Royal Opera House: MADAMA BUTTERFLY (13) one interval

Puccini’s devastating tragedy about a young geisha who falls in love with an American naval officer comes to the Labia Screen

Cast: Asmik Grigorian, Joshua Guerrero, Lauri Vasar, Hongni Wu, Ya-Chung Huang, Jeremy White, Josef Jeongmeen Ahn, Veena Akama-Makia, Romanas Kudriašovas.
Conductor: Kevin John Edusei
Director: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier

For all the beauty and romance of the music, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly remains a deeply moving – and troubling – story, fatally bound up with the destructive forces of imperialism. Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s poignant, painterly production stars Asmik Grigorian as Cio-Cio-San with Joshua Guerrero as Pinkerton