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Soprano

Meeta Raval

Cio-Cio-San

Linda Richardson

Judith Howarth

Tenor

Jonathan Burton

B.F. Pinkerton

Paul Charles Clarke

Baritone

David Kempster

Sharpless

Mezzo-soprano

Rebecca Afonwy-Jones

Suzuki

Simon Crosby Buttle

Goro

Bass

George Newton-Fitzgerald

Uncle Yakusidé

Martin Lloyd

The imperial commissioner

Jack O'Kelly

The official registrar

Richard Wiegold

Uncle Bonze

Alastair Moore

Prince Yamadori

Sian Meinir

Kate Pinkerton

Conductor

Lawrence Foster

James Southall

Stage director

Joachim Herz

Caroline Chaney

Set designer

Reinhart Zimmermann

Costume designer

Eleonore Kleiber

Lighting designer

John Waterhouse

Welsh National Opera

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Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Italian

Madama Butterfly -  (Madame Butterfly)

Birmingham

United Kingdom

Hippodrome

Southampton

The Mayflower

Plymouth

Theatre Royal

Llandudno

Venue Cymru

Bristol

Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes Theatre

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Wales Millennium Centre

Madama Butterfly Puccini

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Madame Butterfly

English

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Ymunwch a ni ar gyfer lwyfaniad clasurol a thraddodiadol o’r opera boblogaidd hwn.Join us for a classic, traditional staging of this much-loved opera.WNO.ORG...

Madam Butterfly 2017 - Rhagflas | Trailer

Cio-Cio-San marries, then falls in love with, US Navy Lieutenant Benjamin Pinkerton – with ultimately tragic consequences.

A young Japanese woman, Cio-Cio-San (Madam Butterfly), has agreed to an arranged marriage with Lieutenant Pinkerton of the United States Navy. She takes the marriage seriously and falls in love, while he sees it simply as an amusing diversion during his posting to Japan.

Leaving his bride behind him, Pinkerton is gone for three years, during which Cio-Cio-San is reduced to penury and gives birth to his child. Sharpless, the American consul, breaks the news to her that Pinkerton has returned, but with a new, American wife.

When they hear about the child, Pinkerton and Kate decide that they should adopt him. In despair, knowing that they will be able to look after him better than she can, Butterfly takes a last farewell of her son and kills herself.

Joachim Herz’s Madam Butterfly has been with us for over three decades and with good reason. It’s a classic, traditional staging of this much-loved opera. While being completely faithful to the composer’s intentions it also critiques imperialism to powerful effect. Each scene looks like a sepia photograph through which we glimpse a vanished world.

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