MADAMA BUTTERFLY Kirsten (New Orleans 1960) (CD)

The only complete opera recording available by American soprano Dorothy Kirsten. With Daniele Barioni as Pinkerton, Richard Torigi as Sharpless, and Rosalind Nadell as Suzuki.
[1994, Stereo, 2-CD, 122 minutes]

"Kirsten was a Puccini soprano par excellence...she never recorded the role commercially, which makes this recording of a 1960 performance at New Orleans particularly treasurable." American Record Guide

MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Opera in Three Acts
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica

Cast:
Cio-cio san - Dorothy Kirsten
Pinkerton - Daniele Barioni
Suzuki - Rosalind Nadell
Sharpless - Richard Torigi
Goro - Thomas Carter
Lo Zio Bonzo - Rodney Hall
Yamadori - Arthur Cosenza
Kate - Eileen Ireland
Commissario - Harold Crane

New Orleans Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Renato Cellini, conductor
(Live performance, March 1960)