I had a real treat yesterday evening…the last performance of Anthony Minghella’s production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Met was streamed live over the internet. This performance featured Soprano Cristina Gallardo-Domás as Cio-Cio San and Tenor Marcello Giordani as Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton. I knew with my current assignment to Korea I would not have the opportunity to actually attend the opera in New York, but this was the next best thing. I thoroughly enjoyed the performance and consider myself very fortunate to have experienced it. Gallardo-Domás was wonderful as the innocent and naive Butterfly and Giordani’s Pinkerton wasn’t nearly the scumbag I was accustomed to (an interesting and believable interpretation).
The performance wasn’t without some snags, though. The second act was delayed due to some computer glitches and Ms. Gallardo-Domás was indisposed and unable to return for the second part of act two; she was replaced by her understudy who didn’t miss a beat.
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