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Mirella Freni in Madama Butterfly (1975)

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Madama Butterfly

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Director

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  • Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
    Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Writers

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  • Giuseppe Giacosa
    Giuseppe Giacosa
    libretto &
  • Luigi Illica
    Luigi Illica
    libretto
  • David Belasco
    David Belasco
    play
  • Jean-Louis Martinoty
    Jean-Louis Martinoty
    adaptation for television
  • Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
    Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
    adaptation for television

Cast

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(in credits order)
  • Mirella Freni
    Mirella Freni
    Mirella Freni
    Cio-Cio-San, known as Butterfly
  • Plácido Domingo
    Plácido Domingo
    Plácido Domingo
    B.F. Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the United States Navy
  • Christa Ludwig
    Christa Ludwig
    Suzuki, Cho-Cho-San's servant
  • Robert Kerns
    Robert Kerns
    Sharpless, United States Consul
  • Michel Sénéchal
    Michel Sénéchal
    Goro, marriage broker
  • Giorgio Stendoro
    Giorgio Stendoro
    Prince Yamadori
  • Marius Rintzler
    Marius Rintzler
    The Bonzo
  • Elke Schary
    Elke Schary
    Kate Pinkerton, wife

Producer

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  • Fritz Buttenstedt
    Fritz Buttenstedt
    producer

Cinematographers

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  • Wolfgang Treu
    Wolfgang Treu
  • Ernst Wild
    Ernst Wild

Production Designer

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  • Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
    Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Costume Designer

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  • Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
    Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Music Department

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  • Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
    Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
    chorus (as Staatsopernchor)
  • Giacomo Puccini
    Giacomo Puccini
    music by
  • Herbert von Karajan
    Herbert von Karajan
    musical director
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
    Wiener Philharmoniker
    orchestra

Additional Crew

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  • Michi Tanaka
    Michi Tanaka
    japanese advisor for Miss Freni

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