Organization

Singer

Bass

Tigran Martirossian

Uncle Bonze

Stage director

Vincent Boussard

Lighting designer

Guido Levi

Costume designer

Christian Lacroix

Set designer

Vincent Lemaire

Dramaturge

Barbara Weigel

Chorus master

Christian Günther

Conductor

Alexander Joel

Soprano

Elena Guseva

Cio-Cio-San

Mezzo-soprano

Ida Aldrian

Suzuki

Claire Gascoin

Kate Pinkerton

Tenor

Robert Watson

B.F. Pinkerton

Baritone

Simone Piazzola

Sharpless

Mateusz Ługowski

Prince Yamadori

Grzegorz Pelutis

The imperial commissioner

Andrew Dickinson

Goro

Staatsoper Hamburg

Orchestra

Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg

Others

Hamburg State Opera Choir

Italian

Madama Butterfly -  (Madame Butterfly)

Hamburg

Germany

Staatsoper

Großes Haus

Madama Butterfly Puccini

Public

Madame Butterfly

German

Approved

Nagasaki, Japan, around 1900: Pinkerton, lieutenant in the American Navy, has fallen in love with Cio-Cio-San, known as "Butterfly". The wedding according to the Japanese ritual is just a farce for him - and a little later Pinkerton's “toy” is alone again with their son. He returns to Japan three years later, but not because of Butterfly. He and his new wife want to pick up the child and take them to America. Butterfly takes her own life.

The opera's premiere in 1904 turned into a historical fiasco: the audience at La Scala in Milan did not know what to do with the exotic material. But Puccini believed in the piece: “My Butterfly remains what it is. The most emotive opera I've ever written! ”He was right: just a few months later,“ Madama Butterfly ”in a modified version experienced a resounding success when it was performed at the Teatro Grande Brescia. To this day, Puccini's "Tragedia giapponese" is one of the most popular and touching operas of all.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble