Release Date

09 Nov, 2019

Runtime

02:22: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

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Actors

Hui He

Bruce Sledge

Scott Scully

Elizabeth DeShong

Paulo Szot

Bradley Garvin

Juhwan Lee

Raymond Aceto

Jeongcheol Cha

Christine Goerke

Elizabeth Scilbo

Marie Te Hapuku

Craig Montgomery

Anne Nonnemacher

Bradley Garvin

Megan Esther Grey

Crew

Giuseppe Giacosa

Luigi Illica

Pier Giorgio Morandi

Victoria Warivonchik

Stephanie Spangler

Anthony Minghella

Han Feng

Tera Willis

Carolyn Choa

Elena Park

Paul Cremo

Paula Williams

Mia Bongiovanni

Giacomo Puccini