Thursday, June 16 – 8 p.m., on giant screens one of the most performed operas in the world “Madame Butterfly” by Puccini will be projected live from the Rennes Opera. A free show offered by Angers Nantes Opéra and the Opéra de Rennes broadcast simultaneously outdoors in Nantes, Rennes and Angers.
Opera on screens returns for a new outdoor evening on Thursday June 16 at 8 p.m. in Angers, Nantes and Rennes and also in more than 45 cities* and towns in Brittany and Pays de la Loire. A completely free show offered to thousands of people to discover or rediscover the magic of opera with the screening of “Madame Butterfly”, a masterful work by Giacomo Puccini, one of the masterpieces in the history of opera .
” After The Flying Dutchman (2019) and The Bat (2021), Angers Nantes Opéra and the Opéra de Rennes are once again bringing together their artistic, personal and technical forces to share the most famous lyrical works. »©angers-nantes-opera.com
An evening rich in emotions which will see for the last performance from the Opéra de Rennes, the best soloists and interpreters of the moment serving one of the most performed operas to date in the world.
– Read also : Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini by Angers Nantes Opéra – Opéra de Rennes from April 28 to May 21, 2022
– Michele Borzoni – Terraproject – Contrasto
Madame Butterfly, an opera by Puccini
It is in the universe of Japan, in the Land of the Rising Sun, that Giacomo Puccini drew inspiration to create an opera that is both tragic and imbued with extreme refinement and powerful charm.
” Both an object of art and pure tragedy, Puccini’s work was very badly received at La Scala in Milan when it was premiered in May 1904. But, after a revision that allowed the composer to go even further musically, Madame Butterfly imposed itself triumphantly and has never since left the repertoire. Alongside Tosca, La Bohème and Turandot, this is one of Giacomo Puccini’s most performed works today. This score tinged with exoticism is nonetheless crossed by the breath of drama, that of a very young girl from Nagasaki who is married to a passing American sailor for whom this union is only fantasy. The heroine, CioCio-San, alias Butterfly, took this marriage very seriously to the point of denying the religion of her ancestors. Officer Pinkerton leaves, she will wait for his return, full of love and confidence, raising the son she had by him. When he finally returns, it is accompanied by his legitimate wife and decided to take his child to America. Butterfly has no other choice but death, and she commits suicide as her father had done a few years earlier… »©Angers Nantes Opéra
– Also to listen : “Madame Butterfly” by Giacomo Puccini – Angers Nantes Opera, Rennes Opera from April 28 to June 16, 2022
An invitation to sing Madame Butterfly
On the places Graslin in Nantes, du Ralliement in Angers and that of the Hôtel de ville in Rennes, vocal coaching will be offered to the large audience present to sing the famous heart to mouth closed. In Rennes, spectators will be coached by Eléonore Le Lamer, choir director of the Rennes Opera, accompanied by members of the Open Choir. In Nantes, it is Guillaume Falchero, choirmaster surrounded by amateur choristers who will initiate the public present.
– Video “Chorus with a closed mouth” – France Culture
Also in Rennes, from 7 p.m. on the Town Hall Square, a concert by the Open Choir will be given there. The soloists will come at the end of the last performance of “Madame Butterfly” to appear on the balcony of the Opera.
A live broadcast on francebleu.fr
Opera on screens will be broadcast, to be followed LIVE, on the francebleu.fr websites of France Bleu Loire Océan and France Bleu Armorique.
*On giant screens in 3 cities: Angers, place du Ralliement (2000 people), Nantes, place Graslin (3000 people) and at the Hippodrome (2800 people) and in Rennes, place de l’Hôtel de ville (5000 people) .
In the regions, the opera will be broadcast free of charge in 13 towns in Pays de la Loire (1) and 33 towns in Brittany. (Not final list)
In Pays de la Loire : Beaupréau-en-Mauges – Bouchemaine – Bouin – Châteaubriant – Guérande – La Baule – Le Croisic – Le Mans – Le Pouliguen – Montval-sur-Loir – Noirmoutier, L’Épine – Notre-Dame-de-Monts – Pornic – Saint -Gilles-Croix-de-Vie – Saint-Nazaire – Vouvant.
In Brittany : Arradon – Belle-Île-en-Mer – Betton – Bréal-sous-Monfort – Chartres-de-Bretagne (in partnership with Noyal – Châtillon-Sur-Seiche) – Chateaubourg – Cesson-Sévigné – Dinard – Guernsey – Guipel – Jersey – Josselin – La Bouëxière – La Chapelle-Chaussée – La Chapelle-Thouarault – La Guerche-de-Bretagne – Lamballe – Lannion – L’Hermitage – Loudéac – Melesse – Monfort-sur-Meu – Orgères – Pacé – Plélan-le-Grand – Romillé – Saint-Grégoire – Saint-Méen-le-Grand – Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt – Redon – Thorigné-Fouillard – Vern-sur-Seiche – Vezin-le-Coquet.
(1) With the particular support of the Pays de la Loire regionas part of the third edition of the Loire and Ocean Festival.
– angers-nantes-opera.com