conductor's markings,at no time losing sight of the character's poetry and spontaneity.His performance is a overpowering one.Saccomani sings an exemplary Sharpless as well.To my personal taste,Jankovic has a stiff voice but was a very proper Suzuki on this Dvd.Raina Kabaivanska!(let me warn you;she's tall,like a basketball player geisha)I was completely fixed on,from her entrance on "Quanto cielo!"(if you have a fine TV,just watch Antinori's drop eyes in this moment),then audience to get enthusiastic about her sweetness and brightness top notes above all female chorus."Bimba dagli occhi" was a touching experience even to me,always suspicious on Puccini's musical indulgences.Act II,one more break in "Scuota quela fronda?",'cause Raina just holds so passionated "He's returned and he loves me!",that people on Verona really go to mad.Besides,she proves herself a great actress on final scene.The only problem about that night was mistakes and tuneless horns,harps,too much noisy percussion,...What about shades,dynamics,...?I would like that players was been a bit more scrupulous all in all.Well...That's alive,anyway.


Butterfly fallida
Todav�a no he encontrado una versi�n de Butterfly que me resulte satisfactoria. Al adquirir �sta esperaba, por las estrellas que luc�a, que pudiera ser la versi�n que hace falta. Sin embargo, con excepci�n del bell�simo jard�n japon�s que logra ambientar plenamente la acci�n, el resto de ella es muy insatisfactorio. El sonido es deficiente, dependiendo de la posici�n de los micr�fonos ambientales a veces las voces se pierden.Por otra parte, en general, tambi�n resulta demasiado met�lico. El desempe�o de Kabaivanska, altamente profesional, es tambi�n muy inadecuado. Se supone que Butterfly tiene 15 a�os y K. representa tres veces m�s. Todos los esfuerzos del maquillador resultan insuficientes para ocultar su excesiva madurez. Tampoco la acompa�a el f�sico por lo alta y maciza que resulta para representar una adolecente japonesa. Su emisi�n, trabajada con mucha t�cnica, tampoco es concordante con la edad de la protagonista. Sus desplazamientos por el bello escenario, por todas las inadecuaciones ya anotadas,a pesar de sus esfuerzos, parecen m�s un remedo de una geisha. En todo caso, hay que destacar su dominio de escena y su seguridad para coordinarse con el director. En este �ltimo aspecto, el desempe�o del tenor y el bar�tono resultan muy pobres, preocup�ndose tanto de lograrlo que se olvidan que la �pera tambi�n requiere actuaci�n. La voz de Antinori, con un timbre demasiado met�lico en los agudos, tambi�n resulta insuficiente para el papel, especialmente cuando debe enfrentar el registro medio y bajo. La direcci�n de Arena, quiz� por el requerimiento de un conjunto demasiado numeroso por tratarse de una presentaci�n en espacio abierto, pasa por momentos en que pareciera no lograr una adecuada concertaci�n. En definitiva, los amantes de Madama Butterfly debemos seguir esperando una versi�n satisfactoria en DVD.


Una version de gran belleza
Esta es una muy bella version de la opera de Puccini. Primero por la bella puesta en escena que plantea la Arena de Verona, con ese jardin natural omnipresente. Luego, por la grandisima creacion (en lo vocal y en lo fisico) que hace del papel principal RAINA KABAIVANSKA, de vision obligada. Ademas aparece muy bien secundada por JANKOVIC (Suzuki) y FERRARA (Sharpless), que estan muy interesantes en sus personajes, y por el mas discreto, aunque suficiente, ANTINORI (B.F. Pinkerton) La orquesta y el coro responden a gran nivel, y solo un cierto sonido enlatado (provocado seguramente por el hecho de que el espect�culo sea en un gran recinto al aire libre) parece ser e unico punto discutible de este dvd. Muy recomendable desde cualquier punto de vista.

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