Madama Butterfly

Giacomo Puccini
New Production

Libretto: Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa after a drama by David Belasco based on a short story by John Luther Long

First Performance: Teatro alla Scala, Milano, February 17, 1904
First Performance at the Israeli Opera: April 9, 2008

Conductor		Luciano di Martino  11.4, 12.4, 14.4, 15.4, 16.4, 17.4, 19.4
		Yishai Steckler 20.4, 21.4, 22.4, 27.4
Director		Mariusz Trelinski
Set Designer		Boris Kudlicka
Costume Designer		Magdalena Teslawska & Pawel Grabarczyk
Lighting Designer		Tomasz Mierzwa
Choreographer		Emil Wesolowski

Soloists
Cio Cio San		Ira Bertman 11.4, 14.4, 16.4, 19.4, 21.4, 27.4
		Wioletta Chodowicz 12.4, 15.4, 17.4, 20.4, 22.4
Pinkerton		Zoran Todorovich 11.4, 15.4, 17.4, 19.4, 21.4, 22.4
		Sergey Semishkur 12.4, 14.4, 16.4, 20.4, 27.4
Sharpless		Vladimir Braun 11.4, 14.4, 15.4, 17.4, 19.4, 20.4, 22.4, 27.4
		Noah Briger  12.4, 16.4, 21.4
Suzuki		Monika-Evelin Liiv 12.4, 15.4, 17.4, 20.4, 21.4
		Ayala Zimbler 11.4, 14.4, 16.4, 19.4, 22.4, 27.4
Goro		Yosef Aridan
Yamadori		Noah Briger 11.4, 14.4, 15.4, 17.4, 19.4, 20.4, 22.4, 27.4 Reich Oded 12.4, 16.4, 21.4
The Bonze		Alexi Kanunikoff

Kate Pinkerton        Na'ama Goldman 11.4, 14.4, 15.4, 16.4, 19.4, 20.4, 21.4, 27.4
                               Shiri Hershkovitz  12.4, 17.4, 22.4
Dolore                     Itai Glazer
                               Ron Bar Ojalvo
Butterfly's mother    Maya Koptzik                    

Pantomimes            Krzystof Balinski
                                Michael Tomasz Ciecka
                                Tomasz Nerkowski

The Israeli Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Yishai Steckler

The Opera Orchestra - The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion

Sung in Italian

Surtitles in English and Hebrew

Surtitles: Israel Ouval

Length of performance: approx. three hours

The young Butterfly learns to face pain and the loss of her honor as the man she loves disappears after he leaves her pregnant with his child. Puccini's tear-jerking tragedy returns to the stage in Trelinsky's stylized production.

Synopsis

At the moment only subscriptions can be purchased
Individual tickets sales will commence in October 2011

Dates

Wed	11.4.12	20:00
Thur	12.4.12	13:00
Sat	14.4.12	21:00
Sun	15.4.12	20:00
Mon	16.4.12	20:00
Tue	17.4.12	20:00
Thur	19.4.12	20:00
Fri	20.4.12	13:00
Sat	21.4.12	21:00
Sun	22.4.12	20:00
Fri	27.4.12	13:00

*Première Performance

Ticket Prices: 175/237/304/378/428 Nis
*15 Nis more for Saturday night performances

Towards Opening - a preview presentation with the creators and some of the performers,
with musical demonstrations from the opera:
SAT 31.3.12 11:00
Ticket Price: 70 Nis

Before the show back stage tours:
SUN 15.4.12 18:45 
TUES 17.4.12 18:45 
SAT 21.4.12 19:45 
SAT 28.4.12 19:45                                            
Ticket Price: 25 Nis

Opera Talkback: 
SUN 15.4.12
MON 16.4.12
THURS 19.4.12 
FRI 27.4.12