Name: Madama Butterfly
Start: 1994-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1994-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Conductor

Daniele Gatti

Singer

Soprano

Catherine Malfitano

Cio-Cio-San

Mezzo-soprano

Wendy White

Suzuki

Tenor

Richard Leech

B.F. Pinkerton

Baritone

Dwayne Croft

Sharpless

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Madama Butterfly -  (Madame Butterfly)

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

With Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese geisha at the heart of his Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini created one of the most commanding soprano roles in the operatic repertoire. In this telecast from the Live from Met series, acclaimed American soprano Catherine Malfitano rises to the challenges, traversing a wide emotional range and delivering a vocal performance that is as dramatic as it is beautiful. Tenor Richard Leech is Lt. Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, the callous American sailor who takes advantage of Cio-Cio-San’s trusting naiveté, with baritone Dwayne Croft as the stern yet compassionate U.S. consul Sharpless. Daniele Gatti takes the podium to conduct Giancarlo Del Monaco’s production, with its picturesque depiction of turn-of-the-century Japan.

Madama Butterfly Puccini

Public

Madame Butterfly

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading