Ermonela Jaho, Madama Butterfly réincarnée au Festival d'Aix

Ermonela Jaho (Cio-Cio-San)

Madama Butterfly au Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

By Irma Foletti, 11 July 2024

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“Peut-on trouver aujourd’hui meilleure Butterfly qu’Ermonela Jaho ?”

Reviewed at Théâtre de l'Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence on 10 July 2024

Puccini, Madama Butterfly

Daniele Rustioni, Conductor

Andrea Breth, Director

Raimund Orfeo Voigt, Set Designer

Ursula Renzenbrink, Costume Designer

Alexander Koppelmann, Lighting Designer

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon

Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon

Ermonela Jaho, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)

Adam Smith, Pinkerton

Mihoko Fujimura, Suzuki

Lionel Lhote, Sharpless

Carlo Bosi, Goro

In-Ho Jeong, The Bonze

Kristofer Lundin, Prince Yamadori

Albane Carrère, Kate Pinkerton

Kristján Jóhannesson, The Imperial Commissioner

Happy 100th birthday, Wozzeck! Thielemann leads Berlin revival

Elena Luporini, 14th December

The Staatsoper Unter den Linden celebrates the 100th birthday of Alban Berg's masterpiece with a stellar cast in Andrea Breth’s revived production.

***11

Portals into the surreal in La Monnaie's The Turn of the Screw

Katherine Syer, 30th April

A highly satisfying level of polish in La Monnaie's stream in which one recognizes a precisely executed live performance at its core – one that would be thrilling to experience in person.

****1

A dreary Katya Kabanova is rescued by great singing at the Staatsoper

Laura Servidei, 10th October

The Staatsoper Unter den Linden revives Andrea Breth’s desolate production of Janáček’s masterpiece with a great cast led by conductor Thomas Guggeis.

***11

Smoke without fire: Medée fails to ignite

Hugo Shirley, 7th October

Fine musical performances meet Andrea Breth's dreary new production in a dramatically unsatisfying evening at the Staatsoper.

***11

Cold discomfort: an uncompromising Kát'a Kabanová

Hugo Shirley, 14th June

Eva-Maria Westbroek proves an outstanding Káťa in the Staatsoper's revival of Janáček's opera, powerfully conducted by Simon Rattle.

****1

Abandoned in a chilly Louisiana desert

Nicolas Nguyen, 10th October

An aesthetically handsome but cold and distant staging mars the long-awaited return of Eva-Maria Westbroek as Puccini’s heroine at Dutch National Opera.

***11

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Irma Foletti

Italienne, géomètre de formation, Irma s’est soudainement prise de passion pour l’opéra il y a bientôt 35 ans... en même temps que son mari François, la flamme étant allumée alors par un certain Luciano Pavarotti ! Installée depuis 15 ans dans le Sud de la France, elle fréquente très assidument les théâtres et festivals de cette région, et se déplace aussi en France, Europe, Amérique. Ses goûts musicaux sont assez larges, avec tout de même deux chouchous : Rossini et Meyerbeer.

Ermonela Jaho, Madama Butterfly réincarnée au Festival d'Aix-en-Provence