The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly (2009)
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
Director: Anthony Minghella
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Patricia Racette as Cio-Cio-San |
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Marcello Giordani as Pinkerton |
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Greg Fedderly as Goro |
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Maria Zifchak as Suzuki |
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Dwayne Croft as Sharpless |
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Laura Fries as Cousin |
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Linda Mays as Mother |
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Stephen Paynter as Uncle Yakuside |
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Jean Braham as Aunt |
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Keith Miller as Imperial Commissioner |
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Christian Jeong as The Registrar |
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Dean Peterson as The Bonze |
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David Won as Yamadori |
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Edyta Kulczak as Kate Pinkerton |
| Directing | Anthony Minghella | Director |
| Sound | Giacomo Puccini | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Patrick Summers | Conductor |
