MADAME BUTTERFLY

Opera Australia's Oz Opera

MADAME BUTTERFLY

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Puccini’s tragic love story unfolds under the direction of John Bell, one of Australia’s most acclaimed actors and directors, in a brand new production by Oz Opera, the national touring arm of Opera Australia.

Set in 1946 in the historic city of Nagasaki, Cio-Cio San, a fifteen year old Geisha girl, is married off to Pinkerton, a lieutenant in the victorious American navy. They fall in love, instantly, but when it is time for Pinkerton to go back home, he discards his fragile Butterfly. And so, caught between two worlds, the old and the new, Madame Butterfly waits. One fine day, she knows, he will return...

John Bell explores the work’s finely drawn characters against the backdrop of post-war Japan – a visually spectacular clash of traditional geisha designs and modern Western dress – with Puccini’s score performed by the Oz Opera company and an 11-piece orchestra.

Sung in English

Performed with chamber orchestra

Director - John Bell

Costume Designer - Jennie Tate

Lighting Designer - Matt Scott

English Translation - Peter Hutchinson

Conductor - Christopher van Tuinen

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