- South Bohemian Theatre
- Opera
- Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
Fragility, love and death in Nagasaki
Premiere 5. 4. 2025
Last season 2025/2026
In Japan, a geisha is synonymous with beauty. But in Puccini’s famous opera, she is above all a symbol of fidelity. If her love is trampled upon, she has no choice but to die with honour. This production by the exceptional and internationally acclaimed production team of director Jakub Šmíd, with music by chief conductor David Švec, promises an enchanting theatrical experience.
The mysterious landscape of Japanese cherry trees in blossom will once again become the venue of the immortal story full of intoxicating music that is able to capture the slightest tremble of the human heart.
- Music staging and conductor
- David Švec
- Director
- Jakub Šmíd
- Set design
- Martin Chocholoušek
- Costumes
- Petr Vítek
- Light design
- Karel Šimek
- Dramaturgy
- Marek Pavlíček
- Choreographer´s assistants
- Zdeněk Mládek
- Choirmaster
- Martin Veselý
- Second conductor
- Martin Peschík
- Tutors
- Mikoláš Troup
- Lilija Červená
- Inspection
- Michaela Freudenschussová
- Assistant of director and help
- Lucie Bicanová
Performing
- Cio-Cio-San, called Buttefly
- Frédérique Friess
- Jana Šrejma Kačírková
- Suzuki, her maid
- Šárka Hrbáčková
- Jolana Slavíková
- Pinkerton, naval officer
- Luciano Mastro
- Paolo Lardizzone
- Sharpless, American Consul
- Alexandr Beň
- Jakub Hliněnský
- Goro, matchmaker
- Tomáš Kořínek
- Peter Malý
- Kate Pinkerton
- Vladimíra Janovská
- Marie Šimůnková
- Prince Yamadori
- Tomáš Maliniak
- Radek Martinec
- Bonzo, uncle of Cio-Cio-San
- Miloš Horák
- František Zahradníček
- Yakusidé
- František Brantalík
- Martin Pupík
- Vít Válek
- Commissioner
- František Brantalík
- Tomáš Maliniak
- Vít Válek
- Librarian
- František Brantalík
- Martin Pupík
- Mother of Cio-Cio-San
- Miroslava Veselá
- Kateřina Hájovská
- Auntie Cio-Cio-San
- Kateřina Falcníková
- Kateřina Hájovská
- Cousin of Cio-Cio-San
- Kateřina Hájovská
- Kateřina Bukovská
- Son of Cio-Cio-San
- Adam Krejčí
- Teodor Filipovský
- Dead father
- Zdeněk Mládek
- Sbor opery Jihočeského divadla
- Concertmaster (violin)
- Martin Červinka
- Jessé Xavier Reis
- Concertmaster (cello)
- Václav Žák
The production is no longer in the repertoire
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