MADAMA BUTTERFLY

Madama Butterfly March 30th Theater Basel.

"Tragedia giapponese in two acts by Giacomo Puccini. Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after Pierre Loti, John Luther Long and David Belasco. In Italian with German and English surtitles. Age recommendation: From 12 years.

The American naval lieutenant Pinkerton marries the geisha Cio-Cio-san, called Butterfly. It could be a dream come true for the poor girl. But the wedding is fake, the young woman bought on time, and love only a delusion - but not for Butterfly. She breaks with her family, with her religion and breaks the link to everything that is linked to her background. Isolated, Butterfly waits three long years for the return of her lover. When he finally wants to take his child home with his wife, Cio-Cio-San sees only one way out for himself.

In his opera, Puccini takes up the eighteenth-century Japan euphoria and refers to one of its darkest chapters: At that time, a special kind of exploration of foreign cultures, which today we call "sex tourism", developed. The director Vasily Barkhatov after "Khovanshchina" and "The Player" will bring his interpretation of this "Japanese tragedy" to the Big Stage of the Theater Basel. The conductor is Milan-born conductor Antonello Allemandi."

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