Madam Baterflai

If there was any proof that direction and set design can elevate a classic work, make it better, clearer and even more moving than it already is, then this excellent production of Madam Butterfly could be the proof…

AC Grayling

The fact that the director is close to the theater can also be seen in this first production of the opera: the cinematic vision goes hand in hand with the visual skill of the second director, Chinese choreographer Carolyne Choa. The performance created by them is of indescribable beauty and elegance, at the same time delicate, exciting and impressive, where every bridge, dance step or fan movement is full of meaning and dramatic suggestion.

Barbara Diana. When East meets West

The first thing that should be said about the new production of G. Puccini's opera at the English National Opera is that the performance is of unique beauty. The second thing is a performance of unique beauty. Third… Forget the opera, admire the spectacle on stage. This performance of Madam Butterfly is so visually arresting that it doesn't matter what the whole story is about, whether it's exciting or not. From the first sound to the last, the opera holds the listener's gaze.

Financial Times, Andrew Clark

Such critical evaluations reached the premiere of G. Puccini's opera "Madame Butterfly" directed by A. Minghella at the English National Opera, which is the first joint production of ANO and LNOBT.

Eight-time Academy Award-winning film director Anthony Minghella, known as the director of The Englishman, The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain, has made a very successful debut in the world of opera. "I have long admired the restraint of Japanese theater art, how incredible precision creates amazing beauty there. Our task is to achieve the impression of transparency with restrained but beautiful images," the director wrote even before the premiere.

In Great Britain, the performance won the Olivier Award for Best Opera Premiere of the Year.

✓ Surtitles in Lithuanian and English.

Premiere in 2006 March 23

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