Performance

VenueLondon Coliseum
TownWest End
CountyGreater London
From10th June 2009
To10th July 2009
PricesFrom £16.00.
What is currently on at London Coliseum (V376)

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)T1397148109
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:T1397148109, opera or operetta:S2007, venue:V376
Current production:Work

Production details

Running time 2hrs 45mins. Classic Revival

Reviews

Overall: 4.00

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Company

Corporate Sponsor skyARTS
Producer English Naational Opera
Conductor Edward Gardner
Director Anthony Minghella (original director)
Director Carolyn Choa (revival director)
Design Michael Levine
Lighting Peter Mumford
Costume Han Feng
Choreographer Carolyn Choa
Company Blind Summit Theatre (puppetry)
Performer Judith Howarth (Butterfly)
Performer Bryan Hymel (Pinkerton)
Performer Brian Mulligan (Sharpless)
Performer Christine Rice (Suzuki)
Performer Richard Burkhard (Yamadori)
Performer Madeleine Shaw (Kate Pinkerton)
Performer Paul Napier-Burrows (Imperial Commissioner)
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