Madama Butterfly

Item

Record ID

1314

Identifier

90899

Genre

Opera

Work Title

Madama Butterfly

Uniform Title

Madama Butterfly

Program/Series Title

Metropolitan Opera Live in HD ; Great Performances at the Met

Work Alternate Titles

Madame Butterfly

Composer

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924

Text Author

Giacosa, Giuseppe ; Illica, Luigi

Production Year

2019

Transmission/Release Date

2019-11-09 (Theater transmission) ; 2020-02-20 (PBS)

Transmission/Release Year

2019

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

Theater transmission / PBS

Conductor/Music Director

Morandi, Pier Giorgio

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera

Soloists

Hui He (Cio-Cio-San) ; Bruce Sledge (Pinkerton) ; Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki) ; Paulo Szot (Sharpless) ; Tony Stevenson (Goro) ; Raymond Aceto (Bonze) ; Jeongcheol Cha (Yamadori) ;
Megan Esther Grey (Kate Pinkerton)

Participants

Christine Goerke

TV/Film Director

Azar, Habib

Stage Director

Minghella, Anthony (Production Director)

Sets

Levine, Michael

Costumes

Feng, Han

Choreography

Choa, Carolyn

Producer

Bongiovanni Mia ; Park, Elena (Supervising Producers) ; Briccetti, Louisa ; Warivonchik, Victoria (Producers)

Executive Producer

Gelb, Peter

Technical Information

HDTV

Other Information

Features: Goerke interview with chorister and Anthony Ross Costanzo. Feature on puppeteers.
Tribute to Marcello Giordani. Goerke backstage with Met Resident Lighting Director John Froelich discussing Butterfly lighting with video clip. Video segment with Blind Summit Theatre puppeteers. Video clip of Anthony Minghella rehearsing 2006 Met Butterfly.

Duration

ca. 160'

Company

Metropolitan Opera

Sourcemat

DLCAT - 399