|
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Fri, May 22, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Sun, May 24, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Sat, May 30, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Sun, May 31, 2009 at 2:00 PM
conductor Sarah Jobin director David F. Ostwald
Sung in Italian, with English titles
Synopsis:
In the 1890s, as Japan opens up to the Western world, an American naval officer marries a 15-year old Japanese girl on the hills overlooking Nagasaki. In her devotion to her husband, she converts to Christianity and is ostracized by her own family at the wedding. After a blissful time, he leaves her. Three years later, he returns, full of remorse, with an American wife. Heartbroken, Butterfly entrusts her 3-year old son to the American woman, and kills herself. An enduring masterpiece from the master of the verismo style, based on a true story, Madama Butterfly is presented in an all-new WBO production. |
|
