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Madame Butterfly entre vrai classicisme et faux avant-gardisme à Genève

Madame Butterfly à Genève
© Carole Parodi
Madame Butterfly à Genève
© Carole Parodi
Madame Butterfly à Genève
© Carole Parodi
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“C’est à la fois beau et difficilement lisible, efficace et laborieux”
Reviewed at Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva on 23 April 2026
Puccini, Madama Butterfly
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Antonino Fogliani, Conductor
Barbora Horáková, Director
Wolfgang Menardi, Set Designer
Eva Maria van Acker, Costume Designer
Sascha Zauner, Lighting Designer
Diana Markosian, Video
Corinne Winters, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)
Stephen Costello, Pinkerton
Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Sharpless
Kai Rüütel-Pajula, Suzuki
Denzil Delaere, Goro
Mark Kurmanbayev, The Bonze
Charlotte Bozzi, Kate Pinkerton
Vladimir Kazakov, Prince Yamadori
Chorus of the Grand Théâtre de Genève
Mark Biggins, Choirmaster / chorus director
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