Opera: Puccini: Madame Butterfly - at TPAC
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MADAME BUTTERFLY
Andrew Jackson Hall, TPAC
Japanese geisha Cio-Cio-San, Butterfly, abandons her faith and family for the dashing American sailor, Lieutenant Pinkerton. But Pinkerton's love is temporary and Butterfly's happiness, short-lived. In the end, Cio-Cio-San pays the ultimate price for her selfless devotion. For more than a century, audiences have been thrilled by Giacomo Puccini's haunting, poignant music and touched by the lovely Butterfly, who sacrifices everything for love.
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Directed by John Hoomes
Conducted by Dean Williamson
Featuring the Nashville Opera Orchestra and Ensemble
Sung in Italian with projected English titles
Running Time: 2 hours, 30 minutes
MADAME BUTTERFLY
Andrew Jackson Hall, TPAC
Japanese geisha Cio-Cio-San, Butterfly, abandons her faith and family for the dashing American sailor, Lieutenant Pinkerton. But Pinkerton's love is temporary and Butterfly's happiness, short-lived. In the end, Cio-Cio-San pays the ultimate price for her selfless devotion. For more than a century, audiences have been thrilled by Giacomo Puccini's haunting, poignant music and touched by the lovely Butterfly, who sacrifices everything for love.
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Directed by John Hoomes
Conducted by Dean Williamson
Featuring the Nashville Opera Orchestra and Ensemble
Sung in Italian with projected English titles
Running Time: 2 hours, 30 minutes
- Act I - 55 minutes,
- Intermission - 20 minutes,
- Act II - 80 minutes
Artists:
Cio-Cio-San | Elizabeth Caballero
B.F. Pinkerton | Adam DiegelSharpless | Lester LynchSuzuki | Cassandra Zoé VelascoGoro | Joel SorensenThe Bonze/Yamadori | Brent Hetherington
Kate Pinkerton | Sara Crigger
B.F. Pinkerton | Adam DiegelSharpless | Lester LynchSuzuki | Cassandra Zoé VelascoGoro | Joel SorensenThe Bonze/Yamadori | Brent Hetherington
Kate Pinkerton | Sara Crigger
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