Japan, early twentieth century. U.S. Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton inspects the house he has leased from a marriage broker. The broker, Goro, has procured him three servants and a geisha wife, Cio-Cio-San, known as Madama Butterfly. He is enchanted with the fragile Cio-Cio-San. Cio-Cio-San is heard in the distance joyously singing of her wedding. In a quiet moment, Cio-Cio-San shows her bridegroom her few earthly treasures and tells him of her intention to embrace his Christian faith. The Imperial Commissioner performs the wedding ceremony, and the guests toast the couple. The celebration is interrupted by Cio-Cio-San's uncle, a Buddhist priest, who bursts in, cursing the girl for having renounced her ancestors' religion. Alone with Cio-Cio-San in the moonlit garden, her husband dries her tears, and she joins him in singing of their love.
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Daniela Dessì
Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-san)
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Adriana Lecouvreur
Cosi Fan Tutte
Fabio Armiliato
B. F. Pinkerton
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To Rome with Love
Puccini: La Bohème
Juan Pons
Sharpless
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Pagliacci
L'Elisir d'Amore
Rossana Rinaldi
Suzuki
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Otello
Gran Gala di Verdi
Maria Cioppi
Kate Pinkerton
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Luca Casalin
Goro
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Verdi: Falstaff
Gran Gala di Verdi
Marco Camastra
Yamadori / The Imperial Commissioner
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Bizet: Carmen
Carmen
Riccardo Zanellato
Bonzo
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Mose in Egitto
Maria Stuarda
Salvatore Ferrari
Yakusidé
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Stefano La Colla
The registrar
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Tosca - Puccini
La Gioconda - Opera Bruxelles
Sandra Mellace
Cio-Cio-san's Mother
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Alessandra Meozzi
Cio-Cio-san's aunt
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Tiziano Mancini Director · Stefano Monti Director Giacomo Puccini Composer
First release April 8, 2004
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Italy · April 8, 2004
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