The Israeli Ballet
Madama Butterfly
A ballet in 2 parts
A world première of a ballet based on Puccini's classical opera featuring an exciting combination of opera and ballet and commissioned by the Israeli Opera for its 30th anniversary.
Bitter, powerful love intertwined with joy and suicide in the story of the young geisha who
forfeits her life for the sake of her young son.
Choreography |
Marianna Ryzhkina |
Music |
Giacomo Puccini arranged by John Longstaff |
Scenery Design |
Anna Chruscheva |
Costume Design |
Ula Shevtsov |
Lighting Design |
Bambi |
Butterfly |
Tomoko Takahashi |
Pinkerton |
Egor Menshchikov |
Sharpless |
Alexander Utkin |
Bonze |
Lyudvig Ispiryan |
Suzuki |
Lena Rosenberg |
Kate |
Ekaterina Brekhova |
Geishas, Family and Sailors Artists of The Israel Ballet
Chorus Master: Ethan Schmeisser
The Opera Orchestra – The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion
Soloist: Efrat Ashkenazi, soprano
THU |
9.10.14 |
21:00 |
FRI |
10.10.14 |
13:00 |
SAT |
11.10.14 |
21:00 |