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Madama Butterfly at The National Theatre

Dates: (8/27/2016 - 7/3/2017 )

Theatre:

The National Theatre


Národní 2
Praha 1,Praha 1 110 00

Phone: +420 224 901 448

Tickets: CZK 100.00 - CZK 1290.00

Running Time: Approximate running time, including intermissions: 3 hours, 10 minutes, two 20-minute intermissions.

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“Butterfly” is indisputably one of the most popular and most artistically valued operas of all time. Notwithstanding the fact that it has perhaps the simplest plot of all Puccini’s operas: a “Yankee”, Lieutenant F. B. Pinkerton, enchanted by the picturesque Japanese milieu and the 15-year-old Cio-Cio San, nicknamed “Butterfly”, decides to marry and spend the honeymoon in Nagasaki. He soon abandons his young wife, but after a long time returns so as to take away the child Cio-Cio San has given birth to in the meantime.
In this work, Puccini eschewed intricate action and boisterous dramatic events, opting instead for an intimate story and highlighting the psychology of the characters, fleshing out by his music the tiniest details, oscillations and extreme emotional surges, the essential contrast between the Japanese and “Western” mentality, which he also aptly renders by means of many a time surprisingly modified quotations of the US national anthem, as well as giving a forcible depiction of the local colour of Japan, where the story is set.
The opera is named after the short story Madame Butterfly by the American lawyer and author John Luther Long, which served as the basis for a drama by the New York impresario and playwright David Belasco, which in turn directly inspired Puccini to compose his celebrated opera. Following the poor reception of the original version at La Scala, Puccini went on to revise Madama Butterfly four times, between 1904 and 1907, before it became a global hit. Our new production, which will replace the current one, performed for three decades, has beeb prepared by the conductor Martin Leginus, together with the renowned opera director Ji?í He?man.

Cast and Creative team for Madama Butterfly at The National Theatre

Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica
Musical preparation: Martin Leginus
Conductor: Martin Leginus, Ji?í Štrunc
Stage director: Ji?í He?man
Sets: Ji?í He?man, Jan Lukášek
Costumes: Alexandra Grusková
Motion cooperation:
Light-design: Daniel Tesa?
Chorus master: Adolf Melichar
Dramaturgy: , Ond?ej Hu?ín


Cio-Cio-San


Maria Kobielska
Christina Vasileva
Donata D´Annunzio Lombardi

Suzuki


Lenka ?ermáková
Št?pánka Pu?álková

F. B. Pinkerton


Peter Berger
Luciano Mastro

Sharpless


Pavol Remenár
Svatopluk Sem

Yamadori


Igor Loškár
Matúš Mazár

Kate Pinkerton


Lenka Pavlovi?
Erika Vocelová Jarkovská

Goro


Josef Moravec
Václav Sibera

Bonzo


Miloš Horák
Ji?í P?ibyl

The Imperial Commissioner


Oleg Korotkov
Roman Vocel

Yakuside


Tomáš Foltýnek
Michael Skalický

Librarian


Libor Novák
Peter Pale?ek

Cio-Cio-San’s Mother


So?a Koczianová
Markéta Panská

Aunt


Gabriela Pešinová
Eliška Sedlá?ková

Cousin


Eliška Moure?ková
Tereza R?ži?ková

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