Performance

Venue	Assembly Rooms
	Other spaces: Darwin Suite
Town	Derby
County	Derbyshire
From	20th May 2001
To	20th May 2001
When	19:30
Prices	From £17.50. To £27.50.
What is currently on at Assembly Rooms (V427)

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)

T01746202042
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:T01746202042, opera or operetta:S2007, venue:V427
Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in Italian with English Surtitles.

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Producer	Opera and Ballet International
Company	The Chisinau National Opera
Design	Sadie Steadman
Costume	Sadie Steadman
Performer	Mariana Colpos
Performer	Oxana Cobzeva
Performer	Tatiana Busuioc
Performer	Liliana Lavric
Performer	Petru Racovita
Performer	Vladimire Dragos
Performer	Nataliya Yutesh
Performer	Ruslan Zinevych

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