Organization

Cantante

Soprano

Hui He

Cio-Cio-San

Ana María Martínez

Mezzosoprano

Elizabeth DeShong

Suzuki

MaryAnn McCormick

Tenore

Piero Pretti

B. F. Pinkerton

Andrea Carè

Bruce Sledge

Giorgio Berrugi

Baritono

Paulo Szot

Sharpless

Markus Brück

Tony Stevenson

Goro

Scott Scully

Basso

Raymond Aceto

Lo zio Bonzo

Stefan Szakafarowski

Megan Esther Grey

Kate Pinkerton

Edyta Kulczak

Jeongcheol Cha

Il Principe Yamadori

Bradley Garvin

Il commissario imperiale

Direzione d'orchestra

Pier Giorgio Morandi

Regia

Anthony Minghella

Carolyn Choa

Scenografia

Michael Levine

Costumi

Han Feng

Luci

Peter Mumford

Coreografia

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

italiano

Madama Butterfly

New York

Stati Uniti

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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