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Puccini's Madama Butterfly

Tom Service presents Puccini's operatic tragedy from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Armenian soprano Lianna Haroutounian and British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso.

Tom Service presents Puccini's operatic tragedy from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Armenian soprano Lianna Haroutounian and British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso as the young Japanese geisha Cio-Cio-San and the American naval officer Pinkerton who callously breaks her heart. This revival of the Royal Opera production by Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier, reworked with the participation of Japanese experts, aims to be "both true to the spirit of the original and more authentic in its representation of Japan".

Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly) ..... Lianna Haroutounian (soprano)
Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton ..... Freddie De Tommaso (tenor)
Sharpless, American Consul ..... Lucas Meachem (baritone)
Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's maid ..... Kseniia Nikolaieva (mezzo-soprano)
Goro, matchmaker ..... Alexander Kravets (tenor)
The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's Uncle ..... Jeremy White (bass)
Kate Pinkerton ..... Rachael Lloyd (mezzo-soprano)
Prince Yamadori ..... Alan PingarrΓ³n (tenor)
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor Dan Ettinger

Read the full synopsis on the Royal Opera House website: https://bit.ly/3RmdAwm

3 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Sat 9 Jul 2022 18:30

Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly: Act 1

    Singer: Lianna Haroutounian. Singer: Freddie De Tommaso. Singer: Lucas Meachem. Singer: Kseniia Nikolaieva. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Dan Ettinger.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly: Act 2

    Singer: Lianna Haroutounian. Singer: Freddie De Tommaso. Singer: Lucas Meachem. Singer: Kseniia Nikolaieva. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Dan Ettinger.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly: Act 3

    Singer: Lianna Haroutounian. Singer: Freddie De Tommaso. Singer: Lucas Meachem. Singer: Kseniia Nikolaieva. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Dan Ettinger.
  • Ildebrando Pizzetti

    Piano Trio in A major

    Performer: Leila Rasonyi. Performer: LΓ΅szlΓ³ FenyΕ‘. Performer: Alpaslan Ertungealp.
    • Marco Polo.

Broadcast

  • Sat 9 Jul 2022 18:30