Madama Butterfly
Dance & Opera Senbla presents Opera International's award-winning Ellen Kent production featuring the Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv with international soloists, highly-praised chorus, and full orchestra Sun 4 May 2025, 7:30pm The AnvilBack by overwhelming public demand, this award-winning opera returns in a new production with exquisite sets, including a spectacular Japanese garden, and fabulous costumes, such as antique wedding kimonos from Japan.
Puccini's Madama Butterfly (winner 'Best Opera' Liverpool Daily Post Theatre Awards) tells the heartbreaking story of the beautiful young Japanese girl who falls in love with an American naval lieutenant – with dramatic results.
Highlights include the melodic Humming Chorus, the moving aria One Fine Day, and the unforgettable Love Duet.
Welcoming back the fabulous Korean soprano Elena Dee, Ukrainian soprano Viktoria Melnyk, Ukrainian mezzo-soprano Yelyzaveta Bielous, Georgian tenor Davit Sumbadze and Armenian tenor Hovhannes Andreasyan.*
Directed by Ellen Kent.
Sung in Italian with English surtitles.
*Cast subject to change
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Above all, it was a production which captured the raw emotion at the centre of the opera. Don't take a handkerchief with you, take a box of themThe Independent