Butterfly as flashback: Madama Butterfly at the Norwegian National Opera

By Aksel Tollåli, 24 September 2012

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Reviewed at Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo on 21 September 2012

Puccini, Madama Butterfly

John Fiore, Conductor

Stephen Langridge, Director

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

Henrik Engelsviken, Pinkerton

Ingebjørg Kosmo, Suzuki

Yngve André Søberg, Sharpless

Norwegian National Opera Chorus

Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

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Aksel Tollåli

Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.