The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2016)
Music
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
Lt. B. F. Pinkerton
Cio-Cio-San
Imperial Commissioner
The Registrar
The Bonze
Kate Pinkerton
Cio-Cio-San's child
Cio-Cio-San's child
Cio-Cio-San's child
Ballet soloist
Ballet soloist
Suzuki
Sharpless
Self - Host
Goro
Cio-Cio-San's cousin
Cio-Cio-San's mother
Uncle Yakuside
Cio-Cio-San's aunt
Crew
Original Music Composer
Conductor
Writer
Writer
Director
Choreographer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Design
Director
Production Design
Music Producer
Dramaturgy
Technical Supervisor
Sound Supervisor
Makeup Artist
Executive Producer
