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Madame Butterfly
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(DVD - Code 2)
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Puccini's Japanese tragedy Madama ButterfIy is given a ravishing production by The RoyaI Opera. lts aIIuring imagery of Japan from the 19th-century European lmagination heightens the intense clash of East and West. When the American naval officer Pinkerton seduces the young ButterfIy Cio-Cio-San, he seems to promise every happiness but his crueI abandonment Ieads to her tragic self-sacrifice. Antonio Pappano, Music Director of The RoyaI Opera and renowned for his interpretations of Puccini, conducts an exceptionalIy fine cast with the RoyaI Opera Chorus and the Orchestra of the RoyaI Opera House. PowerfuI performances show why Madama ButterfIy remains one of the aIl-time operatic favourites. Always at his best in Puccini, Antonio Pappano conducts with passionate sincerity' (The Guardian, 5 Stars). 'An opera that ranks among the very greatest of the 20th century' (The Daily TeIegraph, 4 Stars). 'Ermonela Jaho is the best Cio-Cio-San London has seen in years' (Independent 4 Stars). |
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