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.
Directed by Gary Halvorson, Carolyn Choa
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Cast
Roberto Alagna
Lt. B. F. Pinkerton
Kristine Opolais
Cio-Cio-San
Maria Zifchak
Suzuki
Dwayne Croft
Sharpless
Deborah Voigt
Self - Host
Tony Stevenson
Goro
Patricia Steiner
Cio-Cio-San's cousin
Belinda Oswald
Cio-Cio-San's mother
Craig Montgomery
Uncle Yakuside
Jean Braham
Cio-Cio-San's aunt
David Crawford
Imperial Commissioner
Juhwan Lee
The Registrar
Stefan Szkafarowsky
The Bonze
Edyta Kulczac
Kate Pinkerton
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