Madama Butterfly

Year: 1974

Runtime: 145 mins

Language: Italian

Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Music

Karajan’s magnificent, nuanced interpretation revives this familiar Puccini tragedy. Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig and Robert Kerns in Ponnelle’s production Herbert von Karajan leading Vienna Philharmonic. The work remains a staple of the operatic repertoire, ranked among the most‑performed operas worldwide by Operabase and praised.

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