Performance

Venue	Royal Opera House
	Other spaces: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	21st March 2005
To	29th April 2005
When	Mar 21, 24, 29, 31, Apr 4, 8, 11, 14, 26, 29, May 2 at 19:30. Apr 23 19:00
Prices	From £7.00. To £160.00.
What is currently on at Royal Opera House (V377)

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)

T610266492
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:T610266492, opera or operetta:S2007, venue:V377
Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Running time 2 hours 45 mins.

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Producer	Royal Opera House
Corporate Sponsor	The Dalriada Trust (2003)
Producer	Gran Teatro del Liceu Barcelona (2003 / 4)
Director	Patrice Caurier
Director	Moshe Leiser
Conductor	Daniel Oren
Conductor	Philippe Auguin (second cast performance)
Performer	Cristina Gallardo-Domas (Cio-Cio San - some dates)
Performer	Marina Mescheriakova (Cio-Cio San - some dates)
Performer	Marco Berti (Pinkerton)
Performer	Christine Rice (Suzuki - some dates)
Performer	Stephanie Novacek (Suzuki - some dates)
Performer	Zeljko Lucic (Sharpless - some dates)
Performer	Thomas Allen (Sharpless - some dates)
Performer	Alasdair Elliott (Goro - some dates)
Performer	Martyn Hill (Goro - some dates)
Performer	Jeremy White (Bonze - some dates)
Performer	Darren Jeffery (Bonze - some dates)
Performer	Katie Van Kooten (Kate Pinkerton - some dates)
Performer	Kiora Grodnikaite (Kate Pinkerton - some dates)

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