From the composer Giacomo Puccini, it is one of the most represented operas that have moved the world the most.
The tragic Japanese love story in a contemporary version without losing the classic style of the sung drama, under the baton and artistic direction of Maestro Enrique Patrón de Rueda.
With contemporary set design by Jesús Hernández, limited to a carpet and a painting that is modified until it totally fractured during the tragic end of the story, Madama Butterfly has David Attie in the direction of the stage and Sara Salomón in the design of the costumes.
Participating soloists of international stature, the Sinaloa Symphony Orchestra of the Arts, students of the Municipal School of Classical Ballet of the Institute of Culture, Tourism and Art of Mazatlan, under the direction of the teacher Zoila Fernandez, and members of the Angela Peralta Choir and the Guillermo Sarabia Choir, conducted by maestro Antonio González and teacher Martha Félix.
The show is a co-production of the Institute of Culture, Tourism and Art of Mazatlan and the Sinaloan Institute of Culture.
It is a contemporary adaptation, but not for that, less human and moving than the original version that puts in the foreground, love and betrayal.
The opera is developed in two acts with music by Giacomo Piccini and libretto by Guisepe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, based on the theater work of David Belasco, who in turn was inspired by the book by Pierre Loti, Madame Chrysanthéme.
Giacomo Puccini finished the Butterfly score at Christmas 1903. The premiere took place at the Scala in Milan on February 17, 1904 and despite the great performance of the soprano Rosina Storchio, the failure was absolute and shameful. But the future of opera was another, Butterfly is currently, the work of Puccini most represented in the international arena; the main role is one of the soprano’s “dream roles”.
The modified version that conquered the audience was premiered in Brescia on May 18, 1904, and the set recreates a house on a hill outside of Nagasaki, at the beginning of the 20th century.
The characters stand out: Cio-Cio-San, called Madama Butterfly, young Japanese (soprano); Suzuki, her maid and trusted woman (mezzo-soprano); F. B. Pinkerton, officer of the US Navy (tenor); his wife Kate (soprano); Sharpless, consul of the United States (baritone); Goro, matchmaker (tenor); Prince Yamadori (tenor); Uncle Bonze, priest (under); Butterfly’s mother, an imperial commissioner, a civil registry officer.
