Adam Diegel Performs as Pinkerton in the Met's MADAMA BUTTERFLY, 2/17

Adam Diegel will sing the role of Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly on February 17, replacing Roberto De Biasio, who is ill.

Diegel has sung Pinkerton at Arizona Opera, Kentucky Opera, and at Finland's Savonlinna Opera Festival. He made his Met debut as Froh in the 2010 new production premiere of Wagner's Das Rheingold, a role he reprises in complete cycles of Der Ring des Nibelungen this spring. Earlier this season, he sang Ismaele in Verdi's Nabucco.

Madama Butterfly, conducted by Plácido Domingo, also stars Patricia Racette as Cio-Cio-San, Maria Zifchak as Suzuki, and Laurent Naouri as Sharpless.