Flawed casting in Minghella's widescreen Butterfly

Von Mark Pullinger, 17 Mai 2016

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“A combination of Japanese lacquer and Hollywood gloss make for a stylish production”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: The London Coliseum, London, am 16 Mai 2016

Puccini, Madama Butterfly

English National Opera

Sir Richard Armstrong, Musikalische Leitung

Anthony Minghella, Regie

Michael Levine, Bühnenbild

Han Feng, Kostüme

Rena Harms, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)

David Butt Philip, Pinkerton

Stephanie Windsor-Lewis, Suzuki

George von Bergen, Sharpless

Alun Rhys-Jenkins, Goro

Samantha Price, Kate Pinkerton

Matthew Durkan, Fürst Yamadori

Mark Richardson, Onkel Bonze

Carolyn Choa, Wiederaufnahmeleitung

English National Opera Orchestra

English National Opera Chorus

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Flawed casting in Minghella's widescreen Butterfly at ENO