Organization

Singer

Baritone

Franco Vassallo

Sharpless

Conductor

Matteo Beltrami

Soprano

Ermonela Jaho

Cio-Cio-San

Tenor

Pavel Černoch

B.F. Pinkerton

Mezzo-soprano

Kristina Stanek

Suzuki

Peter Hoare

Goro

Bass

Tigran Martirossian

Uncle Bonze

Peter Galliard

Prince Yamadori

Kady Evanyshyn

Kate Pinkerton

Nicholas Mogg

The imperial commissioner

Stage director

Vincent Boussard

Lighting designer

Guido Levi

Costume designer

Christian Lacroix

Set designer

Vincent Lemaire

Dramaturge

Barbara Weigel

Chorus master

Christian Günther

Alexander Roslavets

Staatsoper Hamburg

Others

Hamburg State Opera Choir

Orchestra

Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg

Italian

Madama Butterfly -  (Madame Butterfly)

Hamburg

Germany

Staatsoper

Großes Haus

Madama Butterfly Puccini

Public

Madame Butterfly

German

Approved

• In seinem Roman »Die kleinen Gärten des Maestro Puccini« enthüllt der Autor Helmut Krausser, dass Giacomo Puccinis bis dahin unbekannte Geliebte Corinna für die Figur der Cio-Cio San Patin gestanden hat. Sicher ist, dass Puccini im Sommer 1900 in London im Duke of York's Theatre eine Aufführung des Schauspiels »Madame Butterfly« von David Belasco erlebte und schnell erkannte, dass er hier den Stoff für seine neue Oper gefunden hatte. Als die Oper 1904 an der Mailänder Scala herauskam, fiel das Werk zur Enttäuschung des Komponisten beim Publikum durch. Doch es brauchte nur ein paar Überarbeitungen, damit das Werk noch im selben Jahr seinen bis heute andauernden Siegeszug über die Opernbühnen der Welt antreten konnte.

Madama Butterfly / Giacomo Puccini / Staatsoper Hamburg

Nagasaki, Japan, around 1900: Pinkerton, lieutenant in the American Navy, has fallen in love with Cio-Cio-San, known as "Butterfly". The wedding according to the Japanese ritual is just a farce for him - and a little later Pinkerton's “toy” is alone again with their son. He returns to Japan three years later, but not because of Butterfly. He and his new wife want to pick up the child and take them to America. Butterfly takes her own life.

The opera's premiere in 1904 turned into a historical fiasco: the audience at La Scala in Milan did not know what to do with the exotic material. But Puccini believed in the piece: “My Butterfly remains what it is. The most emotive opera I've ever written! ”He was right: just a few months later,“ Madama Butterfly ”in a modified version experienced a resounding success when it was performed at the Teatro Grande Brescia. To this day, Puccini's "Tragedia giapponese" is one of the most popular and touching operas of all.

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