Rossella Locatelli was a well-defined Kate Pinkerton, a role that has only a few lines of singing, but it is dramaturgically fundamental since it is she who directs, even if involuntarily, the Japanese bride towards the tragic epilogue.
Sentimenti farsa e tragedie nella vita: Madama Butterfly letta da Ozpetek "Nel cast: la bellezza diafana di Rossella Locatelli/Kate Pinkerton”.