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. Sung in Italian with English and Welsh surtitles

Cast/Performers

Amanda Roocroft, Naomi Harvey, Paul Charles Clarke, Gwyn Hughes Jones, Neal Davies, Claire Bradshaw, David Soar, Philip Lloyd Holtam

Creatives/Company

Music: Puccini
Lyrics(s): Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica (1904)
Company: Welsh National Opera
Conductor(s): Julian Smith, Gareth Jones
Director: Joachim Herz
Design: Reinhart Zimmermann
Lighting: John Waterhouse
Costume: Eleonore Kleiber

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly) (Opera or Operetta) production archive for QTIX code T0401253675. Details of all Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly) archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S2007

Archive Listings

18 Apr 07 to 20 Apr 07	Theatre Royal Plymouth Plymouth, Devon Performance Details => Venue archive
10 Apr 07 to 12 Apr 07	Birmingham Hippodrome Birmingham, West Midlands Performance Details => Venue archive
3 Apr 07 to 5 Apr 07	Grand Theatre Swansea, Glamorgan Performance Details => Venue archive
27 Mar 07 to 29 Mar 07	Milton Keynes Theatre Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Performance Details => Venue archive
6 Mar 07 to 8 Mar 07	Mayflower Theatre Southampton, Hampshire Performance Details => Venue archive
3 Feb 07 to 3 Mar 07	Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff, Glamorgan Performance Details => Venue archive

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