Performance

Venue	Mayflower Theatre
Town	Southampton
County	Hampshire
From	6th March 2007
To	8th March 2007
When	Tue, Thu at 19:15
Prices	From £7.50. To £39.50.
Mayflower Theatre (V774)
Current/Future Listings
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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:: (T0401253675)

Sung in Italian with English and Welsh surtitles

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

Listing:: L66219007

Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in Italian with English and Welsh surtitles

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