6th July

Concert will begin at 18:00 hours GMT

Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' with Jaho, Smith, Fujimura, Lhote and Bosi from Aix-en-Provence

Aix-en-Provence Festival. Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' is an opera in three acts, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story 'Madame Butterfly' (1898) by John Luther Long, which in turn was based on stories told to Long by his sister Jennie Correll and on the semi-autobiographical 1887 French novel Madame Chrysanthème by Pierre Loti. Performers:

Cio-Cio-San: Ermonela Jaho.
B. F. Pinkerton: Adam Smith.
Suzuki: Mihoko Fujimura.
Sharpless: Lionel Lhote.
Goro: Carlo Bosi.
Lo zio Bonzo: Inho Jeong.
Il principe Yamadori: Kristofer Lundin.
Kate Pinkerton: Albane Carrère.
Il commissario imperiale: Kristján Jóhannesson.
Lo zio Yakusidé: Alexander de Jong.
L’ufficiale del registro: Hugo Santos.
La madre di Cio-Cio-San: Karine Motyka.
La zia: Sharona Applebaum.
La cugina: Marie-Eve Gouin.

Opéra de Lyon Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Rustoni.

Recorded 5 June.