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Frequenz is a budget label devoted to historic performances of opera, mostly Italian. The format is 2 or 3 CDs in a case with no booklet or libretto. The text on the inserts is in Italian only. The performances are usually excellent and feature artists such as Pavarotti, Domingo, Renata Tebaldi, Nicolai Chiaurov, Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Birgit Nilsson, Karl Bohm, Riccardo Muti and Carlo Maria Guilini. Some of the recordings were made live at major opera houses such as Covent Garden, Bayreuth and La Scala.
Composer: Puccini
Music: Madama Butterfly
Singers: Butterfly - Renata Scotto, Suzuki - Franca Mattiucci, Kate Pinkerton - Luciana Palombi, FB Pinkerton - Renato Cioni, Sharpless - Alberto Rinaldi, Goro - Franco Ricciardi, Yamadori - Silvio Maionica, Bonzo - Vito Susca.
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della Radiotelevisione Italiana conducted by Arturo Basile.
Record label and date: Frequenz 1989.
Recorded in Turin in 1967.
A little wear to the case and inserts.
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