Release Date: 2016-04-02
Overview: 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.
Rating: 9 / 10
Roberto Alagna
as Lt. B. F. Pinkerton
Kristine Opolais
as Cio-Cio-San
Maria Zifchak
as Suzuki
Dwayne Croft
as Sharpless
Deborah Voigt
as Self - Host
Giacomo Puccini - Original Music Composer
Karel Mark Chichon - Conductor
Giuseppe Giacosa - Writer
Luigi Illica - Writer
Carolyn Choa - Director
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