Madam Butterfly Performance 4 730pm

Venue: 

Royal Albert Hall

Date: 

Thursday, 5 March, 2015

Organisation: 

RG

James is delighted to be singing the lead tenor role, B F Pinkerton, in this 3rd sell out revival of Puccini’s Madam Butterfly.  Staged in the round, with the Royal Albert Hall transformed into a Japanese water Garden ( David Roger Designer)  this is Raymond Gubbay’s flagship production and should not be missed. 

 

No opera can match the tragedy and sorrow of Puccini's Madam Butterfly. Set in Japan at the turn of the century, this tale of the doomed love of an American naval lietenant and his young Japanese bride inspired Puccini to write some of his most sublime and beautiful music.

The differences in attitudes and styles of East and West are skillfully woven together in Puccini's ravishing score. The magnificent love duet which closes the first act and Butterfly's celebrated solo 'One Fine Day', in which she shows her unwavering belief that Pinkerton will return to her, are just two of the greatest moments. And when, after several years, Pinkerton eventually returns with his American wife, Butterfly realises she has been betrayed and the opera moves to its powerful and tragic conclusion.

Since its world premiere at the Royal Albert Hall in February 1998, this truly sensational production of Puccini's tragic masterpiece has left an indelible impression on the hearts and minds of over four hundred thousand people, receiving the highest critical acclaim wherever it has been performed. By huge popular demand this unique and spectacular 'in the round' staging of Madam Butterfly now returns to London. Once more the floor fo the Royal Albert Hall will be flooded with water to create David Roger's stunning design where Madam Butterfly's house is perched on stilts above the shimmering surface of a traditional Japanese water garden.