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If you think you’ve seen all Madame Butterfly has to offer, think again. “This production invites challenge … so that one beautiful day the magical stories we tell won’t shield us from the truth, but will empower us to rise up and meet the world before us.”– Aria Umezawa, Stage Director
Friday, March 24 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 26 at 2:30 PM
Composer – GIACOMO PUCCINI
Librettist – LUIGI ILLICA and GIUSEPPE GIACOSA, based on an 1898 short story by JOHN LUTHER LONG.
Director – ARIA UMEZAWA
Conductor – JUDITH YAN, The Jerry W. Zachary and Henry Bernstein Maestro Chair
THE LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Sung in Italian with projected English captions
Running Time is approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes (one intermission)
CAST:
Madame Butterfly – HIROMI OMURA
Lt. Pinkerton – BRYAN HYMEL
Suzuki – NINA YOSHIDA NELSEN
Sharpless – WESTON HURT
Goro – JULIUS AHN
Prince Yamadori/Commissioner – ANDRÉ CHIANG
The Bonze – HIDENORI INOUE