Nina Yoshida Nelsen, mezzo-soprano | Suzuki Panelist: Tomer Zvulun, Stage Director | General & Artistic Director, The Atlanta Opera Moderator: Jessica Kennett Cork, Vice President, Community Engagement and Corporate Communications at YKK Corporation of America | Chair, Japan-America Society of Georgia A partnership with the Japan America Society of Georgia, during this Community Conversation artists from The Atlanta Opera production discuss the challenges with Asian and Asian-American stereotypes in the piece and offer food for thought to audience members who may be grappling with these issues for the first time. The work is beloved by many but also faces challenges as it changes to be more inclusive and thoughtful in our modern world. Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is undergoing a fascinating metamorphosis. Offices of Baker Donelson | 3414 Peachtree Rd NE Suite 1500, Atlanta, GA 30326 Presented in partnership with The Japan American Society of GeorgiaĬommunity Conversation: Madama Butterfly – A Modern Interpretation This production includes depictions of suicide and child brides (Cio-Cio San is 15 years old). Nina Yoshida Nelsen, Julius Ahn, and Allen Michael Jones also join the cast and The Atlanta Opera Orchestra, led by Timothy Myers. Featuring Yasko Sato as Cio-Cio San and Gianluca Terranova as Pinkerton singing one of the most exquisitely beautiful works in the repertoire. Renouncing her culture and her family to become a proper American wife, she settles into his home overlooking Nagasaki Harbor and waits for his ship to return.
Cio-Cio-San-fifteen years old and in love-dreams of her new life with the handsome young officer. Premiere Date: February 17, 1904, La Scala, MilanĬultures collide when an American naval officer stationed in Nagasaki decides to take a Japanese wife. Librettist: Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa
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