This Grammy-winning recording documents the extraordinary passionate interpretation of the title character by Leontyne Price, by turns delicately girlish and fiercely resolute. The first opera recorded in the famous RCA Italiana Studios and a demonstration quality release in its new DSD remastering.

Cast:
Madama Butterfly -  Leontyne Price, soprano

(Cio-Cio-San)
Suzuki - Rosalind Elias, mezzo-soprano
B.F. Pinkerton - Richard Tucker, tenor
Sharpless -  Philip Maero, baritone
Goro - Piero de Palma, tenor