January 2013, Singapore – Singapore Lyric Opera presents Puccini’s Madama Butterfly on 1,2,4 and 5 February 2013 at the Esplanade Theatre.
Madama Butterfly tells the tragic love story between a naive 15-year old girl, Cio-Cio-san and her dashing American paramour, U.S. Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton set in Nagasaki, Japan. A happily-ever-after tale ends off in one of longing and loneliness when Pinkerton abandons Cio-Cio-san for another wife Kate. She waits many years for his return while raising their son but is disappointed at the sight of Pinkerton and Kate together.
The opera was inspired by John Luther Long’s short story “Madame Butterfly” and is dubbed by New York Times as “potently allusive and ideally flowing as if unspooled in an endless thread”.
Andrew Sinclair, the Resident Director of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden helms this classic opera for the Singapore. Andrew made his debut at The Australian Opera in 1981 with La Bohème and had also worked on Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, La
Bohème and Salome for the Singapore Lyric Opera.
The international cast and the Singapore Lyric Orchestra will be joined by the Singapore Lyric Opera Chorus.
The cast include
- Mako Nishimoto (Soprano/Japan) as Cio-‐Cio-‐san
- Israel Lozano (Tenor/Spain) as Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton John Antoniou (Baritone/Australia) as Sharpless
- Anna Koor (Mezzo Soprano/Singapore) as Suzuki
- Lemuel dela Cruz (Tenor/Phillipines) as Goro
- Martin Ng (Baritone/Bass/Singapore) as Prince Yamadori & the Imperial Commissioner
- Joshua Kangming Tan (Singapore) Conductor
Date: 1, 2, 4 & 5 February 2013Time: 8pm
Venue: Esplanade Theatre
Ticket Prices: S$130, S$110, S$88, S$68, S$58, S$48, S$38 and S$28
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- 15% concession discount for students, full-‐time NSmen and Senior Citizens (62 yrs and above)
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