Event Calendar
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
Saturday, November 16, 2019, 12:55 pm
“[Minghella’s Madama Butterfly] offers several of the most piercingly beautiful images I’ve seen in an opera house.” —New Yorker
“There are many visually stunning moments in this production, with its gorgeous costumes and innovative use of lighting, scrims, and overhead mirrors.” —New York Times
REVIVAL
Hui He stars as Cio-Cio-San, the devoted geisha who gives everything for the American naval officer Pinkerton, sung by Andrea Carè. Elizabeth DeShong is her devoted companion Suzuki, and Tony Award-winner Paulo Szot adds a new role to his Met repertory as Sharpless, a role that he has previously sung at Marseilles Opera. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts Anthony Minghella’s beautiful, atmospheric production.
(Approx. runtime: 3:32)
Cast: Hui He (Cio-Cio-San), Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki), Andrea Carè (Pinkerton), Paulo Szot (Sharpless)
Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi
Production: Anthony Minghella
Set Designer: Michael Levine
Costume Designer: Han Feng
Lighting Designer: Peter Mumford
Choreographer: Carolyn Choa
