March 24 and 26, 2023
At the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts
Friday, March 24, 2023
6:15 PM Pre-Opera Party
6:30 PM Nuts and Bolts Lecture
7:30 PM Performance
Join us for a Post-show talkback immediately following the performance.
Sunday, March 26, 2023
1:15 PM Pre-Opera Party
1:30 PM Nuts and Bolts Lecture
2:30 PM Performance
Join us for a Post-show talkback immediately following the performance.
Madame Butterfly
If you think you’ve seen all Madame Butterfly has to offer, think again.
“This production invites challenge … so that one beautiful day the magical stories we tell won’t shield us from the truth, but will empower us to rise up and meet the world before us.”
– Aria Umezawa, Stage Director
Composer – GIACOMO PUCCINI
Librettist – LUIGI ILLICA and GIUSEPPE GIACOSA, based on an 1898 short story by JOHN LUTHER LONG.
Director – ARIA UMEZAWA
Conductor – JUDITH YAN, The Jerry W. Zachary and Henry Bernstein Maestro Chair
THE LOUISIANA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Sung in Italian with projected English captions
Running Time is approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes (one intermission)
CAST:
Madame Butterfly – HIROMI OMURA
Lt. Pinkerton – BRYAN HYMEL
Suzuki – NINA YOSHIDA NELSEN
Sharpless – WESTON HURT
Goro – JULIUS AHN
Prince Yamadori/Commissioner – ANDRÉ CHIANG
The Bonze – HIDENORI INOUE
The fun starts before the opera begins …
Meet us by the fountain in the Norman Treigle Plaza in front of the Mahalia Jackson Theater. The bar opens and the music begins at 6:15 PM on Friday and at 1:15 PM on Sunday.
… and continues after the final bow
Following the performance, join fellow audience members and artists from the production in a discussion reflecting on the performance. Hear from artists and members of the creative team about their own experiences, both preparing this particular opera production and more generally. Post-show talkbacks begin immediately following each performance and will be held in the theater, on the orchestra level, unless otherwise noted.
New Orleans Opera Box Office:
Phone: (504) 529-3000
Email: boxoffice@neworleansopera.org
Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 4:30 PM