Welsh National Opera – Madam Butterfly

Several years have passed since Cio-Cio-San’s husband Lieutenant Pinkerton left her to return to America. She has never doubted for a second that he will come back to her. News indeed arrives that he has returned. But Cio-Cio-San could never imagine the real reason that Pinkerton is back…

From the rapturous love-duet to the devastating “One fine day”, Puccini employs every single note to totally immerse his audience in Cio-Cio-San’s tragic story. Joachim Herz’s ravishing production, set in the period Puccini intended, has become a WNO classic that is destined to move you again and again.

Cast includes Judith Howarth as Cio-Cio-San, Russell Thomas as Pinkerton, Neal Davies as Sharpless, Claire Bradshaw as Suzuki and Michael Druitt as The Bonze.

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