Butterfly - Mirella Freni
Pinkerton - Pleacido Domingo
Suzuki - Christa Ludwig
Sharpless - Robert Kerns
Goro - Michel Senechal
Puccini's tragedy of love betrayed by misunderstanding remains as haunting as ever. In Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's imaginative film, the great Italian soprano Mirella Freni is the innocent Japanese geisha. Cio-cio-san, while her thoughtless if well-meaning American lover is powerfully protrayed by Placido Domingo.