Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1955 - Karajan) - Callas Remastered

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1955 - Karajan) - Callas Remastered

Maria Callas

Giacomo Puccini

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Maria Callas Remastered

A famous backstage photo was taken in Chicago after one of just three performances that Callas gave of Madama Butterfly; it shows the soprano in her Japanese costume, snarling furiously at a bailiff who had served a writ on her – the very image of the tempestuous diva. By contrast, in her recording

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