Notes: | Opera in 2 acts. Program notes and plot synopsis by Kenneth Chalmers inserted in container. Director of photography, Wolfgang Treu. Mirella Freni (Cic-Cio-San (Butterfly)) ; Plácido Domingo (B.F. Pinkterton) ; Christa Ludwig (Suzuki) ; Robert Kerns (Sharpless) ; Michel Sénéchal (Goro) ; Marius Rintzler (Il bonzo) ; Elke Schary (Kate Pinkerton) ; supporting soloists ; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor. Filmed Nov. and Dec. 1974 at Union Film, Berlin; sound recorded Jan. and Sept. 1974, Sofiensaal, Vienna. DVD, region 0, 4:3 aspect ratio; PCM stereo., DTS 5.0. Sung in Italian; with subtitles in Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, or Chinese.
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