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1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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From the opera by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by Guiseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica
An American naval officer falls in love with a Japanese geisha girl known as Butterfly and marries her, with no intention of ever taking her home to America
Deluxe widescreen presentation
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995
Director of photography, Philippe Welt ; editor, Luc Barnier
Ying Huang (Madame Butterfly), Richard Troxell (Pinkerton), Ning Liang (Suzuki), Richard Cowan (Sharpless), Jing Ma Fan (Goro), Christopheren Nomura (Prince Yamadori), Constance Hauman (Kate Pinkerton), Edmund Zelotes Toliver (Imperial Commissioner, The Bonze), Catherine Napoli (Cio-Cio San's cousin), Laurence Monteyrol (Cio-Cio San's mother), Asayo Otsuka (Cio-Cio San's aunt), Richard Tronc (Yakusidé), Chœurs de Radio France, Orchestre de Paris, James Conlon, conductor
Not rated
DVD hi-fi Dolby surround stereo
Sung in Italian with English subtitles; credits in French