Intro
Madama Butterfly – Making-of (2)
Talk with conductor Omer Meir Wellber
The First Guest Conductor of the Semperoper, Omer Meir Wellber, takes over the musical direction of the new production of »Madama Butterfly«: »In this score I can’t change much because there is a strong energy and everything is so precise, for example in the dynamics« he says about Puccini’s composition. In the second part of the making-of Wellber talks about the »strong and sensitive« production, staged by Amon Miyamoto.
Premiere 2. April 2022
Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
Feb
2025
Mar
2025
Dates
Feb
2025
Mar
2025
Info
- 7.30 pm – 10.15 pm
- One intermission after Act 1
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Info
- 7 pm – 9.45 pm
- One intermission after Act 1
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Info
- 7.30 pm – 10.15 pm
- One intermission after Act 1
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Info
- 7 pm – 9.45 pm
- One intermission after Act 1
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Info
- 6 pm – 8.45 pm
- One intermission after Act 1
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
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Cast
Cast22. Feb 2025Change
- Conductor Paolo Arrivabeni
- Staging Amon Miyamoto
- Set Design Boris Kudlička
- Kostüm Kenzō Takada
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Video Bartek Macias
- Bühnenkampf Ginji Kashiwagi
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Johann Casimir Eule
- Cio-Cio-San Marjukka Tepponen
- Suzuki Christa Mayer
- Kate Pinkerton Dominika Škrabalová
- B.F. Pinkerton Tomislav Mužek
- Sharpless Neven Crnić
- Goro Aaron Pegram
- Fürst Yamadori Sebastian Wartig
- Onkel Bonzo Oleksandr Pushniak
- Kaiserlicher Kommissar Gerrit Illenberger
- Pinkertons Sohn Alexander Ritter
- Yakusidé Friedrich Darge, Juan Carlos Navarro
- Standesbeamte Sie Hun Park
- Mutter Cio-Cio-Sans Heike Liebmann, Christiane Neumann
- Tante Rahel Haar
- Cousine Min-Kyoung Kwon, Anna Schubert
Co-production with the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation, Det Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen, and the San Francisco Opera
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
Cast27. Feb 2025Change
- Conductor Paolo Arrivabeni
- Staging Amon Miyamoto
- Set Design Boris Kudlička
- Kostüm Kenzō Takada
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Video Bartek Macias
- Bühnenkampf Ginji Kashiwagi
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Johann Casimir Eule
- Cio-Cio-San Marjukka Tepponen
- Suzuki Christa Mayer
- Kate Pinkerton Dominika Škrabalová
- B.F. Pinkerton Tomislav Mužek
- Sharpless Neven Crnić
- Goro Aaron Pegram
- Fürst Yamadori Sebastian Wartig
- Onkel Bonzo Oleksandr Pushniak
- Kaiserlicher Kommissar Gerrit Illenberger
- Pinkertons Sohn Alexander Ritter
- Yakusidé Friedrich Darge, Juan Carlos Navarro
- Standesbeamte Sie Hun Park
- Mutter Cio-Cio-Sans Heike Liebmann, Christiane Neumann
- Tante Rahel Haar
- Cousine Min-Kyoung Kwon, Anna Schubert
Co-production with the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation, Det Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen, and the San Francisco Opera
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
Cast02. Mar 2025Change
- Conductor Paolo Arrivabeni
- Staging Amon Miyamoto
- Set Design Boris Kudlička
- Kostüm Kenzō Takada
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Video Bartek Macias
- Bühnenkampf Ginji Kashiwagi
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Johann Casimir Eule
