Detailed information
Composer
Giacomo Puccini
Duration
3 h (including two intervals)
Libretto
Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa
Language
italian with polish subtitles
Premiere at Baltic Opera Gdansk
Creatives
conductor
Yaroslav Shemet
Shemet is a conductor recognised for his orchestra-building leadership and insightful, architecturally expressive interpretations. He serves as the Artistic Director of the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice and the General Music Director of the Baltic State Opera in Gdańsk, making him the youngest director in the history of both institutions. From 2020 to 2022, he was Principal Guest Conductor of the Neue Philharmonie Hamburg, and in the 2020/2021 season he held the position of Chief Conductor of the INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic in Lviv. In the 2023/2024 season, he received nominations for several prestigious awards, including the International Opera Awards (Rising Star category), the Polityka Passports and the Fryderyk Award.
Shemet commands an exceptionally broad symphonic repertoire, encompassing the core Austro-German tradition as well as Central and Eastern European music and contemporary works.
Shemet commands an exceptionally broad symphonic repertoire, encompassing the core Austro-German tradition as well as Central and Eastern European music and contemporary works.
music direction of the premiere
José Maria Florêncio
direction
Romuald Wicza-Pokojski
scenography and costumes
Hanna Wójcikowska-Szymczak
lights
Michał Stenzel
Choir preparation
Agnieszka Długołęcka-Kuraś
music director's assistant
Michał Krężlewski
director's assistent
Magdalena Szlawska
stage designer's assistants
Ewelina Guzewicz
Zuzanna Kubicz
multimedia
Michał Lewandowski
Description
Madama Butterfly is a story about Cio-Cio-San, a young geisha who gave her heart to an unknown US Navy Lieutenant, B.F. Pinkerton. This show is a quintessence of operas and a masterpiece in Giacomo Puccini’s legacy. This multi-layered story not only shows what is best in the entire opera genre, but also makes its audience experience a paradoxes that come with love. Superb music holds and audience in an emotional tension right up to the tragic final, that will hit everyone with an explosion of feelings.
Cast
Cio-cio-san
Izabela Matuła
Katarzyna Wietrzny
Joanna Woś
photo: Adam Nawracaj
Ilona Krzywicka
In 2009 she graduated with distinction the Music Academy in Poznań (class of Prof. G. Flicińska-Panfil). Then she perfected her skills at the Lyrique atelier at the National Opera in Paris. The contract at the Paris Opera lasted three years and was crowned with the prestigious Prix Lyrique L 'Arop 2012 award (best soloist of the season).
She debuted on stage in 2008 with the title role in "Halka" by Moniuszko, during an outdoor performance at the Palace in Radziejowice with the participation of the Polish orchestra Sinfonia Iuventus under the baton of Tadeusz Wojciechowski and artistic care of prof. Teresa Żylis-Gara. In 2019, she returned to the role of Halka and performs her on the stage of the Grand Theater of the National Opera in Warsaw, directed by Agnieszka Glińska and the management of Łukasz Borowicz.
She performed on French, Spanish, German and, of course, Polish stages. She played in operas such as "Madama Butterfly", "La Boheme", "Carmen", "Faust", "Magic Flute".
Pinkerton
Paweł Skałuba
Łukasz Załęski
Mihail Mihaylov
Sharpless
Mariusz Godlewski
Leszek Skrla
Suzuki
Katarzyna Nowosad
Karolina Sikora
Bonzo
Szymon Kobyliński
Piotr Nowacki
Remigiusz Łukomski
Kate Pinkerton
Iwona Wall
Karolina Niebrzegowska
Goro
Mateusz Zajdel
Witalij Wydra
Yamadori
Witalij Wydra
Kamil Pękala
Official Registrar
Jan Żądło
Leszek Holec
Imperial Commissioner
Paweł Faust
Cio-cio-san's Mother
Marta Szamal
Cio-cio-san's Aunt
Anna Banaszuk
Cio-cio-san's Cousin
Anna Osior
Yakuside
Krzysztof Brzozowski
Cio-cio-san's child
Maja Boulton
Joanna Kończak
Cio-cio-san's relatives and sailors
Baltic Opera Choir
In repertoire
Photos
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