
Constrained, cocooned, caught in a moment of desire, Butterfly is incandescent. In her embrace, Pinkerton finds paradise, then cruelly condemns his bride to purgatory.
Graeme Murphy's arresting production of Madama Butterfly takes a contemporary look at Puccini's alluring heroine using a towering digital set.
Fragments of film flutter across the stage, creating a dynamic backdrop for Murphy's vision of Butterfly. He draws on his roots in choreography to capture the grace and gravity of a story that begins in rapturous love and ends in the cruellest heartbreak.
Puccini's sublime music imbues this ageless story with impossible beauty, from the irrepressible famous aria ‘One fine day' to the intense finale.
South Korean soprano Sae Kyung Rim's voice is in demand the world over and her Butterfly is richly nuanced. Diego Torre gives Pinkerton complexity and depth through his exemplary technique and timbre. Carlo Montanaro conducts.
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Fri, 24th March to Sun, 23rd April '23
Mrs Macquaries Point
A large garden area that hugs the harbour on the edge of the Botanic Gardens. The large open space is lined with trees which will be perfect for the beautiful summer's day and night.
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