The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Overview

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.

Directed by Gary Halvorson, Carolyn Choa

Top cast

Roberto Alagna

Lt. B. F. Pinkerton

Kristine Opolais

Cio-Cio-San

Maria Zifchak

Suzuki

Dwayne Croft

Sharpless

Deborah Voigt

Self - Host

T

Tony Stevenson

Goro

P

Patricia Steiner

Cio-Cio-San's cousin

B

Belinda Oswald

Cio-Cio-San's mother

C

Craig Montgomery

Uncle Yakuside

J

Jean Braham

Cio-Cio-San's aunt

David Crawford

Imperial Commissioner

J

Juhwan Lee

The Registrar

S

Stefan Szkafarowsky

The Bonze

E

Edyta Kulczac

Kate Pinkerton

K

Kevin Augustine

Cio-Cio-San's child

T

Tom Lee

Cio-Cio-San's child

Marc Petrosino

Cio-Cio-San's child

H

Hsin-Ping Chang

Ballet soloist

J

James Graber

Ballet soloist

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