Royal Opera House 2023/24: Madama Butterfly
Mar 26, 2024 | IMDB 0
145 min Watch NowMusic, Romance
Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of American naval officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds her romantic idyll shattered when he deserts her shortly after their marriage. She lives in hope that one day he will return.
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Götterdämmerung
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Salomé
Wagner - Lohengrin
Rusalka - Opera Ballet Vlaanderen
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IMDB 1 | Sep , 1999
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IMDB 9 | May , 1994
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