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 surtitles. Running time 2 hours 50 minutes. Sponsored by Coutts.

Cast/Performers

Paul Charles Clarke (Pinkerton), Peter Hoare (Goro), Anna Burford (Suzuki), Christopher Purves (Sharpless), Niccia Focile (Cio-Cio-San), Timothy Mirfin (Imperial Commissioner), Iain Patterson (Bonze)

Creatives/Company

Music: Puccini
Lyrics(s): Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica (1904)
Company: Welsh National Opera
Conductor(s): Carlo Rizzi (to Mar 13), Julian Smith (from Mar 16)
Producer: Joachim Herz
Design: Reinhart Zimmermann
Costume: Eleonore Kleiber
Lighting: John Waterhouse

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)

Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly) (Opera or Operetta) production archive for QTIX code T0562222134. Details of all Madam Butterfly (Madama Butterfly) archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S2007

Archive Listings

6 Jul 02	Theatre Royal Plymouth Plymouth, Devon Performance Details => Venue archive
26 Jun 02	Mayflower Theatre Southampton, Hampshire Performance Details => Venue archive
21 Jun 02	New Theatre Oxford, Oxfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive
12 Jun 02	Venue Cymru (formerly - North Wales Theatre) Llandudno, Gwynedd Performance Details => Venue archive
30 May 02	Bristol Hippodrome Bristol, City of Bristol Performance Details => Venue archive
3 Apr 02 to 5 Apr 02	Liverpool Empire Theatre Liverpool, Merseyside Performance Details => Venue archive
26 Mar 02 to 30 Mar 02	Mayflower Theatre Southampton, Hampshire Performance Details => Venue archive
19 Mar 02 to 23 Mar 02	Birmingham Hippodrome Birmingham, West Midlands Performance Details => Venue archive
13 Mar 02 to 16 Mar 02	New Theatre Oxford, Oxfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive
11 Feb 02 to 9 Mar 02	New Theatre Cardiff, Glamorgan Performance Details => Venue archive

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