The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

04/02/2016

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2hrs 44min

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Music

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Roberto Alagna
  • Kristine Opolais
  • Maria Zifchak
  • Dwayne Croft
  • Deborah Voigt

    Directors

  • Gary Halvorson
  • Carolyn Choa

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • Italian

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