Madame Butterfly!

Igårkväll var jag & såg Puccinis Madame Butterfly! Verket presenterad av Singapore Lyric Opera på den vackra Esplanade Theatre. Vi bjöds på en mycket vacker & välgjord presentation med enormt uttrycksfull musik! Verkets ljus- & skuggspel förstärkte sedan ytterligare den mystik & känsla som genomsyrade föreställningen. Är så glad att jag fick möjlighet att se denna då operan endast satte upp 5 föreställningar av denna vackra & sorgliga historia!

Så här skriver Singapore Opera själva om historien bakom verket:

"Butterfly, what would you do if he never returned?"

15-year-old Cio-Cio-san, otherwise known as Butterfly, has fallen in love with Pinkerton, a Lieutenant in the United States Navy. After secretly renouncing her ancestral religion and converting to Pinkerton’s, Butterfly marries him believing that he loves her in equal measure as she does him. Unbeknownst to her, Pinkerton regards their marriage merely as a loose contract that he can cancel at will – a temporary amusement before he finds himself a real American wife.

3 years after Pinkerton leaves her in Japan, Butterfly remains faithfully awaiting his return, refusing to yield to all the pressures surrounding her to forget him. Sharpless, the American Consul arrives with a letter from Pinkerton and Butterfly believes that her pure, steadfast love has been vindicated. Unable to bring himself to finish reading the letter to her, Sharpless asks

"Butterfly, what would you do if he never returned?"