From her little house on a hill overlooking the Nagasaki port, with a little boy at her side, Butterfly awaits the return of her beloved. Three years earlier, at the tender age of fifteen, she married Pinkerton, a Lieutenant in the United States Navy, and now he’s returned to break her heart. Filled with Puccini’s most expansive melodies, Madama Butterfly is at the top of a very short list of most performed and best loved operas of all times.
Running time: 2 hours and 55 minutes with two intermissionsCAST
Cio-Cio-San Joanna Parisi
Suzuki Laurel Semerdjian
B.F. Pinkerton Antonio Corianò
Sharpless César A. Méndez Silvagnoli
CREW
Conductor Victor DeRenzi
Stage Director John Basil
Scenic Designer David P. Gordon
Costume Coordinator Howard Tsvi Kaplan
Lighting Designer Ken Yunker
Chorus Master Roger L. Bingaman