Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly
Concert form
Based on a libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts that depicts the anxieties of the female soul. The protagonist of the drama Cio-Cio-san, despite being a victim of the marriage institution, grows in awareness throughout the opera up until the mature stage of motherhood, in the name of which she makes decisive choices. That of the protagonist is therefore a fragile and tormented figure, who finds in the most hidden regions of her soul the strength to break with conventions and to find freedom in abandoningher child and life.
18 | 20 | 21 October 2020
(Ex 25|26|27 Febbraio)
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DIRECTION
SUN | 18 | OCT | Not in Subscription | H 15.30 (EX 27 Febbraio)
TUE | 20 | OCT | Series B | H 20.00 (EX 25 Febbraio)
WED | 21 | OCT | Series P | H 18.00 (EX 26 Febbraio)
CAST
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
(CIO-CIO-SAN)
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
(CIO-CIO-SAN)
SUZUKY
KATE PINKERTON
F.B. PINKERTON
Angelo Villari
F. B. PINKERTON
SHARPLESS
SHARPLESS
GORO
IL PRINCIPE YAMADORI
LO ZIO BONZO
YAKUSIDÉ
Andrea Taboga
IL COMMISSARIO IMPERIALE
Raffaele Costantini
L’UFFICIALE DEL REGISTRO
Enrico Piccinni Leopardi
LA MADRE DI CIO-CIO SAN
Lucia Michelazzo
LA ZIA
Marie Luce Erard
LA CUGINA
Rosa Guarracino
COMPOSITORE
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) can be considered as the last exponent of the great italian opera tradition; it imposes itself on the general public thanks to the intuition of the publisher Giulio Ricordi that sees in the composer from Lucca the genius in which to invest and enlisting two librettists Giuseppe Giacosa (1847-1906) and Luigi Illica (1857-1919). From this “dream team” opere such as La bohème, Toscaand Madama Butterfly areborn, works that consecrate Puccini as the only heir to Verdi and that still today make millions of people rush to theaters all over the world.
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