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Puccini: La Bohème, Madama Butterfly - Abell

Membran  222864

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Opera

Puccini: La Bohème (highlights), Madama Butterfly (highlights)

Claire Rutter (soprano)
Charles Clarke (tenor)
Stephen Gadd (baritone)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
David Abell (conductor)

All

Recording

PCM recording

Works (13)

• Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (1896) Che gelida manina!
• Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (1896) Donde lieta usci
• Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (1896) Marcello. Finalmente
• Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (1896) Mimi!
• Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (1896) Non sono in vena
• Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (1896) O soave fanciulla
• Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (1896) Si, mi chiamano Mimi
• Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1905, rev. 1906) Amore e grillo
• Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1905, rev. 1906) Bimba, bimba, non piangere
• Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1905, rev. 1906) Con onor muore
• Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1905, rev. 1906) Dovunque al mondo
• Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1905, rev. 1906) Quanto cielo, quanto mar!
• Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1905, rev. 1906) Un bel dì vedremo