Tue 27 Sept 2022, 7.15pm. Live Broadcast to our Cinema Screen.
‘Love cannot kill: it brings new life.’On a starlit night in Nagasaki, these are the words spoken by American naval officerPinkerton to young geisha Cio-Cio-San. But as they both learn, words and promises carelessly spoken can have indelible consequences.With a score that includes Butterfly’s aria, ‘Un bel dì, vedremo’ (‘One fine day’) and the ‘Humming Chorus’, Giacomo Puccini’s opera is entrancing and ultimately heart-breaking. Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s exquisite production takes inspiration from19th-century European images of Japan.
Music: Giacomo Puccini. Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica.
Directors: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier. Set designer: Christian Fenouillat.
Costume designer: Agostino Cavalca Lighting designer: Christophe Forey Conducted by: Nicola Luisotti.
Cio-Cio-San: Maria Agresta Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton: Joshua Guerrero Sharpless: Carlos Álvarez Suzuki: Christine Rice Goro: Carlo Bosi.
Royal Opera Chorus. Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.
Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
Approximate running time: 3 hours 10 minutes (including one interval)
Tickets: Full Price: £16, Concession £15, Child/Student £10
