MADAMA BUTTERFLY

Teatro Regio di Parma, from Friday 12th to Thursday 18th June 2015

Madama Butterfly

Without clamour, Cio-Cio San, the butterfly, vanishes together with her hopes. It is the final, dignified beating of her wings, it is Madame Butterfly. Between a glimpse of her typical house and an immense starry sky, the direction of Giulio Ciabatti and the scenes and costumes of Pier Paolo Bisleri tell this story from the Orient. Yasko Sato, Angelo Villari, Damiano Salerno and Silvia Beltrami accompanied by the Orchestra Regionale dell’Emilia Romagna and the Chorus of the Teatro Regio di Parma directed by Francesco Lanzilotta, give voice to the essence of a mythical Japan created through light and video projections.

Teatro Regio di Parma

Friday 12th June 2015, at 20.00 turn A
Sunday 14th June 2015, at 15.30 turn D
Tuesday 16th June 2015, at 20.00 turn B
Thursday 18th June 2015, at 20.00 turn C

The performance lasts: 2h 30'
Act I: 50' – Interval: 20' – Act II and Act III: 1h 20'

MADAMA BUTTERFLY

Japanese tragedy in two acts
Libretto by LUIGI ILLICA and GIUSEPPE GIACOSA from the novel by John Luther Long and from the drama by David Belasco

Music by
GIACOMO PUCCINI

Main Characters	Cast
Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)	YASKO SATO
Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San' servant	SILVIA BELTRAMI
Kate Pinkerton	LEONORA SOFIA
Franklin Benjamin Pinkerton, U.S. Army lieutenant	ANGELO VILLARI
Sharpless, U.S. consul at Nagasaki	DAMIANO SALERNO
Goro, Nakodo	ANDREA GIOVANNINI
Il Principe Yamadori	MATTEO MAZZOLI
Bonzo uncle	DANIELE CUSARI
Yakusidé	ADRIANO GRAMIGNI
Imperial Commicsioner	TAE JEONG HWANG
The register's clerk	ADRIANO GRAMIGNI
Cio-Cio-San's mother	LEONORA SOFIA
The aunt	LORELAY SOLIS
The cousin	HITOMI KURAOKA
Dolore	FILIPPO TEDESCHI DIEGO ILARIUZZI

Conductor
FRANCESCO LANZILLOTTA

Direction
GIULIO CIABATTI

Scenes and costumes
PIER PAOLO BISLERI

Lights
CLAUDIO SCHMID

Videomaker
ANTONIO GIACOMIN

Chorus Master
MARTINO FAGGIANI

ORCHESTRA REGIONALE DELL'EMILIA ROMAGNA

CORO DEL TEATRO REGIO DI PARMA

Settings by Fondazione Teatro Lirico “Giuseppe Verdi” di Trieste

With Overtitles

Stage Manager MARINA DARDANI
Stage Conductor FABRIZIO CASSI
Hall and stage Masters RAFFAELE CORTESI, SIMONE SAVINA; Hall, stage and lights Master KAYOKO IKEDA

Sets, costumes and props Teatro Lirico "Giuseppe Verdi" di Trieste; Footwear Calzature Artistiche Sacchi, Florence
Wigs Mario Audello, Turin; Overtitles Prescott Studio, Scandicci (FI)
Technical and Stage equipment Director PAOLO GIACCHERO

Drivers Manager FRANCESCO ROSSI; Electricians Manager ANDREA BORELLI; Tooling Manager MONICA BOCCHI
Phonic Manager GIAN MARIA PICCININI; Tailoring Manager PAOLA TOSI; Makeup and Wigs Manager CINZA CONSTANTINO
Stage Inspector ETTORE MONI; Technical and Stage Staff by Teatro Regio di Parma

PRIMA CHE SI ALZI IL SIPARIO
Ridotto del Teatro Regio di Parma
Saturday 6th June 2015, at 17.00, free admission
Introduced by GIUSEPPE MARTINI

APERITIF AT THE OPERA
Gran Caffè del Teatro
Thursday 18th June 2015, from 18.00 until the beginning of the show

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