Giacomo Puccini / Leontyne Price - Richard Tucker - Rosalind Elias - Philip Maero - Erich Leinsdorf - Madama Butterfly (3xLP + Box) (VG+ / VG)

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)
Comments:

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Country:    US  
Released:  1963
Genre:       Classical
Style:         Opera, Romantic

Notes:

Opera in Three Acts Based on the story by John Luther Long and the drama by David Belasco Box set comes with art print and full booklet. The high quality paper booklet is 32 pages with a dull heavy textured colored paper cover. It is not printed in color. It includes recording session photos by John Ross, and several sections that include "The Cast" (with pictures and short bio's), "The Failure And Success Of Butterfly" by George R. Marek, "The Recording" by Richard Mohr, "Story Of The Opera", and "Puccini Madama Butterfly, Libretto" that provides Italian - English dialogue translation by Peggie Cochrane. English libretto translation copyright 1958 by G. Ricordi & Co. (London) (Ltd.) The records are auto-coupled. The covering of the box is dull (not slick) and textured (very similar to the booklet cover).

A. Act I (Part 1) 23:05
B. Act I (Part 2) 19:23
C1. Act I (Concl.) 6:58
C2. Act II (Part 1) 10:47
D. Act II (Part 2) 21:53
E1. Act II (Concl.) 14:56
E2. Act III (Part 1) 7:36
F. Act III (Concl.) 23:43

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout N2RY-2814
Matrix / Runout N2RY-2815
Matrix / Runout N2RY-2816
Matrix / Runout N2RY-2817
Matrix / Runout N2RY-2818
Matrix / Runout N2RY-2819
Matrix / Runout N2RY2814-4S A1ⅠX
Matrix / Runout N2RY2815-4S A1Ⅰ
Matrix / Runout N2RY2816-2S A1Ⅰ
Matrix / Runout N2RY2817--9SⅠX A1
Matrix / Runout N2RY2818-4S XⅠ A2
Matrix / Runout N2RY2819-3S ⅠX A1
Pressing Plant ID Ⅰ

Recorded At RCA Studios, Rome
Copyright (c) G. Ricordi & Co (London) Ltd
Pressed By RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis