The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly (2009)

The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly (2009)

2009-03-07 146 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Anthony Minghella’s stunning production of Puccini’s opera opened the Met’s 2006–07 season and was seen by thousands of people around the world as part of the company’s Live in HD series. Patricia Racette is Cio-Cio-San, the trusting and innocent young geisha of the title, who disastrously falls in love with American Navy lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton (Marcello Giordani), only to be abandoned by him. Maria Zifchak is her loyal servant Suzuki and Dwayne Croft is Sharpless, the sympathetic American consul who does all he can but is unable to avert tragedy. Performance Date Mar 7, 2009

Cast

Patricia Racette is Cio-Cio-San
Cio-Cio-San
Dwayne Croft is Sharpless
Sharpless
Laura Fries is Cousin
Linda Mays is Mother
Stephen Paynter is Uncle Yakuside
Uncle Yakuside
Keith Miller is Imperial Commissioner
Imperial Commissioner
Christian Jeong is The Registrar
The Registrar
Dean Peterson is The Bonze
The Bonze