Organization

Singer

Soprano

Anna Sohn

Cio-Cio-San

Sae Kyung Rim

Hye-Sung Na

Tenor

Andrea Shin

B.F. Pinkerton

James Lee

Mezzo-soprano

Hyona Kim

Suzuki

Baritone

Mandla Mndebele

Sharpless

Fritz Steinbacher

Goro

Bass

Denis Velev

Uncle Bonze

Min Lee

Prince Yamadori

Wendy Krikken

Kate Pinkerton

Penny Sofroniadou

Ian Sidden

Uncle Yakusidé

Hitomi Breitzmann

The aunt

Keiko Matsumoto

The cousin

Hiroyuki Inoue

The imperial commissioner

Juyoung Kim

The official registrar

Natascha Valentin

Cio-Cio San's mother

Stage director

Tomo Sugao

Conductor

Philipp Armbruster

Gabriel Feltz

Lighting designer

Florian Franzen

Costume designer

Mechthild Seipel

Set designer

Frank Philipp Schlößmann

Video designer

Marc Loehrer

Dramaturge

Merle Fahrholz

Chorus master

Fabio Mancini

Theater Dortmund

Orchestra

Dortmunder Philharmoniker

Others

Opernchor Theater Dortmund

Italian

Madama Butterfly -  (Madame Butterfly)

Dortmund

Germany

Madama Butterfly Puccini

Public

Madame Butterfly

German

Approved

Tragedia giapponese in drei Akten von Giacomo PucciniLibretto von Giuseppe Giacosa und Luigi Illica nach dem gleichnamigen Schauspiel von John Luther Long un...

Lieutenant Navy Pinkerton wants to make his stationing in Japan as comfortable as possible. For this, the carefree dandy marries the young Cio-Cio-San – after all, according to local law, he can terminate this marriage at any time. "Butterfly" doesn't suspect anything of this, she hopes for a better life at the side of her American husband. The time they spend together is short-lived, as the soldier soon has to leave. In the three years that pass, she bears him a son and hopes that the beloved will return. But Pinkerton has since married a promising American. The arrival of a ship from the States makes Cio-Cio-San happily await his husband. But the hours pass and Pinkerton and his new wife don't show up until the next morning.

In his tragic opera, the sound artist Puccini artfully paints the exotic color by using some original Japanese melodies and effectively exploiting the possibilities of the large orchestra. This poignant combination of Far Eastern melos and classic western structures allows the listener to share in Cio-Cio-San's inner conflict about their self-determination.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble