Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
credits © Elisa Haberer / OnP
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No seats available at presentMADAME BUTTERFLY
Japanese tragedy in three acts (1904)
Music by GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924)
Libretto by LUIGI ILLICA and GIUSEPPE GIACOSA
based on the play by DAVID BELASCO,
adapted from a short story by JOHN LUTHER LONG
Performed in Italian
A terrible portrait of a woman and a tale of humiliation which leads to death. There is little action, just the slow poetry of the soul. Svetla Vassileva plays the distraught young woman in the refined aesthetic of Bob Wilson’s production.
| Daniele Callegari | Conductor |
| Robert Wilson | Stage director and sets |
| Frida Parmeggiani | Costumes |
| Heinrich Brunke and Robert Wilson | Lighting |
| Suzushi Hanayagi | Choreography |
| Holm Keller | Dramaturge |
| Alessandro Di Stefano | Chorus master |
Svetla Vassileva Cio-Cio San
Cornelia Oncioiu Suzuki
Teodor Ilincai F. B. Pinkerton
Gabriele Viviani Sharpless
Carlo Bosi Goro
Florian Sempey Il Principe Yamadori
Marianne Crebassa Kate Pinkerton
Scott Wilde Lo Zio bonzo
Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
