Unbearable injustice: Prague State Opera's hard-hitting Butterfly

Por David Karlin, 17 enero 2020

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Crítica hecha desde State Opera (Státní opera), Praga el 16 enero 2020

Puccini, Madama Butterfly

Prague State Opera

Vincenzo Milletarì, Dirección

Jiří Štrunc, Dirección

Jiří Heřman, Dirección de escena, Diseño de escena

Alexandra Grusková, Diseño de vestuario

Olga Busuioc, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)

Maria Kobielska, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)

Peter Berger, Pinkerton

Luciano Mastro, Pinkerton

Pavol Remenár, Sharpless

Svatopluk Sem, Sharpless

Štěpánka Pučálková, Suzuki

Jana Sýkorová, Suzuki

Michaela Zajmi, Suzuki

Miloš Horák, The Bonze

Jiří Přibyl, The Bonze

Igor Loškár, Prince Yamadori

Matúš Mazár, Prince Yamadori

Josef Moravec, Goro

Václav Sibera, Goro

Oleg Korotkov, The Imperial Commissioner

Roman Vocel, The Imperial Commissioner

Libor Novák, The Official Registrar

Peter Paleček, The Official Registrar

Lenka Pavlovič, Kate Pinkerton

Erika Vocelová Jarkovská, Kate Pinkerton

Tomáš Foltýnek, Yakuside

Michael Skalický, Yakuside

Soňa Koczianová, Cio-Cio-san's mother

Markéta Frýdová, Cio-Cio-san's mother

Gabriela Pešinová, The aunt

Eliška Sedláčková, The aunt

Eliška Mourečková, The cousin

Tereza Růžičková, The cousin

Jan Lukášek, Diseño de escena

Daniel Tesař, Diseño de iluminación

Prague State Opera Chorus

Prague State Opera Orchestra

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David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.