The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly

The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly (2009)

Released: 2009-03-07 Duration: 2hr 26min
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Rating 9.0

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

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Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language it
Popularity 0.743

Directed By

Anthony Minghella

Crew

Conductor
Patrick Summers
Original Music Composer
Giacomo Puccini

TOP CAST

Patricia Racette
Patricia Racette

Cio-Cio-San

Dwayne Croft
Dwayne Croft

Sharpless

Laura Fries
Laura Fries

Cousin

Linda Mays
Linda Mays

Mother

Stephen Paynter
Stephen Paynter

Uncle Yakuside

Keith Miller
Keith Miller

Imperial Commissioner

Christian Jeong
Christian Jeong

The Registrar

Dean Peterson
Dean Peterson

The Bonze

David Won
David Won

Yamadori

Edyta Kulczak
Edyta Kulczak

Kate Pinkerton

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