Its first performance in Britain was in London on 10 July 1905 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, while the first US performance was presented in English on 15 October 1906, in Washington, D.C., at the Columbia Theater. Premieres of versions of Madama Butterfly in major opera houses throughout the world include the Teatro de la Opera de Buenos Aires on 2 July 1904, under Arturo Toscanini, this being the first performance in the world outside Italy. However, the original 1904 version is occasionally performed, such as for the opening of La Scala's season on 7 December 2016, with Riccardo Chailly conducting. Later that year, Puccini made several changes in the orchestral and vocal scores, and this became the fourth version, which was performed in Paris.Īgain in 1907, Puccini made his final revisions to the opera in a fifth version, which has become known as the 'Standard Version' and is the one which is most often performed around the world. In 1906, Puccini wrote a third version, which was performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York on 11 February 1907.

It was this second version that premiered in the United States in 1906, first in Washington, D.C., in October, and then in New York in November, performed by Henry Savage's New English Opera Company (so named because it performed in English-language translations).

This second version was performed on in Brescia, where it was a great success, with Solomiya Krushelnytska as Cio-Cio-san. Puccini then substantially rewrote it, this time in three acts. The original two-act version, which was presented at the world premiere at La Scala on 17 February 1904, was withdrawn after the disastrous premiere. Puccini wrote five versions of the opera. Success ensued, starting with the first performance on in Brescia. Puccini revised the opera, splitting the second act in two, with the Humming Chorus as a bridge to what became Act III, and making other changes. This was due in part to a late completion by Puccini, which gave inadequate time for rehearsals. It was poorly received, despite having such notable singers as soprano Rosina Storchio, tenor Giovanni Zenatello and baritone Giuseppe De Luca in lead roles. The original version of the opera, in two acts, had its premiere on 17 February 1904 at La Scala in Milan. Long's version was dramatized by David Belasco as the one-act play Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan, which, after premiering in New York in 1900, moved to London, where Puccini saw it in the summer of that year. It is based on the short story ' Madame Butterfly' (1898) by John Luther Long, which in turn was based on stories told to Long by his sister Jennie Correll and on the semi-autobiographical 1887 French novel Madame Chrysanthème by Pierre Loti. Please note, no discounts apply for this event.Madama Butterfly ( Italian pronunciation: Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Gianni Schicchi will be performed in Italian with English surtitles. This dramatised performance of the opera will also include intermezzos from operas by Puccini and Mascagni. The composer's only comic opera, it contains the well-known aria ‘O mio babbino caro’. The opera depicts the life of a scheming yet ingenious peasant, who tries to cash in on an old man’s vulnerability by changing his will and securing a pay-off for his daughter’s wedding. Performing here in Falstaff back in 2017, critics praised how Sir Bryn Terfel brought “warmth and nuance to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s brilliance” ( The Guardian), and now he’s back to take on another iconic operatic role – Gianni Schicchi in Puccini’s opera of the same name. Jacobo Ochoa Maestro Spinelloccio (doctor)Įmmanuel Franco Ser Amantio di Nicolao (notary) Gianni Schicchi dramatised by Bernard Rozetĭominik Drabik/Jamie Gilchrist Gherardino Ponchielli Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda) (09') Mascagni Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana) (04') Mascagni Intermezzo sinfonico (L’amico Fritz) (04') Puccini Intermezzo (Manon Lescaut, Act III) (05') Puccini La Tregenda (Le Villi, Act II) (04')

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