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| Composer | Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Librettist | Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa |
| Year | 1904 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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BerlinMadama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Yi-Chen Lin; Andrea Breth; Komische Oper Berlin; Raimund Orfeo Voigt; Ursula Renzenbrink; Alexander Koppelmann; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
BudapestPuccini: Madama ButterflyNew production
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Cornelius Meister; Barbora Horáková; Hungarian State Opera; Wolfgang Menardi; Eva Maria van Acker; Felice Ross; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
VilniusMadama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Marcello Mottadelli; Anthony Minghella; Lithuanian National Opera; Michael Levine; Han Feng; Peter Mumford; Lithuanian National Opera Orchestra
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A less familiar Madama Butterfly presented at Santa Fe Opera
Conductor John Fiore’s own performing version restores music and dramatic detail absent from the standard Madama Butterfly, with Karen Chia-Ling Ho a commanding Cio-Cio-San.
Tragedy in the mirror: Minghella’s Madama Butterfly in Vienna
Ermonela Jaho returns to one of her signature roles as Cio-Cio-San, delivering a searing and deeply nuanced portrayal.
Ailyn Pérez is the perfect Butterfly in the Met’s revival
Good Butterflys are not that difficult to come by but great ones are very very rare. Ailyn Pérez fits the bill in this revival of Anthony Minghella’s classic staging.
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ParisMadama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Speranza Scappucci; Robert Wilson; Opéra national de Paris; Frida Parmeggiani; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
LondonMadama Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Sir Antonio Pappano; Moshe Leiser; The Royal Opera; Renato Balsadonna; Christian Fenouillat; Agostino Cavalca; Christophe Forey
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Giacomo Puccini knew how to pull the heartstrings in his music. He made his soprano characters suffer... but also composed some of his best music for them.
Stefanie Paglialonga on the secrets of wig making
We talk to Stefanie Paglialonga, Head of the Wig Department at Opera Australia, to find out more about this unique profession.
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Characters in opera are doomed to die – especially sopranos – but the variety of ways they are dispatched can be highly entertaining. Sit back and enjoy some of our favourites!