Name: Madama Butterfly
Start: 2023-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Stadttheater Krefeld

Organization

Conductor

Mihkel Kütson

Stage director

Beverly Blankenship

Rebecca Blankenship

Chorus master

Michael Preiser

Dramaturge

Ulrike Aistleitner

Singer

Soprano

Sabine Sanz

The aunt

Mezzo-soprano

Katharina Ihlefeld

Cio-Cio San's mother

Bass

Matthias Wippich

Uncle Bonze

Tenor

Nenad Čiča

B.F. Pinkerton

Set designer

Kirsten Dephoff

Costume designer

Yibao Chen

Cio-Cio-San

Eva Maria Günschmann

Suzuki

Susanne Seefing

Kejti Karaj

Kate Pinkerton

Indré Pelakauskaitė

Milen Bozhkov

Baritone

Rafael Bruck

Sharpless

Jakob Kleinschrot

Goro

Kairschan Scholdybajew

Markus Heinrich

Prince Yamadori

Hayk Dèinyan

Yasuyuki Toki

Uncle Yakusidé

Miha Brkinjac

The imperial commissioner

Junwhi Peter Park

Yeonjoo Park

Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach

Orchestra

Niederrheinische Sinfoniker

Others

Der Opernchor

Italian

Madama Butterfly -  (Madame Butterfly)

Krefeld

Germany

Stadttheater Krefeld

Madama Butterfly

Public

Private

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Flutist

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Harper

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Musette de cour Player

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Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

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Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

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Choir

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Executive producer

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Illustrator

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Poet

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Teacher

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Contralto

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

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Der amerikanische Militärleutnant Pinkerton heiratet für die Dauer seines Japanaufenthalts die junge Geisha Cio-Cio-San, genannt Butterfly. Nachdem er nach Amerika zurückgekehrt ist, wartet Butterfly mit dem gemeinsamen Sohn umsonst auf Pinkertons Rückkehr und verliert sich schmerzvoll in ihren Hoffnungen. Nach drei Jahren kehrt Pinkerton endlich zurück nach Japan. Cio-Cio-San muss beim ersehnten Wiedersehen allerdings erkennen, dass Pinkerton nicht um ihretwillen gekommen ist, sondern um das gemeinsame Kind nach Amerika zu holen. Ihr bleibt nur ein Ausweg, um ihre Ehre zu retten.

Puccinis Madama Butterfly zählt zu den erfolgreichsten Werken des italienischen Repertoires. Die Geschichte schien – jenseits ihres exotischen Reizes – wie gemacht für Puccini, „mit der kläglichen Figur des Pinkerton“, so Puccini-Biograf Dieter Schickling, „der für alle Männer steht (auch eben für Puccini selbst), die Frauen als Werkzeuge ihrer Lust instrumentalisieren.“ Puccini selber bezeichnete Madama Butterfly als seine „gefühlvollste und ausdrucksvollste Oper“.

Deutsch

Following an old tradition, military lieutenant Pinkerton marries the young prostitute Cho-Cho-San, called Butterfly, in order to give his relationship with her a serious appearance. After leaving her, Butterfly waits for him to return with their child and painfully loses herself in her hopes for a free, self-determined existence beyond the inhuman laws of her everyday reality. When Pinkerton finally returns, Cho-Cho-San realizes that he won't be able to fulfill her hopes. There is only one way out for her to finally escape her dreary existence.

Puccini's Madama Butterfly is one of the most successful works in the Italian repertoire. Beyond its exotic appeal, the story seemed made for Puccini, "with the pathetic character of Pinkerton," according to Puccini biographer Dieter Schickling, "who stands for all men (including Puccini himself), with women as the tools of their lust instrumentalise.” Puccini himself described Madama Butterfly as his “most soulful and expressive opera”.

English

Madame Butterfly by Puccini, Thu 22 Jun 2023, From (2023/2023), Directed by Beverly Blankenship, Rebecca Blankenship,, Conductor Mihkel Kütson, Stadttheater Krefeld, Krefeld, Germany

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