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Tag Archives: Nicky Shaw
Tears on the picnic lawn: Madama Butterfly makes her bow at the Glyndebourne Festival
Puccini: Madama Butterfly *** Glyndebourne, 19th May 2018 It’s easy to get sucked into the sentimentality of Madama Butterfly. Puccini’s luscious score, infused with Japanese pastel colours, showers the audience in orchestral cherry blossom and the story of Cio-Cio-San’s blind devotion … Continue reading
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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