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Puccini - Madame Butterfly / Huang, Troxell
from Sony Pictures
starring Ying Huang, Richard Troxell, Ning Liang, Richard Cowan (II), Jing Ma Fan
directed by Frédéric Mitterrand

Features:

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• DVD-Video

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Huang-Troxell Madame Butterfly
  Huang and Troxell's Madame Butterfly is an unusually successful film adapatation of Puccini's beloved opera. While the film was created with great sensitivity to the musical needs of the work, the attention to detail in every aspect of the actual filming is amazing. Everything is done so well, and comes together is such a way as to create an absolutely visually stunning film. I also recommend watching the interviews at the end--they are very informative without being dull. I truly believe, if you cannot... more info

• Madame Butterfly
  I actually bought this for my Mother's 77th birthday (at her request). She says she LOVES it!! I know that she'd rate it five stars. I'm happy that she's happy.
  Thank you.

• Butterfly, The Movie
  I've seen Butterfly at San Francisco, Lyric Opera of Chicago and at numerous other venues, so it's an opera whose nuances I think I know pretty well. I cannot imagine any performance that I've ever seen of any opera that didn't have something I wished had been done differently, but picking apart this presentation really is difficult. OK, the 'floating relatives' were a little too Hollywood, but the close-ups, setting, costumes, acting and, yes, singing were truly sublime. I have several other performances... more info

• Beautiful story, great film !
  Beautiful story. The performance is excellent. Don't miss this classic dramatic opera presented as a film. Bravo !!

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