Japanese tragedy.
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
Music by Giacomo Puccini.
Brescia version 1904
Cio-Cio-San Vittoria Yeo (20, 22/7), Yasko Sato (13,19,26/1 – 2,17/2), Federica Vitali (14,21,28/1 – 4,18/2)
F.B. Pinkerton Sergio Escobar (20,22/7), Riccardo Della Sciucca (13,14,19,21,26,28/1 – 2,4,17,18/2)
Suzuki Asude Karayavuz
Sharpless Devid Cecconi
Goro Giuseppe Raimondo
Lo zio Bonzo Fulvio Valenti
Il Principe Yamadori Alex Martini
Kate Pinkerton Maria Cristina Bellantuono
Lo zio Yakusidé Masashi Tomosugi
Il commissario Liu Tong
L’ufficiale del registro Mattia Rossi
La zia Daryna Shypulina
La cugina Tiziana Falco
La madre Serena Pulpito
Dolore Enea Piovani
Conductor
Riccardo Frizza (20, 22/7)
Alessandro D’Agostini (13,14,19,21,26,28/1 – 2,4,17,18/2)
Director
Rodula Gaitanou
Costumes and set Takis
Lightning designer Fiammetta Baldiserri
Directors’ assistant Pirjo Levandi
Scene assistant Piera Lizzeri, Yorgos Kefalas
Costume assistant Lise Bondu
Lighting assistant Oscar Frosio
Chorus director Diego Maccagnola
Coro OperaLombardia
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali
Coproduction Teatri di Opera Lombardia, Teatro del Giglio di Lucca, Estonian National Opera
New staging
The opening of the Opera and Ballet Season 2023 will be dedicated to a title very dear to the Teatro Grande in Brescia, Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini. In May 1904 in Brescia, after the unexpected fiasco of the Milanese premiere, the new “Bresciana” version of the opera achieved a huge international success and sanctioned the immortality of Puccini’s masterpiece. The show will be a new staging (international co-production by Teatri di Opera Lombardia, Teatro del Giglio di Lucca, Rahvusooper Estonia National Opera of Tallinn) in which will be proposed the second edition of the opera – the one born in Brescia.
Conducting in Brescia one of the most famous Italian wands in the world, that of Maestro Riccardo Frizza, and Maestro Alessandro D’Agostini in tournée, and directed by the renowned Greek director Rodula Gaitanou, as a continuation of that “pink thread” that distinguishes the three opening titles of the three years 2022-2024.
Performances:
Brescia, Teatro Grande: July 20 and 22, 2023
Cremona, Teatro Ponchielli: January 13 and 14, 2024
Como, Teatro Sociale: January 19 and 21, 2024
Bergamo, Teatro Donizetti: January 26 and 28, 2024
Pavia, Teatro Fraschini: February 2 and 4, 2024
Lucca, Teatro del Giglio: February 17 and 18, 2024
