Madama Butterfly - Valencia (2021)
A guileless Japanese girl gives up everything to marry a lieutenant in the US Navy. But when he suddenly leaves the country, she is determined to wait patiently until he sails back into harbour. Live from Valencia's iconic Palau de les Arts, the audience favourite Madama Butterfly returns with soprano Marina Rebeka and tenor Piero Pretti in the leading roles. Director Emilio López’s staging culminates in the bleak landscape of Nagasaki destroyed by the atomic bomb to evoke Puccini's early outcry against the soul-crushing spirit of colonialism.
Director: Emilio Lopez
https://operavision.eu/en/library/performances/operas/madama-butterfly-palau-de-les-arts
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Marina Rebeka as Madama Butterfly |
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Cristina Faus as Suzuki |
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Piero Pretti as Pinkerton |
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Ángel Ódena as Sharpless |
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Mikeldi Atxalandabaso as Goro |
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Fernando Javier Rado as Lo zío Bonzo |
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Tomeu Bibiloni as Yamadori |
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Mariana Sofía García as Kate Pinkerton |
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Lluís Martínez as Yakusidé |
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Xavier Galán as L'ufficiale del registro |
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Lucía Pitarch as Madre di Cio-Cio-San |
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Pilar Marco as La zia |
| Sound | Giacomo Puccini | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Luigi Illica | Writer |
| Writing | Giuseppe Giacosa | Writer |
| Writing | John Luther Long | Story |
| Writing | David Belasco | Story |
| Art | Manuel Zuriaga | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giusi Giustino | Costume Designer |
| Sound | Antonino Fogliani | Conductor |
| Directing | Emilio Lopez | Director |