Cio-Cio-San agrees to give the child up but only if Pinkerton comes to see her himself – she commits suicide shortly afterwards.įor this new production of Madama Butterfly, the Greek National Opera commissioned the leading French director Olivier Py to stage the work following his enormously successful Wozzek presented inside the Stavros Niarchos Hall in 2020, and he is now returning to Greece to stage Puccini’s masterpiece, this time at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. Following a three-year absence, the officer returns to Japan with his American wife and learns that Butterfly has given birth to his son. The opera tells the story of the star-crossed love harboured by the fifteen-year-old geisha Cio-Cio-San for Pinkerton, a lieutenant in the United States Navy.
Giacomo Puccini’s “Japanese tragedy” is famous for its wonderful arias, strikingly melodic music, and dramatic theatricality. Madama Butterfly is one of the most popular operas in the repertoire. This production is made possible by a grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) to enhance the GNO’s artistic outreach. Directing is the eminent French opera and theatre director Olivier Py, here tackling Puccini’s masterpiece for the first time.
The Greek National Opera is opening the Athens Epidaurus Festival with a new production of Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, presented for four performances at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on 1, 4, 7 and 10 June 2023.
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