"Ma Butterfly is the most heartfelt, the most expressive opera I have ever conceived." Puccini
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Few operas have brought so many tears to the eyes. Yet the premiere was a fiasco at La Scala in Milan.
Sure of himself, Puccini reacted: "Ma Butterfly is the most heartfelt, the most expressive opera I have ever conceived." The future proved him right. This (true) story of a Japanese teenager seduced and abandoned has earned its letters of nobility thanks to Puccini's refined music. Madame Butterfly is as much a tragedy as it is a study in manners, as it is the long death of a young girl with a pure soul who falls victim to the unbearable lightness of an American soldier.
The accuracy of the characters and the splendor of the score make this Opéra de Lorraine production a poignant drama. Revelation of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique in 2023, Alexandra Marcellier follows in the footsteps of Mirella Freni.
OPERA IN 3 ACTS
Libretto by Luigi ILLICA and Giuseppe GIACOSA
Premiere at La Scala, Milan, February 17, 1904
Last performance at Opéra de Marseille, March 23, 2016
PRODUCTION Opéra national de Lorraine
Musical Direction Paolo ARRIVABENI
Director Emmanuelle BASTET
Sets Tim NORTHAM
Costumes Véronique SEYMAT
Lighting Bernard PURKRABEK
Cio-Cio San Alexandra MARCELLIER
Suzuki Eugénie JONEAU
Kate Pinkerton Amandine AMMIRATI
Pinkerton Thomas BETTINGER
Sharpless Marc SCOFFONI
Goro Philippe DO
Le Bonze Jean-Marie DELPAS
Yamadori Marc LARCHER
The Imperial Commissioner Frédéric CORNILLE
Marseille Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Sure of himself, Puccini reacted: "Ma Butterfly is the most heartfelt, the most expressive opera I have ever conceived." The future proved him right. This (true) story of a Japanese teenager seduced and abandoned has earned its letters of nobility thanks to Puccini's refined music. Madame Butterfly is as much a tragedy as it is a study in manners, as it is the long death of a young girl with a pure soul who falls victim to the unbearable lightness of an American soldier.
The accuracy of the characters and the splendor of the score make this Opéra de Lorraine production a poignant drama. Revelation of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique in 2023, Alexandra Marcellier follows in the footsteps of Mirella Freni.
OPERA IN 3 ACTS
Libretto by Luigi ILLICA and Giuseppe GIACOSA
Premiere at La Scala, Milan, February 17, 1904
Last performance at Opéra de Marseille, March 23, 2016
PRODUCTION Opéra national de Lorraine
Musical Direction Paolo ARRIVABENI
Director Emmanuelle BASTET
Sets Tim NORTHAM
Costumes Véronique SEYMAT
Lighting Bernard PURKRABEK
Cio-Cio San Alexandra MARCELLIER
Suzuki Eugénie JONEAU
Kate Pinkerton Amandine AMMIRATI
Pinkerton Thomas BETTINGER
Sharpless Marc SCOFFONI
Goro Philippe DO
Le Bonze Jean-Marie DELPAS
Yamadori Marc LARCHER
The Imperial Commissioner Frédéric CORNILLE
Marseille Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Few operas have brought so many tears to the eyes. Yet the premiere was a fiasco at La Scala in Milan.
Sure of himself, Puccini reacted: "Ma Butterfly is the most heartfelt, the most expressive opera I have ever conceived." The future proved him right. This (true) story of a Japanese teenager seduced and abandoned has earned its letters of nobility thanks to Puccini's refined music. Madame Butterfly is as much a tragedy as it is a study in manners, as it is the long death of a young girl...
Sure of himself, Puccini reacted: "Ma Butterfly is the most heartfelt, the most expressive opera I have ever conceived." The future proved him right. This (true) story of a Japanese teenager seduced and abandoned has earned its letters of nobility thanks to Puccini's refined music. Madame Butterfly is as much a tragedy as it is a study in manners, as it is the long death of a young girl...
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