Performance

Venue	The King's Head Theatre
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	4th February 2011
To	25th May 2011
When	in Rep.
The King's Head Theatre (V235)
Current/Future Listings
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Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly) - (Bangok 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:: (Bangok Butterfly) (T0960403161)

MADAM BUTTERFLY is transplanted to present-day Bangkok for this radical reinterpretation of Puccini's masterpiece. This brand new English translation portrays Pinkerton as an American Airlines pilot and Butterfly as a Thai prostitute.

Producer	Adam Spreadbury-Maher
Producer	Ben Cooper
Producer	Dominic Haddock (for OperaUpClose)
Director	Anthony Medbury-Mather

Listing:: L01306965788

Current production:Work

(Bangok Butterfly)

MADAM BUTTERFLY is transplanted to present-day Bangkok for this radical reinterpretation of Puccini's masterpiece. This brand new English translation portrays Pinkerton as an American Airlines pilot and Butterfly as a Thai prostitute.

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