Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Tu? tu? Piccolo Iddio!” (Butterfly, Pinkerton)

~ Recording by José Carreras, Mirella Freni, Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Annotation

Butterfly (softly reading the words inscribed on it)
Con onor muore
chi non può serbar vita con onore.
(points the knife sideways at her throat)

(The door on the left opens, showing Suzuki's arm pushing the child towards his mother: he runs in with outstretched hands. Butterfly lets the dagger fall, darts toward the baby, and hugs and kisses him almost to suffocation)

Butterfly
Tu? tu? tu? tu? tu? tu? tu?
piccolo Iddio!
Amore, amore mio,
fior di giglio e di rosa.
(taking the child's head in her hands, she draws it to her)
…

Annotation last modified on 2013-11-19 05:50 UTC.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
3.8Madama Butterfly: Act II, Part II. "Tu? tu? Piccolo Iddio!"5:15Giacomo PucciniMadama ButterflyGiacomo Puccini; Mirella Freni, José Carreras, Teresa Berganza, Juan Pons, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe SinopoliAlbum
  • DE1988-09-20
Deutsche Grammophon423 567-2
1.12Tu ? tu ? Piccolo Iddio !5:26Giacomo PucciniMadama ButterflyGiacomo Puccini; Mirella Freni, José Carreras, Teresa Berganza, Juan Pons, Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe SinopoliAlbum
  • DE1989-06-12
Deutsche Grammophon427 358-2
1.19Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Tu? tu? Piccolo Iddio!” (Butterfly, Pinkerton)5:31Giacomo PucciniPuccini: The EssentialsGiacomo PucciniAlbum + Compilation
  • MX2016-10-14
Deutsche Grammophon0289 479 6899 3
Promotion
2.14Madama Butterfly: Atto II. "Tu? tu? Piccolo Iddio!"5:18Giacomo PucciniOpera Classics: La bohème / Manon Lescaut / Madama Butterfly / La fanciulla del WestGiacomo PucciniAlbum + Compilation
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)

Relationships

producer:Wolfgang Stengel
soprano vocals:Mirella Freni (soprano)
tenor vocals:José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
orchestra:Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (in 1987-04)
conductor:Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) (in 1987-04)
balance engineer:Klaus Hiemann (engineer/producer)
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, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1987-04)
recording of:Madama Butterfly: Atto III. “Con onor muore … Tu? Tu? Piccolo Iddio” (Butterfly, Pinkerton) (in 1987-04)

Related works

Madama Butterfly: Atto III. “Con onor muore … Tu? Tu? Piccolo Iddio” (Butterfly, Pinkerton)

composer:Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:Giuseppe Giacosa
Luigi Illica
part of:Madama Butterfly: Atto III (Madame Butterfly: Act III, also: Atto II, parte 2) (number) (order: 17)