The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2016)
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.
Directors: Carolyn Choa, Gary Halvorson.
https://www.metopera.org/Season/On-Demand/opera/?upc=811357018392
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Roberto Alagna as Lt. B. F. Pinkerton |
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Kristine Opolais as Cio-Cio-San |
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Maria Zifchak as Suzuki |
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Dwayne Croft as Sharpless |
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Deborah Voigt as Self - Host |
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Tony Stevenson as Goro |
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Patricia Steiner as Cio-Cio-San's cousin |
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Belinda Oswald as Cio-Cio-San's mother |
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Craig Montgomery as Uncle Yakuside |
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Jean Braham as Cio-Cio-San's aunt |
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David Crawford as Imperial Commissioner |
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Juhwan Lee as The Registrar |
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Stefan Szkafarowsky as The Bonze |
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Edyta Kulczac as Kate Pinkerton |
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Kevin Augustine as Cio-Cio-San's child |
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Tom Lee as Cio-Cio-San's child |
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Marc Petrosino as Cio-Cio-San's child |
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Hsin-Ping Chang as Ballet soloist |
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James Graber as Ballet soloist |
| Sound | Giacomo Puccini | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Karel Mark Chichon | Conductor |
| Writing | Giuseppe Giacosa | Writer |
| Writing | Luigi Illica | Writer |
| Directing | Carolyn Choa | Director |
| Crew | Carolyn Choa | Choreographer |
| Art | Michael Levine | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Han Feng | Costume Designer |
| Lighting | Peter Mumford | Lighting Design |
| Directing | Gary Halvorson | Director |
| Art | Anthony Minghella | Production Design |
| Sound | Jay David Saks | Music Producer |
| Crew | Paul Cremo | Dramaturgy |
| Crew | Ron Washburn | Technical Supervisor |
| Sound | John Kerswell | Sound Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Matiki Anoff | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Peter Gelb | Executive Producer |
