Daniele Rustioni — Madama Butterfly — Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024
Recorded July 13, 2024
Théâtre de l’Archevêché · Aix-en-Provence · 
France
Featuring Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon, Chœur de l’Opéra de Lyon, Ermonela Jaho, Adam Smith, Mihoko Fujimura, Lionel Lhote, Carlo Bosi, Inho Jeong, Kristofer Lundin, Albane Carrère, Kristján Jóhannesson, Alexander de Jong, Hugo Santos, Karine Motyka, Sharona Applebaum, Marie-Eve Gouin
Setlist not available.
“To see Ermonela Jaho's Aix debut, in the tribute to the centenary of Puccini's death.”
Context
In July 2024, the centenary of Puccini's death brings Madama Butterfly to the Théâtre de l’Archevêché. The festival had added the composer to its repertoire with Tosca in 2019. Now Andrea Breth takes on the staging, while Ermonela Jaho makes her Aix debut as the young woman abandoned by Pinkerton.
Daniele Rustioni leads the chorus and orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon. At the center of the action, Jaho shares the tragedy with Adam Smith's Pinkerton, Mihoko Fujimura's Suzuki and Lionel Lhote's Sharpless. The wait for her husband stretches over three years and ends with the loss of her son and Cio-Cio-San's suicide.
The run continues until July 22, but the performance on the 13th gets another destination: the ARTE broadcast. Philippe Béziat directs for the screen, in coproduction with Camera Lucida. The recording preserves the meeting of Rustioni and Jaho in a production that turns the tribute to the composer into a drama of abandonment.
Lineup at this show
The lineup of this performance — not necessarily the current one.
- Daniele RustioniConductor and music director
- Orchestre de l’Opéra de LyonguestOrchestra
- Chœur de l’Opéra de LyonguestChorus
- Ermonela JahoguestCio-Cio-San
- Adam SmithguestB. F. Pinkerton
- Mihoko FujimuraguestSuzuki
- Lionel LhoteguestSharpless
- Carlo BosiguestGoro
- Inho JeongguestThe Bonze
- Kristofer LundinguestPrince Yamadori
- Albane CarrèreguestKate Pinkerton
- Kristján JóhannessonguestImperial Commissioner
- Alexander de JongguestUncle Yakusidé
- Hugo SantosguestRegistrar
- Karine MotykaguestCio-Cio-San's mother
- Sharona ApplebaumguestCio-Cio-San's aunt
- Marie-Eve GouinguestCio-Cio-San's cousin
Trivia
The production marks Ermonela Jaho's debut at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.
The staging is part of the festival's tribute to the centenary of Puccini's death.
The production uses the revised 1907 version, in three acts.
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