Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Puccini: Madama Butterfly 2017 Directed by Moshe Leiser , Patrice Caurier

Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2016/17: Madama Butterfly

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 Italy , United Kingdom

Production Country United Kingdom

Language Italian

Spoken Language Italian

Gnere Music

Production Company Royal Opera House

Release Date 30 March 2017

180 mins