Madame Butterfly
Summary:
Puccini's classic opera of a trusting woman and how her love was tragically betrayed comes to the screen in this faithful film adaptation. In the 19th century, an American sailor named Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton (Richard Troxell) arrives in Japan and meets a 15-year-old girl named Cio-Cio-San (Ying Huang), whom he calls Butterfly. Butterfly falls in love with Pinkerton, but he reg... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Ying Huang - (Butterfly)
Richard Troxell - (Pinkerton)
Ning Liang - (Suzuki)
Richard Cowan - (Sharpless)
Yoshi Oida
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Review:
This 1995 Frédéric Mitterand production of Giacomo Puccini's +Madame Butterfly demonstrates the power of film to expand the audiovisual horizons of opera. First, it presents mostly young, attractive singers -- such as 23-year-old Chinese soprano Ying Huan -- in the principal roles instead of the typical aging and often portly singers. Huan'... Continue >>
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