Performance

Venue	Theatre Royal
	Other spaces: Royal Concert Hall
Town	Nottingham
County	Nottinghamshire
From	13th March 2018
To	15th March 2018
When	Tue, Thu 19:30
What is currently on at Theatre Royal (V462)

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)

T0357058393
An American naval officer (Pinkerton) 'acquires' a 15 year old Geisha wife during a stay in Japan - but has no intention of staying with her. After a while he returns to the USA and marries his fiancee. Meanwhile, Butterfly waits for him for three years, cut off from her family, religion and culture by being an American wife. And she is now a mother. When he finally returns she is overjoyed, but he brings with him his new wife. Story originally published in a magazine.

Music	Puccini
Lyrics	Giuseppe Giacosa
Lyrics	Luigi Illica (1904)

Archive :: production:T0357058393, opera or operetta:S2007, venue:V462
Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in Italian with English titles.

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Company

Company	Opera North
Conductor	Martin Pickard
Director	Tim Albery
Design	Hildegard Bechtler
Costume	Ana Jebens
Lighting	Peter Mumford (original lighting designer)
Performer	Anne Sophie Duprels (Cio-Cio San)
Performer	Merunas Vitulskis (Pinkerton)
Performer	Peter Savidge (Sharpless)
Performer	Ann Taylor (Suzuki)
Performer	Joseph Shovelton (Goro)
Performer	Dean Robinson (Bonze)
Performer	Kate Bird (Kate Pinkerton)
Performer	Christopher Nairne (Prince Yamadori)

CORONAVIRUS: All UK venues closed on 16th March 2020, restrictions were lifted on 19th July 2021. Please note that iUKTDb archive listings between March 2020 and July 2021 may not be accurate as we did not receive details of all rescheduled and cancelled shows.

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