In 1904, the Italian soprano Rosina Storchio originated the title role of Puccini’s vocally demanding tragedy “Madama Butterfly,” but that one history-defining credit paints an incomplete ...

For her first solo album, 'Anima Rara', for Opera Rara, for whom she's already recorded Leoncavallo's Zazà and Puccini's Le Willis, Ermonela Jaho celebrates one of her great soprano predecessors, ...

The very first Butterfly, Rosina Storchio, focused on emotion and character, much like Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho herself – not least on an album inspired by the turn-of-the-century singer, finds ...

Donald Macleod recreates the premieres of five different Puccini operas. On 17th February 1904, Madama Butterfly had its eagerly awaited premiere at La Scala, with Rosina Storchio in the title role.