Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of American naval officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds her romantic idyll shattered when he deserts her shortly after their marriage. She lives in hope that one day he will return.
Writer: Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
Director: Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier
Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)
B.F. Pinkerton
Sharpless
Suzuki
Goro
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