MADAMA BUTTERFLY Moffo, Cioni (1956) (DVD)

1956 RAI telecast starring Anna Moffo in the performance that brought her international renown.
B&W, 127 minutes, 4:3, All regions

MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Opera in Three Acts
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

Cast:
Cio-Cio San - Anna Moffo
Pinkerton - Renato Cioni
Sharpless - Afro Poli
Suzuki - Miti Truccato Pace
Goro - Gino Del Signore
Kate Pinkerton - Lella Dori
Il principe Yamadori - Pierluigi Latinucci
Lo zio Bonzo - Dimitri Lopatto
Il commissario imperiale - Aristide Baracchi

Orchestra and Chorus of Radiotelevisione Italiana Milano
Oliviero De Fabritiis, conductor

Directed by Mario Lanfranchi