Performance

VenueVenue Cymru (formerly - North Wales Theatre)
TownLlandudno
CountyGwynedd
From14th October 2009
To17th October 2009
When19:15
PricesFrom £9.00. To £40.00.
What is currently on at Venue Cymru (formerly - North Wales Theatre) (V848)

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)

T531635024
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:T531635024, opera or operetta:S2007, venue:V848
Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in Italian with English surtitles (and Welsh in Wales). Running time approx. 2 hours 50 mins.

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Company

Company Welsh National Opera
Conductor Carlo Rizzo
Conductor Simon Phillippo (Venue Cymru)
Director Joachim Herz
Design Reinhart Zimmermann
Costume Eleonore Kleiber
Lighting John Waterhouse
Performer Amanda Roocroft (Cio-Cio-San)
Performer Russell Thomas (Pinkerton)
Performer Neal Davies (Sharpless)
Performer Claire Bradshaw (Suzuki)
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