'Madama Butterfly' - Wichita Grand Opera, September 30, 2017 - COMPLETE

Giacomo Puccini's "MADAMA BUTTERFLY"
Wichita Grand Opera
September 30, 2017

Executive Producer: Parvan Bakardiev
Production Concept: Margaret Ann Pent
Conductor: Martin Mazik
Director: Shayna Leahy

Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly) - Yunnie Park
B.F.Pinkerton - Kirk Dougherty
Sharpless - Michael Nansel
Suzuki - Charleen Ayers
Goro - Patrick Greene
The Bonze - Andrew Hernandez
Prince Yamadori - Samuel Ramey
Yakusade - Terry McManis
The Imperial Commissioner - Chris Loucks
The Official Registrar - Mirko D'Angelo
Cio-Cio-San's Mother - Monica Schmidt
Cio-Cio-San's Aunt - Rebecca Robbearts
Cio-Cio-San's Cousin - Erin Wright
Kate Pinkerton - Lindsey Ramey
Dolore (Sorrow) - Ellie Juhnke

Set Design - Ercole Sormani, Sormani Studios, Milan, Italy
Lighting Design - Sean Roberson

[glenneager]

This production is very beautiful and very picturesque. Yunnie Park is terrific in the title role. This production is like watching a painting come to life. Well done everyone.

[porito]

24:40 What a brilliant stage direction. It encapsulates perfectly Pinkerton's character, and his relationship with Cio-Cio San. Here he takes something that is precious, sacred, and meaningful to her and treats it as merely a toy, something that can be played with and abandoned.
Beautiful performance :)

[Edubarca]

Beautiful, excellent performance, congratulations

[thimothywhite]

Wichita is fast becoming one of our best regional companies!
Beautiful production with fine singers. How refreshing, nowadays, to see an opera respectfully presented *as the composer envisioned it*, rather than as some ugly, sick fantasy by egoistic directors.

[julianadeau]

Oh, Gods, I'm devastated... absolutely and completely devastated! I think that everyone did well, but none could hold a candle to Ms. Park's performance. Whether in ecstasy or despair, I wept with her. It was a truly magnificent performance... Bravissima!!!

[uralbob]

Wow! What a surprise! Beautiful! Thank you!

[danielfigueroa]

Great production!
Amazing soprano OMG!

[gerardjagroo]

I listened to her in Turandot and here and I've come to the conclusion that Yunnie Park is freaking amazing!

[hkoliviakim]

What a great production!! Gorgeous butterfly too!!!! Brava!!!! Would love to see it in person someday!!

[operabilia]

I am thrilled to be able to admire the WGO productions! True to the score and to the libretto! Well done! It is now so rare to appreciate interesting and faithful productions, unlike the usual dirty filth that we are being served by all major opera houses nowadays, especially in Europe. These WGO operas are put up with great care, taste and attention to détails. Well done! It deserves full plaudit for the efforts and quality. Bravissimi and bless you for this. Excellent, radiant soprano. Good tenor, a bit too nervous and who needs to work on his enunciation. Good, efficient Goro.

[tonyhunt]

Great production. Really enjoyed it : Greetings from Cheshire, UK.

[kalutkaantonova]

Благодаря, от сърце операта е прекрасна, изпълненията също, Благодаря

[deletemadog]

52:55
Un bei di vedremo (One Fine Day)
1:29:36
(Humming Chorus)

[elijah]

9:37 - what better way to say America Forever 👏👏👏 you guys are really proud.. butterfly's loyalty is truly magnificent. A Really wonderful opera. Puccini is really one of the best.

[roberthart]

Lovely production, true to Puccini's historical setting and wishes in the libretto/vocal score, particularly the heartbreaking ending (no stark, modernized productions for me!) . The major opera houses of the world would be lucky to have the superb Yunnie Park grace their stage in this role! I believe she will go far.

[elvispoe]

I just watched the Wichita Grand Opera's presentation of September 30 2017. It was a beautiful production. Most well done by all participants, even Pinkerton's. I still cannot choose a favorite of the more than thirty productions I have seen of Madama Butterfly. I am still heavily influenced by the very first performance I attended more than thirty years ago in Lincoln Center in New York City. That production was very Japanese and followed some of the Kabuki methods.It could have been my pick, but the damned conductor ruined the closing crescendo. Suffice it to say that I have loved all the renditions I have seen. Madama Butterfly is my favorite of all operas. John D Johnston.

[isabellevanel]

Samuel Ramey qui joue Yamadori !!! Je reve ?

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[danmarten]

Pinkerton should be wearing white shoes and wearing white gloves during the marriage ceremony

[The_Jupiter_Mission]

Who tailored Pinkerton's naval uniform? What a terrible fit!