Movie Details
Original Language:Italian
Production Companies:Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia
Madama Butterfly Valencia on the Web:Official Website
Madama Butterfly Valencia
2 hr 33 minMusic
Plot
A guileless Japanese girl gives up everything to marry a lieutenant in the US Navy But when he suddenly leaves the country she is determined to wait patiently until he sails back into harbour Live from Valencias iconic Palau de les Arts the audience favourite Madama Butterfly returns with soprano Marina Rebeka and tenor Piero Pretti in the leading roles Director Emilio Lópezs staging culminates in the bleak landscape of Nagasaki destroyed by the atomic bomb to evoke Puccinis early outcry against the soulcrushing spirit of colonialism
