This 1986 production ofMadama Butterflystrives, with its Japanese director and designer, ... more
for authenticity in the Japanese setting, yet is somehow entirely Italian at the same time. Yasuko Hayashi's Cio-Cio-San is surprisingly tough, rejecting the argum...
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This 1986 production ofMadama Butterflystrives, with its Japanese director and designer, ... more
for authenticity in the Japanese setting, yet is somehow entirely Italian at the same time. Yasuko Hayashi's Cio-Cio-San is surprisingly tough, rejecting the argum...
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Music / Performing Arts - Director: Lotfi Mansouri - Original Language: English - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Yvonne Kenny, Boje Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager, Gregory Turay
Music / Performing Arts, Comedy - Director: Trevor Nunn, Geoffrey Posner - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, Parental Guidance - Starring: Duncan Preston, Celia Imrie, Julie Walters, Victoria Wood, Jim Broadbent
Advantages: Scotto very good, overall strong cast, conducting not too fierce, well recorded Disadvantages: not as 'special' as some other sets, cast not very memorable even if able
Advantages: Moving, emotional and dramatic Disadvantages: Unless a big fan of opera's or Puccini it does not really warrant sole purchase
---OVERVIEW---
Having listened to classical music for a long time I had never been attracted to the Puccini CD's which I constantly knew were there in the stores. It wasn't until I saw the film Heavenly Creatures (a definite watch) that I discovered the true impact of Puccini's works. Using the Humming chorus from Madame Butterfly to powerful effect I was driven to buy a CD of his best works.
--Puccini--
FULL NAME - Giacomo Puccini
NATIONALITY - Italian
BORN - 1858
DIED - 1924
MAJOR WORKS - Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Turandot.
---PRICE---
At £5 a go, buying and getting hold of Puccini's music is no problem at all and is available in most high street music chains (HMV, Virgin etc)
Again like many of my other classical CD's I recommend the NAXOS label for quality and price.
---MADAME ...
Certificate:15
Run Time:113 Minutes Approx.
The Butterfly Effect is a great film starring Aston Kutcher as Evan, I think that this is one of Astons better perfomances.
The film tells a story of Evans life, he had a very abusive childhood suffering from mental and sexual abuse as a child.
He discovers that he can change his terrible past by reading his journals that he wrote as a child, however he also realises that even the slightest change in the past can effect his future drastically.
In this film he shows how different events in his past could lead to different people around him being sick, him ending up in prison and many more different mishaps. He reads his journal each time to fix things until he comes up with the best solution (I cant really spoil this film as there are three very different and emotional ...
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