Airs Saturday, April 2, at 12 noon. The 2015-16 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with a live broadcast of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, starring soprano Kristine Opolais, one of today’s most acclaimed interpreters of the tragic heroine Cio-Cio-San, opposite tenor Roberto Alagna as the faithless Pinkerton. Karel Mark Chichon makes his company debut this season conducting a cast that also features Maria Zifchak as Cio-Cio-San’s maid Suzuki and Dwayne Croft as the American consul Sharpless. Madama Butterfly will be heard live over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 12:00 p.m. CT on Saturday, April 2.
Metropolitan Opera: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
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A scene from Puccini's Madama Butterfly
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Kristine Opolais as Cio-Cio-San and Roberto Alagna as Pinkerton in Puccini's
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Kristine Opolais as Cio-Cio-San and Maria Zifchak as Suzuki in Puccini's Madama Butterfly
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Kristine Opolais as Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's Madama Butterfly
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