16th November

Concert will begin at 18:30 hours GMT

Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' with Rebeka, Guerrero, Sushkova and Astakhov from Vienna

Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' is an opera in three acts, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story 'Madame Butterfly' (1898) by John Luther Long, which in turn was based on stories told to Long by his sister Jennie Correll and on the semi-autobiographical 1887 French novel Madame Chrysanthème by Pierre Loti.

Performers: Marina Rebeka: Cio-Cio-San. Daria Sushkova: Suzuki. Joshua Guerrero: Pinkerton. Stefan Astakhov: Sharpless. Matthäus Schmidlechner: Goro. Alex Ilvakhin: Prince Yamadori.

Wiener Staatsoper Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: Giampaolo Bisanti.

Recorded 4 & 8 November.