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Downtown Nagasaki comes to Glyndebourne in Annilese Miskimmon's Madama Butterfly

By Mark Pullinger, 15 October 2016
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“Pinkerton never has any intention that his bride will ever see the Statue of Liberty”
Reviewed at Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne on 14 October 2016
Programme
Puccini, Madama Butterfly
Performers
Glyndebourne Autumn
John Wilson, Conductor
Annilese Miskimmon, Director
Nicky Shaw, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Karah Son, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)
Matteo Lippi, Pinkerton
Francesco Verna, Sharpless
Claudia Huckle, Suzuki
Michael Druiett, The Bonze
Alun Rhys-Jenkins, Goro
Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Kate Pinkerton
Adam Marsden, Prince Yamadori
Edmund Danon, The Official Registrar
John Mackenzie-Lavansch, The Imperial Commissioner
Michael Wallace, Yakuside
Pamela Wilcock, The aunt
Irina Loskova, The cousin
Thomasin Trezise, Cio-Cio-san's mother
Glyndebourne Sinfonia
The Glyndebourne Chorus
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Adam MarsdenAlun Rhys-JenkinsAnnilese MiskimmonClaudia HuckleEdmund DanonFrancesco VernaGiacomo PucciniGlyndebourne AutumnGlyndebourne SinfoniaJohn Mackenzie-LavanschJohn WilsonKarah SonMadama ButterflyMarta Fontanals-SimmonsMatteo LippiMichael DruiettMichael WallaceNicky ShawThe Glyndebourne Chorus
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Mark Pullinger
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.