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Asmik Grigorian and Jonathan Tetelman star in Puccini's tragedy of Americans in Japan, conducted by Xian Zhang live at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

In Nagasaki at the turn of the twentieth century the American naval officer Pinkerton contracts a "marriage" with the young Japanese geisha Cio-Cio-San, whose friends call her Butterfly. For Pinkerton this is just sex on tap; but Cio-Cio-San believes it to be a loving and permanent relationship.

Presented by Debra Lew Harder with commentator Ira Siff.

Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly) ..... Asmik Grigorian (soprano)
Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton ..... Jonathan Tetelman (tenor)
Sharpless, American Consul ..... Lucas Meachem (baritone)
Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's maid ..... Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor Xian Zhang