01987cgm a2200373 4500 268518044 TxAuBib 20080825120000.0 880830s1983||||||||||||||||||||||v|ita|u (OCoLC)18427263 LaserQuest MnCdSW-R TxAuBib ita eng ita Madama Butterfly [videorecording] / 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. [New York, NY : Thorn EMI Video, 1983. 1 videocassette (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 booklet (40 p.) Opera in 3 acts. Sung in Italian with English subtitles. Booklet contains synopsis and libretto with English translation. "TVE 2806.". 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. 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. VHS. 20040413. Operas. Foreign films. Video 1/2inch VHS Resource. Kabaivanska, Raina. Antinori, Nazzareno. Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919. Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906. TXEDR