Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Other spaces: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	20th February 2003
To	9th March 2003
When	19:30. Sat Mats 14:30. Sun Mar 9 17:00
What is currently on at Royal Albert Hall (V221)

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)

T0542085970
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:T0542085970, opera or operetta:S2007, venue:V221
Current production:Work

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Company

Producer	Raymond Gubbay
Producer	Royal Albert Hall
Director	David Freeman
Translation	Amanda Holden
Director	David Freeman
Design	David Roger
Director	Peter Robinson (music)
Conductor	Peter Robinson
Performer	Ai-Lan Zhu
Performer	Nancy Yuen
Performer	Jee Hyun Lim
Performer	Carlo Scibelli
Performer	Antoni Garfield Henry
Performer	Mark le Brocq
Performer	Ning Liang
Performer	Marcia Bellamy
Performer	Phillip Joll
Performer	Steven Page
Company	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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