Madama Butterfly

Opera in Three Acts Based on the story by John Luther Long and the drama by David Belasco Box set comes with art print and full booklet. The high quality paper booklet is 32 pages with a dull heavy textured colored paper cover. It is not printed in color. It includes recording session photos by John Ross, and several sections that include "The Cast" (with pictures and short bio's), "The Failure And Success Of Butterfly" by George R. Marek, "The Recording" by Richard Mohr, "Story Of The Opera", and "Puccini Madama Butterfly, Libretto" that provides Italian - English dialogue translation by Peggie Cochrane. English libretto translation copyright 1958 by G. Ricordi & Co. (London) (Ltd.) The records are auto-coupled. The covering of the box is dull (not slick) and textured (very similar to the booklet cover).