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Tag Archives: Madama Butterfly
Downtown Nagasaki comes to Glyndebourne in Annilese Miskimmon’s Madama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly *** Glyndebourne, 14th October 2016 How picturesque do you like your Puccini? Do you take your Turandot sweet or sour? How much lacquer is layered over your ideal Madama Butterfly? If you imagine a backdrop of Nagasaki … Continue reading
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Tagged Alun Rhys-Jenkins, Annilese Miskimmon, Claudia Huckle, Francesco Verna, Glyndebourne, Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra, John Wilson, Karah Son, Madama Butterfly, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Matteo Lippi, Michael Druiett, Nicky Shaw, Puccini
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Flawed casting in Minghella’s widescreen Butterfly at ENO
Puccini: Madama Butterfly *** English National Opera, 16th May 2016 Anthony Minghella’s 2005 staging of Madam Butterfly remains a hit with ENO’s audience. A combination of Japanese lacquer and Hollywood gloss make for a stylish production, opulently costumed by Han … Continue reading
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Tagged Alun Rhys-Jenkins, Anthony Minghella, Chorus of English National Opera, David Butt Philip, English National Opera, George Von Bergen, Madama Butterfly, Matthew Durkan, Orchestra of English National Opera, Puccini, Rena Harms, Richard Armstrong, Samantha Price, Stephanie Windsor-Lewis
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Paper lanterns and origami wings: a ghostly Madama Butterfly at Grimeborn
Puccini: Madama Butterfly **** Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre, 26th August 2015 It’s dangerous when a production is touted as “revelatory”. We were promised a “haunting psychological rendering” of Madama Butterfly by director Julia Burbach, “radically reframed” and inspired by Japanese … Continue reading
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Tagged Arcola Theatre, Ayaka Tanimoto, Cecile Tremolieres, Christopher Diffey, Freddie Tong, Freddy Long, Gareth Brynmor John, Grace Carter, Grimeborn, Julia Burbach, Madama Butterfly, Naomi Dawson, Natasha Jouhl, Nicolas Dwyer, Paul Wingfield, Puccini, Tom Atkins
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Clattering cherry blossom: solid revival of Madama Butterfly at Covent Garden
Puccini: Madama Butterfly *** Royal Opera, 20th March 2015 The portents for this Madama Butterfly were highly promising: an effective, if sparse production, with a devastating final scene; a reliable Italian conductor in the pit; and a fine soprano, who … Continue reading
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Tagged Anush Hovhannisyan, Brian Jagde, Carlo Bosi, Enkelejda Shkosa, Gabriele Viviani, Jeremy White, Kristine Opolais, Madama Butterfly, Moshe Leiser, Nicola Luisotti, Patrice Caurier, Puccini, Royal Opera, Yuriy Yurchuk
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Crushed: Exquisite Madam Butterfly suffers in the RAH
Puccini: Madam Butterfly *** Royal Albert Hall, 26th February 2015 Take an exquisite production of a Puccini tearjerker, cast it attractively… then crush its fragile wings under the weight of the Albert Hall’s vastness. Madama Butterfly is a perfect opera … Continue reading