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About Madame Butterfly
Amazon.com This 1939 Butterfly will be sought after by Beniamino Gigli fans and they won't be disappointed, for the tenor sings beautifully, as always. The sobs are there, with an excessively damp Addio, but his Pinkerton is a rounded portrait, capturing the character's charm and boorishness. Toti Dal Monte is a surprise. Renowned as a coloratura, at this stage of her career the voice is fraying, and still lighter in timbre than most Butterflys. But she gives a dramatic portrayal, full of verbal nuance and apt characterization. The Rome cast is fine and Oliviero DeFabritis conducts an idiomatic performance full of lyric energy. Pearl's transfers of the dated sound don't get in the way. --Dan Davis
