Performance

Venue	New Theatre
Town	Oxford
County	Oxfordshire
From	21st June 2002
To	21st June 2002
When	19:15
Prices	From £15.00. To £49.00.
New Theatre (V802)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)

Work:: Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly) (S2007)

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)

Production:: (T0562222134)

Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Running time 2 hours 50 minutes. Sponsored by Coutts.

Company	Welsh National Opera
Conductor	Carlo Rizzi (to Mar 13)
Conductor	Julian Smith (from Mar 16)
Producer	Joachim Herz
Design	Reinhart Zimmermann
Costume	Eleonore Kleiber
Lighting	John Waterhouse
Performer	Paul Charles Clarke (Pinkerton)
Performer	Peter Hoare (Goro)
Performer	Anna Burford (Suzuki)
Performer	Christopher Purves (Sharpless)
Performer	Niccia Focile (Cio-Cio-San)
Performer	Timothy Mirfin (Imperial Commissioner)
Performer	Iain Patterson (Bonze)

Listing:: L01366696184

Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in Italian with English surtitles. Running time 2 hours 50 minutes. Sponsored by Coutts.

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