Madama Butterfly at The State Opera

Dates: (2/4/2016 - 6/28/2016 )

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The State Opera

Wilsonova 4
Praha 1,Praha 1 110 00

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Tickets: 390.00 K? - 1 290.00 K?

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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, will be prepared by the conductor and music director of the State Opera, Martin Leginus, together with the renowned opera director Ji?í He?man.

Cast and Creative team for Madama Butterfly at The State Opera

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

Cio-Cio-San

Maria Kobielska
Christina Vasileva

Suzuki

Václava Krej?í Housková
Št?pánka Pu?álková

F. B. Pinkerton

Peter Berger
Luciano Mastro

Kate Pinkerton

Lenka Pavlovi?
Erika Vocelová Jarkovská

Goro

Josef Moravec
Václav Sibera

Miloš Horák
Ji?í P?ibyl

The Imperial Commissioner

Oleg Korotkov
Roman Vocel

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