POV Madama Butterfly
Constance Loves the Opera
Live opera can be an emotionally draining and totally enthralling experience! We just returned from Madama Butterfly , Pacific Opera Victoria’s final offering this season. Constance knows that this opera is pretty much a reflection of European fascination with the “Far East”, and not an accurate portrayal of real life (after all how many operas are?) but this is certainly one of the saddest stories of all time. The production was marvellous: the singing gorgeous; sets, lighting, and costumes very beautiful; music just divine... our eyes were too blurry to read all the surtitles, and we were insufficiently stocked with hankies last night.
Puccini wrote the heart-rending music to a libretto by David Belasco (who once lived here in Victoria!) Interesting background information about the opera, this production and it’s peculiar connection to Victoria is at the POV website. Click here for the very informative web page, and a link to scenes from the dress rehearsal.
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Constance chose the perfect dress to wear to the opera! It looks like singing and butterfly dots.
It is her favourite dress! A nice friend sent us the fabric, and Constance loves it!
As always our Constance is the very picture of serenity and calm. Watch Opera and Carry On!! Love the way the photo has been staged…just perfect.
Thanks! We really enjoyed the opera, we enjoy live opera a lot and it was an excellent production!
Constance is the little Opera girl – Looks like her dress was made specially for this Opera
We did make this dress specially for opera – I don’t remember which was the first opera we went to, but it is the dress we most often go to when there is opera in the offing.
Have you seen the Julie Taymor production of Butterfly? The puppets were magnificent and made the opera even more heart rending.
No I never have. This is the first time I have seen Madame Butterfly, though I have heard it before on the radio.