Opening Oct. 7 at the innovative and venerable Detroit Opera, Madame Butterfly, created by an all Japanese and Japanese-American creative team, transports Puccini’s tragedy to a virtual-reality setting that upends stereotypes and re-envisions how we view Madame Butterfly’s story. Experience the music you know and love in a production that re-imagines the opera’s events through the fantasy of modern-day Pinkerton.
(photo credit: Detroit Opera)
(photo credit: Detroit Opera)
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Madame Butterfly
October 7 – 15, 2023
An American soldier’s fantasy of Japan, seductive but harmful. A teenaged Japanese girl and a marriage that comes with an escape clause – for him. An all-Japanese and Japanese-American creative team transports Puccini’s tragedy to a fantastical contemporary setting where reality and dreams intersect.
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*NEW PRODUCTION*
OPERA IN THREE ACTS
MUSIC BY GIACOMO PUCCINI
LIBRETTO BY LUIGI ILLICA AND GIUSEPPE GIACOSA
BASED ON THE PLAY BY DAVID BELASCO
PERFORMED IN ITALIAN WITH PROJECTED ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
CONDUCTOR: KENSHO WATANABE
DIRECTOR: MATTHEW OZAWA
SET DESIGNER: KIMIE NISHIKAWA AND DOTS
COSTUME DESIGNER: MAIKO MATSUSHIMA
LIGHTING DESIGNER: YUKI NAKASE LINK
DURATION: 2 HOURS 25 MINUTES WITH INTERMISSION(S)
A CO-PRODUCTION OF DETROIT OPERA, CINCINNATI OPERA, SAN DIEGO OPERA, UTAH OPERA, AND PITTSBURGH OPERA