The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Season 3, Episode 9)
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TV Episode | 173 min | Musical

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The Metropolitan Opera HD Live

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Season 3, Episode 9)

Not Rated

TV Episode | 173 min | Musical

On shore leave in Japan, Lt. Pinkerton is ready for action and finds it in a wedding broker. Cio-Cio-San naively believes the marriage is real. Wait until the real Mrs. Pinkerton hears about this: there's sure to be a Little Trouble ahead.

Director

Gary Halvorson (directed for live cinema by)

Producers

Louisa Briccetti | Peter Gelb | Lesley Koenig | Victoria Warivonchik

Production Designer

Michael Levine

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 7, 2009

Release date

Mar 7, 2009 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 7 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
26 cast members

Name	Known for
Patrick Summers Self - Conductor Self - Conductor See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Renée Fleming Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Now You See Me 2 (2016)
Marcello Giordani Lt. B.F. Pinkerton Lt. B.F. Pinkerton See fewer	A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
Greg Fedderly Goro Goro See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Maria Zifchak Suzuki Suzuki See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Dwayne Croft U.S. Consul Sharpless U.S. Consul Sharpless See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Patricia Racette Cio-Cio-San Cio-Cio-San See fewer	Madama Butterfly (2010)
Laura Fries Cio-Cio-San's Relatieves - Cousin Cio-Cio-San's Relatieves - Cousin See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Linda Mays Cio-Cio-San's Relatieves - Mother Cio-Cio-San's Relatieves - Mother See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Stephen Paynter Cio-Cio-San's Relatieves - Uncle Yakuside Cio-Cio-San's Relatieves - Uncle Yakuside See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Jean Braham Cio-Cio-San's Relatieves - Aunt Cio-Cio-San's Relatieves - Aunt See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Keith Miller Imperial Commissioner Imperial Commissioner See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Christian Jeong The Registrar The Registrar See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Dean Peterson The Bonze - Cio-Cio-San's Uncle The Bonze - Cio-Cio-San's Uncle See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
David Won Yamadori Yamadori See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Edyta Kulczak Kate Pinkerton Kate Pinkerton See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Kevin Augustine Cio-Cio-San's Child Cio-Cio-San's Child See fewer	Vikram Vedha (2017)
Tom Lee Cio-Cio-San's Child Cio-Cio-San's Child See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Marc Petrosino Cio-Cio-San's Child Cio-Cio-San's Child See fewer	A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
James Graber Ballet - Male Solo Ballet - Male Solo See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Metropolitan Opera Ballet Ballet Ballet See fewer	Great Performances at the Met (2007)
Hsin-Ping Chang Ballet - Female Solo Ballet - Female Solo See fewer	American Desi (2001)
Carolyn Choa Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus Chorus Chorus See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Anthony Minghella Self - Interviewee (archive footage) Self - Interviewee (archive footage) See fewer	The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Amir Levy Shadow Dancer (uncredited) Shadow Dancer (uncredited) See fewer	FBI (2018)