A young Japanese geisha clings to the belief that her arrangement with a visiting American naval officer is a loving and permanent marriage.
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Director
Mirella Freni
Cio-Cio-San, known as Butterfly
Plácido Domingo
B.F. Pinkerton, Lieutenant in the United States Navy
Christa Ludwig
Suzuki, Cho-Cho-San's servant
Robert Kerns
Sharpless, United States Consul
Michel Sénéchal
Goro, marriage broker