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.

Cast

Roberto Alagna

Lt. B. F. Pinkerton

Kristine Opolais

Cio-Cio-San

Maria Zifchak

Suzuki

Dwayne Croft

Sharpless

Deborah Voigt

Self - Host

Tony Stevenson

Goro

Patricia Steiner

Cio-Cio-San's cousin

Belinda Oswald

Cio-Cio-San's mother

Craig Montgomery

Uncle Yakuside

Jean Braham

Cio-Cio-San's aunt