The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly
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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
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Patricia Racette
Cio-Cio-San
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Pinkerton
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Greg Fedderly
Goro
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Maria Zifchak
Suzuki
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Dwayne Croft
Sharpless
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Laura Fries
Cousin
Linda Mays
Mother
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Stephen Paynter
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Jean Braham
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Keith Miller
Imperial Commissioner
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Christian Jeong
The Registrar
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Dean Peterson
The Bonze
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Anthony Minghella Director · Giacomo Puccini Composer
United States release March 7, 2009 · Languages English, Italian
Languages
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United States · March 7, 2009
Limited theatrical
United States · January 25, 2011
Physical
United States
July 27, 2022 · Limited theatrical · The Met: Live in HD Summer Encore Series
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