Event | Madama Butterfly | |||||||
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Venue | Festival Theatre, Adelaide, SA | |||||||
Umbrella Event | State Opera of South Australia 1999 Season | |||||||
First Date | 1999 | |||||||
Opening Date | 1999 | |||||||
Last Date | 1999 | |||||||
Dates Estimated | No | |||||||
Status | Professional | |||||||
World Premiere | No | |||||||
Description | Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, a young U.S. Navy lieutenant, has arranged with Goro, a marriage broker, to acquire a fifteen-year-old Japanese bride, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly). Pinkerton takes a 999-year lease on a home overlooking Nagasaki harbor; this lease, as well as his marriage, can conveniently be canceled on a month's notice. Sharpless, the American Consul and a friend of Pinkerton's, arrives to witness the wedding. He warns Pinkerton not to treat the marriage lightly, as his bride-to-be is truly in love with him. Though Pinkerton claims to be infatuated with Butterfly, he proposes | |||||||
Description Source | Website | |||||||
Primary Genre | Music Theatre | |||||||
Secondary Genre |
Opera
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Subjects |
Betrayal
Love |
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Text Nationality | Italy | |||||||
Production Nationality | Italy | |||||||
Further Information | The orchestral players are listed in the programme. | |||||||
Event Status | Completed | |||||||
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Event Identifier | 99990 | |||||||
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