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Opera MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Giacomo Puccini
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MADAMA BUTTERFLY • September 20, 2023
A music trip to Naples can be a wonderful combination. The city offers excellent culinary attractions and a cityscape that is best explored on foot with a private guide. You are constantly reminded of the volcano that spilled over Pompeii almost 2,000 years ago. Today this is a worthwhile destination. And then Amalfi invites to a long day trip or a connecting stay. Also Capri, Ischia and the Aeolian Islands. You could easily spend months there.
But the highlight of your musical journey is the visit to the Teatro San Carlo to a performance of your choice.
The Teatro San Carlo
The San Carlo Theater was built in 1737 and is the oldest opera house in the world.
The Italian opera temple San Carlo is a symbol of the city of Naples. In the central position between the famous Piazza del Plebiscito and the Gallery Umberto I you find this historical opera palace. The Teatro San Carlo was built in 1737, by the will of King Charles III of Bourbon with a strong intention to give the city a new theater that represented the royal power.
It’s date of birth anticipates the Teatro alla Scala in Milan by 41 years and the Teatro La Fenice in Venice by 55 years. The project was entrusted to the architect Giovanni Antonio Medrano, a Spanish Colonel Brigadier stationed in Naples. Medrano’s design envisaged a hall 28.6 meters long and 22.5 meters wide, with 184 boxes, including the proscenium ones, arranged in six tiers, plus a royal box capable of accommodating ten people, for a total of 1379 seats.
Opera MADAMA BUTTERFLY • September 20, 2023 • Teatro San Carlo Naples
The opera Madama Butterfly is one of the most popular operas by the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. The libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica is based on the 1898 short story Madame Butterfly by John Luther Long and the tragedy Madame Butterfly.
Melodrama in three acts
Libretto by Luigi Illica e Giuseppe Giacosa
Conductor • Dan Ettinger
Stage direction • Ferzan Özpetek
Set designer • Sergio Tramonti
Set designer co-worker • Sandra Viktoria Mueller
Costumes designer • Alessandro Lai
Lighting designer • Pasquale Mari
Cast
Madama Butterfly • Ailyn Perez (12, 17, 24, 27) / Valeria Sepe (15, 20, 26, 28)
Pinkerton • Saimir Pirgu (12, 17, 24, 27) / Vincenzo Costanzo (15, 20, 26, 28)
Suzuki • Marina Comparato
Sharpless • Ernesto Petti
Goro • Li Danyang **
Bonzo • Ildo Song
Yamadori • Paolo Orecchia
Kate Pinkerton • Laura Ulloa **
Commisioner • Giuseppe Todisco
Registrer • Antonio De Lisio *
Mother • Linda Airoldi *
Aunt • Anna Paola De Angelis *
Cousin • Franca Iacovone *
Yakisude • Giacomo Mercaldo *
* Artist of the Chorus
** Accademia Teatro di San Carlo student
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro di San Carlo
Chorus Master • José Luis Basso
Production of Teatro di San Carlo
Sung in Italian with Italian and English surtitles
Running time: about 3 hours, with interval
Madama Butterfly at the Teatro di San Carlo 2023
Services and Prices
The price of the travel package depends on the selected hotel and the season. Please specify with your request if you prefer the essential package (ticket and hotel) or the superior package with dinner, aperitif with a light meal before the performance, and private city walking tour in Naples.
Tickets for the opera “Madama Butterfly” at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples
Choose a date and make a request for a music travel package to Italy with ticket and hotel. Enjoy a top music event at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. Your travel package includes two nights in a selected hotel in Naples and premium tickets for the opera with “Madama Butterfly” at the San Carlo Theater. On request, we can organize a private city tour, dinner, aperitif and day trips to Pompei, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast.
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