Music Review 'Madama Butterfly '
Foretelling a Flamboyant Future, but Rooted in Operatic Tradition
Foretelling a Flamboyant Future, but Rooted in Operatic Tradition
By BERNARD HOLLAND
Published: October 10, 2007
A year ago “Madama Butterfly” served unofficially as a prototype for the new Metropolitan Opera, an advertisement for a Met now masterminded by Peter Gelb and poised for a change toward the theatrical. This impregnable Puccini potboiler, dressed up in Anthony Minghella’s gorgeous pageantlike production, returned to the house on Monday. The cast was new, but the dancing, the splendid costumes, the forays into Japanese theatrical culture and a general flamboyance were there intact.
Published: October 10, 2007
A year ago “Madama Butterfly” served unofficially as a prototype for the new Metropolitan Opera, an advertisement for a Met now masterminded by Peter Gelb and poised for a change toward the theatrical. This impregnable Puccini potboiler, dressed up in Anthony Minghella’s gorgeous pageantlike production, returned to the house on Monday. The cast was new, but the dancing, the splendid costumes, the forays into Japanese theatrical culture and a general flamboyance were there intact.
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