| Other author/creator | Aceto, Raymond, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Björling, Jussi, 1911-1960 vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Bonfatti, Gregory, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Borriello, Mario, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Callas, Maria, 1923-1977 vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Capitanucci, Fabio Maria, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Chiara Chizzoni, Maria, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Danieli, Lucia, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Angeles, Victoria de los, performer. |
| Other author/creator | De Nicola, Roberta, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Di Bernardo, Fabrizio, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Gedda, Nicolai, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Gheorghiu, Angela vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906 librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919 librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Karajan, Herbert von, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Kaufmann, Jonas vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Pappano, Antonio, 1959- conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Pirazzini, Miriam vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Reale, Cristina, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Santini, Gabriele, 1886-1964, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Sereni, Mario, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Shkosa, Enkelejda, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Simeoli, Massimo, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Tonsini, Massimiliano, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Valentini, Roberto, vocalist. |
| Other author/creator | Accademia di Santa Cecilia. Coro. |
| Other author/creator | Accademia di Santa Cecilia. Orchestra. |
| Other author/creator | Teatro alla Scala. Coro performer. |
| Other author/creator | Teatro alla Scala. Orchestra performer. |
| Other author/creator | Teatro dell'opera (Rome, Italy). Coro, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Teatro dell'opera (Rome, Italy). Orchestra, performer. |
| Uniform title | Madama Butterfly |
| General note | 3rd version: Program notes in English with German and French translations (32 p. : col. port.) linked to from website. |
| General note | Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. |
| General note | Opera in 2 acts. |
| General note | Previously released as a compact disc. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed May 1, 2012). |
| Performer |
1st version: Victoria de los Angeles, soprano ; Miriam Pirazzini, alto ; Jussi Björling, tenor ; Mario Sereni, baritone ; other soloists ; Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'opera di Roma ; Gabriele Santini, conductor. |
| Performer |
2nd version: Maria Callas, soprano; Lucia Danieli, mezzo-soprano; Nicolai Gedda, tenor; Mario Borriello, baritone; supporting soloists; Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano; Herbert von Karajan, conductor. |
| Performer |
3rd version: Angela Gheorghiu, soprano ; Enkelejda Shkosa, mezzo-soprano ; Jonas Kaufmann, Gregory Bonfatti, tenors ; Fabio Capitanucci, baritone ; Raymond Aceto, bass ; Cristina Reale, Roberto Valentini, Massimo Simeoli, Massimiliano Tonsini, Fabrizio di Bernardo, Simonetta Pelacchi, Roberta de Nicola, Maria Chiara Chizzoni, supporting soloists ; Orchestra e Coro dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilla ; chorus master, Norbert Balatsch ; Antonio Pappano, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | 1st version: Recorded Sept. and Oct. 1959, Opera House, Rome. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | 2nd version: Recorded Aug. 1-6, 1955, at Teatro alla Scala. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | 3rd version: Recorded July 7-19, 2008, Sala Santa Cecilla, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome. |
| Language | Sung in Italian. |
| Genre/form | Sound recordings. |