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Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Lenka Čermáková

Suzuki

Stepanka Pucalkova

Tenor

Peter Berger

B.F. Pinkerton

Luciano Mastro

Baritone

Pavol Remenár

Sharpless

Svatopluk Sem

Igor Loškár

Prince Yamadori

Matúš Mazár

Lenka Pavlovič

Kate Pinkerton

Erika Vocelová Jarkovská

Josef Moravec

Goro

Václav Sibera

Bass

Oleg Korotkov

The imperial commissioner

Roman Vocel

Tomáš Foltýnek

Uncle Yakusidé

Michael Skalický

Soňa Koczianová

Cio-Cio San's mother

Marketa Panska

Soprano

Gabriela Pešinová

The aunt

Eliška Sedláčková

Eliška Mourečková

The cousin

Tereza Růžičková

Conductor

Martin Leginus

Jiří Štrunc

Stage director

Jiří Heřman

Set designer

Jan Lukášek

Costume designer

Alexandra Grusková

Lighting designer

Daniel Tesař

Chorus master

Adolf Melichar

Dramaturge

Ondřej Hučín

Maria Kobielska

Cio-Cio-San

Christina Vasileva

Donata D'Annunzio Lombardi

State Opera

Others

State Opera Chorus

Orchestra

State Opera Orchestra

Madama Butterfly -  (Madame Butterfly)

Prague

Czech Republic

Státní Opera Praha (The State Opera)

Madama Butterfly Puccini

Public

Madame Butterfly

Approved

The opera is named after the renowned short story Madame Butterfly by the American lawyer and author John Luther Long, which served as the basis for a drama by the New York impresario and playwright David Belasco, which in turn directly inspired Puccini to compose his celebrated opera.

In Madama Butterfly, Puccini eschewed intricate action and boisterous dramatic events, opting instead for an intimate story and highlighting the psychology of the characters, fleshing out by his music the tiniest details, oscillations and extreme emotional surges. The contrast between the Japanese and “Western” mentality is also aptly rendered by means of many a time surprisingly modified quotations of the US national anthem, as well as a forcible depiction of the local colour of Japan. This facet is captured in Jiří Heřman’s production, which authentically represents the Japanese culture and its traditional customs. The stage director tells the well-known story in a non-traditional way – through the eyes of Cio-Cio San’s grown-up son, who traces his past in Nagasaki.

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