Madam Butterfly
From: Thursday, 24th February 2011
To: Sunday, 13 March 2011
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Synopsis
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.
Our Review:
27 February 2011
Puccini’s most passionate opera is not the obvious candidate for a ‘pile ’em high’ Albert Hall extravaganza. Aida or Carmen, yes, but the delicate tale of Cio-Cio San is no epic and on paper it seems doomed to flounder under the weight of its own water garden. Still, this is the fourth revival of David Freeman’s arena staging, so he must be doing something right. The thousands who emerged elated from the first night would surely agree.
The style is traditional writ large. Freeman’s technical skills are prodigious: he fills each moment with visual felicity and his management of crowd scenes is an object lesson in how to stage chorus numbers. Yet there is not a trace of directorial vanity; every small detail is attuned to the mood of the moment and serves to advance the action. Freeman allows comic interludes to leaven the prevailing desolation (Sharpless’s distaste for Japanese cigarettes is nicely done), yet he also dare...
Cast
Mihoko Kinoshita (Butterfly - some dates)
Jee Hyun Lim (Butterfly - some dates)
Hye-youn Lee (Butterfly - some dates)
Creative
Puccini (Music)
Giuseppe Giacosa (Lyrics)
Luigi Illica (Lyrics)
Raymond Gubbay (Producer)
David Freeman (Director)
David Roger (Design)
Oliver Gooch (Musical Director)
Andrew Bridge (Lighting)
Bobby Aitken (Sound)
Amanda Holden (Translation)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Company)
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