Outcast and happy? The geisha Cio-Cio-San is prepared to renounce family and religion in order to find her supposed happiness with Marine Lieutenant Pinkerton. Unfortunately, he proves to be a heartless egoist who shows at best a hint of remorse when he realizes the full extent of his ruthless behavior.
Alone at the piano, Richard Vardigans tells and performs the story of a one-sided love that must end in death to preserve the honor of a betrayed mother.
- by Giacomo Puccini
- A musical operatic journey by and with Richard Vardigans