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Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Teatro alla Scala

2016 · 166 min

A stately, emotionally overwhelming stage experience, slow and ceremonial, that builds to a devastating quiet heartbreak.

Tagline
Original 1904 version
Overview
For the first time since the 1904 La Scala premiere, Riccardo Chailly restores Puccini's original two-act version to the La Scala stage.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • grief
  • isolation
  • colonialism
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism6
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, music, romance
Directed by
Riccardo Chailly, Alvis Hermanis
Written by
Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica
Starring
Annalisa Stroppa, Maria José Siri, Nicole Brandolino, Bryan Hymel, Carlos Álvarez, Carlo Bosi, Costantino Finucci, Abramo Rosalen
Runtime
166 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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