Conductor: Patrick Summers Featuring: Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, Maria Zifchak, Marcello Giordani, Dwayne Croft Production: Anthony Minghella Cristina Gallardo-Domâs first sang the role of Cio-Cio San in 1990 in her home town Santiago da Chile. Three years later she was on stage in the Scala (in Puccini’s The Swallow) and invitations from all over the world came pouring in, primarily for Puccini roles. The director himself, Anthony Minghella, who, sadly, passed away young in May 2008, selecte...d her for Madame Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera. The theatrical expert primarily known for his radio plays made his debut as an opera director at the English National Opera with Madame Butterfly in 2005. A year later he staged his ideas in Vilnius and New York too. Marcello Giordani sings the tenor lead role of the opera in the series “Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD”.
Parking information
We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.
Safe ticket purchase
Dear Visitors, please note that only tickets purchased from the Müpa website and official ticket offices are guaranteed to be valid. To avoid possible inconvenience, we suggest buying tickets to our performances and concerts via the mupa.hu website, the Interticket national network (jegy.hu) or at our official ticket offices.