Royal Opera House: Madama Butterfly
Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of dashing American officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, has her romantic idyll destroyed when he abandons her shortly after their wedding. She clings to the hope that he will return one day. Cio-Cio-San and her young boy spot Pinkerton's ship in the harbor three years later. Pinkerton and his American wife Kate have arrived to take the boy away, to raise him in America. Cio-Cio-San says her goodbyes to her kid before killing herself.
Released: 2017-03-30
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Music