On Demand: Madama Butterfly

Cio-Cio-San: Adina Nitescu
Suzuki: Anita Krause
Pinkerton: David Pomeroy
Sharpless: James Westman
Goro: Steven Cole
The Bonze: Robert Pomakov
Prince Yamadori: Peter Barrett
Yakuside: Justin Welsh
Cio-Cio-San's Mother: Lilian Kilianski
Cio-Cio-San's Aunt: Jennifer Robinson
Cio-Cio-San's Cousin: Alexandra Lennox

Conductor: Carlo Montanaro
Director: Brian Macdonald
Set & Costume Designer: Susan Benson
Lighting Designer: Michael J. Whitfield
Chorus Master: Sandra Horst

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

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Special Support

This production was originally made possible through a generous gift from John A. Cook, and generously Underwritten in part by The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation

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The voice of the COC in our radio ads, and co-host of the COC Podcasts, Gianna Wichelow is a long-time lover of opera. A romantic at heart, she saw the COC's 2009 production of Madama Butterfly twice and got weepy both times.

Learn More About the COC's Madama Butterfly
 

• Read the synopsis
• View the cast & creative team biographies
• Take an interactive look at the production
• Discover what to listen for in the opera
• Watch a video clip
• View the photo gallery
• Read tenor David Pomeroy's backstage blog
• Send a Madama Butterfly-themed eCard