Details

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.

Creatives/Company

Music: Puccini
Lyrics(s): Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica (1904)
Company(s): Ellen Kent Opera, Ukrainian Opera & Ballet, Ballet Theatre Kyiv

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly) (Opera or Operetta) production archive for QTIX code T647128069. Details of all Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly) archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S2007

Current Listings

Current Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly) what's on and ticket details

Archive Listings

5 May 24	Cliffs Pavilion Southend-on-Sea, Essex Performance Details => Venue archive
4 May 24	Theatre Royal Brighton, East Sussex Performance Details => Venue archive
2 May 24	Pavilion Theatre Bournemouth, Dorset Performance Details => Venue archive
28 Apr 24	Waterside Theatre Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Performance Details => Venue archive
27 Apr 24	Grand Opera House York, North Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive
25 Apr 24	Warwick Arts Centre Coventry, West Midlands Performance Details => Venue archive
21 Apr 24	Alexandra Theatre Birmingham, West Midlands Performance Details => Venue archive
20 Apr 24	Empire Theatre Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Performance Details => Venue archive
15 Apr 24	New Theatre Cardiff, Glamorgan Performance Details => Venue archive
13 Apr 24	Grand Theatre Wolverhampton, West Midlands Performance Details => Venue archive
7 Apr 24	Corn Exchange Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Performance Details => Venue archive
28 Mar 24	The Orchard Dartford, Kent Performance Details => Venue archive
23 Mar 24	Blackpool Grand Theatre Blackpool, Lancashire Performance Details => Venue archive
22 Mar 24	Darlington Hippodrome (formerly Civic Theatre) Darlington, County Durham Performance Details => Venue archive
19 Mar 24	Kings Theatre Portsmouth Southsea, Hampshire Performance Details => Venue archive
18 Mar 24	Richmond Theatre Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive
17 Mar 24	Anvil Arts Basingstoke, Hampshire Performance Details => Venue archive
14 Mar 24	Playhouse Theatre Edinburgh Performance Details => Venue archive
10 Mar 24	Ireland's National Events Centre (INEC) Killarney, County Kerry Performance Details => Venue archive
8 Mar 24	Cast Doncaster, South Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive
2 Mar 24	Regent Theatre Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Performance Details => Venue archive
25 Feb 24	Royal Concert Hall Glasgow Performance Details => Venue archive
22 Feb 24	City Hall Sheffield, South Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive
21 Feb 24	Bath Forum Bath, Bath & North East Somerset Performance Details => Venue archive
18 Feb 24	Malvern Theatres Malvern, Worcestershire Performance Details => Venue archive
16 Feb 24	Princess Theatre Torquay, Devon Performance Details => Venue archive
15 Feb 24	The Hexagon Reading, Berkshire Performance Details => Venue archive
11 Feb 24	Wycombe Swan High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Performance Details => Venue archive
10 Feb 24	New Victoria Theatre Woking, Surrey Performance Details => Venue archive
6 Feb 24	Alive Corn Exchange Kings Lynn, Norfolk Performance Details => Venue archive
4 Feb 24	Ipswich Regent Ipswich, Suffolk Performance Details => Venue archive
31 Jan 24	Hull City Hall Hull, Humberside Performance Details => Venue archive
26 Jan 24	Alhambra Theatre Bradford, West Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive
18 Jan 24	New Theatre Oxford, Oxfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive
14 Jan 24	Liverpool Empire Theatre Liverpool, Merseyside Performance Details => Venue archive
12 Jan 24	Opera House Manchester, Greater Manchester Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

Roni Rothwell : 05May24:
This was a superb performance, we are so lucky that this great company has come to Southend. A very moving rendition of the Ukrainian National Anthem too.

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