The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

164 mins | Music | April 2, 2016

Anthony Minghella’s beautiful, atmospheric production enhances Puccini’s drama of unfortunate, doomed love. Soprano Kristine Opolais brings all of her passionate commitment to her portrayal of Cio-Cio-San, the teenage geisha who gives up everything for Lt. Pinkerton. Roberto Alagna is the American naval officer who does not understand the depth of Cio-Cio-San’s love, and whose subsequent marriage to an American woman precipitates Butterfly’s suicide. Maria Zifchak is Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San’s faithful servant, and Dwayne Croft plays the American consul Sharpless, who tries to avert the tragedy. Karel Mark Chichon conducts.

The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

164 mins | Music | April 2, 2016

The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Anthony Minghella’s beautiful, atmospheric production enhances Puccini’s drama of unfortunate, doomed love. Soprano Kristine Opolais brings all of her passionate commitment to her portrayal of Cio-Cio-San, the teenage geisha who gives up everything for Lt. Pinkerton. Roberto Alagna is the American naval officer who does not understand the depth of Cio-Cio-San’s love, and whose subsequent marriage to an American woman precipitates Butterfly’s suicide. Maria Zifchak is Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San’s faithful servant, and Dwayne Croft plays the American consul Sharpless, who tries to avert the tragedy. Karel Mark Chichon conducts.
Producers
Original title The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Directors Carolyn Choa, Gary Halvorson
Writers Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa

Cast

Roberto Alagna

as Lt. B. F. Pinkerton

Kristine Opolais

as Cio-Cio-San

Maria Zifchak

as Suzuki

Dwayne Croft

as Sharpless

Deborah Voigt

as Self - Host

Tony Stevenson

as Goro

Patricia Steiner

as Cio-Cio-San's cousin

Belinda Oswald

as Cio-Cio-San's mother

Craig Montgomery

as Uncle Yakuside

Jean Braham

as Cio-Cio-San's aunt

David Crawford

as Imperial Commissioner

Juhwan Lee

as The Registrar

Stefan Szkafarowsky

as The Bonze

Edyta Kulczac

as Kate Pinkerton

Kevin Augustine

as Cio-Cio-San's child

Tom Lee

as Cio-Cio-San's child

Marc Petrosino

as Cio-Cio-San's child

Hsin-Ping Chang

as Ballet soloist

James Graber

as Ballet soloist