Opera
Madame Butterfly Opera in two acts.
Sad, beautiful and dramatic story of the love between a young Japanese woman, Chio-Chio-San (Butterfly), and an American marine, Pinkerton.
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica Director: Guntis Gailitis Stage Designer: Anita Znutina Musical Director and Conductor: Mihkel Kütson Conductor: Lauri Sirp In Roles: Alla Popova, Oleg Balashov (Russia), Valentina Kremen, Merle Jalakas, Taisto Noor, Atlan Karp, Tõnu Kattai, Jaan Willem Sibul, Märt Jakobson, Laili Jõgiaas, Siiri Koodres, Katrin Kapinus, Margus Toode, Endel Kroon, Joanna-Maria Suurmets, Andres Ross, Uku-Markus Simmermann, Elmar Pool, Erkki Rebane, Viktor Mägi, Mario Kroon, Ivar Saks
Presented with one interval. Running Time:  2:50Performances: |
 After the wedding Pinkerton leaves to perform his duties. Butterfly stays behind and waits for him in Nagasaki. Three years later Pinkerton returns with an American woman whom he has married in-between and wishes to take away his son. The heart of this loving Japanese woman, Cho-cho-san, breaks and she puts an end to her life.
The drama version of Madame Butterfly premiered with great success in 1900 in New York. This success spread over the Atlantic Ocean to Europe and the premiere of Puccini’s opera took place in 1904 in La Scala Opera Theatre.
“Anyone who tries even a little will cry – this story painted in music a hundred years ago is cruelly moving.”
Mart Sander, Eesti Ekspress
“The Butterfly by Gailitis does not attempt to overwrite canons or amaze unexpectedly. The Latvian seems to believe in the power of the material in hand – in the music of Giacomo Puccini and the libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica.”
Alvar Loog, Postimees
In Italian with Estonian subtitles. Premiere on September 24, 2004 at the Vanemuine Small Building. Production gallery:
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