Madama Butterfly: Latvian National Opera

About the Event

This revival of Puccini's Madama Butterfly offers the unique opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the LNO's original 1925 production: the original set and costume design, as well as the basic structure of the direction, have been preserved.

The production's historical aspect is unique on a global scale: the performance is one of the oldest preserved opera productions in the world. The opera tells the story of a Japanese girl's impossible love for an American navy lieutenant. Her love is as tragic and beautiful as the flight of a butterfly at dusk, when the light warms, dazzles, and burns.

Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on a short story by John Luther Long.

Production:
Conductor: Mārtiņš Ozoliņš, Hirofumi Yoshida
Original Staging by Sofija Maslovska
Director of the Revival: Vladimirs Okuņs
Original Set and Costume Design by Eduards Vītols
Set Designer of the Revival: Juris Salmanis
Costume Designer of the Revival: Kristīne Pasternaka
Lighting Designer of the Revival: Sandra  Bermaka

Cast:
Cio‐Cio‐San: Liene Kinča
Pinkerton: Andris Ludvigs
Suzuki: Olga Jakovļeva, Laura Grecka
Sharpless: Jānis Apeinis, Samsons Izjumovs, Armands Siliņš
Kate: Evija Martinsone
Goro: Guntars Ruņģis
Prince Yamadori: Nauris Puntulis
The Bonze: Romāns Poļisadovs, Krišjānis Norvelis