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Madame Butterfly (1995 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Madame Butterfly' is a 1995 musical film written and directed by Frdric Mitterrand and produced by Daniel Toscan du Plantier and Pierre-Olivier Bardet. It is based on the opera 'Madama Butterfly' with music by Giacomo Puccini and libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Soprano Ying Huang, tenor Richard Troxell, mezzo-soprano Ning Liang, and bass-baritone Richard Cowan star in the film, in addition to singing their roles. The score was adapted, arranged, and conducted by James Conlon.
The film was an international co-production, with the involvement of France 3, Canal+, the British Broadcasting Corporation, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Sianel Pedwar Cymru, France Telecom, and Centre national du cinma et de l'image anime.
The film was released by Les Films du Losange in France on 22 November 1995 and by Sony Pictures Classics in the United States on 23 May 1996. It received positive reviews, and won the Csar Award for Best Production Design.
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