Opera New Jersey and New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents Madama Butterfly at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton 4 February and PERFORMANCES were GIVEN at in Newark Feb 11, ... Soprano Inna Los performs the role of the title character, joined by tenor Scott Piper as Pinkerton, baritone Todd Thomas as Sharpless, mezzo-soprano Vanessa Cariddi as Suzuki, tenor Matthew Surapine as a matchmaker Goro and bass Jeremy Milner as The Red brass. Valery Ryvkin leads and David Grabarkewitz, General and artistic director of Opera of El Paso, is Director of the scene. Performance will be sung in Italian with English supertitles.
The drama begins when Pinkerton organizes purchasing a bride Japanese in Nagasaki. It takes a 999-year lease on a House overlooking the harbour. Grant and his marriage to conveniently butterfly can be canceled one month in advance. Butterfly loves Pinkerton both she renounces his ancestral religion of Buddhism and is rejected by her family. Pinkerton treats marriage loosely, however and has every intention of marrying an American woman, when he returns home. For him, butterfly is not a real human being with feelings that matter.
Ms. Los, a singer from Moldova who recently moved from Austria to New York, will debut with Opera New Jersey. Firstly, she assumed the role of Cio-Cio-San in the Savonlinna Festival in Finland during the summer. Tests leading up to the performance of Opera New Jersey, Ms. Los gained a new perspective of the title character. "The role is to develop and getting deeper psychologically," she says.
The role is a challenge that requires persistence and a loud voice that might end up with a 55-piece Orchestra. Since Butterfly arrives onstage in the Middle 1 Act, she hardly leaves him for acts two and a half years. Besides having the vocal chops, the singer needs to convincingly portray a young. "It is difficult to perform and difficult to sing, but it is an amazing role and I love it with all my soul," Ms. Los says.
The first act electric comes to an end with the famous love Duet of opera, which lasts longer than 15 minutes. "Butterfly leads and provokes Pinkerton together this amazing musical climax — pardon the pun — before going to bed," says Mr. Grabarkewitz, Opera New Jersey audiences who can remember how Director marriage of Figaro company in 2005 and Elixir of love in 2006. "It is so exciting."When the curtain opens in Act 2, Pinkerton has been away for three years, but remains hopeful butterfly that he will come again as promised. As Butterfly sings "ma makes" and "tornerà" — it will return — it breaks the heart Ms. Los. Ms. Los "is one of the most incredible and emotional moments," he says. "She believes he will return, but we know that in the end it is not true".
The ARIA 'un bel di, "butterfly describes her maid Suzuki as" a beautiful day, "Pinkerton vessel arrives in port and Thunder forth his cannon. Then it will go up the Hill and scream "Butterfly" from a distance. "You know what struck me this time is that essentially all she talks on the world's most famous aria un Bel Erh ... actually happens," says Mr. Grabarkewitz, who directed Madama Butterfly multiple times for the New York City Opera, where he is resident Director. Only one thing is different — there is perfect in this world, but without butterfly on it. "Is brutally tragic," he says, "and this production interprets this idea".
In 2005, Mr. Grabarkewitz traveled with NYCO for its production of Madama Butterfly tourism in Japan. "I walked into that with a little anxiety," he says, whereas the Opera is filled with historical inaccuracies about the country. Puccini aimed to bring the exoticism of Japan to Western audiences, but his portrait more authentic than was imagined. "Stagehands in Tokyo laughed when the geishas out because they were so high," recalls Mr. Grabarkewitz. "They had never seen geishas who great".
Under his direction of the stage, Live From Lincoln Center telecast of NYCO of Madama Butterfly yielded 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding special class programs: music/classical dance. "
Since the Opera Madama Butterfly is more held in North America, one would imagine is a challenge to make fresh sensation always production, but Mr. Grabarkewitz says that's not the case. More importantly, as Director, he shall ensure that the story seems to unfold spontaneously before the eyes of viewers. "Immediacy is the soul of live theatre".
Suzuki, Sharpless (Consul of the United States) and marriage broker Goro all make some effort to convince butterfly to move on, but she refuses to accept the reality. Their families, which would have more weight in convincing to move on, everyone has deserted her. It is left to go toward a tragic end with a little help.
In moments that butterfly finally realizes that Pinkerton doesn't come into it, and that he has a new American wife, Puccini crafted score in a way that audiences it feel all the emotions. She asks questions that are met with silence and silences the members of the public can be often heard crying. Although Pinkerton feel sadness and sorrow as Opera nears its tragic outcome, is too little, too late. "Pucinni knew how to take water of people with your writing," says Mr. Grabarkewitz.
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