Madame Butterfly (1954 film)
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ItalianMadama Butterfly
Directed byCarmine Gallone
Screenplay by
- Carmine Gallone
- Iwao Mori[1]
Based onMadama Butterfly
(1904 opera)
by Giacomo Puccini
(1904 opera)
by Giacomo Puccini
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| Italian | Madama Butterfly |
| Directed by | Carmine Gallone |
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| Based on | Madama Butterfly (1904 opera) by Giacomo Puccini |
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| Cinematography | Claude Renoir[1] |
| Edited by | Niccolò Lazzari[1] |
| Music by | Giacomo Puccini[1] |
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Running time | 81 minutes[2] |
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| Language | Italian |
Madame Butterfly (Italian: Madama Butterfly) is a 1954 musical film directed by Carmine Gallone, based on the 1904 opera Madama Butterfly with music by Giacomo Puccini and libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It stars Kaoru Yachigusa, Nicola Filacuridi, and Michiko Tanaka, with their singing voices dubbed by professional opera singers.[3] The film was an international co-produciton between Italian producer Angelo Rizzoli and Japanese studio Toho.
| Role | Voice type | Actor | Singing voice |
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| Cio-cio-san | soprano | Kaoru Yachigusa | Orietta Moscucci[4] |
| Pinkerton | tenor | Nicola Filacuridi | Giuseppe Campora |
| Suzuki | mezzo-soprano | Michiko Tanaka | Anna Maria Canale |
| Sharpless | baritone | Ferdinando Lidonni | |
| Goro | tenor | Kiyoshi Takagi | Paolo Carloni |
| Bonze | tenor | Yoshio Kosugi | Plinio Clabassi |
| Yamadori | tenor | Tetsu Nakamura | Adelio Zagonara |
| Kate Pinkerton | mezzo-soprano | Josephine Corry | Maria Marcangeli |
Production
Madame Butterfly was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome between October and December 1954.[1]
