Madame Butterfly opera

From Thursday, January 29 2009 to Wednesday, March 4 2009

Dramatic intensity.

There are stories that deeply move us, stories of lives destroyed by lies.
Madame Butterfly is one of those women who is made of hope and illusions, who have moments of joy and moments of melancholy, who cry and suffer with inner bitterness.

This opera, one of Pucini's most moving and best-loved, tells the romantic and tragic story of the gentle Geisha Cio-Cio-San, known as Madame Butterfly, who sacrifices her family, honour and religion for a frivolous lieutenant in the US Navy.

Of a remarkable musical quality, this tragic story of love and betrayal has been a great success in opera houses all over the world since its creation.

Musical direction: Vello Pähn
Staging and set: Robert Wilson
De Puccini
Japanese tragedy in three acts (1904)
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Based on the play by David Belasco, adapted from a short story by John Luther Long
In Italian
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