Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Sferisterio di Macerata)

June. 28,2011

Rating：

6.5

Genre：

Music

Keywords：

Opera Giacomo Puccini

Trailer Synopsis Cast

The story of Cio-Cio-San, called Butterfly, a young Nagasaki geisha who, abandoned by her American lover after giving birth to their son, ultimately kills herself, continues to impress audiences today. In this outstandingly authentic and elegant production from the Sferisterio Opera Festival, Puccini's highly emotional music is expertly delivered. The superior cast is headed by Raffaella Angeletti, "certainly one of the best Butterflies of our time" (ForumOpera.com), who has performed this role in many Italian theatres, as well as in Madrid and at the Vienna Staatsoper.

Raffaella Angeletti as Cio-Cio-San (Butterfly)

Annunziata Vestri as Suzuki

Massimiliano Pisapia as B.F. Pinkerton

Claudio Sgura as Sharpless

Thomas Morris as Goro

Nicole Brandolino as Kate Pinkerton

Enrico Cossutta as Il principe Yamadori

Enrico Iori as Il Bonzo

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