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The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 2, 2016

Runtime

2h 44m

Genres

Music

User Score

90%

Original Title

The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Director

Gary Halvorson

Description

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.