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Trailer
The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly
0.0
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2h 22m
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2019
Overview
Ever since it opened the 2006–07 season, Anthony Minghella’s striking production of Madama Butterfly has been a Met classic. Drawing inspiration from traditional Japanese theater, Minghella’s staging retells this heartbreaking tale with brilliant stagecraft, bold colors, and bunraku puppetry. In this Live in HD performance from the fall of 2019, Chinese soprano Hui He stars as Cio-Cio-San, the young geisha who puts her trust in a visiting American naval officer, only to later be abandoned by him. In a feat of operatic heroics, tenor Bruce Sledge appears as the callous Pinkterton, stepping into the role on short notice to replace an ailing colleague. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts one of opera’s most tragic masterpieces, leading a cast that also includes mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong as Cio-Cio-San’s loyal companion, Suzuki, and Tony Award–winning baritone Paulo Szot as the U.S. consul Sharpless.
Cast
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Hui He
Cio-Cio-san
![Bruce Sledge pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Bruce Sledge
Lt. B.F. Pinkerton
![Scott Scully pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Scott Scully
Goro
![Elizabeth DeShong pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Elizabeth DeShong
Suzuki
![Paulo Szot pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Fp149GSw6igp7Clex4QEK7FWewca.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Paulo Szot
U.S. Consul Sharpless
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Bradley Garvin
Imperial Commitionor
![Juhwan Lee pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Juhwan Lee
The Registrar
![Raymond Aceto pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Raymond Aceto
The Bonze
![Jeongcheol Cha pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Jeongcheol Cha
Prince Yamadori
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Christine Goerke
Self - Host
![Elizabeth Scilbo pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Elizabeth Scilbo
Cio-Cio-San's Cousin
![Marie Te Hapuku pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Marie Te Hapuku
Cio-Cio-San's Mother
![Craig Montgomery pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Craig Montgomery
Uncle Yakusidé
![Anne Nonnemacher pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Anne Nonnemacher
Cio-Cio-San's Aunt
![Bradley Garvin pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Bradley Garvin
Imperial Commissioner
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