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Cio-Cio-San

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Cio-Cio-San
deserted by family for renouncing her religion. [Ital. Opera: Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Westerman, 357]

Cio-Cio-San
believes marriage to Pinkerton is real. [Ital. Opera: Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Westerman, 357]
See : Innocence


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Madam Butterfly is the story of the 15-year-old geisha Cio-Cio-San who catches the eye of US naval officer Lieut Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton and then forsakes family and traditions to marry him.
Meanwhile oriental weepie Madam Butterfly features Amanda Roocroft, returning as Cio-Cio-San - a role she won critical acclaim for in 2007, and American tenor Russell Thomas as Pinkerton.
The next tearjerker is WNO's production of Madam Butterfly with American tenor Russell Thomas as Pinkerton, Judith Howarth as the heartbroken Cio-Cio-San and Claire Bradshaw as Suzuki.
 
 
 
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