27th April

Concert will begin at 18:00 hours GMT

Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' with Buratto, Iervolino, Tetelman and Christoyannis from Berlin

Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' is an opera in three acts with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. The opera is based in part on the short story 'Madame Butterfly' (1898) by John Luther Long, which in turn was based partially on stories told to Long by his sister Jennie Correll and partially on the semi-autobiographical 1887 French novel Madame Chrysanthème by Pierre Loti. In 1904, a U.S. Naval officer named Pinkerton rents a house on a hill in Nagasaki, Japan, for himself and his soon-to-be wife, 'Butterfly'. Her real name is Ciocio-san. Performers:

Eleonora Buratto: Cio-Cio-San.
Teresa Iervolino: Suzuki.
Jonathan Tetelman: Pinkerton.
Tassis Christoyannis: Sharpless.
Didier Pieri: Goro.
Lilia Istratii: Kate Pinkerton.
Aksel Daveyan: Prince Yamadori.
Giorgi Chelidze: Uncle Bonzo.
Jasurbek Khaydarov: Imperial Commissioner.

Berlin Radio Choir. Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.

Delayed broadcast.