Organization

Stage director

Michiel Dijkema

Set designer

Singer

Soprano

Hye-Youn Lee

Cio-Cio-San

Mezzo-soprano

Karin Torbjörnsdóttir

Kate Pinkerton

Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir

Suzuki

Baritone

Hrólfur Saemundsson

Sharpless

Tenor

Snorri Wium

Goro

Bass

Unnsteinn Árnason

The imperial commissioner

Costume designer

María Ólafsdóttir

Conductor

Levente Török

Egill Arni Palsson

B.F. Pinkerton

Lighting designer

Þórður Orri Pétursson

Vidar Gunnarsson

Uncle Bonze

Jón Svavar Jósefsson

Prince Yamadori

Jón Ingi Stefánsson

Uncle Yakusidé

Sigurlaug Knudsen

Cio-Cio San's mother

Hulda D. Proppé

The aunt

Bernadett Hegyi

The cousin

Silent

Tómas Ingi Harðarson

Sorrow

Islenska Operan

Others

Choir of the Icelandic Opera

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Icelandic Opera

Italian

Madama Butterfly -  (Madame Butterfly)

Reykjavík

Iceland

Harpa Concert Hall

Eldborg

Madama Butterfly Puccini

Public

Madame Butterfly

Approved

Madama Butterfly eftir ítalska tónskáldið Puccini gerist í Japan um aldamótin 1900. Hún er ein af þeim óperum sem hvað oftast eru sviðsettar í heiminum og þykir jafnframt ein sú allra fallegasta. Óperan er harmþrungin saga sem fjallar um ástina, löngunina eftir betra lífi, brostnar vonir og missi. 

Michiel Dijkema leikstýrir uppfærslunni, en hann hefur leikstýrt fjölmörgum þekktum uppfærslum víða um heim s.s. Tosca í Leipzig, Turandot í Magdeburg og La Vie Parisienne í Vinaróperunni. Michiel hannar sjálfur leikmyndina en María Th. Ólafsdóttir hannar búningana.

Cio Cio San er ung japönsk stúlka sem verður ástfangin af sjóliðsforingja í Bandaríska hernum með örlagaríkum afleiðingum. Hann giftist henni en hana dreymir um betra líf fjarri fátækt og erfiðleikum. Þegar hann fer frá Japan er hún barnshafandi og bíður í þrjú ár eftir því að hann snúi til baka að sækja hana og son þeirra, sem hann hafði ekki vitneskju um og fari með þau til Bandaríkjanna. Hann snýr aftur til Japan að þremur árum liðnum með bandarískri eiginkonu sinni sem hefur samþykkt að ala upp soninn og á einu andartaki deyja allir draumar hennar og hún sér þá einu leið að taka sitt eigið líf.

Óperan var frumsýnd í La Scala 17. febrúar 1904 og fékk mjög slæmar viðtökur. Tónskáldið tók viðbrögð áhorfenda mjög nærri sér og skilaði greiðslunni sem hann hafði fengið fyrir að semja óperuna. Eftir nokkrar breytingar var óperan sýnd aftur nokkrum mánuðum síðar í Brescia og sló þá í gegn. Hún hefur allar götur síðan verið meðal vinsælustu óperum tónbókmenntanna um allan heim.

íslenska

Madama Butterfly by the Italian composer Puccini takes place in Japan around the turn of the 20th century. It is one of the most popular operas in the world and is also considered one of the most beautiful ones. It is a tragic story about love, the longing for a better life, shattered dreams and loss.

Michiel Dijkema is the Stage Director of the production. He has staged many well known productions around the world s.a. Tosca in Leipzig, Turandot in Magdeburg and La Vie Parisienne at Vienna Staatsoper. He designes the set himself but María Th. Ólafsdóttir designes the costumes.

Cio Cio San is a young Japanese geisha who falls in love with a US Navy officer with fatal consequences. He marries her but she dreams of a better life away from poverty and hardship. When he leaves Japan, she is pregnant with their son, but he didn´t know before he left. She waits for him for three years convinced that he will come back for her and bring her with him to the United States.

He returns after three years with his American wife who has agreed to raise her son. In one instant all her dreams die and the only way for her is to take her own life.

The opera premiered at La Scala on February 17th 1904 and was not received well at all by the audience. The composer was heartbroken and returned the fee he had received for the commission.

After some changes in the score the opera was shown again a few months later in Brescia and was a big success. It has ever since been one of the most beloved of all operas around the world.

English

Madame Butterfly by Puccini, From (2023/2023), Directed by Michiel Dijkema,, Conductor Levente Török, Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík, Iceland

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