Name: Madama Butterfly
Start: 2016-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Schiller Theater

Organization

Singer

Tenor

Dmytro Popov

B.F. Pinkerton

Teodor Ilincai

Mezzo-soprano

Katharina Kammerloher

Suzuki

Baritone

Alfredo Daza

Sharpless

Vincenzo Neri

Prince Yamadori

Arttu Kataja

Bass

Dennis Wilgenhof

Uncle Bonze

Tapani Plathan

Michael Smallwood

Goro

David Oštrek

The imperial commissioner

Natalia Skrycka

Kate Pinkerton

Conductor

Eun Sun Kim

Stage director

Eike Gramss

Chorus master

Martin Wright

Soprano

Alexandra Voulgaridou

Cio-Cio-San

Oksana Dyka

Svetlana Aksenova

Set designer

Peter Sykora

Costume designer

State Opera Berlin

Orchestra

Staatskapelle Berlin

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Staatsopernchor Berlin

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Madama Butterfly -  (Madame Butterfly)

Berlin

Germany

Schiller Theater

Madama Butterfly Puccini

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Madame Butterfly

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Accordionist

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Archlutenist

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Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

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Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

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Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

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Tenor Violinist

Timpani

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Viola da gamba

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Countertenor

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

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​Lieutenant Pinkerton hat sich in Geisha Cio-Cio-San, genannt Madame Butterfly, verliebt und will sie nach japanischer Sitte heiraten, ohne damit eine dauerhafte Verbindung eingehen zu wollen. Butterfly liebt Pinkerton jedoch wirklich und bekommt ein Kind von ihm. Vergeblich wartet sie jahrelang auf die Rückkehr des Lieutenants. Als Pinkerton dann mit seiner neuen amerikanischen Ehefrau zurückkommt, um das Kind abzuholen, erdolcht sich Butterfly.

»Madama Butterfly« geht auf eine Novelle zurück, die angeblich eine wahre Begebenheit schildert. Seit um die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts die amerikanische Flotte die Öffnung der japanischen Häfen erzwungen hatte, begann auch umgekehrt der Einfluss der japanischen Kultur im Westen. Bald spielten Opern und Operetten in diesem neu zu entdeckenden Land, das trotz seines rapiden technologischen Fortschritts durch die Bewahrung seiner eigenen Kultur eine ganz andere Moderne versprach. Die Exotik des Milieus brachte Giacomo Puccini zu weit mehr als einer bloß kolonialistischen Anverwandlung ferner Musik: Er studierte Quellen zur Musik Japans, baute originale Melodien ein und ließ sich zu einer raffinierten Instrumentation und besonderen Klangfarben inspirieren. Sie machen die »japanische Tragödie« zu einer der berührendsten Opern der Geschichte. Eike Gramss’ Inszenierung zeigt behutsam das Aufeinandertreffen zweier Kulturen in einer schillernden japanischen Welt.

Deutsch

​Lieutenant Pinkerton has fallen in love with Geisha Cio-Cio-San, known as Madame Butterfly, and wants to marry her according to Japanese custom, without wanting to enter into a permanent relationship. However, Butterfly genuinely loves Pinkerton and has a child by him. She waits in vain for years for the lieutenant to return. When Pinkerton then returns with his new American wife to pick up the child, Butterfly stabs himself.

»Madama Butterfly« goes back to a novella that is said to describe a true event. Since the American fleet had forced the opening of Japanese ports around the middle of the 19th century, the influence of Japanese culture in the West began in reverse. Soon operas and operettas were playing in this newly discovered country, which, despite its rapid technological progress, promised a completely different modernity by preserving its own culture. The exotic milieu brought Giacomo Puccini to much more than a mere colonial adaptation of distant music: he studied sources of Japanese music, incorporated original melodies and was inspired to create a sophisticated instrumentation and special timbres. They make »Japanese Tragedy« one of the most touching operas in history.

Madame Butterfly by Puccini, Sat 25 Mar 2017, From (2016/2017), Directed by Eike Gramss,, Conductor Eun Sun Kim, Schiller Theater, Berlin, Germany

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