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Madama Butterfly

Live music & concerts

Last updated date : 20/08/2024

Madama Butterfly by Puccini is a product of the Japan-style trend that was popular in Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The piece portrays a deeply moving character whose humility and generosity are displayed with great psychological nuance in the music and vocals. The lead is sung by its most famous interpreter, Ermonela Jaho.

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On March 5, 1900, in London, Puccini saw Madama Butterfly, a play about a geisha. Four years later, her tragic fate inspired his latest drama. “My Butterfly remains the most sincere and expressive opera I've ever conceived.” This quote sums up the extraordinary impact of the journey of Cio-Cio San, who gave her heart and soul to a visiting American officer. He led her into a fake marriage for his own entertainment, while she wholeheartedly committed to him, her devotion making her blind to the trap he set for her. Puccini’s most moving score gives life to an ingenuous soul destroyed by men’s selfishness and negligence.
German director Andrea Breth, a major figure of the contemporary art world, highlights the fake quality of exchanged looks within the opera, whether between Butterfly and the characters violently projecting their fantasy onto a person and a society; between Puccini, his librettists, and the Japanese world; or between the opera and its current audience. This masterpiece of intimacy was explored by director Sesto Quatrini, who specializes in the Italian repertoire, 30 years after Madama Butterfly was last performed in Lyon.

New production
Coproduction with the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and the Komische Oper Berlin

An opera by Giacomo Puccini
Musical director : Sesto Quatrini
Director : Andrea Breth
Lyon Opera Orchestra, Choir and Lyon Opera Studio Soloists

Running time : 2 hours 50 minutes – 1 intermission

Practical information

Address

Place de la Comédie - 69001 Lyon 1er

Languages

Italian

Prices

From 10 to 116€.
Lyon City Card et Lyon City Card 365 : 15% off on all the programming from €10, except on December 31st.
1 ticket per person / per show
Ticket sales at the box office and by telephone.
Withdrawal on presentation of Lyon City Card
More information from the Opera.

Openings

From Wednesday 22 to Sunday 26 January 2025
Opening hours on Wednesday and Friday between 8 pm and 10.50 pm. On Sunday between 4 pm and 6.50 pm.

From Tuesday 28 January to Saturday 1st of February 2025
Opening hours on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday between 8 pm and 10.50 pm.

Monday 3 February 2025 between 8 pm and 10.50 pm.

Live music & concerts

Madama Butterfly

The Lyon Opera House

Place de la Comédie - 69001 Lyon 1er

04 69 85 54 54

www.opera-lyon.com/en

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