Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì vedremo” (Madama Butterfly)

~ Recording by Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì vedremo”4:34Giacomo PucciniPuccini AriasPuccini; Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio SerafinAlbum
  • XE1997-09-01
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)7243 5 66463 2 2
1.6Madama Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo4:38Giacomo PucciniThe LegendMaria CallasAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-10-24
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)CDC 7243 5 57057 2 3

Relationships

producer:Walter Jellinek (British classical producer)
Walter Legge (British classical producer)
soprano vocals:Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1954-09-15 until 1954-09-18, from 1954-09-20 until 1954-09-21)
orchestra:Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1954-09-15 until 1954-09-18, from 1954-09-20 until 1954-09-21)
conductor:Tullio Serafin (conductor) (from 1954-09-15 until 1954-09-18, from 1954-09-20 until 1954-09-21)
balance engineer:Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012)
recorded at:Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford (from 1954-09-15 until 1954-09-18, from 1954-09-20 until 1954-09-21)
recording of:Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly) (from 1954-09-15 until 1954-09-18, from 1954-09-20 until 1954-09-21)

Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)

composer:Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:Giuseppe Giacosa
Luigi Illica
referred to in medleys:Comedy in Music, Part II (order: 6)
Quodlibet for Small Orchestra: Adagio (order: 12)
later translated versions:Kādā jaukā dienā (from opera “Madama Butterfly”)
Madama Butterfly: “One Fine Day” (trans. Elkin)
Madame Butterfly: Akt II. "Eines Tages sehn wir"
Madame Butterfly: Sur la mer calmée
part of:Madama Butterfly: Atto II (Madame Butterfly: Act II, also: Atto II, parte 1) (number) (order: 3)
is the basis for:Ein schöner Tag
Un Bel Di
Un bel di (Madama Butterfly)
arrangements:“Un bel dì, vedremo” (from Madama Butterfly) (catch-all for arrangements)
A Night at the Opera