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Madama Butterfly - Giacomo Puccini / Netherlands Opera

Cheryl Barker (Actor), Martin Thompson (Actor), Robert Wilson (Director) Rated:
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2.6 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
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Genre Music Video & Concerts, Classical / Opera & Vocal
Format Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Classical, Subtitled, DTS Surround Sound
Contributor Robert Wilson, Martin Thompson, Cheryl Barker
Language English
Runtime 2 hours and 50 minutes

Product Description

Robert Wilson's pure and highly stylised 2003 production enhances the timeless beauty of Puccini's moving Japanese tragedy. Cheryl Barker and Martin Thompson lead an inspired cast in a highly charged recording from the Amsterdam Muziektheater with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by a masterful and passionate Edo de Waart.

Sung in Italian with English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch subtitles.

Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San): Cheryl Barker
B. F. Pinkerton: Martin Thompson
Suzuki: Catherine Keen
Sharpless: Richard Stilwell
Kate Pinkerton: Anneleen Bijnen
Goro: Peter Blanchet
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera
Musical director: Edo de Waart
Stage director: Robert Wilson

Product details

  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 6.4 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ D0937
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Robert Wilson
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Classical, Subtitled, DTS Surround Sound
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 50 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ November 18, 2008
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Cheryl Barker, Martin Thompson
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Dutch
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Kultur
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001FZQOO0
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Best Sellers Rank: #170,326 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Customer Reviews:
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  • Marcus Aurelius
    4.0 out of 5 stars But I think this production is best for someone who has seen the opera many times
    Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2015
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    Robert Wilson's concept is very thought provoking. But I think this production is best for someone who has seen the opera many times, because much of the tension comes from watching a singer slowly enter and knowing what will happen while the current scene is playing out. The costumes and voices and kabuki inspired acting are excellent. The cast is not attractive and this fact is quite distracting because of the many close ups.
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  • Karen
    2.0 out of 5 stars Stage Sets Mostly Make Believe
    Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2022
    The acting, singing and music were lovely. However, the stage was nearly bare and any propts had to be imagened. Also, the costumes were without color; merely black and white for the most part. So even though the performances were fine there was a dullness in their viewing. Sorry, I love Puccini, and if this had been only an audio presentation I would have rated it four stars. But as a staged presentation it lacks a lot.
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  • William A. Harris
    3.0 out of 5 stars Madama Butterfly Giacono Puccini/Netherlands Opera
    Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2013
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    The Music was great and singers were also great.The sets were awful. I can't think of any thing else to say.
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  • Robert Elmasian
    4.0 out of 5 stars An Unusually Good But Different Madama Butterfly
    Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2008
    This is a very well sung and very well presented Madama Butterfly. However, in agreement with others, I believe this Madama Butterfly should not be a first or only Butterfly. As well done as it is, it clearly does not represent what Puccini had in mind; instead it reflects the thinking of director Robert Wilson who tightly limits and controls the movements, actions, and appearance of all the players.

    As he helpfully explains in the Extras part of the DVD, Wilson believes the kaleidoscope of colors and movements in a typical opera production distracts attention from the music. His abstract, serious, static, and strictly stylized approach here is intended to focus the audience on the music and away from busy presentation. Interestingly, Wilson also says he does not start from the music but wraps the music around his vision of light and movement, sometimes demanding that characters move counter to the rhythm of the music. As others explain, the audience cannot passively follow the story but has to impute what the characters are thinking from their very subtle and limited movements. Indeed, Wilson seems much more concerned with affecting the thought processes of his audience than actually telling Butterfly's story. His way certainly causes an audience to think and is creative if only because it is so different. Nevertheless, I suspect that this unusual Butterfly works well mainly, perhaps only, because of its high level of execution, both musically and on stage.

    There is a subtext to Wilson's approach that is not explained. It is a "widely known secret" that Wilson is gay, and some of that interest affects this Butterfly. The most obvious manifestation is a heavy focus on male characters in what is a quintessentially female story. For example, Wilson follows Butterfly's son in the Dream sequence, not Butterfly herself. Even at the final climax, Wilson focuses more on the son and Pinkerton reaching out to each other over a dying Butterfly than Butterfly's death. While the gay subtext is obvious, at least to me, it is merely a subtext. This is not a gay Madama Butterfly. Homophobes need not be concerned about corrupting themselves or others by watching it anymore than one would be corrupted by watching a Benjamin Britten opera. Art is art.

    Having praised this DVD, I must admit that it is not my favorite Madama Butterfly on DVD. My favorite is a recently released, 1997 Opera Australia production, also starring Cheryl Barker (Madama Butterfly / Opera Australia, Cheryl Barker, Jay Hunter Morris). It too is very well done, both musically and on stage. The Opera Australia production also has imaginative lighting effects, and the acting in it is so good that when the music is muted, the second and third acts actually hold interest as a stage play with subtitles alone. (Puccini forbid!) Ironically, what I personally prefer in Wilson's 2003 Butterfly over the 1997 version are two auditory features, not some aspect of staging. The acoustics of the Muziektheater in Amsterdam, are better than those of the Sydney Opera House and Cheryl Barker's voice, which has continued to improve over her career, has yet more power than before.
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  • Gustav A. Richar
    4.0 out of 5 stars The Power of Puccini's Music
    Reviewed in Canada on May 1, 2010
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    The stage settings of this Butterfly interpretation are sparse. One step farther and we, the viewers, would see a bare stage. But this does not take away from the music or the performance. To the contrary. The sparse set actually frees the mind and lets us enjoy what we hear.

    The whole performance has the desired effect. As expected Cheryl Barker sings and performs a believable Butterfly obsessed by her love for Pinkerton. This tenor is a few years beyond being a believable youthful naval lieutenant, but he sings to the level of his ability, which, by my judgement, takes one star away from the overall rating of this otherwise excellent performance.
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