Puccini: Madama Butterfly

The Lyric Opera of Chicago's 1985 production of Puccini's opera, set in the late nineteenth century in the city of Nagasaki, about a young Japanese woman who weds an American naval officer who later abandons her and the child she bore him.

Cast

Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)

Peter Dvorský

Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton

Richard Stilwell

Sharpless

Elena Zilio

Suzuki

Crew

Rodney Greenberg

Director

David Belasco

Author

John Luther Long

Author

Gary Bradley

Editor

Giacomo Puccini

Music

Clips & Videos

Madama Butterfly 1985, Great Performances