
Anthony Minghella’s beautiful, atmospheric production enhances Puccini’s drama of unfortunate, doomed love. Soprano Kristine Opolais brings all of her passionate commitment to her portrayal of Cio-Cio-San, the teenage geisha who gives up everything for Lt. Pinkerton. Roberto Alagna is the American naval officer who does not understand the depth of Cio-Cio-San’s love, and whose subsequent marriage to an American woman precipitates Butterfly’s suicide. Maria Zifchak is Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San’s faithful servant, and Dwayne Croft plays the American consul Sharpless, who tries to avert the tragedy. Karel Mark Chichon conducts.
Release Date: 4/2/2016
Runtime: 164 minutes
Languages: Italian
Directors: Carolyn Choa, Gary Halvorson
00Countries: United Kingdom
Suzuki

Roberto Alagna
Lt. B. F. Pinkerton

Kristine Opolais
Cio-Cio-San

Maria Zifchak
Suzuki

Dwayne Croft
Sharpless

Deborah Voigt
Self - Host
Tony Stevenson
Goro
Patricia Steiner
Cio-Cio-San's cousin
Belinda Oswald
Cio-Cio-San's mother
Craig Montgomery
Uncle Yakuside
Jean Braham
Cio-Cio-San's aunt

David Crawford
Imperial Commissioner
Juhwan Lee
The Registrar
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