The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season of Saturday matinee radio broadcasts continues with Puccini’s "Madama Butterfly."
Soprano Asmik Grigorian makes her network broadcast debut starring in the title role of Cio-Cio-San, the Japanese girl who embraces a new life by marrying an American naval officer.
Tenor Jonathan Tetelman is Lieutenant Pinkerton, who takes Butterfly as his bride, then leaves her to bear an unimaginable burden.
The cast also features Elizabeth DeShong as Cio-Cio-San’s loyal maid Suzuki, and Lucas Meachem as the American consul Sharpless.
Xian Zhang conducts Puccini’s gorgeous and heart-wrenching score.
"Madama Butterfly" will be heard live over the Robert K. Johnson Foundation-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 1:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 11.
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