Madama Butterfly - Finale (Patricia Racette)

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
26,544
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Feb 14, 2011

Cio-Cio-San: Patricia Racette
Pinkerton: Marcello Giordani
Suzuki: Maria Zifchak
Sharpless: Dwayne Croft

Conductor: Patrick Summers

Metropolitan Opera House
March 7, 2009

  • likes, 1 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:
see all

All Comments (33)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • @Adriandong725 It was for artistic value, not to play a role. After a while watching, I seemed to forget it was a puppet.

  • I saw this production in New York in December and the use of puppetry was genius. Pinkerton objectifies both Cio-Cio-San and the child and the use of ghost-like puppets was brilliant and haunting.

  • It should have been very sad...but I cannot help laughing because of the CREEPY puppet...Why didn't they just found some real kid to play the role..

  • @capitanzach Not true, in feudal Japan, women had more options how to commit suicide. Seppuka was only for Samurai caste. Women could slit their throat, bit of tip of their tongue or pierce their throat with tanto (Japanese dagger) like in this video.

  • BRAVA

  • That's not how seppuku is done!! In the belly!

  • If you get the DVD it includes an interview with the three puppeteers who operated The boy. It is wonderful to hear them talk about their work. When you see the whole performance watch the expressions of the puppeteers--particularly the one controlling the head. The reactions are astonishing and I found their performances very compelling, even though technically they were supposed to be invisible. But as someone has already mentioned this is a convention of Bunraku and a brilliant choice by Mi

  • its a puppet why would you do that

  • I loved this version...I love the fact that they incorporated the puppets. I watched this show live at the met and it's way better than seening a 2 year old boy who is almost as tall as Cio Cio San like other productions that I have seen. Great Hob Patricia....only cause she had to fill in. SHE DID A GREAT JOB!

  • Fantastic!!

    Black persons are kuroko. We have to treat them as unseen.

    It's a very sophisticated madama butterfly stage! Wonderful!!

Loading...

Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more