Madame Butterfly for opera lovers
Opera music will fill St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School when Opera Australia presents love story “Madame Butterfly” on Saturday, July 21 at 7.30pm.
Hear Opera Australia’s wonderful singers perform with a chamber orchestra along with a local children’s chorus in an Englishlanguage production of a love story that reaches across cultures, across oceans and across time.
A man is enchanted by the beauty of the East. A woman is in love with the promise of the West. Separated by a vast ocean and many years, what will become of their love?
US naval officer B. F. Pinkerton is ashore in Japan and enchanted with its beauty and freedoms. He decides to take a wife, and when the gorgeous geisha Butterfly arrives, he is transfixed by her charms. She falls hopelessly in love and a passionate marriage begins.
Years later, Pinkerton has returned home. Abandoned by her family, Butterfly waits faithfully for her husband to return. Dawn breaks on a ship in the harbour. What will become of her great hope?
Puccini’s popular opera inspired the musical “Miss Saigon”. It is filled with gorgeous music, from the lovers’ first rapturous embrace to the intense finale. It features the famous aria “One Fine Day” and “Humming Chorus”, along with Japanese and American musical themes.
One of Australia’s greatest theatrical minds John Bell directs this production heading to Warragul, complete with beautiful costumes and sets.
Tickets are $65 for adults, $60 for concession, $55 for members and groups, and $35 for youth under 18.
For bookings or further information, contact the West Gippsland Arts Centre box-office on 5624 2456 or visit wgac.org.au.