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The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2016)
Directed by Gary Halvorson, Carolyn Choa
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.
Rated NR | Length 164 minutes
Actors
Roberto Alagna | Kristine Opolais | Maria Zifchak | Dwayne Croft | Deborah Voigt | Tony Stevenson | Patricia Steiner | Belinda Oswald | Craig Montgomery | Jean Braham | David Crawford | Juhwan Lee | Stefan Szkafarowsky | Edyta Kulczac | Kevin Augustine | Tom Lee | Marc Petrosino | Hsin-Ping Chang | James Graber