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The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2016)
Directed by Gary Halvorson, Carolyn Choa
Music · 2h 44m
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
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
Crew
- Director
- Gary Halvorson, Carolyn Choa
- Writer
- Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
- Original Music Composer
- Giacomo Puccini
Details
- Release date
- 2016-04-02
- Runtime
- 2h 44m
- Genres
- Music
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- United Kingdom