Madama Butterfly: Cape Town Opera

About the Event

The Cape Town Opera presents Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Famous highlights including Butterfly’s aria ‘Un bel dì’, the joyous Flower Duet and the haunting Humming Chorus emerge from a score of consistent beauty and power.

Christine Crouse and Michael Mitchell’s visually stunning staging of Puccini’s most heart‐rending opera returns to the Opera House at Artscape. Christine Crouse’s “visually arresting” production, with Kabuki‐inspired designs by Michael Mitchell, was a sell‐out sensation at its first run in 2009.

Director: Christine Crouse
Set and Costume Design: Michael Mitchell
Lighting Design: Kobus Rossouw
Cape Town Opera Voice of the Nation Chorus and Chorus
Master: Albert Horne

“Riveting, heartfelt … breathtaking and thoroughly engaging” — Sunday Independent

“Christine Crouse’s production is simple, beautiful and gimmick‐free … and she creates gorgeous scenes” — Die Burger.

“an engaging production of an operatic masterpiece … which can be warmly recommended, especially to first‐time opera‐goers” – The Cape Times.