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.
Giuseppe Giacosa
Writer
Luigi Illica
Writer
Carolyn Choa
Director
Gary Halvorson
Director
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
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