Organization

Stage director

Anthony Minghella

Stage director (+2)

Carolyn Choa

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+4)

Peter Mumford

Costume designer

Set designer (+2)

Han Feng

Set designer

Set designer (+3)

Michael Levine

Choreographer

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Chorus

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Soprano

Rachele Schmiege

The aunt

Mezzo-soprano (+1)

Elizabeth Sciblo

The cousin

Tenor (+1)

Christian Jeong

The official registrar

Mezzo-soprano

Chelsea Shephard

Cio-Cio San's mother

Metropolitan Opera House

Conductor

Xian Zhang

Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre

English National Opera

The Metropolitan Opera

Tenor (+2)

Craig Montgomery

Uncle Yakusidé

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Elizabeth DeShong

Suzuki

Soprano (+3)

Aleksandra Kurzak

Cio-Cio-San

Matthew Polenzani

B.F. Pinkerton

Baritone (+3)

Davide Luciano

Sharpless

Bass (+2)

Robert Pomakov

Uncle Bonze

Bass-baritone (+3)

Jeongcheol Cha

Prince Yamadori

Paul Corona

The imperial commissioner

Tony Stevenson

Goro

Soprano (+2)

Asmik Grigorian

Baritone (+2)

Lucas Meachem

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Melissa Zgouridi

Tenor (+3)

Jonathan Tetelman

Briana Hunter

Kate Pinkerton

Edyta Kulczak

Scott Scully

Bass (+3)

Rocky Sellers

Maire Therese Carmack

Bass (+1)

Peixin Chen

Blake Denson

Eve Gigliotti

Richard Bernstein

Marc Persing

Derrick Inouye

Chad Shelton

Bass-baritone (+6)

Christopher Job

Three extraordinary sopranos—Aleksandra Kurzak, Eleonora Buratto, and Asmik Grigorian (in her highly anticipated Met debut)—tackle the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the loyal geisha at the heart of Puccini’s devastating tragedy. Tenors Matthew Polenzani and Jonathan Tetelman co-star as the callous American naval officer Pinkerton, whose betrayal destroys her. Mezzo-sopranos Elizabeth DeShong and Eve Gigliotti share the role of the steadfast maid Suzuki, and baritone Davide Luciano and Lucas Meachem are the American consul Sharpless. Acclaimed maestro Xian Zhang makes her Met debut conducting Anthony Minghella’s vivid production.

A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, English National Opera, and the Lithuanian National Opera

Production a gift of Mercedes and Sid Bass

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Madama Butterfly -  (Madame Butterfly)

New York City

United States

Riveting dramatic soprano Asmik Grigorian made a major Met debut during the 2023–24 season, starring as the spurned geisha Cio-Cio-San in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. Alongside her in this high-definition cinema presentation, the cast also features tenor Jonathan Tetelman as her lover turned betrayer, the sailor Pinkerton; mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong as her steadfast companion, Suzuki; and baritone Lucas Meachem as the American Consul Sharpless. In her Met debut, Maestro Xian Zhang conducts an evocative stage by late film director Anthony Minghella.

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