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A grand visual and musical experience

A love story lies at the heart of Lars Kaalund’s romantic staging of Puccini’s masterful and tragic classic about the fateful encounter between a Japanese geisha and an American naval officer.

A grand international team of singers under the direction of American conductor and vocal expert Steven Sloane sets the stage for a musical experience of exceptional quality. Italian Maria Luigia Borsi returns in the title role, alternating with, among others, Chinese singer Hui He, who performs her signature role as Madama Butterfly. And Mexican tenor Héctor Sandoval will perform the role of Pinkerton for the very first time.

Set designer Christian Friedländer and visual artist and costume designer Wendy Egeskov have created a pure-lined, aesthetic set design that features floor-length silk kimonos to reflect a western vision of the orient, one which is inspired by the famous woodcut The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Japanese artist Hokusai.

Madama Butterfly is performed in Italian with Danish supertitles.

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Stage: Operaen Store Scene
Title: Madama Butterfly
Artform: Opera
Performance period: 14. Oct. - 04. Dec. 2012
Duration: 2 hours and 40 minutes including intermission.
Price: 895kr - 100kr
Dates: 14/10, 20/10, 22/10, 25/10, 27/10, 29/10, 31/10, 03/11, 05/11, 07/11, 09/11, 11/11, 13/11, 16/11, 18/11, 23/11, 27/11, 29/11, 04/12

Conductor: Steven Sloane/Joana Mallwitz | Director: Lars Kaalund | Set designer: Christian Friedländer | Costume designer: Pernille Egeskov | Lighting designer: Ulrik Gad | Orchestra: The Royal Danish Orchestra | Chorus: The Royal Danish Opera Chorus

Cast
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  • Read more ... Performances:
    Madama Butterfly
    Maria Luigia Borsi
    Cho-Cho San
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    Madama Butterfly
    Hui He
    Cho-Cho San
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    Symphonic Concert #3 | WAGNER GALA
    Open-Air Opera
    Tannhäuser
    The Cunning Little Vixen
    Anne Margrethe Dahl
    Cho-Cho San
  • Read more ... Performances:
    Madama Butterfly
    Héctor Sandoval
    Pinkerton
  • Read more ... Performances:
    The Cunning Little Vixen
    Madama Butterfly
    John Lundgren
    Sharpless
  • Read more ... Performances:
    Open-Air Opera
    Tannhäuser
    Madama Butterfly
    Carmen
    Palle Knudsen
    Sharpless
  • Read more ... Performances:
    Symphonic Concert #3 | WAGNER GALA
    Messiah
    Madama Butterfly
    New Year's Eve Concert
    Elisabeth Jansson
    Suzuki
  • Read more ... Performances:
    Il trittico
    The Cunning Little Vixen
    Madama Butterfly
    The Devils of Loudun
    Johanne Bock
    Suzuki
  • Read more ... Performances:
    Symphonic Concert #3 | WAGNER GALA
    Open-Air Opera
    Il trittico
    The Cunning Little Vixen
    Elisabeth Halling
    Suzuki / Kate Pinkerton
  • Read more ... Performances:
    The Cunning Little Vixen
    Madama Butterfly
    Bengt-Ola Morgny
    Goro
  • Read more ... Performances:
    Il trittico
    The Cunning Little Vixen
    Madama Butterfly
    The Devils of Loudun
    Sten Byriel
    Bonze
Maria Luigia Borsi Cho-Cho San
Hui He Cho-Cho San
Anne Margrethe Dahl Cho-Cho San
Héctor Sandoval Pinkerton
 John Lundgren Sharpless
Palle Knudsen Sharpless
Elisabeth Jansson Suzuki
Johanne Bock Suzuki
Elisabeth Halling Suzuki / Kate Pinkerton
 Bengt-Ola Morgny Goro
Sten Byriel Bonze
Roles and dates
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Cho-Cho San:

Hui He
27/10, 29/10, 31/10, 3/11

Anne Margrethe Dahl
22/10, 5/11, 9/11, 13/11, 18/11, 23/11, 27/11, 29/11, 4/12

Maria Luigia Borsi
14/10, 20/10, 25/10, 7/11, 11/11, 16/11

Pinkerton:

Hector Sandoval
14/10, 20/10, 22/10, 25/10, 27/10, 29/10, 31/10, 3/11, 5/11, 7/11, 9/11, 11/11, 13/11, 16/11, 18/11, 23/11, 27/11, 29/11, 4/12

Sharpless:

John Lundgren
14/10, 22/10, 25/10, 27/10, 31/10, 7/11, 13/11

Palle Knudsen
20/10, 29/10, 3/11, 5/11, 9/11, 11/11, 16/11, 18/11, 23/11, 27/11, 29/11, 4/12

Suzuki:

Elisabeth Jansson
22/10, 5/11, 9/11, 13/11, 18/11, 23/11, 27/11, 29/11, 4/12

Johanne Bock
14/10, 20/10, 25/10, 27/10, 29/10, 31/10, 3/11

Elisabeth Halling
7/11, 11/11, 16/11

Goro:

Bengt-Ola Morgny
14/10, 20/10, 22/10, 25/10, 27/10, 29/10, 31/10, 3/11, 5/11, 7/11, 9/11, 11/11, 13/11, 16/11, 18/11, 23/11, 27/11, 29/11, 4/12

Yamadori:

Hans Lawaetz
14/10, 22/10, 27/10, 31/10, 9/11, 13/11, 18/11, 27/11, 4/12

Ole Jegindø Norup
20/10, 25/10, 29/10, 3/11, 5/11, 7/11, 11/11, 16/11, 23/11, 29/11

Bonze:

Sten Byriel
20/10, 22/10, 25/10, 27/10, 29/10, 31/10, 3/11, 5/11, 7/11, 9/11, 11/11, 13/11, 16/11, 18/11, 23/11, 27/11, 29/11, 4/12

Magne Fremmerlid
14/10

Kate Pinkerton:

Elisabeth Halling
14/10, 20/10, 22/10, 25/10, 27/10, 29/10, 31/10, 3/11, 5/11, 9/11, 13/11, 18/11, 23/11, 27/11, 29/11

Johanne Højlund
7/11, 11/11, 16/11, 4/12

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