The Metropolitan Opera: Madama ButterflyMovie
Ever since it opened the 2006–07 season, Anthony Minghella’s striking production of Madama Butterfly has been a Met classic. Drawing inspiration from traditional Japanese theater, Minghella’s staging retells this heartbreaking tale with brilliant stagecraft, bold colors, and bunraku puppetry. In this Live in HD performance from the fall of 2019, Chinese soprano Hui He stars as Cio-Cio-San, the young geisha who puts her trust in a visiting American naval officer, only to later be abandoned by him. In a feat of operatic heroics, tenor Bruce Sledge appears as the callous Pinkterton, stepping into the role on short notice to replace an ailing colleague. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts one of opera’s most tragic masterpieces, leading a cast that also includes mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong as Cio-Cio-San’s loyal companion, Suzuki, and Tony Award–winning baritone Paulo Szot as the U.S. consul Sharpless.
About The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly
The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly is a 2019 music, drama movie directed by Habib Azar.
The production information lists a runtime of 2h 22m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of IT.
The credited cast includes Hui He, Bruce Sledge, Scott Scully, Elizabeth DeShong. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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