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101 Greatest Classics

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by: Various Artists

Release Date September 24, 2001

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A Night at The Opera - Nessun Dorma, Carmen, La Boheme

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by: Various Composers

Release Date October 08, 2007

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Opera Explained - an Introduction to Puccini: La Boheme

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by: Giacomo Puccini

Release Date April 15, 2002
Thomson Smillie lectures and publishes extensively on the arts and runs hiw own publishing company, The OperaBox. "An Introduction to Puccini's 'La Bohème'" is one of a series of recordings telling the history of opera and introducing works to a broader audience. Smillie was a founding staff member of the Scottish Opera, spent five years as the artistic director of the Wexford International Opera Festival in Ireland, has been General Manager of the Opera Company of Boston and the general director of Kentucky Opera for sixteen years. In his career he has produced more than 100 operas and stage directed over 30. Consequently, he has the bona fides to introduce Puccini's most popular opera to listeners.

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Female Oldies, Vol. 3

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by: David Wood & Restoration

Release Date February 27, 2001
Thomson Smillie lectures and publishes extensively on the arts and runs hiw own publishing company, The OperaBox. "An Introduction to Puccini's 'La Bohème'" is one of a series of recordings telling the history of opera and introducing works to a broader audience. Smillie was a founding staff member of the Scottish Opera, spent five years as the artistic director of the Wexford International Opera Festival in Ireland, has been General Manager of the Opera Company of Boston and the general director of Kentucky Opera for sixteen years. In his career he has produced more than 100 operas and stage directed over 30. Consequently, he has the bona fides to introduce Puccini's most popular opera to listeners.

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Puccini: Madam Butterfly [English Language]

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from: Chandos

Release Date October 15, 2001
This English rendition of Puccini's Madame Butterfly had my rather skeptical at first. I decided on getting it for two reasons: my friend couldn't handle the original Italian and I was curious. I listened to it and there were many good things about it: Not too much was lost in the translation (i.e. in the duet at the end of Act I instead of "the night is serene" this one says " the starlight is shining"), the voices sound like it was in a studio instead of an opera house so it sounds slightly distant. Also a slight irk of mine is that the Pinkerton sounds a little too English for my tastes but that's just me.

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Puccini: Madam Butterfly [Highlights; Sung in English]

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from: EMI

Release Date August 20, 1993
This English rendition of Puccini's Madame Butterfly had my rather skeptical at first. I decided on getting it for two reasons: my friend couldn't handle the original Italian and I was curious. I listened to it and there were many good things about it: Not too much was lost in the translation (i.e. in the duet at the end of Act I instead of "the night is serene" this one says " the starlight is shining"), the voices sound like it was in a studio instead of an opera house so it sounds slightly distant. Also a slight irk of mine is that the Pinkerton sounds a little too English for my tastes but that's just me.

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Puccini: Madama Butterfly [Highlights]

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from: GLH

Release Date June 06, 2000
This English rendition of Puccini's Madame Butterfly had my rather skeptical at first. I decided on getting it for two reasons: my friend couldn't handle the original Italian and I was curious. I listened to it and there were many good things about it: Not too much was lost in the translation (i.e. in the duet at the end of Act I instead of "the night is serene" this one says " the starlight is shining"), the voices sound like it was in a studio instead of an opera house so it sounds slightly distant. Also a slight irk of mine is that the Pinkerton sounds a little too English for my tastes but that's just me.

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Puccini;Madam Butterfly

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by: Scotto, Cioni, Turin Rai, Basile

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This English rendition of Puccini's Madame Butterfly had my rather skeptical at first. I decided on getting it for two reasons: my friend couldn't handle the original Italian and I was curious. I listened to it and there were many good things about it: Not too much was lost in the translation (i.e. in the duet at the end of Act I instead of "the night is serene" this one says " the starlight is shining"), the voices sound like it was in a studio instead of an opera house so it sounds slightly distant. Also a slight irk of mine is that the Pinkerton sounds a little too English for my tastes but that's just me.

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Shamanic Trance Vol.3: Mixed By Cosmix

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by: Cosmix

Release Date November 20, 2000
This English rendition of Puccini's Madame Butterfly had my rather skeptical at first. I decided on getting it for two reasons: my friend couldn't handle the original Italian and I was curious. I listened to it and there were many good things about it: Not too much was lost in the translation (i.e. in the duet at the end of Act I instead of "the night is serene" this one says " the starlight is shining"), the voices sound like it was in a studio instead of an opera house so it sounds slightly distant. Also a slight irk of mine is that the Pinkerton sounds a little too English for my tastes but that's just me.

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Coffeehouse Classics

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by: Various Artists

Release Date June 24, 1997
This English rendition of Puccini's Madame Butterfly had my rather skeptical at first. I decided on getting it for two reasons: my friend couldn't handle the original Italian and I was curious. I listened to it and there were many good things about it: Not too much was lost in the translation (i.e. in the duet at the end of Act I instead of "the night is serene" this one says " the starlight is shining"), the voices sound like it was in a studio instead of an opera house so it sounds slightly distant. Also a slight irk of mine is that the Pinkerton sounds a little too English for my tastes but that's just me.