Have a nice weekend! 🥂 Madama Butterfly, from the DVD Wonderful World: https://shop.andrerieu.com/product/wonderful-world | André Rieu

💔🎶It’s probably one of the most tragic endings of all time: the final aria from Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly, “Tu, tu piccolo iddio”. Tune in and listen to this touching masterpiece, interpreted by the wonderful Ermonela Jaho at the Royal Opera House, with maestro Antonio Pappano.💔🎶 http://bit.ly/Puccini_Butterfly | medici.tv

This past weekend, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly returned to the Met with an extraordinary cast, starring soprano Eleonora Buratto as the innocent geisha Cio-Cio-San and tenor Brian Jagde as her callous American lover, Pinkerton. In this excerpt of “Addio fiorito asil” from the final dress rehearsal, Pinkerton expresses his feelings of guilt to the consul Sharpless, sung by David Bizic - Baritone, lamenting that he is unable to face the young wife he abandoned. Don’t miss Anthony Minghella’s tragic