Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
Movement director · Scottish Opera · 2014
Revival of David McVicar’s production — Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, and tour
Creative team
- Conductor
- Marco Guidarini / Derek Clark
- Director
- David McVicar
- Revival director
- Elaine Kidd
- Designer
- Yannis Thavoris
- Original lighting
- Paule Constable
- Revival lighting
- Robert B. Dickson
Cast
- Cio-Cio-San
- Anne Sophie Duprels, Hye-Youn Lee
- Suzuki
- Hanna Hipp, Louise Collett
- Pinkerton
- José Ferrero
- Sharpless
- Christopher Purves, Marcin Bronikowski
- Goro
- Adrian Thompson
- The Bonze
- Jonathan May
- Kate Pinkerton
- Catrin Aur
- Prince Yamadori
- Andrew McTaggart
Performances
- Opening night — Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
- Theatre Royal, Glasgow, and Commonwealth performances
- Eden Court, Inverness
- His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen
- Grand Opera House, Belfast
Press
“The revival team under Elaine Kidd has ensured that the production has remained true to the original, yet the eye-catching additional contributions from new movement director Namiko Gahier-Ogawa and revival lighting designer Robert B. Dickson made it look really superb.”
“A strong cast is led by the magnetic Hye-Youn Lee, who inhabits the role with absolute conviction and ideal nuance… It works as an allegory, for those inclined to prod, but also as straight, heartfelt entertainment… The set is elegant and timeless — all gently askew angles and muted beiges and greys that would never tire the gaze… Christopher Purves contributes an august Sharpless, while the chorus sing warmly and move gracefully.”
