Giacomo Puccini
Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

The U.S. Forces show their presence world-wide: American Lieutenant Pinkerton has an affair in Nagasaki with Cio-Cio San, "Madame Butterfly". He sails away. She then has his child. Three years later he returns to Japan – accompanied by his American wife and wants to take the child with him. Butterfly commits suicide.

In Italian with German surtitles

Casts

Conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson 11./14./19. Mar. 2014  
Daniele Rustioni 12./14./19. June 2014  
Production Wolf Busse   
Set Otto Stich   
Costumes Silvia Strahammer   
Chor Stellario Fagone   

Cio-Cio-San Olga Guryakova 11./14./19. Mar. 2014  
Ana María Martínez 12./14./19. June 2014  
Suzuki Okka von der Damerau   
B. F. Pinkerton Dmytro Popov 11./14./19. Mar. 2014  
Joseph Calleja 12./14./19. June 2014  
Sharpless Levente Molnár 11./14./19. Mar. 2014  
Markus Eiche 12./14./19. June 2014  
Goro Nakodo Alexander Kaimbacher   
Der Fürst Yamadori Francesco Petrozzi   
Onkel Bonzo Christian Rieger 11./14./19. Mar. 2014  
Goran Jurić 12./14./19. June 2014  

Bayerisches Staatsorchester
The Chorus of Bayerische Staatsoper