The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly

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• Genre(s): Musical
• Language(s): Italiano (Italian)
• Director(s): Gary Halvorson, Carolyn Choa
• Cast(s): Roberto Alagna, Kristine Opolais, Maria Zifchak, Dwayne Croft, Deborah Voigt See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 2h 44min
• Music: Giacomo Puccini,Jay David Saks,Karel Mark Chichon,John Kerswell
• Similar To: Autumn Beat, Beautiful Rebel
• Story:
  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.
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