Madama Butterfly

The poetic production by the Hollywood director Anthony Minghella, who died in 2008, worked with Japanese stylistic elements and was co-produced by the Metropolitan Opera New York, the English National Opera and the Lithuanian National Theater for Opera and Ballet. Carolyn Choa took over the elaborate new production for the premiere at the Vienna State Opera on September 7, 2020. Choa, who was married to Anthony Minghella, has created choreographies for numerous opera productions and also staged them herself; she received an Olivier Award together with the director for the choreography in Minghella's production of Madama Butterfly .