Set Designer
소프라노 헤 휘가 미 해군 장교 핑커튼에게 모든 것을 바치는 헌신적인 게이샤로 등장한다. 핑커튼 역은 테너 안드레아 카레가 맡았고, 메조소프라노 엘리자베스 드숑이 버터플라이를 위해 헌신하는 하녀 스즈키 역을 불렀다. 토니상을 수상한 뮤지컬 배우이자 바리톤 가수인 파울로 스조트가 메트에서 처음으로 샤플레스 역을 노래했다. 피에르 조르조 모란디가 앤서니 밍겔라의 아름답고 분위기 있는 이 프로덕션을 지휘했다.
Set Designer
Anthony Minghella’s beautiful, atmospheric production enhances Puccini’s drama of unfortunate, doomed love. Soprano Kristine Opolais brings all of her passionate commitment to her portrayal of Cio-Cio-San, the teenage geisha who gives up everything for Lt. Pinkerton. Roberto Alagna is the American naval officer who does not understand the depth of Cio-Cio-San’s love, and whose subsequent marriage to an American woman precipitates Butterfly’s suicide. Maria Zifchak is Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San’s faithful servant, and Dwayne Croft plays the American consul Sharpless, who tries to avert the tragedy. Karel Mark Chichon conducts.
Production Design
The pain of unrequited love is portrayed unforgettably by two of today’s greatest stars. Renée Fleming is musically and dramatically radiant as the shy Tatiana, who falls in love with the worldly Onegin, played with devastating charisma by Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Their mesmerizing vocalism and chemistry explode in one of opera’s most heartbreaking final scenes. With Valery Gergiev on the podium conducting Tchaikovsky’s passionate score, this performance is one for the ages.
