Performance

Venue	Wales Millennium Centre
	Other spaces: Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru, Donald Gordon Theatre, Weston Studio Theatre
Town	Cardiff
County	Glamorgan
From	3rd February 2007
To	3rd March 2007
When	Feb07 3, 10, 16, Mar07 1, 3 at 19:15
Prices	From £5.00. To £35.00.
What is currently on at Wales Millennium Centre (V1984858935)

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)

T0401253675
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:T0401253675, opera or operetta:S2007, venue:V1984858935
Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in Italian with English and Welsh surtitles

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Company	Welsh National Opera
Conductor	Julian Smith
Conductor	Gareth Jones
Director	Joachim Herz
Design	Reinhart Zimmermann
Lighting	John Waterhouse
Costume	Eleonore Kleiber
Performer	Amanda Roocroft
Performer	Naomi Harvey
Performer	Paul Charles Clarke
Performer	Gwyn Hughes Jones
Performer	Neal Davies
Performer	Claire Bradshaw
Performer	David Soar
Performer	Philip Lloyd Holtam

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