Performance

Venue	Birmingham Hippodrome
	Also: DanceXchange,Patrick Centre
Town	Birmingham
County	West Midlands
From	27th June 2017
To	30th June 2017
Birmingham Hippodrome (V145)
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:: (T0914854239)

Sung in Italian with surtitles in English (and Welsh in Cardiff and Llandudno).

Company	Welsh National Opera
Conductor	Lawrence Foster
Conductor	James Southall
Director	Joachim Herz
Director	Caroline Chaney (revival direcrot)
Design	Reinhart Zimmermann
Costume	Eleonore Kleiber
Lighting	John Waterhouse (original designer)
Performer	Meeta Raval (Cio-Cio-San 10 / 12 / 18 Feb; 24 / 31 Mar; 6 / 8 / 27 / 29 Apr; 27 / 30 Jun)
Performer	Linda Richardson (Cio-Cio-San 17 Feb; 25 Mar; 1 / 202222 Apr; 29 Jun)
Performer	Jonathan Burton (Pinkerton 10 / 12 / 18 Feb; 24 / 31 Mar; 6 / 8 Apr)
Performer	Paul Charles Clarke (Pinkerton 17 Feb; 25 Mar; 1 / 20 / 22 / 27 / 29 Apr; 27 / 30 Jun)
Performer	David Kempster (Sharpless)
Performer	Rebecca Afonwy-Jones (Suzuki)

Listing:: L2032591439

Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in Italian with surtitles in English (and Welsh in Cardiff and Llandudno).

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