Performance

Venue	Glyndebourne
Town	Lewes
County	East Sussex
From	19th May 2018
To	18th July 2018
When	May 19, 23, 26, 31, Jun 6, 9, 14, 21, 28, Jul 5, 12, 18 at 17:10. Jun 3, 17, 24, Jul 1, 8 at 16:35
What is currently on at Glyndebourne (V671)

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)

T1967812942
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:T1967812942, opera or operetta:S2007, venue:V671
Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in Italian with English supertitles. Finish time 21:00 or 20:25

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Company

Producer	Glyndebourne Opera
Conductor	Omer Meir Wellber
Director	Annilese Miskimmon
Design	Nicky Shaw
Lighting	Mark Jonathan
Director	Kally Lloyd Jones (movement director)
Performer	Olga Busuioc (Cio-Cio-San)
Performer	Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki)
Performer	Joshua Guerrero (Lieutenant B F Pinkerton)
Performer	Michael Sumuel (Sharpless)
Performer	Carlo Bosi (Goro - some dates)
Performer	Francois Piolino (Goro)
Company	London Philharmonic Orchestra
Company	The Glyndebourne Chorus

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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