Name: Madama Butterfly
Start: 2018-03-07
End: 2018-03-07
Location: Opéra de Limoges

Admin

Organization

Chanteur

Mezzo-soprano

Marion Lebègue

Suzuki

Ténor

Georgy Vasiliev

B.F. Pinkerton

Baryton

André Heyboer

Sharpless

Raphaël Bremard

Goro

Victor Sicard

Le Prince Yamadori

Basse

Ugo Rabec

Lo zio Bonzo (Le Bonze)

Agnès de Butler

Kate Pinkerton

Grégory Smoliy

Le commissaire Impérial

Christophe Gateau

L'officier d'État-civil

Elisabeth Jean

La mère de Cio-Cio-San

Soprano

Christelle Gouffé

La tante

Corinne Fructus

La cousine

Henri Pauliat

Yakusidé

Direction d'orchestre

Robert Tuohy

Mise en scène

Jean-Philippe Clarac

Olivier Deloeuil

Décors

Christophe Pitoiset

Costumes

Video

Jean-Baptiste Beïs

Lumières

Rick Martin

Camille Schnoor

Cio-Cio-San

Direction de choeur

Jacques Maresch

Others

accentus - Opéra de Rouen

Orchestra

Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen Normandie

Opéra de Limoges

italien

Madama Butterfly -  (Madame Butterfly)

Limoges

France

This Madama Butterfly does not literally follow the story of a little Japanese Geisha becoming the unhappy wife of an American officer. But it immerses us in the mental, morbid and tragic journey of a little European girl dreaming of a totally fantasized Japan.
Nowadays, in a small studio like there are hundreds in the HLM bars on the outskirts of Limoges and many other French cities. Reclusive in this small space, a psychologically fragile and “disoriented” young girl finds in an imaginary Japan, and in Puccini's famous opera, the refuge for her most intimate anxieties.
Throughout this visual and musical experimentation, Cio-Cio San is therefore no longer in Japan, while the Geishas stroll through the streets of Limoges... Unless it is the opposite... It is therefore the story of Cio-Cio San, but seen through the journey of a fragile young girl, who identifies with Cio-Cio San.
But it is also, through the exploration of the failing psyche of a confused young girl, the cultural misunderstanding between Japanese and Westerners that is gradually brought to light. A structural but nevertheless recurrent misunderstanding, from the end of the 19th century to the present day. A cultural misunderstanding which contains, in itself, all the tragic ferment of Puccini's opera.

ABOUT
This intriguing production does not stage the well-known story of a Japanese geisha fooled by a cruel American officer. Rather, we follow the story inside the mind of a young, provincial European woman who obsessively fantasizes about Japan and Japanese life.
Living alone in her small apartment in the outskirts of Limoges, a young French woman spends her days watching manga and videos of modern-day Japan on her computer, while obsessively listening to Puccini’s famous opera.
This is the story of Cio-Cio San, but seen through the eyes of a neurotic young European woman. As the opera unfolds, the elegant Geishas stroll around Limoges, while the young girl believes she is in Japan... or just the oposite. As one would expect, the story ends in tragedy. We, like the woman, are dis-oriented by her obsessions of an imagined Japan.
Doing so, our production works as a contemporary reflection on the old cultural misunderstandings held by Westerners towards Japan.

PRODUCTION
Creative Musical Object, commissioned by the Opéra de Limoges, executive producer, in co-production with the Opéra de Rouen

Madame Butterfly by Puccini, mer. 07 mars 2018, Du (2018/2018), Dirigé par Jean-Philippe Clarac, Olivier Deloeuil,, Chef d'orchestre Robert Tuohy, Opéra de Limoges, Limoges, France

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