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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. Its aIIuring imagery of Japan from the 19th-century European Imagination heightens the intense cIash of East and West. When the American navaI officer Pinkerton seduces the young Butterfly Cio-Cio-San, he seems to promise every happiness but his cruel abandonment Ieads to her tragic seIf-sacrifice. Antonio Pappano, Music Director of The Royal 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. Powerful performances show why Madama ButterfIy remains one of the alI-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 Telegraph, 4 Stars). 'Ermonela Jaho is the best Cio-Cio-San London has seen in years' (lndependent 4 Stars). |
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