{"id":17882,"date":"2023-06-22T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operacarlofelicegenova.it\/spettacolo\/madame-butterfly\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T15:20:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T14:20:39","slug":"madame-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"show","link":"https:\/\/operacarlofelicegenova.it\/en\/show\/madame-butterfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Madame Butterfly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Japanese tragedy in three acts by Giacomo Puccini<\/strong>libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa,from David Belasco’s tragedy<\/p>\n\n

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Characters and interpreters:<\/p>\n\n

Cio-Cio-San<\/em>Lianna Haroutounian<\/strong>Jennifer Rowley <\/strong>(20, 27)<\/p>\n\n

Suzuki<\/em>Manuela Custer<\/strong>Caterina Piva <\/strong>(20, 27)<\/p>\n\n

Kate Pinkerton<\/em>Alena Sautier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

F. B. Pinkerton<\/em>Fabio Sartori<\/strong>Matteo Lippi <\/strong>(20, 27)<\/p>\n\n

Sharpless<\/em>Vladimir Stoyanov<\/strong>Alessandro Luongo <\/strong>(20, 27)<\/p>\n\n

Goro<\/em>Manuel Pierattelli<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Il Principe Yamadori<\/em>Paolo Orecchia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Lo Zio Bonzo<\/em>Luciano Leoni<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Il Commissario imperiale<\/em>Claudio Ottino<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

L\u2019ufficiale del registro<\/em>Franco Rios Castro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Yakusid\u00e9<\/em>Luca Romano<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Cio-Cio-San\u2019s mother<\/em>Maria Letizia Poltini<\/strong>Daniela Aloisi<\/strong> (20, 26)<\/p>\n\n

La zia<\/em>Mariasole Mainini<\/strong>Lucia Scilipoti<\/strong> (20, 27)<\/p>\n\n

La cugina<\/em>Eleonora Ronconi<\/strong>Adelaide Minnone<\/strong> (20, 27)<\/p>\n\n

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Conductor and r\u00e9p\u00e9titeurFabio Luisi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Director and set designerAlvis Hermanis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Costume designerKrist\u00ecne Jurj\u00e0ne<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

ChoreographerAlla Sigalova<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Lighting designGleb Filshtinsky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

VideoIneta Sipunova<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Produced by Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Orchestra, choir and technicians of Opera Carlo Felice<\/strong>Claudio Marino Moretti<\/strong>, choirsmaster<\/p>\n\n

Balletto Fondazione Formazione Danza e Spettacolo \u201cFor Dance\u201d ETS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Staging directorLuciano Novelli<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Stage musical directorSimone Ori<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

R\u00e9p\u00e9titeursSirio Restani<\/strong>, Antonella Poli<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Stage musical assistantsAndrea Gastaldo<\/strong>, Anna Maria Pascarella<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

other Choir MasterPatrizia Priarone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Lighting MasterSilvia Gasperini<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Masters at the supertitlesSimone Giusto<\/strong>, Bernardo Pellegrini<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Head of musical archivesSimone Brizio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Scenic directorAlessandro Pastorino<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Vice scenic directorSumireko Inui<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Consolle supervisorAndrea Musenich<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Stage technicians foremanGianni Cois<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Electrician foremanMarco Gerli<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Tooling foremanTiziano Baradel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Audio\/video foremanWalter Ivaldi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Head of tailoring, shoemaking, make-up and wigsElena Pirino<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Director’s assistantLuca Baracchini<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Video operator for choreographiesIrina Kashkova<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Costume assistantAlexandra Nikolaeva<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Assistant lighting designerGianni Bertoli<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Make-up and hair co-ordinatorRaul Ivaldi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Scenes, costumes and propsFondazione Teatro Carlo Felice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

FootwearC. T. C. Pedrazzoli<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

WigsMario<\/strong> Audello and Rochetti&Rochetti<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Supertitles byFondazione Teatro Carlo Felice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Opera in brief<\/strong>by Ludovica Gelpi<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Madama Butterfly,<\/em> Giacomo Puccini’s sixth opera, is unanimously considered one of the composer’s greatest masterpieces. The genesis was quite laborious, Puccini devoted a long time to the composition, studying Japanese culture in depth together with librettists Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. In 1900, the composer had attended a theatrical performance of the play of the same name by David Belasco (itself based on a story by the American writer John Luther Long) and, greatly impressed, had decided to transpose the pi\u00e8ce<\/em> to music. Four years later, the opera, a ‘Japanese tragedy in two acts’, was ready to be staged at La Scala: it was on 17 February 1904, and it was a resounding fiasco. The reasons for this failure remain unclear to this day Faced with such a negative reaction, the composer was disappointed. He was in fact convinced of the quality of his work, but decided to introduce some variations right away. First and foremost, a division of the second act into two parts (which were then more often referred to as separate acts, thus arriving at a total of three acts), the introduction of the aria ‘Addio fiorito asil’ (the leading tenor needed his own distinctive lyrical moment) and in general the softening of certain character traits, in particular of Pinkerton (who nevertheless remains a negative and perfectly recognisable character who is the advocate of the protagonist’s suffering). From its first revival at the Teatro Grande in Brescia in May of the same year, the opera was consecrated as one of Puccini’s best-loved successes. The first modifications were followed by others, which brought the opera to the so-called ‘fifth version’, the most commonly performed today.The story has all the characteristics that make for an engaging tragedy, as well as the charm of the oriental setting reproduced with great accuracy. The relationship between the protagonist, Cio-Cio-San, and Pinkerton is complex and moves the action from a fundamental premise: cultural conflict. The US naval lieutenant is surprisingly contemptuous and consequently an unusual male co-star. Sharpless and Suzuki act in a sense as intermediaries, representing American and Japanese culture respectively, but are able to read reality in a more objective manner. Central is the parable of the protagonist: in the first act, Cio-Cio-San is a young woman rooted in Japanese culture. The same culture determined some of the greatest difficulties in her life: her father’s suicide, performed following the ancient ritual of Harakiri<\/em>, and the consequent need to support herself by being a geisha. Cio-Cio-San therefore belongs to that world, but does not feel that he is part of it. The meeting with Pinkerton and the ensuing marriage are a chance for change that the protagonist fully embraces, developing a strong sense of belonging to American culture. For her, it is a mirage, a ‘something else’ that she does not even know deep down, but which she welcomes as an escape route. In the second act Cio-Cio-San declares herself stubbornly faithful to Pinkerton and seems not to care about the enormous gap between her dream and the reality that surrounds her. From the moment he abandoned her, any connection with that ‘different’ lives only within her, while the other characters and the spectators themselves clearly see her illusion gradually shatter. The final act is the moment when the circle closes: once the possibility of a different future has vanished, Cio-Cio-San decides to escape the circumstances, and does so by repeating her father’s gesture. With Harakiri<\/em>, a ritual so rich in meaning, he declares his belonging to Japanese culture, but also declares that he does not want to accept it, and ‘with honour he dies’.In the music, the contrast between the explicit references to the Oriental tradition, such as the use of five- and six-degree scales, and the tonal elements identifying the Western characters (including a quotation from the US national anthem) is readily apparent. The sound plot is full of recurring motifs of great lyricism, in dialogue with each other and constantly changing as the plot evolves, reproducing in detail the remarkable psychological nuances of each character. An example of this is the famous closed-mouth chorus, which acts as a symbolic amplifier of the interiority of the protagonist in a key passage, the last moment of illusion before the tragic epilogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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