Enrico Cossutta

Live from La Scala Saturday 07 July 2007. In this live performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Violetta, a courtesan much wooed by Parisian society, organises a grand party that is attended, amongst others, by the young Alfredo Germont. He confesses his feelings to Violetta, who is already suffering from consumption. She vacillates between genuine affection and a realistic assessment of her situation as a "fallen woman", which precludes any lasting relationship with a man.

Cio-Cio-San, une jeune geisha de Nagasaki, devient Madame Butterfly en se mariant à Pinkerton, un officier de la marine américaine. La jeune femme lui voue un amour éternel et attend patiemment son retour avec son fils, jusqu'au jour où Pinkerton revient avec sa nouvelle femme américaine.