The Metropolitan Opera’s 2021-22 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with Puccini’s heart-rending tragedy, Madama Butterfly.
Soprano Eleonora Buratto stars as Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese girl who believes that her marriage to an American naval officer will bring her true love and an honorable life. And tenor Brian Jagde is Lieutenant Pinkerton, who thinks the marriage is just a bit of harmless fun.
The cast also features mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong as the faithful maid Suzuki, and baritone David Bizic as the American consul Sharpless.
Maestro Alexander Soddy leads the Met Orchestra and Chorus in Puccini’s exquisite score.
Madama Butterfly will be heard live over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 1:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 30th. Listen to it on Classical IPR.
To view an English translation of the libretto, click here.
