Soprano Eleonora Buratto takes on the touchstone title role of Puccini‘s tragic geisha. Tenor Brian Jagde is the callous American naval officer who betrays her, alongside mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong as her devoted maid Suzuki and baritone David Bizic as the consul Sharpless. Alexander Soddy conducts Anthony Minghella’s evocative, ever-popular staging.
Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly’
A dancer in the opening scene from Act I of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly(Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera)