Royal Opera House: Madama Butterfly
Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of dashing American officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds her romantic idyll shattered when he abandons her soon after their marriage. She lives in hope that he will return one day. Cio-Cio-San and her small kid saw Pinkerton's ship in the harbour three years later. She eagerly anticipates his visit – but Pinkerton and his American wife Kate are merely here to abduct the boy and raise him in America. Cio-Cio-San bids her son adieu and then commits suicide.
Released: 2017-03-30
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