(Royal Opera House: Madama Butterfly)

Content: Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of dashing American officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds her romantic idyll shattered when he deserts her shortly after their marriage. She lives in hope that one day he will return. Three years later, Cio-Cio-San and her little son see Pinkerton’s ship in the harbour. She excitedly expects his visit – but Pinkerton and his American wife Kate have come only to take the boy away, to raise him in America. Cio-Cio-San bids her son farewell and then takes her own life.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Music

Runtime:

180 minutes

Year:

2017

Directors:

Moshe Leiser

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Production companies:

Royal Opera House

Actors:

Conductor

Cio-Cio-San

Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton

Sharpless

Goro

Crews:

Lighting Director

Script

Director

Set Designer

Music