Madama Butterfly

[lukebray]

This is going to be my first Opera in March :) I'm seeing it in Dublin so I hope it lives up to this!

[xxChayLaidigxx]

Wow, even in this small excerpt, the singing is outstanding.

[ANNCAZAL]

the tragedy and differences of culture is laying in the music and not in the question of wearing kimonos or not.

i love the way wilson works wih opera: music together with amazing voices and pure clear light. beautiful*

[bassfanne45]

When I described the look of this opera to a friend, she stated the problem with the production without even seeing it. She said that dressing everyone in the monochrome "robe-like" costumes must have negated one of the main points of the opera; that the tragedy occurs because of the differences in the cultures involved. She was absolutely right. The singing was very good, though. John Matz, the Pinkerton, was particularly wonderful.

[ERINLAW7]

@bassfanne45

I was prepared to hate this production. I have seen this opera numerous times. Surprisingly, the minimalist production enhanced the beauty of the music and the drama. I loved the production enough to see it 3 times.

[roiluangprabang]

interestingly people often try to be too avant-garde and this happens i like GRand OPERA .

[dodi132]

Wonderful voices.....!!!

[CONTESTAR]

the problem with Wilson productions is that if you turn off the sound you do not know if you are watching Butterfly, Tristan or Aida...

[cantanteporsiempre]

@CONTESTAR That´s right

[mar5211]

I prefer kimonos. It ruins the plot without them.

[orosojos]

This is a performance from Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Very beautiful direction and voices. Great!

[Piranha1979]

i actually like the costumes--hint of kimonos without being over-the-top Orientalist. the minimalism matches the stage design. i just wonder how long this euro-style minimalism of both set and costume will last!

[AshNight1214]

Great voices. I wish I could have seen it.

I know that we didn't have a great view, but what was up with the costumes? That looked kind of... Magic Flute-ish to me.

[JockamoGoon]

who's the tenor? bryan hymel?