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The opera “Madama Butterfly” had several versions before its premiere in 1907, the one that is commonly performed today. It’s a tragic work, climaxed by a suicide, which centres on Cio-Cio-San, a fifteen-year-old Japanese girl who is seduced and abandoned by an American naval officer passing through the Orient. The title role is one of the most complex and exhilarating in the history of opera and requires an exceptional vocal range from its interpreter, capable of translating states of true despair in a powerful way and, at the same time, moulding herself to environments of delicate fragility.
This new production recovers a beautiful wardrobe purposely made in Japan for a production that was staged at the São Carlos National Theatre in the 1970s.
Musical Direction: Antonio Pirolli | Staging: Jacopo Spirei | Scenography and Light Design: Giuseppe di Iorio | Costumes: Nuno Velez | Performers: Elisa Cho, Carlos Cardoso, Stefan Astakhov, Cátia Moreso, Marco Alves dos Santos, Ana Franco, Leonel Pinheiro, Christian Luján, Costa Campos, João Oliveira, Nuno Dias, Ana Ferro, Sandra Lourenço, Ana Luísa Silva
Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa | Coro do Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Giampaolo Vessella, Principal Conductor)
New production by the São Carlos National Theatre
ÓPERA | M/12 | Duration: 2h30 (with interval) | Admission: €30.00 (with discounts) | Grand Auditorium
