{"id":5833,"date":"2020-02-05T10:07:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T10:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=5833"},"modified":"2020-02-05T10:07:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T10:07:46","slug":"eno-madam-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=5833","title":{"rendered":"ENO: Madam Butterfly"},"content":{"rendered":"
Madam Butterfly<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Director, Anthony Minghella<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Revival Director, Glen Sheppard<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n
Conductors, Martyn Brabbins and Martin Fitzpatrick<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n

Anthony Minghella\u2019s award-winning staging of Puccini\u2019s Madam Butterfly<\/em> returns to the London Coliseum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opens Wednesday 26 February at the London Coliseum (12 performances)<\/em><\/p>\n

Anthony Minghella\u2019s \u2018ravishingly beautiful\u2019 (The Times) production of Madam Butterfly<\/em> returns to the Coliseum. Premiered 15 years ago at English National Opera (ENO) and now onto its seventh revival, this popular production is back to entrance audiences with its mix of stunning cinematic imagery, traditional Japanese theatre and Puccini\u2019s powerful music.<\/p>\n

Puccini\u2019s Madam Butterfly<\/em> is one of opera\u2019s most enduring tales of unrequited love; the story of Cio-Cio San, a young Japanese girl, who falls for U.S. naval officer Pinkerton stationed in Nagasaki. Pinkerton, interested in convenience and loose marital laws, pays for an arranged marriage to her. After marrying, Pinkerton leaves for America before the birth of their son, leaving Cio-Cio San for years to raise the child with just the promise of his return.<\/p>\n

Created by ENO in 2005, a century after its original world premiere, Anthony Minghella\u2019s production of Madam Butterfly<\/em> was the first and only opera he directed. The production went on to win the Olivier Award for \u2018Best New Opera Production\u2019 and in addition to ENO revivals, has been performed around the world, including at the Metropolitan Opera, Lithuanian National Opera and Perth International Festival.<\/p>\n

Leading the cast in the title role of Cio-Cio San is Natalya Romaniw, who returns to ENO after her \u2018standout performance\u2019 (the Guardian) as Mimi in La boh\u00e8me (2018). <\/em>Hailed as one of Europe\u2019s most promising young stars and \u2018one of the most outstanding sopranos of her generation\u2019 (Daily Telegraph), Natalya has performed across the UK, winning multiple awards including the 2016 Critic\u2019s Choice Award for Music. This is her role debut as Madam Butterfly.<\/p>\n

Sharing the role of Pinkerton is American tenor Dimitri Pittas, \u2018with a flexible voice that can express real love and shallow desire with equal conviction\u2019 (Toronto Star) and British tenor Adam Smith, \u2018a sensation\u2019 (Opera Online). Both are making their ENO debuts.<\/p>\n

Baritone Roderick Williams OBE sings the role of Sharpless, following his Olivier nominated performance in ENO\u2019s 2018 War Requiem<\/em>. Having \u2018beautifully sung\u2019 (Bachtrack) the role of Sharpless previously in 2016, former ENO Harewood George von Bergen returns to the Coliseum for one performance.<\/p>\n

Mezzo soprano Stephanie Windsor-Lewis with her \u2018excellently strong voice\u2019 (Daily Express) returns to the role of Suzuki, while tenor Alasdair Elliott resurrects his \u2018brilliantly enunciated Goro\u2019 (The Stage), which he performed with the Royal Opera House more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Bass baritone Keel Watson is The Bonze, following his recent performances in ENO\u2019s Carmen<\/em> (2020), Orpheus in the Underworld<\/em> (2019) and Akhnaten<\/em> (2019).<\/p>\n

Prince Yamnadori is baritone Njabulo Madlala after making his debut at ENO in Porgy and Bess (<\/em>2018).<\/p>\n

Completing the cast is rising star and\u00a0ENO Harewood Katie Stevenson who returns after performances last year with ENO in Akhnaten<\/em>, The<\/em> Magic Flute<\/em> and The Mask of Orpheus<\/em>. Katie has previously won all three prizes at the Wagner Society Singing Competition and the 2016 Marjorie Thomas Art of Song prize.<\/p>\n

Conducting this revival with his \u2018exemplary fervour\u2019 (Bachtrack) is ENO Music Director Martyn Brabbins, with ENO Head of Music Martin Fitzpatrick taking over the baton for three performances.<\/p>\n

Glen Sheppard directs this revival, with set design by Michael Levine, costumes by Chinese costume designer Han Feng and revival choreography by David John. Puppeteers at Blind Summit Theatre return to bring Butterfly\u2019s child, Sorrow, to life. Lighting design is by Peter Mumford and translation by David Parry.<\/p>\n

Madam Butterfly<\/em> opens on Wednesday 26 February 19.30 at the London Coliseum for 12 performances: 26 February, 5, 11, 13, 20, 27, 30 March & 17 April at 19.30. 29 February, 7 March, 4 & 7 April at 18.30.<\/p>\n

Tickets start from \u00a310 (plus booking fee)*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Madam Butterfly Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) \u00a0 Director, Anthony Minghella Revival Director, Glen Sheppard Conductors, Martyn Brabbins and Martin Fitzpatrick Anthony Minghella\u2019s award-winning staging of Puccini\u2019s Madam Butterfly returns to the London Coliseum Opens Wednesday 26 February at the London Coliseum … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5834,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5833\/revisions\/5834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}