Operafest Lisboa 2021
Madama Butterfly
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Great Classics
20, 21, 23, 25 and 27 AUG | 21h30
Garden National Museum of Ancient Art
Opera in three acts
Sung in Italian
Subtitles in Portuguese
Length: 2h with small intermisson
The Garden of the National Museum for Ancient Art has the perfect geography to recreate in Lisbon, the little house, on the top of the hill, with view to Nagasaki Port, in which tragic love between young Japanese geisha Cio-cio San and the lieutenant of the American navy, Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, takes place.
From the beginning of this story, tragedy is eminent. Not her faithful servant Suzuki, nor the American consul Sharpless, nor even Goro, the heartless marriage broker, who first architects this felony and later on, tries to help her out of it - all efforts are helpless to move away relentless faith of Butterfly in Pinkerton’s love. The audience confident follows Butterfly’s metamorphosis from young innocent girl to tragic heroin, taking her destiny in her own hands.
One of the most moving operas of all time, composed by master of emotion Giacomo Puccini (1904), with a score filled with Japanese and oriental inspired themes and sublime music.
Musical direction: Jan Wierzba
Stage direction: Olga Roriz
New orchestral version: Francisco Lima da Silva
Scenography: Ana Vaz
Costumes and props: Ana Vaz e Olga Roriz
Light Designing: Gi Carvalho
Staging assistent: Sara Carinhas
Assistent and scenography execution: Pedro Jardim
Cast:
Madama Butterfly: Catarina Molder
B.F. Pinkerton: Mads Wighus
Suzuki: Ana Ferro
Sharpless: Christian Luján
Kate Pinkerton: Ana Rita Coelho
Goro: Alberto Sousa
Bozo: Diogo Oliveira
Yamadori: Diogo Oliveira
Commissioner: Nuno Fonseca
Son Cio-cio San: Noah Freire
Nova era vocal Ensemble
Maestro: João Barros
Afonso Cardoso, Gonçalo Freitas, Hélder Galego, Íris Brandão, Joana Camacho, Joana Vieira, Laura Martins, Maria Leonor Alves, Margarida Mercês, Maria João Abreu, Mónica Santos, Patrícia Manso, Rita Filipe, Simão Andrade, Sofia Brito, Victor Pires
Ensemble MPMP
violin I - Daniel Bolito
violin II - Rui Antunes
viola - Ana Monteverde
cello - Nuno Cardoso
contrabass - Samuel Pedro
flute - Ana Catarina Costa
oboe - Luciano Cruz
clarinet - Miguel Costa
bassoon - Ricardo Santos
horns - Armando Martins e Ângelo Caleira
trumpet - Óscar Carmo
trombone - Hugo Pedrosa
percussion - Cristiano Rios e Rodrigo Azevedo
Butterfly's dress done by mestre Aldina Luz