Sunday July 15, 2018 2pm - 5:15pm (3 Hours 15 Minutes)
Movie / Film Music Theatre / Play Wheelchair Accessible
[email protected]
(902) 532-7704
Doors open at 1:15pm
Part of our Stage to Screen Series
Anthony Minghella’s stunning production of Puccini’s heartbreaking opera, an instant Met classic since its 2006 premiere, returns with Hui He and Ermonela Jaho in the tragic title role of the trusting geisha. Roberto Aronica and Luis Chapa alternate as her callous American lover, Pinkerton, and Jader Bignamini and Marco Armiliato conduct.
World premiere: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1904. Met premiere: February 11, 1907. The title character of Madama Butterfly - a young Japanese geisha who clings to the belief that her arrangement with a visiting American naval officer is a loving and permanent marriage - is one of the defining roles in opera.
The story triggers ideas about cultural and sexual imperialism for people far removed from the opera house, and film, Broadway, and popular culture in general have riffed endlessly on it. The lyric beauty of Puccini’s score, especially the music for the thoroughly believable lead role, has made Butterfly timeless.
Estimated Run Time: 3 hrs 14 mins
Sung In Italian, Met Titles In English

[email protected]
(902) 532-7704
Doors open at 1:15pm
Part of our Stage to Screen Series
Anthony Minghella’s stunning production of Puccini’s heartbreaking opera, an instant Met classic since its 2006 premiere, returns with Hui He and Ermonela Jaho in the tragic title role of the trusting geisha. Roberto Aronica and Luis Chapa alternate as her callous American lover, Pinkerton, and Jader Bignamini and Marco Armiliato conduct.
World premiere: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1904. Met premiere: February 11, 1907. The title character of Madama Butterfly - a young Japanese geisha who clings to the belief that her arrangement with a visiting American naval officer is a loving and permanent marriage - is one of the defining roles in opera.
The story triggers ideas about cultural and sexual imperialism for people far removed from the opera house, and film, Broadway, and popular culture in general have riffed endlessly on it. The lyric beauty of Puccini’s score, especially the music for the thoroughly believable lead role, has made Butterfly timeless.
Estimated Run Time: 3 hrs 14 mins
Sung In Italian, Met Titles In English

Pricing & Tickets
Pricing
$16 Member
$20 General
$8 Youth, aged under 18 years of age
All prices include HST
$16 Member
$20 General
$8 Youth, aged under 18 years of age
All prices include HST
Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
[email protected]
902-532-7704
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