Madama Butterfly, by Giacomo Puccini

Cio-Cio-San (Patricia Racette), Pinkerton (Marcello Giordani), Suzuki (Maria Zifchak), Sharpless (Dwayne Croft), Goro (Greg Fedderly), Bonze (Dean Peterson), Yamadori (David Won), Kate Pinkerton (Edyta Kulczak)

Conducted by Patrick Summers
Produced by Anthony Minghella
Directed for television by Gary Halvorson

In spite of a mixed reception when it was first performed at the Scala in Milan in 1904, Madama Butterfly soon became a classic. Puccini, at the height of his musical powers, tells the story of a young geisha, drawn to suicide by unrequited love. Film director Anthony Minghella portrays a fairy tale Japan.