Name: Madama Butterfly
Start: 2018-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opera Romana Cluj-Napoca

Organization

Soprano

Carmen Gurban

Cio-Cio-San

Tenor

Marius Budoiu

B.F. Pinkerton

Hector Lopez

Baritone

Geani Brad

Sharpless

Florin Estefan

Mezzo-soprano

Iulia Merca

Suzuki

Alexandra Lesiu

Florin Pop

Goro

Bass

Corneliu Huțanu

Uncle Bonze

George Godja

Prince Yamadori

Molnár Zoltán

The imperial commissioner

Cezara Diță

Kate Pinkerton

Gelu Moldovan

The official registrar

Conductor

David Crescenzi

Stage director

Matteo Mazzoni

Set designer

Benito Leonori

Costume designer

Patricia Toffolutti

Video designer

Mario Spinaci

Lighting designer

Ludovico Gobbi

Chorus master

Emil Maxim

Mihaela Bogdan

Elisabetta Salvatori

Corneliu Felecan

Opera Națională Română Cluj-Napoca

Madama Butterfly -  (Madame Butterfly)

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

Opera Romana Cluj-Napoca

Madama Butterfly Puccini

Public

Madame Butterfly

Approved

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Librettist

Choreographer

Dancer

Actor

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Orchestra

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Singer

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Countertenor

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

A Fondazione ,,Pergolesi Spontini” co-production, presented under the high patronage of Italian Embassy

Opera in three acts (libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, after David Belasco, John Luther Long and Pierre Loti)

Recommended Age: 5+

It was London in 1900 where Giacomo Puccini – who was supervising the Covent Garden production of his recent opera Tosca – was profoundly marked after seing David Belasco’s play Madama Butterfly. The theme of the short and unfotunate love story between the young Japanese, who gives up to her family, culture and religion to marry the american officer B. F. Pinkerton and who, after a long waiting for her lover’s return commits suicide, met precisely the composer’s expectations. Puccini spent the next two years composing Madama Butterfly, undertaking some serious research on japanese music and tradition. His results can be easily found within the score that also includes Nipponese melodies and american anthem fragments.

Despite the cautiousness and carefulness of Puccini during the elaboration, Madama Butterfly’s premiere, held in 1904 at Teatro alla Scala in Milano, met some unfriendly reactions that determined the composer to retract his opera from the repertoire and to make a completely revision. The new Madama Butterfly found itself in the limelight for the first time at Brescia in the same year, being highly successful, and the following reviews resulted in a highly popular opera, similar to its predecessor – La bohème (1896).

The performance has one break and ends around 9.15 p.m.

English

Madame Butterfly by Puccini, Wed 03 Oct 2018, From (2018/2018), Directed by Matteo Mazzoni, Mihaela Bogdan,, Conductor David Crescenzi, Opera Romana Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

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