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Madama Butterfly

Opéra Bastille - from 14 September to 13 November 2019

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Madama Butterfly

Opera Giacomo Puccini

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Opéra Bastille - from 14 September to 13 November 2019

2h45 with 1 interval

Surtitle : French / English

About

In few words:

For his Madame Chrysanthème, Pierre Loti drew on memories of his own visit to Japan in 1885. When composing Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini was inspired by the popular melodies and sonorities of Japanese voices. However, in the literary work, as in the opera, the heroine remains the same: Kiku-san or Cio‑Cio‑san, a young geisha betrayed by her western husband, the symbol of the meeting of two different worlds. Robert Wilson’s ethereal production espouses to perfection the dramatic intensity and underlying violence of this thoroughly Japanese tragedy.

Opening
First part 50 mn
Intermission 30 mn
Second part 85 mn
End

Madama Butterfly

Opera in three acts

After David Belasco Based on a short novel by John Luther Long

Music :

Giacomo Puccini

Libretto :

Luigi Illica

Giuseppe Giacosa

Conductor :

Giacomo Sagripanti

Director :

Robert Wilson

Set design :

Robert Wilson

Lighting design :

Heinrich Brunke

Robert Wilson

Costume design :

Frida Parmeggiani

Choreography :

Suzushi Hanayagi

Dramaturgy :

Holm Keller

Chorus master :

Alessandro Di Stefano
Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly) :

Ana María Martínez

(14, 19 Sept., 9, 19, 30 Oct., 2, 5, 8, 13 Nov.)

Dinara Alieva

(12, 26, 29 Oct., 1, 6, 9 Nov.)

Suzuki :

Marie-Nicole Lemieux

(14, 19 Sept., 30 oct., 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13 Nov)

Eve-Maud Hubeaux

(9, 12, 19, 26, 29 Oct.,1 Nov.)

B.F. Pinkerton :

Giorgio Berrugi

(14, 19 Sept., 9, 19, 30 Oct., 2, 5, 8, 13 Nov.)

Dmytro Popov

(12, 26, 29 Oct., 1, 6, 9 Nov.)

Sharpless :

Laurent Naouri

Goro :

Rodolphe Briand

Il Principe Yamadori (Le Prince Yamadori) :

Tomasz Kumiega

Kate Pinkerton :

Jeanne Ireland

Lo Zio bonzo (Le Bonze) :

Robert Pomakov

Yakuside :

Jian-Hong Zhao

Il Commissario Imperiale :

Chae Wook Lim

L'Ufficiale del registro :

Hyoung-Min Oh

La madre di Cio-Cio San :

Laura Agnoloni

La Zia :

Carole Colineau

La Cugina :

Sylvie Delaunay

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