Organization

Singer

Soprano

Hui He

Cio-Cio-San

Ana María Martínez

Mezzo-soprano

Elizabeth DeShong

Suzuki

MaryAnn McCormick

Tenor

Piero Pretti

B.F. Pinkerton

Andrea Carè

Bruce Sledge

Giorgio Berrugi

Baritone

Paulo Szot

Sharpless

Markus Brück

Tony Stevenson

Goro

Scott Scully

Bass

Raymond Aceto

Uncle Bonze

Stefan Szakafarowski

Megan Esther Grey

Kate Pinkerton

Edyta Kulczak

Jeongcheol Cha

Prince Yamadori

Bradley Garvin

The imperial commissioner

Conductor

Pier Giorgio Morandi

Stage director

Anthony Minghella

Carolyn Choa

Set designer

Michael Levine

Costume designer

Han Feng

Lighting designer

Peter Mumford

Choreographer

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Italian

Madama Butterfly -  (Madame Butterfly)

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

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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