The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

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.

• Giacomo PucciniOriginal Music Composer
• Luigi IllicaWriter
• Giuseppe GiacosaWriter
• Gary HalvorsonDirector
• Carolyn ChoaDirector

• Roberto AlagnaLt. B. F. Pinkerton
• Kristine OpolaisCio-Cio-San
• Maria ZifchakSuzuki
• Dwayne CroftSharpless
• Deborah VoigtSelf - Host
• Tony StevensonGoro
• Patricia SteinerCio-Cio-San's cousin
• Belinda OswaldCio-Cio-San's mother
• Craig MontgomeryUncle Yakuside
• Jean BrahamCio-Cio-San's aunt
• David CrawfordImperial Commissioner
• Juhwan LeeThe Registrar