Late Romantic

Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)

Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly) by Giacomo Puccini. 242 recordings in this catalogue, from 1919 to 2025.

Most recorded performers

Ordered by the number of recordings in this catalogue.

Maria Meneghini Callas

Soloist · 36 recordings

Philharmonia Orchestra

Orchestra · 20 recordings

Mirella Freni

Soloist · 18 recordings

Herbert von Karajan

Conductor · 15 recordings

Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Orchestra · 13 recordings

Leontyne Price

Soloist · 13 recordings

Edward Downes

Conductor · 10 recordings

Kiri Te Kanawa

Soloist · 9 recordings

Recordings (242 of 242)

Conductor

Herbert von Karajan15 Edward Downes10 John Pritchard7 Max Rudolf7 Erich Leinsdorf6 Giuseppe Sinopoli6 Ruslan Raichev5 Charles Mackerras4 Tullio Serafin4 Alberto Erede3 Alceo Galliera3 Ali Rahbari3

Orchestra

Philharmonia Orchestra20 Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan13 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra7 London Symphony Orchestra6 Orchestra of the Royal Opera House5 Munich Radio Orchestra4 Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia4 Vienna Philharmonic4 Columbia Symphony Orchestra3 RCA Italiana Orchestra3 The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra3 Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra3

Label

EMI Classics25 Sony Classical16 Warner Classics12 EMI10 Decca Classics9 Deutsche Grammophon9 Decca Records8 RCA Red Seal8 Documents7 London Classics6 Naxos6 Reader’s Digest6

Decade

1910s1 1920s2 1940s3 1950s23 1960s10 1970s6 1980s12 1990s62 2000s55 2010s23 2020s4

Credited instrument

Piano3 Guitar1 Soprano1 Tenor1

Performance practice

Source-backed classifications. Unknown means no reviewed evidence is stored.

Unknown242

Recording / performers	Year	Label
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. "Un bel di, vedremo" (Butterfly)Oliviero De Fabritiis, Anna Moffo Year: 1956	1956	Great Opera Performances	3:57
Madama Butterfly: “Un bel dì vedremo”Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Maria Meneghini Callas Year: 1955	1955	Crown Games S.r.l.	4:41
One Fine DayVictor Borge Year: 1955	1955	Columbia	-
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì vedremo” (Butterfly)Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Maria Meneghini Callas Year: 1955	1955	EMI Classics	4:43
Madama Butterfly: “Un bel dì vedremo”Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Maria Meneghini Callas Year: 1955	1955	Documents	4:42
Madama Butterfly: “Un bel dì vedremo”Maria Meneghini Callas Year: 1955	1955	Naxos	4:42
Madama Butterfly: “Un bel di vedremo”Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Maria Meneghini Callas Year: 1955	1955	EMI	4:47
Madama Butterfly: “Un bel dì vedremo”Tullio Serafin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Maria Meneghini Callas Year: 1954	1954	EMI Classics	4:35
Madama Butterfly: “Un bel dì vedremo”Tullio Serafin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Maria Meneghini Callas Year: 1954	1954	Alexandre Bak ‐ Classical Music Reference Recording	4:29
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì vedremo”Tullio Serafin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Maria Meneghini Callas Year: 1954	1954	EMI	4:37
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì vedremo”Orchestra sinfonica di Torino della RAI Year: 1953	1953	Fonit Cetra	3:47
Madama Butterfly: “Un bel dì vedremo“Maria Meneghini Callas Year: 1953	1953	EMI Classics	2:33
Madama Butterfly: “Un bel dì vedremo”Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Maria Meneghini Callas Year: 1953	1953	Cantus Classics	4:29
Madama Butterfly: Atto II, parte 1. “Un bel dì vedremo” (Butterfly)Alberto Erede, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Renata Tebaldi Year: 1951	1951	Octave Productions	4:49
Madam Butterfly: Act 2, Butterfly's Aria 'Un bel di vedremo'Alceo Galliera, Philharmonia Orchestra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Year: 1950	1950	Opus Kura	4:03
Madame Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì” (Butterfly)Max Rudolf, Eleanor Steber Year: 1949	1949	-	4:13
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì” (Butterfly)Max Rudolf, Eleanor Steber Year: 1949	1949	Sony Classical	4:18
Madama Butterfly: “Un bel dì vedremo”Alberto Erede, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Renata Tebaldi Year: 1949	1949	Decca Classics	4:53
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo”Carlo Sabajno, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan Year: 1929	1929	Arkadia	3:56
Un bel dì vedremoFlorence Easton Year: 1921	1921	Brunswick	-

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