Performance

Venue	Opera Holland Park - Open Air Theatre
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	30th June 2005
To	15th July 2005
When	Jun 30, Jul 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15
Prices	From £21.00. To £43.00.
Opera Holland Park - Open Air Theatre (V203)
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:: (T0651378303)

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Producer	Opera Holland Park
Company	City of London Sinfonia
Conductor	Dominic Wheeler
Director	Ian Rutherford
Design	Peter Rice
Performer	Julie Unwin (Butterfly)
Performer	Richard Roberts (Pinkerton)
Performer	Alison Kettlewell (Suzuki)
Performer	Simon Thorpe (Sharpless)
Performer	Alasdair Elliott (Goro)
Performer	Henry Waddington (Bonze)
Performer	Susan Parkes (Kate Pinkerton)
Performer	Howard Wong (Il Commisario Imperiale)
Performer	Seung-Wook Seong (Yamadori)
Performer	Charlotte Spink (La Madre di Cio-Cio-San)
Performer	Rachel Munro (La Zia)

Listing:: L1176385408

Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

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