Milton Keynes Theatre: Madam Butterfly


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Madam Butterfly - Tuesday 27 - Thursday 29 March Box Office: 0870 060 6652(bkg fee)
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WELSH NATIONAL OPERA

Madam Butterfly

By Puccini
Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Conductor Julian Smith
Director Joachim Herz
Set designer Reinhart Zimmermann
Costume designer Eleonore Kleiber
Lighting designer John Waterhouse

Cast includes Amanda Roocroft, Paul Charles Clarke, Neal Davies, Claire Bradshaw & David Soar

Puccini's Madam Butterfly is one of Welsh national Opera's most loved productions and has been enchanting audiences since it was first performed '... Joachim Herz's 1978 productions of Madam Butterfly has proved almost unbeatable'. (Guardian) This tragic love story - with universal appeal - tells the heartbreaking story of a fragile geisha known as Butterfly and the American lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton. Highlights include the tender Humming Chorus, the moving aria One Fine Day ('Un bel di') and the unforgettable Love Duet.

Madam Butterfly was Puccini's own favourite among his operas and even now - 100 years since its first performance - never fails to move an audience.

The cast includes Amanda Roocroft (who delighted audiences as Tatyana in WNO's Eugene Onegin and has just performed the role of Cio-Cio-San at Covent Garden) and Paul Charles Clarke (who gave a searing performance in the title role of Don Carlos) who returns as Pinkerton.

Groups Discount Available

TalkBack
Pre-show talks
Thu 6pm & Sat 5.30pm
Free to ticket holders.
Seats limited - book at Box Office.

Opera Offer
Book a band B ticket for Carmen or Madam Butterfly and get it upgraded to a band A ticket if you book a band A ticket for Khovanshchina.
(Conditions apply.)




'When the curtain rises on a set containing 30,000 hand-made flowers the audience should realise that they are about to see something special' - The Times

'one of the most distinguished, challenging and beautiful interpretations of Puccini's Japanese tragedy' - The Guardian

Performances:

Tue 27 Mar: 7:15pm
Thu 29 Mar: 7:15pm

ABCDE
£44.00£36.00£28.00£22.00£17.00

Running time 2hrs 50mins

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