Performance

VenueGrand Theatre and Opera House
Other spaces: Howard Assembly Room
TownLeeds
CountyWest Yorkshire
From1st March 2000
To3rd March 2000
WhenMar 1, 3 at 19:15. Perf approx 2hrs 50mins
What is currently on at Grand Theatre and Opera House (V975)

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)

T0650975890
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:T0650975890, opera or operetta:S2007, venue:V975
Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in Italian, revival.

Reviews

Overall: 3.00
Sunday Times (11Jan01): In essence this is a pretentious and risible staging, with extraneous action introduced where it is not needed. Musically it has more to offer, with idiomatic conducting from the experienced Stephen Barlow – and excellent playing by the English Northern Philharmonia. 3

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Company

Company Opera North
Director Dalia Ibelhauptaite
Performer Lada Biriucov (Butterfly)
Performer Rosalind Sutherland (Butterfly)
Performer Julian Gavin (Pinkerton)
Performer David Maxwell Anderson (Pinkerton)
Performer Steven Page (Sharpless)
Performer Jane Irwin
Performer Mark Curtis
Performer Antonia Sotgiu
Performer Michael John Pearson
Conductor Stephen Barlow
Design Oleg Cheintsis
Lighting Peter Mumford
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