The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly
Anthony Minghella’s stunning production of Puccini’s opera opened the Met’s 2006–07 season and was seen by thousands of people around the world as part of the company’s Live in HD series. Patricia Racette is Cio-Cio-San, the trusting and innocent young geisha of the title, who disastrously falls in love with American Navy lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton (Marcello Giordani), only to be abandoned by him. Maria Zifchak is her loyal servant Suzuki and Dwayne Croft is Sharpless, the sympathetic American consul who does all he can but is unable to avert tragedy. Performance Date Mar 7, 2009
Cast
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Patricia Racette
Played Cio-Cio-San
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Marcello Giordani
Played Pinkerton
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Greg Fedderly
Played Goro
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Maria Zifchak
Played Suzuki
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Dwayne Croft
Played Sharpless
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Laura Fries
Played Cousin
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Linda Mays
Played Mother
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Stephen Paynter
Played Uncle Yakuside
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Jean Braham
Played Aunt
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Keith Miller
Played Imperial Commissione…
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Christian Jeong
Played The Registrar
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Dean Peterson
Played The Bonze
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David Won
Played Yamadori
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Edyta Kulczak
Played Kate Pinkerton
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