Мадам Баттерфлай – Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

About this event

At the Mariinsky Theatre, Polish director Mariusz Trelinski’s staging, transferred from the Warsaw Opera, emphasizes the Japanese ideal of harmonizing the natural and the man-made. The designs highlight this principle, the costumes evoke the Meiji era, and the lighting uses vivid, pure colors without half-tones, creating an aura of mystery sought by past travelers and readers alike. Puccini’s focus is on the intensity and power of feeling; the plot serves as a pretext for their expression, while the Japanese setting subtly colors the music with an oriental hue.

Cast & creative

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  Musical director

  Valery Gergiev
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  Stage director

  Mariusz Treliński
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  Set designer

  Boris Kudlička
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  Costume designer

  Magdalena Tesławska
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  Costume designer

  Paweł Grabarczyk
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  Lighting designer

  Stanislav Zemba
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  Revival Lighting Designer