Glorious Butterfly proves a mesmerising spectacle
REVIEW: Madama Butterfly by Irish National Opera
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin
This production of Giacomo Puccini’s heartrending melodrama was brave, beautiful and beguiling from beginning to end. Rarely does an opera audience sit as motionless as this one, so riveted was it by the hypnotic narrative.
The bravery involved was that of artistic director Ben Barnes to transform the cultural impact of the East-meets-West tragic storyline, with all its treachery and deceit, ...