Performance

Venue	Sherman Theatre
	Other spaces: Arena
Town	Cardiff
County	Glamorgan
From	12th September 2000
To	12th September 2000
When	19:30
What is currently on at Sherman Theatre (V824)

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)

T01118409697
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:T01118409697, opera or operetta:S2007, venue:V824
Current production:Work

Production details

Main Theatre

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Company

Company	Mid Wales Opera
Director	Stephen Medcalf
Design	Isabella Bywater
Conductor	Keith Darlington
Company	Mid Wales Ensemble
Performer	Rosa Lee Thomas (Cio-Cio-San)
Performer	Geraint Dodd (Pinkerton)
Performer	Howard Quilla Croft (Sharpless)
Performer	Alison Kettlewell (Suzuki)
Performer	Roabert Burt (Goro)
Performer	Deryck Hamon (Bonze)

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