MADAMA BUTTERFLY

GIACOMO PUCCINI

Pene Pati - Pinkerton
Maki Mori - Cio Cio San
Hiroka Yamashita - Suzuki
Christopher Purves - Sharpless
Christopher Lemmings - Goro
Carolyn Holt - Kate Pinkerton
Samuel Pantcheff - Bonze/Prince Yamadori
Jonathan Gunthorpe - Imperial Commisionaire

Director: Thomas Henderson
Conductor: Kazuki Yamada
Designer: Laura Jane Stanfield

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This was Thomas’ second semi-staging with CBSO, the first being The Cunning Little Vixen designed by Laura Pearse and under the baton of Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla. Thomas accompanied the production on it’s tour to the Elbphilarmonie, Hamburg and the Thèatre de Champs-Elysses, Paris.

This production of Madama Butterfly under the baton of Kazuki Yamada marked the final performance in CBSO’s 23/24 season. Below you can read Thomas’s programme note.

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
CBSO Chorus
Symphony Hall, Birmingham,
June 2024

‘a brilliant coupe-de-théátre’
★★★★★ midlandsmusicreviews.co.uk