Summary
To be sure, there were undeniably stunning moments, as m the entry of Butterfly's troupe of ladies. Periodic drop-screens for projections sometimes worked (a rising moon and twinkling stars; maybe Pinkerton's passing ship), sometimes did not (the falling flowers; the tedious color displays to cover the reconnecting of Acts ? and III, instead of Puccini's sunrise).
Certainly Anne Senear's lighting was artful. And, with visual minimalism actually enhancing the melodrama of Butterfly's death, I recognized ultimately a kind of cumulative power in the whole confection, for all I disliked. Technological and decorative experimentation has as many perils as rewards. Still, Madison Opera showed courage In undertaking such an extra-traditional production of a warhorse opera.See the full content of this document
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An Extra-Traditional Butterfly
An extra-traditional Butterfly
Fine singing, problems elsewhere in Madison Opera productionI feared Madison Opera's presentation of Puccin...See the full content of this document
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