- Cio-Cio-San Marjukka Tepponen
- Suzuki Christa Mayer
- Kate Pinkerton Dominika Škrabalová
- B.F. Pinkerton Tomislav Mužek
- Sharpless Neven Crnić
- Goro Aaron Pegram
- Fürst Yamadori Sebastian Wartig
- Onkel Bonzo Oleksandr Pushniak
- Kaiserlicher Kommissar Gerrit Illenberger
- Pinkertons Sohn Alexander Ritter
- Yakusidé Friedrich Darge, Juan Carlos Navarro
- Standesbeamte Sie Hun Park
- Mutter Cio-Cio-Sans Heike Liebmann, Christiane Neumann
- Tante Rahel Haar
- Cousine Min-Kyoung Kwon, Anna Schubert
Co-production with the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation, Det Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen, and the San Francisco Opera
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
Cast07. Mar 2025Change
- Conductor Paolo Arrivabeni
- Staging Amon Miyamoto
- Set Design Boris Kudlička
- Kostüm Kenzō Takada
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Video Bartek Macias
- Bühnenkampf Ginji Kashiwagi
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Johann Casimir Eule
- Cio-Cio-San Marjukka Tepponen
- Suzuki Christa Mayer
- Kate Pinkerton Dominika Škrabalová
- B.F. Pinkerton Tomislav Mužek
- Sharpless Neven Crnić
- Goro Aaron Pegram
- Fürst Yamadori Sebastian Wartig
- Onkel Bonzo Oleksandr Pushniak
- Kaiserlicher Kommissar Gerrit Illenberger
- Pinkertons Sohn Alexander Ritter
- Yakusidé Friedrich Darge, Juan Carlos Navarro
- Standesbeamte Sie Hun Park
- Mutter Cio-Cio-Sans Heike Liebmann, Christiane Neumann
- Tante Rahel Haar
- Cousine Min-Kyoung Kwon, Anna Schubert
Co-production with the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation, Det Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen, and the San Francisco Opera
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
Cast16. Mar 2025Change
- Conductor Paolo Arrivabeni
- Staging Amon Miyamoto
- Set Design Boris Kudlička
- Kostüm Kenzō Takada
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Video Bartek Macias
- Bühnenkampf Ginji Kashiwagi
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Johann Casimir Eule
- Cio-Cio-San Marjukka Tepponen
- Suzuki Christa Mayer
- Kate Pinkerton Dominika Škrabalová
- B.F. Pinkerton Tomislav Mužek
- Sharpless Neven Crnić
- Goro Aaron Pegram
- Fürst Yamadori Sebastian Wartig
- Onkel Bonzo Oleksandr Pushniak
- Kaiserlicher Kommissar Gerrit Illenberger
- Pinkertons Sohn Alexander Ritter
- Yakusidé Friedrich Darge, Juan Carlos Navarro
- Standesbeamte Sie Hun Park
- Mutter Cio-Cio-Sans Heike Liebmann, Christiane Neumann
- Tante Rahel Haar
- Cousine Min-Kyoung Kwon, Anna Schubert
Co-production with the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation, Det Kongelige Teater, Copenhagen, and the San Francisco Opera
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
Complete Cast
- Conductor Paolo Arrivabeni
- Staging Amon Miyamoto
- Set Design Boris Kudlička
- Kostüm Kenzō Takada
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Video Bartek Macias
- Bühnenkampf Ginji Kashiwagi
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Johann Casimir Eule
- Cio-Cio-San Marjukka Tepponen
- Suzuki Christa Mayer
- Kate Pinkerton Dominika Škrabalová
- B.F. Pinkerton Tomislav Mužek
- Sharpless Neven Crnić
- Goro Aaron Pegram
- Fürst Yamadori Sebastian Wartig
- Onkel Bonzo Oleksandr Pushniak
- Kaiserlicher Kommissar Gerrit Illenberger
- Pinkertons Sohn Alexander Ritter
- Yakusidé Friedrich Darge, Juan Carlos Navarro
- Standesbeamte Sie Hun Park
- Mutter Cio-Cio-Sans Heike Liebmann, Christiane Neumann
- Tante Rahel Haar
- Cousine Min-Kyoung Kwon, Anna Schubert