Cast and Crew of The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

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The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

About The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

  • Released on April 02, 2016
  • Music

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.

Full Cast of The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Roberto Alagna
plays Lt. B. F. Pinkerton

Kristine Opolais
plays Cio-Cio-San

Maria Zifchak
plays Suzuki

Dwayne Croft
plays Sharpless

Deborah Voigt
plays Self - Host

Tony Stevenson
plays Goro

Patricia Steiner
plays Cio-Cio-San's cousin

Belinda Oswald
plays Cio-Cio-San's mother

Craig Montgomery
plays Uncle Yakuside

Jean Braham
plays Cio-Cio-San's aunt

David Crawford
plays Imperial Commissioner

Juhwan Lee
plays The Registrar

Stefan Szkafarowsky
plays The Bonze

Edyta Kulczac
plays Kate Pinkerton

Kevin Augustine
plays Cio-Cio-San's child

Tom Lee
plays Cio-Cio-San's child

Marc Petrosino
plays Cio-Cio-San's child

Hsin-Ping Chang
plays Ballet soloist

James Graber
plays Ballet soloist


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