Madama Butterfly at Palais de la Monnaie
Dates: (5/2/2017 - 5/16/2017 )
Palais de la Monnaie |
86 C, avenue du Port
Brussels,Brussels 1000
Phone: +32 (0)2 229 12 11
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‘If I am not moved, if the libretto does not touch my heart...then it’s not for me.’ Puccini knew what he was looking for in an opera libretto...and the fact that the story of a delicate Japanese ‘butterfly’ moved him deeply is apparent in every note of the score. The young geisha Cio-Cio-San has been waiting for years for the return of her American ‘husband’, the naval officer Pinkerton. When she finally grasps the truth, her fate is sealed and she takes the action that her code of honour imposes. Madama Butterfly marked a new phase in Puccini’s development, in which he enriched his musical palette with the exoticism of the Far East. The fact that his direct emotionality contains a universal dimension is clear from the lasting worldwide popularity of this work. Hotel Pro Forma, known to us for their performance of Rachmaninov Troika in 2015, brings East and West together in a theatrical ritual for our time. Kazushi Ono conducts this work for the first time.
Cast and Creative team for Madama Butterfly at Palais de la Monnaie
Music direction ¦ Kazushi Ono
Bassem Akiki (12, 14 & 16 May)
Director ¦ Kirsten Dehlholm (Hotel Pro Forma)
Co-Director ¦ Jon R. Skulberg
Set design ¦ Maja Ziska
Costumes ¦ Henrik Vibskov
Lighting ¦ Jesper Kongshaug
Dramaturgy ¦ Krystian Lada
Chorus direction ¦ Martino Faggiani
Madama Butterfly ¦ Alexia Voulgaridou (02, 05, 07, 10, 12 & 16 May)
Monica Zanettin (03, 06, 09, 11 & 14 May)
Suzuki ¦ Ning Liang (02, 05, 07, 10, 12 & 16 May)
Qui Lin Zhang (03, 06, 09, 11 & 14 May)
Kate Pinkerton ¦ Marta Beretta
F.B. Pinkerton ¦ Andrea Carè (02, 05, 07, 10, 12 & 16 May)
Leonardo Caimi (03, 06, 09, 11 & 14 May)
Sharpless ¦ Aris Argiris (02, 05, 07, 10, 12 & 16 May)
Dimitris Tiliakos (03, 06, 09, 11 & 14 May)
Goro ¦ Riccardo Botta
Il Principe Yamadori ¦ Aldo Heo
Lo zio Bonzo ¦ Mikhail Kolelishvili
Il commisario / L’ufficiale ¦ Wiard Witholt
Orchestra & chorus ¦ La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
02, 03*, 05, 06*, 07, 09*, 10, 11*, 12*, 14* & 16* May
Bassem Akiki (12, 14 & 16 May)
Director ¦ Kirsten Dehlholm (Hotel Pro Forma)
Co-Director ¦ Jon R. Skulberg
Set design ¦ Maja Ziska
Costumes ¦ Henrik Vibskov
Lighting ¦ Jesper Kongshaug
Dramaturgy ¦ Krystian Lada
Chorus direction ¦ Martino Faggiani
Madama Butterfly ¦ Alexia Voulgaridou (02, 05, 07, 10, 12 & 16 May)
Monica Zanettin (03, 06, 09, 11 & 14 May)
Suzuki ¦ Ning Liang (02, 05, 07, 10, 12 & 16 May)
Qui Lin Zhang (03, 06, 09, 11 & 14 May)
Kate Pinkerton ¦ Marta Beretta
F.B. Pinkerton ¦ Andrea Carè (02, 05, 07, 10, 12 & 16 May)
Leonardo Caimi (03, 06, 09, 11 & 14 May)
Sharpless ¦ Aris Argiris (02, 05, 07, 10, 12 & 16 May)
Dimitris Tiliakos (03, 06, 09, 11 & 14 May)
Goro ¦ Riccardo Botta
Il Principe Yamadori ¦ Aldo Heo
Lo zio Bonzo ¦ Mikhail Kolelishvili
Il commisario / L’ufficiale ¦ Wiard Witholt
Orchestra & chorus ¦ La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
02, 03*, 05, 06*, 07, 09*, 10, 11*, 12*, 14* & 16* May
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