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Teatr Wielki Łódź

Regisseur

Regisseur (+3)

Janina Niesobska

Set designer

Set designer (+4)

Waldemar Zawodzińki

Kostuum ontwerper

Set designer (+1)

Maria Balcerek

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Grand Theater in Łódź

Chorus

Choir of the Grand Theater in Łódź

Ballet

Ballet of the Grand Theater in Łódź

Koor meester

Waldemar Sutryk

Koor meester (+2)

Rafal Wiecha

Sopraan (+2)

Aleksandra Borkiewicz

Kate Pinkerton

Tenor (+2)

Dawid Kwieciński

Goro

Bariton (+3)

Przemysław Rezner

Prins Yamadori

Bas (+2)

Rafał Pikała

Oom Bonzo

Bas (+4)

Robert Ulatowski

De commissaris van de keizer

Tenor (+4)

Krzysztof Dyttus

De ambtenaar van de burgerlijke stand

Bariton (+4)

Arkadiusz Anyszka

Sharpless

Andrzej Staniewski

Oom Yakusidé

Sopraan (+1)

Irena Pietrzak

Haar tante

Mezzosopraan (+4)

Monika Ledzion-Porczyńska

Suzuki

Alto-mezzo (+3)

Olga Maroszek

Ilona Krzywicka

Cio-Cio-San

Tenor (+1)

Dominik Sutowicz

B.F. Pinkerton

Bariton (+2)

Łukasz Motkowicz

Bas (+1)

Wiesław Rudnicki

Mezzosopraan (+1)

Izabela WesoŁowska

Cio-Cio-Sans moeder

Maria Stuczyńska

Karolina Jagoda

Haar nicht

Sopraan

Dorota Woźniak

Dirigent

Dirigent (+1)

Maria Fuller

Paweł Skałuba

Sarah Tisba

Mezzosopraan

Jadwiga Wiktorska-Zajac

Dirigent (+3)

Tomasz Tokarczyk

Although today MADAMA BUTTERFLY stands among Giacomo Puccini's greatest operatic hits, alongside masterpieces like TOSCA or LA BOHÈME, its premiere at La Scala ended in disaster. The love duet from Act I was met with booing, and when Cio-cio-san began singing about the nesting robins, the audience burst into such laughter that the performance was nearly halted. Yet, today it is perhaps one of the greatest melodramatic operas, a true tearjerker. The story of the lovestruck geisha, deceived and abandoned, who cannot live without honor and thus dies with honor, is accompanied by Puccini's dramatic music with poignant arias for the main character. Although in this story, everything may seem somewhat superficial, from Japanese parasols to the characters themselves, the first bars of the aria "Un bel di vedremo" are enough for audiences to forgive everything and be captivated by Puccini's intuition that the atmosphere of the Far East would be perfect for the stage, enchanting viewers with its exoticism and uniqueness.

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