Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Other spaces: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	22nd February 2007
To	11th March 2007
What is currently on at Royal Albert Hall (V221)

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)

T01730445385
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:T01730445385, opera or operetta:S2007, venue:V221
Current production:Work

Production details

Running time 2 hours 30 minutes

Reviews

User Review: 23Feb07: fantastic show, sorrow was brilliant, singing was great, I am going to see it again and again

User Reviews

USER (23Feb07): fantastic show, sorrow was brilliant, singing was great, I am going to see it again and again

Company

Producer	Raymond Gubbay
Producer	Royal Albert Hall
Director	David Freeman
Design	David Roger
Musical Director	Peter Robinson
Lighting	Andrew Bridge
Translation	Amanda Holden
Company	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer	Ali-Lan Zhu
Performer	Gerard Powers
Performer	Zheng Cao
Performer	Richard Burkhard
Performer	Jee Hyun Lim
Performer	James Edwards
Performer	Macia Bellamy
Performer	Andrew Rupp

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.