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Through a heartless marriage of convenience, American naval officer Lieutenant Pinkerton ensnares young Cio-Cio-San (Butterfly), leading her to a tragic and profoundly unjust fate. A masterpiece of Italian opera, Madame Butterfly‘s lush score and timeless exploration of love, betrayal, and cultural clash soars with operatic grandeur. The enduring power of Butterfly lies in its ability to touch the deepest corners of the human heart, leaving audiences devastated.
Content Advisory: Madame Butterfly centers around the arranged marriage of an American naval officer and a Japanese teenage girl (portrayed by an adult) and contains a depiction of suicide.
Principal Cast
Yunuet Laguna
Cio-Cio-San*
Ann Toomey
Cio-Cio-San^
Matthew White
Lieutenant Pinkerton
Alice Chung
Suzuki
Jarrett Ott
Sharpless
Spencer Hamlin
Goro
Alex Smith
Prince Yamadori
Christian Simmons
The Bonze
Robert Feng
The Imperial Commissioner
Christina Grohowski
Kate Pinkerton
Isla Eisenmenger
Sorrow
* Friday and Sunday performances
^ Saturday performance
Creative Team
Roberto Kalb
Conductor
E. Loren Meeker
Director
Nora Winsler
Assistant Director
Christopher Oram
Set and Costume Designer
Driscoll Otto
Lighting Designer
David Zimmerman
Wig and Make-Up Designer
Momo Suzuki
Cultural Advisor & Movement Coordinator
Kevin Suzuki
Cultural Advisor & Movement Coordinator
Production Photography
Madame Butterfly photography by Don Ipock for Lyric Opera of Kansas City.
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With public support from the State of Missouri and the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
This project is supported, in part, by the City of Kansas City, Missouri Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund. This performance is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund.
