The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

(2016)

★ 9 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: Music

Year: 2016

Runtime: 164 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Carolyn Choa, Gary Halvorson

Cast: Roberto Alagna, Kristine Opolais, Maria Zifchak, Dwayne Croft, Deborah Voigt, Tony Stevenson, Patricia Steiner, Belinda Oswald, Craig Montgomery, Jean Braham

Plot

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.