Vanemuine Theatre: Small BuildingVanemuise 45a, Tartu, 51003, Estonia
Dates/times in Tallinn time zone
| Friday 13 November 2026 | 19:00 |
| Friday 11 December 2026 | 19:00 |
Programme
| Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) | Madama Butterfly | Libretto by Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa |
Performers
| Theatre Vanemuine | |
| Risto Joost | Conductor |
| Mihkel Kütson | Conductor |
| Kaspar Mänd | Conductor |
| Robert Annus | Director |
| Maarja Meeru | Set Designer |
| Margus Vaigur | Lighting Designer |
| Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra | |
| Vanemuine Opera Chorus | |
| Marika Aidla | Choreography |
| Aleksandr Brazhnyk | Choirmaster / chorus director |
| Kristi Jagodin | Choirmaster / chorus director |
| Tamara Kalinkina | Soprano |
| Karmen Puis | Soprano |
| Raimonds Bramanis | Tenor |
| Jānis Apeinis | Baritone |
| Rasmus Kull | Tenor |
| Taavi Tampuu | Baritone |
| Märt Jakobson | Bass |
| Artur Nagel | Bass |
| Simo Breede | Baritone |
| Eve Kivisaar | Mezzo-soprano |
| Siiri Koodres | Soprano |
| Helen Nõmm | Soprano |
| Grete Oolberg | Soprano |
| Risto Orav | Bass |
One of Puccini’s most beautiful operas, Madam Butterfly premiered on 17 February 1904 at La Scala in Milan.
In a small house near Nagasaki, American naval lieutenant Pinkerton and geisha Cio-Cio San, nicknamed Butterfly, get married. Pinkerton jokes about the ancient Japanese custom of entering into a marriage for 999 years. Although he is fond of Butterfly, he has plans to marry an American woman back home. But for Butterfly, Pinkerton is everything.