Puccini: Madama Butterfly
# Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2016/17: Madama Butterfly
📜 Overview:
Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of dashing American officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds her romantic idyll shattered when he deserts her shortly after their marriage. She lives in hope that one day he will return. Three years later, Cio-Cio-San and her little son see Pinkerton’s ship in the harbour. She excitedly expects his visit – but Pinkerton and his American wife Kate have come only to take the boy away, to raise him in America. Cio-Cio-San bids her son farewell and then takes her own life.
🌏 Languages Available:
Italian
📆 Date Released:
2017-03-30
⌚ Running Time:
180 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
9.0
Beloved Cast
Conductor
Antonio Pappano
Cio-Cio-San
Ermonela Jaho
Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton
Marcelo Puente
Sharpless
Scott Hendricks
Goro
Carlo Bosi
Suzuki
Elizabeth DeShong
Bonze
Jeremy White
Kate Pinkerton
Emily Edmonds
Imperial Commissioner
Gyula Nagy
Prince Yamadori
Yuriy Yurchuk
Concert Master
Sergey Levitin