Madama Butterfly: “Un bel dì”

~ Recording by Eileen Farrell, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Max Rudolf

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.20"Un bel dì" from Madama Butterfly4:42Giacomo PucciniSony Classical Great Performances: 1903-1998Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1999-10-12
Sony ClassicalJ4K 65819
3.20Madama Butterfly: “Un bel dì”4:42Giacomo PucciniSony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a CenturyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-10-12
CBS Records Masterworks, Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Columbia Jazz, Columbia Masterworks, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Harmony Records (budget label owned by Columbia), OKeh, Perfect (1922-1938), Philadelphia International Records, Romeo (1920-1930s US 25¢ shellac label), Sony Classical, Sony Discos (an imprint owned by Sony Discos, Inc.)JXK 65750
1.20"Un bel dì" from Madama Butterfly4:43Giacomo PucciniGreat Performances: 1903-1998Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony ClassicalD 232652-2

Relationships

soprano vocals:Eileen Farrell (soprano)
orchestra:Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:Max Rudolf (conductor)
recording of:Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)

Related works

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