Performance

Venue	Opera Holland Park - Open Air Theatre
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	30th June 2005
To	15th July 2005
When	Jun 30, Jul 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15
Prices	From £21.00. To £43.00.
What is currently on at Opera Holland Park - Open Air Theatre (V203)

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)

T0651378303
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:T0651378303, opera or operetta:S2007, venue:V203
Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Producer	Opera Holland Park
Company	City of London Sinfonia
Conductor	Dominic Wheeler
Director	Ian Rutherford
Design	Peter Rice
Performer	Julie Unwin (Butterfly)
Performer	Richard Roberts (Pinkerton)
Performer	Alison Kettlewell (Suzuki)
Performer	Simon Thorpe (Sharpless)
Performer	Alasdair Elliott (Goro)
Performer	Henry Waddington (Bonze)
Performer	Susan Parkes (Kate Pinkerton)
Performer	Howard Wong (Il Commisario Imperiale)
Performer	Seung-Wook Seong (Yamadori)
Performer	Charlotte Spink (La Madre di Cio-Cio-San)
Performer	Rachel Munro (La Zia)

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